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Art, craft and Activities FREE Weekly updates from the Pivotal Network View the latest issue here Subscribe to the Pivotal Newsletter I will never give your details to anyone for any reason FOR WHIZZ KIDS   Books   Books and reading   Arts, crafts and activities   Fun and games   Homework   Jokes and Riddles           Visit the Kids Book Blog                                                       Mazukins Jigsaw Choose your level ....             These are just two of the creations on the Lego Website called Cool Creations.  Visit it by clicking here.      1.  Choose a level - Easy, Hard of Very Hard 2.  Click on a circle and listen to the sound.  Then click another circle to match the sound. 3.  Keep going until all the circles have been matched. Play Animal Sounds             How to draw a gorilla and his bananas               Incredible free icons to use in all your projects. Here is a sample: the mammoth set   Pterodactyl Paper Sculpture   By Creativity Portal Create your own mini Jurassic Park with this creatively fun Pterodactyl paper sculpture based on Joy Sikorski's free dinosaur drawing lesson.           Sea Painting online or printable   Animation Station             Make this patriotic pinwheel to celebrate 4th July.  If you don’t live in America or celebrate 4th July, simply decorate the pinwheel to suit your own style.    Learn how to draw a kite Free drawing lesson by Joy Sikorski. It will also teach you the basic construction of a diamond shape kite by drawing one yourself!   Colouring fun Animal and Plant Alphabet, Letter A          Click on the letter picture             Activity: Homemade ice-cream   Warning: This experiment is edible.   Simple Animation  http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/ artscentre/animation.htm  How to make a simple animation, using a flick book. All you need is a small plain paper pad and a pencil or crayons. FluxTime Studio  http://www.fluxtime.com/index.php  Create your own animation online and collaborate with other animators  worldwide to create characters and stories   Mirage Flipbook  http://www.greatestplaces.org/ sketchbook/top.html  Tutorial about how to create a flipbook.   Flipbook Movies http://www.eggplant.org/ ideas/visual/animation/flipbook.html  Lesson where students learn how to create flipbook movies.   Cartoonster  http://www.kidzdom.com/tutorials/  Learn how to make your own animations.           The hole in the Ozone Layer :  What you can do Encourage people with cars to have their air conditioners fixed by mechanics who are certified to handle. Protect your skin and eyes from harmful UV rays when you’re outside. Read more       Keeping yourself safe with pets   Scroll down for a cute jigsaw to put together ................................................. Guess the name of the song. ................................................     Find out how to Make your Own Compass.           Have fun colouring the crazy clown   Make a Fork Wind Chime    You can recycle old forks into a wind chime!       Preserving Autumn Leaves Do you have a tree in your street that is dropping pretty autumn leaves? You could collect them and this website will show you how to preserve them. 1,2,3,4,5 Once I caught a fish alive Listen to Boowa sing the song in his deep voice and watch the cartoon. Check it out here...   Fun Foods This silly-looking snack may appear to be moving at a snail's pace, but it goes together -- and disappears -- quick as a wink.   Try this: Beautiful blooms Celebrate spring in style with this fun flower activity.  Great skipping rhymes - click on the picture       I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles...   The Recycling and Beyond activity pages have it all— a story, games, and information! Learn more. >> Photography Composition :: Tips and Tricks There's more to photography than pointing and shooting. We've got some hints that will turn your snapshots into works of art! full story »   Catching criminals with colour (experiment)         This experiment  uses chromatography to show you how forensic scientists can catch criminals with ink.   MAKE PAPER PLANES Contrary to popular belief, airplanes don't float on the air, they're sucked up into it.   Visit this website for a template and instructions to make a paper plane... How to Draw a Reindeer Download the pdf     Fruit & Veggie Spot the difference               Try Tux Paint Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6 in the US, key stages 1 & 2 in the UK). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program. Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative.   The cardboard Hen Create a 3-dimensional hen with cardboard, coloured paper and some coloured pencils     Make your own comics with MakeBeliefscomix.com.  Click on the picture to get started  ... This is the face I created on Mr. Picassohead.  You can make your own ... click here   Paper folding ...   The Taj Mahal (Advanced!)   Kids in the Kitchen Make Scarlett’s Yummy Fairy Cakes           Make these cute and clever origami frogs Download   Colour-in Poky Kids will enjoy colouring  this delightful picture of Poky   Make this pretty Candle Holder Download   Make your own certificates online for any-one and for any reason you like   Click on the picture   Try this: Flower power Peek inside a flower this spring to see how one of the most successful surviving plants on earth     Blast Off a Rocket Test a rocket engine, then build a rocket.  Read more. Paper Doll Party Hat Party Bugle Pop-Up Card: Bird Porsche 911 Queen's Crown Space Shuttle Sphynx Statue of Liberty Stealth Aircraft Sydney Opera House Taj Mahal Tank  How to Draw an Ant Cartoony ants are easy to draw if you see them as simple lines and shapes, as I did in Nit Wits #17 ("Antagonizing Ants"). Explore the Artist's Toolkit Watch an animated demonstration Find examples of the concept in works of art from museums Create your own composition     I Love Bugs Cup Make this cute pencil cup out of a Play-Doh container. Find out how.     Gardening - Growing Vegies   Vegetables are one of the most rewarding things to grow in a garden because you get to enjoy the end result of your hard work by eating it! Read the directions for each vegetable carefully to get the maximum yield from each plant and watch over them for signs of disease or bugs. A little TLC (Tender Loving Care) will go a long way to make your veggies the best on the block. 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