Art and design Year 3: Craft

Exploring different techniques to be used with materials which can then be applied to any project. Learning to investigate different ideas by creating a mood board to work as a visual mind map and source of inspiration. Pupils learn to tie-dye, weave and sew to create a range of effects using fabric, culminating in a finished t-shirt which showcases these skills

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Lesson 1: Mood board

Children carefully select and curate fabrics, colours, textures and images to inspire them in this topic through making a mood board

Lesson 2: Tie-dyeing materials

Relating the technique to wax resist, children learn how to create patterns on materials using tie-dye, exploring different effects

Lesson 3: Paper weaving: Option 1

Pupils look the work of Anni Albers and use strips of paper to create a weave, familiarising themselves with terms such as 'warp' and 'weft'

Lesson 3: Paper weaving: Option 2 - Easter themed

Learning the process of weaving through weaving paper to make Easter baskets

Learning Objective

To apply an understanding of the process of weaving

Lesson 4: Weaving other materials

Using their weaving skills from the previous lesson and their tie-dyed materials from Lesson 2, children weave with fabric using a loom

Lesson 5: Sewing a t-shirt

Using their tie-dyed t-shirt from Lesson 2, children sew a shape or fabric weave onto the front, inspired by their mood board

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Assessment resources for use at the start of the unit to assess where pupils are in their learning and at the end of the unit to assess progress. Go to assessment resources