Upcycled Wall Art

    Start the new school year with some hands-on motivation and upcycling! Old books or newsparer pages can be turned into wall art for students rooms by just applying some water colour or adding inspirational quotes. Get a few ideas below. www.favecrafts.com  Bird-and-Text-Collage-Wall-Art www.instructables.com How-to-make-upcycled-art-with-old-books fineartamerica.com www.shutterfly.com

April Fool’s Day In Artistic Lies

This quote by Pablo Picaso is a perfect match to the Day! Celebrate the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day in a completely different way. Instead of playing practical jokes on each other, explore how “lies” and deception can create art, op art! Op art is short for ‘optical art’.…

The Singing Tree: An Interactive Installation

Technology, art and inspiration have combined into a glorious interactive Christmas tree in the halls of the  world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. Every year, the museum commissions a designer to create a Christmas tree for the Museum’s Grand Entrance. This year, it’s…

Exam Tips To Improve Fluency And Gain Time

Hesitating for too long during the Speaking Part of any exam is a piece that every candidate wishes and needs to improve. It usually happens when you don’t know what to say after a difficult question for example and it may get worse due to anxiety. This can be overcome…

Back to School Activities and Motivation

photo: pixabay.com Browsing around for new school year first day ideas, I came upon some activities that would be interesting to try out. I also found some classroom posters that are really cool. So here they are: 1] TeamExercises is a youtube channel full of team games that can be…

Hey, Doodle! Are You Talking To Me?

Do you ever find yourself drawing aimlessly, just playing with curves, lines and shapes, creating patterns or figures for just no reason? You probably do and this is called doodling     read more

Salad Decoration: Know Your Fruit And Vegetables!

Photo: www.hellowonderful.co/post/8-CREATIVE-WAYS-TO-GET-KIDS-TO-EAT-SALAD Summer indulges us in fruits and vegetables inspiring nutritious creativity! Either for a party or our personal pleasure, salads can be refreshing not only to our palate but eyes, too. Have a look at this collection of what I think easy and impressive salad decoration ideas along with their…

Two Poems About Rain

Rain In Summer How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain! How it clatters along the roofs Like the tramp of hoofs! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the…

Say “I Love You”

I’ve found this cute illustration at The English Student   http://www.theenglishstudent.com/blog/expressing-love Can you think of any other ways to say “I love you”?