Explore our creative activity guides inspired by Unbound: Visionary Women Collecting Textiles
Each year, we host a variety of free family art activities and workshops that link in with the objects and themes of our Exhibitions.
You will find below a several downloadable activities to inspire you to get creative and make things from home! Please feel free to make adjustments and experiment with different materials if you don’t have everything on the list – these resources are flexible and we hope they provide you with inspiration!
Please share anything you create with us via our social media pages, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and have a look on them for further engagement, video clips and lots of images of the exhibitions and complementary activity.
Make a Magic Carpet
Use colour pattern and collage to create your own flying carpet
Block Printing
Enid Marx, one of the collectors in the exhibition, used block printing to create funky patterns and designs. Find out how to make your own block prints!
Origami Boat
Learn to make your very own origami boat and decorate it using different patterns
Decorating your Boat
Now its time to decorate your origami boat!
Story Quilt
Have you got a story to tell? Create your own multimedia story quilt collage that says something about you.
Rocking Boat
Make your own paper plate rocking boat