Lockdown - art & Craft Activities

We have taken part in lots of art & craft activities during lockdown, focusing on those that use everyday materials so are easy to do at home whilst avoiding using computers or printers where possible. These are some of our favourite activities:

  • Creating a rainbow for our window along with lots of other families - we spotted over 200 rainbows locally during our walks at the start of lockdown;

  • Invitation to exchange - sharing a Paper gift photo & a Sculpture play image on Instagram @invitation_to_exchange (led by artist Marysa Dowling);

  • Social distance structures (see photo below) - one of the fun family activities on the Zabludowicz Collection website;

  • Firstsite artist activity packs - a series of packs you can download from the Firstsite website featuring activities devised by famous artists;

  • Animation model making - how to make rabbits with an Aardman animator as part of Camp Bestival stay at home Easter sleepover website;

  • Big family press - we love the sessions at the South London Gallery (SLG) and have continued to make booklets referring to their online resources here.


    In addition we have done lots of arts & craft activities at home - sometimes led by myself and sometimes child-led - such as making clay Pokemon with a colourful clay set we were sent as a present, mask making, learning to French knit, stop motion lego animation, and lots more! Along with music and getting fresh air, arts & crafts has been key to helping us all with our wellbeing whilst staying at home.

Social distance structures

Social distance structures