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Design a thing

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Transport and buildings

Draw a vehicle

Make something with wheels!

Royal transport

Create transport fit for a king!

Custom cars

Make a car for the chicken!

Flat-pack buildings

Design a building!

Spaceships

Build a spaceship!

Decorative objects

Design a shield

Design a shield for a medieval knight.

Ramadan lanterns

Decorate a lantern for Ramadan.

Lollipops

Design your own lollipop!

Diwali lanterns

Create your own Diwali lantern

Chinese lanterns

Colour a Chinese lantern.

Easter eggs

Decorate an egg for Easter.

Jack O' Lanterns

Carve your own Jack O'Lantern.

Clothing

Fashion fun

Design your own clothes.

Football kits

Design your own football kit.

Posters and books

Design a book jacket

Create a cover for a book you have read.

Create a book jacket for 'Here We Are'

Create a cover for this book by Oliver Jeffers.

Walk, don't drive to school

Make a poster about walking to school to help reduce pollution.

Pollution poster

Make a poster about air pollution.

Forest campaign poster

Make a poster about protecting our forests.

Plastic in the oceans poster

Make a poster about protecting our oceans.

Recycling poster

Make a poster about recycling.

Create a book jacket for 'Toys in Space'

Create a cover for this book by Mini Grey.

Create a book jacket for 'Hermelin the Detective Mouse'

Create a cover for this book by Mini Grey.

Create a book jacket for 'The Last Wolf'

Create a cover for this book by Mini Grey.

Create a book jacket for 'Foxy and Egg'

Create a cover for this book by Alex T. Smith.

Create a book jacket for 'The New Neighbours'

Create a cover for this book by Sarah McIntyre.

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