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Celebrate Book Week with these great craft ideas! CBCA Book Week 2021 is from the 21 st to the 27 th of August. The theme is “Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds”. For more information visit www.cbca.org.au/cbca-book-week Contents Worry Monster Sock Puppet ............................................................... 3 Scratch the Dragon .............................................................................. 4-5 Australian Bird Eggs ................................................................................ 6 Favourite Book Character Mask .......................................................... 7 Templates ................................................................................................. 8-9 We’ve supplied FREE templates just for you! Print as many times as you like. Have you seen our CleverPacks™ ? From slime to tie dye, we have created a range of CleverPacks™ that are perfect for your end of year activities! Did you know that CleverPatch™ is a registered Creative Kids provider? As a registered provider for the NSW Government Creative Kids program, you can redeem your voucher with us on our specially designed craft programs or CleverPacks™ Visit us online to view our eligible products at bit.ly/CP_CKPP. Only NSW residents who meet the criteria are eligible for the Creative Kids Voucher. For more information or to register for your voucher, please visit service.nsw.gov.au. To view our entire range and to find out more about our CleverPacks™, scan the QR Code or visit us online at bit.ly/CP_CKCP 2 © CleverPatch 2021 - www.cleverpatch.com.au
3© CleverPatch 2021 - www.cleverpatch.com.au 3. Use tacky glue to attach the eyes to your sock puppet. Make sure to put the sock onto your hand and figure out where you want the eyes to sit before you glue them on. Allow to dry. 2. Draw some eyes onto coloured felt and cut out. Adult supervision is recommended when using scissors. Draw some pupils onto black felt and cut out. Use tacky glue to attach the pupils to the eyes. Allow to dry. 1. Use CleverPatch™ Fabric Markers to colour in your sock. You can make your sock puppet the same colours as the worry monster, or change colours and create a unique monster! Allow to dry. 4. Add some bright coloured buttons to your sock puppet using tacky glue. Allow to dry. 5. Your Worry Monster Sock Puppet is now ready to use during Book Week! Worry Monster Sock Puppet Materials: • Socks – Pack of 20 – 16557 • Bright Buttons – 454g Pack – 10831 • Felt Bundles – Squares – Pack of 100 – 10785 • CleverPatch™ Fabric Markers – Pack of 10 – 14929 • CleverPatch™ Tacky Glue – 250ml – 16494 • Other materials required: scissors & lead pencil This activity is inspired by ‘Go Away, Worry Monster’ by Brooke Graham & illustrated by Robin Tatlow-Lord.
4 © CleverPatch 2021 - www.cleverpatch.com.au 6. Add in a layer of light blue paint around the edges of the purple and use the same technique as step 4 to scratch the edges of the paint. Allow to dry completely. 5. Add in a layer of purple paint around the edges of the pupil and use the same technique as step 4 to scratch the edges of the paint. Allow to dry completely. 4. Paint in the dragon’s pupil on the flat side of a glass stone. Add a black ring around the outside of the stone. Use a wooden skewer to scratch the edges of the black away. Allow to dry completely. 1. Mix equal parts of light green acrylic paint with white budget metallic paint. Paint around the edges of the wooden extending jaws. Allow to dry. 2. Print and cut out the rectangle template piece from page 8. Adult supervision is recommended when using scissors. Use the template piece and trace onto green metallic pearl glitter paper 12 times. 3. Cut out the glitter paper rectangles and glue to both sides of the extending jaw pieces. Allow to dry. Use paper fasteners to construct the Wooden Extending Jaws. Scratch the Dragon Materials: • Wooden Extending Jaws – Pack of 10 – 18778 • CleverPatch™ Junior PVA Glue – 250ml – 10364 • Glass Stones – Pack of 25 – 18670 • CleverPatch Polymer Clay – Assorted Pack of 12 – 18796 • Cardboard – Green – A4 – Pack of 100 – 16295 • Wooden Skewers – Pack of 100 – 10014 • CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Black – 75ml – 16885 • CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Purple – 75ml – 16882 • CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Light Blue 75ml – 16881 • CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Light Green 75ml – 16880 • CleverPatch™ Glitter Shaker – Silver – 9g – 16930 • CleverPatch™ Budget Metallic Paint – White 500ml – 19475 • Metallic Pearl Glitter Paper – Pack of 50 – 10272 • Paper Fasteners – Pack of 100 – 11243 • Other materials required: template (page 8), scissors, paint brushes, rolling pin & scrap paper. This activity is inspired by ‘Ellie’s Dragon’ by Bob Graham.
7. To complete the dragon’s eye, place onto a scrap piece of paper and cover the flat surface of the stone in PVA glue.
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13. Paint the template and clay again with white budget metallic paint to add an extra layer of shine! Allow to dry.
11. Begin working your next colour of clay (we have used green) and then roll it out flat. Use a skewer to cut out top and bottom eye lid shapes, then lay them over the glass eye as shown and press firmly into place. Layer a few more clay pieces to create dimension for the face.
