All About Me: 'Can you make...' Junk Modelling | EYFS & KS1 Challenge Cards

All About Me: 'Can you make...' Junk Modelling | EYFS & KS1 Challenge Cards

😊✂️ Spark your children's imagination and creativity with our wonderful All About Me: 'Can you make...' Junk Modelling Challenge Cards! This engaging printable resource is perfect for EYFS and KS1 children, providing a fantastic way to support self-expression, problem-solving, and fine motor skills through a fun and hands-on art project.

Ideal for Preschool, Nursery, School, or for Parents and Childminders at home, these cards are a brilliant tool for helping children celebrate what makes them unique in a creative and sustainable way.

This resourceful pack features:

• A set of 14 challenge cards designed to inspire children to make representations of things that help define who they are.

• Open-ended prompts: Each card features a prompt such as 'Can you make your teddy?' or 'Can you make your favourite food?'

• A perfect blend of creativity and sustainability: The cards encourage children to use junk modelling materials like old cereal boxes, bottle tops, and cardboard tubes to create their models.

(Note: Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity suggested on this page and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken.)

• 💡 How to use this resource in your classroom/setting

  Our 'All About Me' Junk Modelling Challenge Cards are incredibly versatile and can be used in a multitude of ways across various early years and KS1 environments:

  • Creative Challenge: Place the cards in your creative or construction area alongside a collection of junk modelling materials. Children can choose a card and use the materials to create their model.

  • Problem-Solving: The challenges encourage children to think about how they can use different shapes and materials to represent a 3D object. This is a great way to develop their problem-solving skills and spatial awareness.

  • All About Me Topic: Use the cards as part of an 'All About Me' topic. Children can make models of the people, places, and things that are important to them.

  • Communication & Language: The activity is a great stimulus for discussion. Encourage children to talk about what they are making and why it is important to them. You could also ask them to describe their models once they are finished.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐣 EYFS Framework

  EYFS Framework:

  • Expressive Arts and Design: Children explore and use a range of materials and express their creativity and ideas through junk modelling.

  • Physical Development (Fine Motor Control): The acts of cutting, sticking, and manipulating materials strengthen hand muscles and improve dexterity.

  • Personal, Social and Emotional Development: The activity helps children to express their sense of self and their likes and dislikes.

• 🎯 Learning objectives covered - 🐤 KS1 Curriculum

  KS1 Curriculum:

  • Art and Design: Children use a range of materials to design and make models.

  • English (Spoken Language): Children can use the cards as a stimulus to talk about their creations and why they are important to them.

Download our All About Me: 'Can you make...' Junk Modelling Challenge Cards today and help children express their unique selves! 📦 😊

⬅️ ALL ABOUT ME Menu Page

⬅️ HOUSES & HOMES Menu Page

⬅️ EMOTIONS & FEELINGS Menu Page

⬅️ MENTAL HEALTH Menu Page

⬅️ THE HUMAN BODY Menu Page

⬅️ DUAL LANGUAGE Menu Page

📌 related Printable Early Years resources

Fancy browsing some more of our early years printable resources?

‘Art & Craft’ Activities & Displays | EYFS & KS1 Printable Resources

EYFS & KS1 themes & topics you may be interested in

Explore more captivating EYFS and KS1 educational activities and printable packs covering various popular themes and topics for your classroom, setting or home learning.

Alternatively, SEARCH ‘LITTLE OWLS Resources’ for printable educational materials USING THE MENU BUTTONS below…

Please use the following buttons to explore our wealth of teaching and learning resources; perfect for use with your early years (EYFS and KS1) children.