Comedy Noses

Make your friends laugh - with a comedy nose! You will need: Modelling clay Plastic bag Cling film PVA glue Paintbrush Kitchen roll Acrylic paint

With modelling clay, mould a nose shape onto an old plastic bag - but make sure that the nose is bigger than your real nose!

When you're happy with the nose, cover it with cling film. Press it around the nose, and smooth it down.

Mix some PVA glue with water and use the mixture to paste a layer of kitchen roll all over the nose.

When the tissue has dried, carefully pull the paper nose off the mould.

Use a pair of scissors to trim off any untidy edges, to neaten things up.

Next, paint the nose! Use acrylic paint for this.

And when the paint has dried, use a sharp pencil to pierce a hole through either side of the nose, and tie on a length of elastic or string, so you can wear the nose.

Here are some other ideas...

...and some more! Try it yourself!

Colour In With Words

Use the frame to make you focus on what it is that you want to draw.

Try it yourself!

You will need:

• Pencil
• Paper
• Felt tips

Lightly sketch a picture on paper using pencil.

Use felt tip pens to colour in different sections of the drawing. Instead of colouring in with blocks of colour, use words.

Pick a word that's got something to do with what you're drawing. Keep going over and over until you've covered the whole section.

Change colour and words as often as you like...

...just make the words smaller if you don't have a lot of room.

The picture will soon start to take shape...

...and when you've finished, just rub out the pencil guidelines. It should look something like this.

Here's a parrot coloured using the same technique...

...here's a panda, done using white pencil on black paper...

...a tiger...

...and Mr Neil Buchanan himself! Try it yourself!