Arts and crafts
Christchurch classes and courses
Want to learn how to do arts and crafts? Classes are a great way to find out how. Search CINCH our Community Information Christchurch database for arts, crafts and hobbies courses for children.
TV2 KidsFest takes place in the winter school holidays in July and it has some cool arts and crafts sessions.
Holiday programmes often have arts and crafts sessions - try the Christchurch Learning Centres' Holiday programmes and the Christchurch City Council holiday programmes.
Books at the library
Do you want to make something fun? There are lots of books at Christchurch City Libraries to get you drawing, painting, cartooning, puppet making, knitting, sewing and more.
We have pages on Māori kites and weaving.
- Handicraft
- General craft books with a mixture of craft activities including painting, drawing, and collage.
- Painting
- Learn how to paint step-by-step.
- Drawing
- Learn how to draw animals, cars, superheroes and more.
- Cartooning
- Copy some cartoon styles or make up your own.
- Puppet making
- Make your own puppets of all shapes and sizes.
- Origami and paper work
- Learn how to fold paper to make animals, boxes, decorations and more.
Knitting- Create your own jerseys, scarves and more.
- Sewing
- Make your own clothes and gifts for special occasions.
Websites
There are lots of websites that can help you with arts and crafts. Here are some we think you might like.
ActivityTV- Lots of things to make and do, including jewellery, paper airplanes and learn how to juggle. Includes cool video clips that show you how to do each project.
- AllCrafts.net
- Lots of crafty ideas including recipes, games to make, paper crafts, jewellery, painting and activities to print off.
- Art Made Easy for Kids
- Easy to follow step-by-step lessons in drawing, painting, using pastels and coloured pencils.
- Arts and Crafts for Kids
- Ideas for using clay and dough, doing collage, drawing tips and costumes for you to make at home
- Crayola
- Craft ideas and colouring sheets to print off or colour online.
- Enchanted Learning
- Themed crafts for kids. Learn how to make things for Mother's Day, Halloween, Christmas and school projects about Dinosaurs, Animals and Space.
- Kaboose crafts
- Themed crafts for different times of the year and popular crafts of the week.
- NickJr Crafts
- Things to make featuring your favourite Nick Jr. characters including Dora and Diego.