Creating A Wintery Scene

The first lot of creative homework came home with number four last week and whilst some of my friends recoiled at the thought I was more than happy to get going with it!

I was never one for the academic side of things at school and have always found I took in much more information through hands on, creative projects.

I do however still find it a little hard to let the children have free reign when it comes to crafts and always go at them with a very ‘hands on’ approach!

They were set the task of a winter scene and I immediately thought of snow covered houses and glitter.

Being out of glitter I had to settle for spray snow and this is how we made our little snowy town.

You will need:

• 6/7 toilet roll tubes
• A hard base such as cardboard 
• White felt to cover base
• PVA glue
• White paint
• Spray snow
• Thin white card or paper
• Battery operated tea lights

1. Firstly get yourself a firm base of cardboard or thin plastic and attach white felt in a rough fashion to create a bed of snow. 
2. Get your toilet roll tubes and trim down so that they are all slightly different heights. 
3. Take a pair of sharp scissors(adults only) and cut out small windows near the centre of the tube.
4. At one end of the tube create small cuts all the way round and splay out to make a firm base.
5. Paint all the tubes with the white paint and allow to dry.
6. Whilst they are drying draw around a mug onto the card and cut out to make a circle.
7. Make a small triangular cut from the outside of the circle to the circle. Turn the circle onto itself to create a cone for the roof of the houses.
8. Once dry position the tubes onto the base and attach with the glue.
9. Pop a tea light inside each tube, place on the cone roof and create a dusting of snow with the spray snow.