Craft and design: Let's get crafty
Developing cutting, threading, joining and folding skills through fun, creative craft projects.
New statutory RSHE guidance is here. We’re creating our brand new RSE & PSHE scheme ready for September 2026. Learn more
- Subjects >
- Art and design >
- Reception >
- Reception units >
-
Craft and design: Let’s get crafty
Lesson 1: Cutting skills
Lesson 2: Threading skills
Lesson 3: Joining materials
Lesson 4: Paper snakes
Lesson 5: Flower designs
Lesson 6: Tissue paper flowers
Key skills
Key knowledge
Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Materials to cut For example, paper, thin card, thick card, corrugated card, magazines or catalogues, newspaper, thin fabric, crepe paper, tissue paper, etc.
- A selection of Pipe cleaners
- Penne Pasta
- A selection of Beads
- Wool, string and/or ribbon
- Colander
- Empty Water Bottles
- A5 coloured card ×30
- Scrap paper and card (thick and thin)
- A selection of Cardboard tubes
- Glue stick ×30
- Sticky tape or masking tape
- A selection of Split pins
- A selection of Paper clips
- White stickers ×30
- Colouring pencils ×30
- Paper plates
- Cartridge paper ×30
The equipment below is optional
- Card ×30
- Hole punch ×1
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Materials to cut For example, paper, thin card, thick card, corrugated card, magazines or catalogues, newspaper, thin fabric, crepe paper, tissue paper, etc.
- A selection of Pipe cleaners
- Penne Pasta
- A selection of Beads
- Wool, string and/or ribbon
- Colander
- Empty Water Bottles
- A5 coloured card ×30
- Scrap paper and card (thick and thin)
- A selection of Cardboard tubes
- Glue stick ×30
- Sticky tape or masking tape
- A selection of Split pins
- A selection of Paper clips
- White stickers ×30
- Colouring pencils ×30
- Paper plates
- Cartridge paper ×30
The equipment below is optional
- Card ×30
- Hole punch ×1