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Art and design

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

Before the lesson

Learning objective

  • To create tie-dyed materials

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and an increasing awareness of different kinds of art, craft and design

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

This process should be accessible to all children, although some may need a little help twisting their t-shirt and securing with elastic bands as well as carefully mixing the dyes.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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Simon Chubb,  
Art and Design specialist
Simon is a teacher, cartoonist and artist. He uses his 25 years of experience to teach art in schools and has his own workshop business ‘Scartoons’ in which children create comic characters and strips. Simon is a member of The…
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