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Bring art to life with a child-sized collage on which the whole group can collaborate, and perhaps even join in the picture. Miranda Walker shows how traditional collages, where children stick items to a background of paper or card, are a popular way of introducing a range of tactile materials into children's artwork. These pictures can be kept for posterity. But how about ringing the changes occasionally? There's no need to settle for small scale when you make a loose-leaf collage - in fact, the bigger the better!

traditional collages, where children stick items to a background of paper or card, are a popular way of introducing a range of tactile materials into children's artwork. These pictures can be kept for posterity. But how about ringing the changes occasionally? There's no need to settle for small scale when you make a loose-leaf collage - in fact, the bigger the better!

The size of a sheet of paper is always limiting. But if materials aren't going to be stuck down, then huge expanses of space can temporarily take the place of paper, becoming an alternative collage background. A section of your play space floor, or perhaps even the whole playground (on a fine day), is ideal.

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