By Anna Campbell

In this post AccessArt contributor and Art Lead Anna Campbell takes her class on a creative culinary journey, using a range of making techniques to create a modelled cafe.

This project was made with children from Years 3-6 (ages 7-11). I wanted to create a term of sessions using and exploring textures, and to give the children the opportunity to work with lots of different media. I decided that an Art Club Cafe would be an awesome idea.

Notes for Teachers

• What age range is this activity aimed at?

  Year 3 – Year 6 (Ages 7-11). Due to the nature of some of the skills involved (sewing, cutting fabric) it would be more of a challenge for early years – but some processes could be replaced with using paint and drawing, making it more accessible to younger groups.

• What processes and skills does it use?

  • Observational drawing
  • Sculpting skills
  • Design through making
  • Creating textures and patterns with clay
  • Cutting, measuring and joining fabric
  • Experimenting with colours

• What materials will I need?

  For the doughnuts:

  Mod roc
  Newspaper
  Round dish sponges (optional)

  For the boiled egg and soldiers:

  Egg shells
  Plaster of Paris
  Sponges
  Paint

  For the burger pots:

  Air dry clay
  Tempera paint

  For the pizzas:

  Scrap material
  Felt
  Quilt wadding
  Fabric glue
  Sewing thread and needles

  Sketchbooks or Watercolour paper
  Watercolours

  To paint a picnic:

  Large plain sheet
  Watercolours and inks
  Picnic food!

  For the exhibition (optional):

  Cheap burger boxes and paper sheets
  Pizza boxes
  Egg cups

• How long will the activity take?

  A terms’ worth of sessions.
  11 sessions at 1 hour each and 1 hour for the exhibition

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