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Design Ideas - education resource

Costume, wigs, hair and make-up Production Arts Set design
Three cartoon characters in green, orange, purple and yellow outfits against a spacey purple background

Overview

Theatre designer Delyth Taylor introduces quick, cheap and effective design ideas for creating backdrops, props and costumes.

Learning outcomes

This resource was designed to give inspiration to primary school teachers and children and encourage them to create their own design work as part of the theatre-making process.

The resource can be used to support the art and design and design technology curriculum.

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Three cartoon characters in green, orange, purple and yellow outfits against a spacey purple background
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Design Ideas

Suitability

Suitable for 6+/KS1+

Keywords

Creativity, design, making, crafting, theatre, drama, primary, key stage 1, key stage 2, classroom exercises

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