Art & Craft Facts for Kids
Colourful facts about art and creativity
Pottery is made by shaping wet clay and then heating it in a special oven called a kiln.
A rainbow has seven colours: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Crayons are made from paraffin wax mixed with colour pigments β the first box of Crayola crayons had 8 colours.
Ancient Egyptians painted on tomb walls and made beautiful gold jewellery and sculptures.
A mosaic is a picture made from many small pieces of coloured tile, glass, or stone fitted together.
The 'lead' inside a pencil is not actually lead β it is a mixture of graphite and clay.
A collage is made by sticking different materials β paper, photos, fabric β onto a flat surface.
Van Gogh made a famous series of paintings of sunflowers β he loved yellow and used it throughout his work.
Artists use colour to show emotions β red can mean excitement, blue can mean calm or sadness.
Paper was invented in China over 2,000 years ago β before that, people painted on walls, animal skins, and papyrus.