10. Take some polymer clay (we have started with blue) and begin to work it in your hand until it’s nice and soft. Use a rolling pin to roll it out nice and flat so it’s approximately 2mm thick. Press the clay onto your template until it sticks and press your eye on top.
14. Use the dragon’s hair template pieces from page 8 to trace onto orange metallic pearl glitter paper. Cut out and glue to the top and edge of the dragon’s head. Allow to dry.
9. Use the dragon head template pieces from page 8 and glue onto green cardboard. Allow to dry then cut out using scissors.
12. Paint the clay and the template using a mixture of 2 parts light green, 1 part light blue and 1 part white budget metallic paint. Allow to dry.
15. Glue the head pieces to the wooden extending pieces using PVA glue and allow to dry. Scratch the Dragon is now ready to ROAR!
8. Sprinkle silver glitter over the entire surface, tipping off any excess and allow to dry completely. Use the scrap paper to tip excess glitter back into the shaker.
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9. To create the speckles, mix equal parts of white and light blue paint together. Use a fan brush to gently tap the paint onto the egg to create a speckled effect. Research other native Australian Birds to create more eggs!
5. Use a small fine tip brush to create small brown spots around the bottom and middle of the egg. Allow to dry.
4. For a Magpie egg, paint a wooden egg white. Allow to dry.
2. Research native Australian bird eggs and look at images of the colours and patterns found on the eggs. Follow our steps or paint your eggs similar colours to the ones you have researched.
1. Use tacky glue to glue your papier mache egg together. You may like to glue multiple to create different eggs! Allow to dry.
6. For a Cassowary egg, paint a papier mache egg from step 1 dark green. Allow to dry.
8. For an Emu egg, mix equal parts of light blue and dark green paint together and paint a papier mache egg. Allow to dry.
3. For a Willie Wagtail egg, mix equal parts white and brown paint and paint a wooden egg. Once dry, create the pattern found on a Willie Wagtail’s egg using a small bristled brush and brown paint. Allow to dry. Sarah
Australian Bird Eggs Materials: • Eggs – Wooden – Pack of 10 – 10853 • Papier Mache Egg Canister – 12144 • CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tubes – 75ml Set of 14 Colours – 19855 • CleverPatch™ Gloss Finish – 240ml – 18797 • CleverPatch™ Fan Brushes – Pack of 10 – 17272 • Paint Brushes – Pack of 12 – 18227 • CleverPatch™ Tacky Glue – 250ml – 16494 This activity is inspired by the book ‘Busy Beaks’ by
Allen.
7. Cassowaries have shiny eggs, so use CleverPatch™ Gloss Finish to give your egg a shiny top coat. Allow to dry.
Who’s your favourite book character? 7© CleverPatch 2021 - www.cleverpatch.com.au 1. Print out the template provided on page 9. Choose a character you want to use as inspiration. We have chosen The Lorax. Glue the template onto cardboard. Allow to dry. 2. Using scissors, cut around the template. Adult supervision is recommended when using scissors. Depending on your chosen character, you may wish to cut out different eye shapes, or use wiggle eyes instead. 3. Draw your character’s features onto coloured cardboard and cut out. Our character has a big moustache and bushy eyebrows! 6. Finally, we added the eyebrows over the top of the eyes. Allow to dry. Your Character Mask is now ready for Book Week! 5. You can also use some wiggle eyes and a button for your character’s nose. Secure with glue and allow to dry. 4. Think about your character’s design and begin gluing the character’s features onto your cardboard mask. You can create layers by gluing your pieces on top of one another. Allow to dry. Favourite Book Character Mask Materials: • Craft Buttons – 454g Pack 10833 • CleverPatch™ Cardboard Assorted Colours – A4 Pack of 100 – 14932 • CleverPatch™ Glue Stick 40g – 13974 • Wiggle Eyes Black – 2cm Pack of 100 – 10817 • Other materials required: template (page 9) & scissors. Follow our guide below to create any character you wish!
© CleverPatch 2021. Subject to terms of use at www.cleverpatch.com.au8 Use this template to help you complete the activity on pages 4 and 5. Dragon’s Head Template Pieces Dragon’s Hair Template Pieces Rectangle Template Piece Scratch the Dragon © cleverpatch™ | cleverpatch.com.aucleverpatch © cleverpatch | cleverpatch.com.au © cleverpatch | cleverpatch.com.aucleverpatch©cleverpatch™ |cleverpatch.com.au©cleverpatch ©©cleverpatch™|cleverpatch.com.aucleverpatch ©©cleverpatch™|cleverpatch.com.aucleverpatch ©cleverpatch™ |cleverpatch.com.au©cleverpatch
© CleverPatch 2021. Subject to terms of use at www.cleverpatch.com.au 9 Favourite Character Mask Use this template to help you complete the activity on page 7. cleverpatch©cleverpatch.com.au|cleverpatch©™