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Creative tools

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Busy Things' paint package

Face trace

Trace a photo of your face to create a simple drawing of yourself.

Pixel by numbers

Match numbers to colours! Fill the squares and watch the picture appear.

Pixel art

Create your own pixel art masterpiece.

Busy paint and publisher

Use our simple paint and publishing program to create amazing work.

Pixel art: pictures to copy

Printable activity.

Create an Impressionist painting

Make your own Impressionist picture.

Create a Post-Impressionist painting

Make your own Post-Impressionist picture.

Create a Cubist painting

Create a Cubist painting.

Create an Abstract Expressionist painting

Make your own Abstract Expressionist picture.

Paint like Bridget Riley

Create your own black and white eye-bending Optical Art.

Make a piece of Islamic art

Create Islamic-style decorative symmetry art.

Pretty Things activity set

Pretty Things: Paint party

Create amazing paint effects!

Pretty Things: Growing garden

Make shapes and patterns grow.

Pretty Things: Spin and shake

Create swirly patterns!

Pretty Things: Wonder wheel

Touch or click and hold down the mouse on the spinning canvas!

Pretty Things: Chop and change

Chop and change a picture to make a new one.

Pretty Things: Pretty patterns

Create instant colourful patterns!

Pretty Things: Lively lines

Create lines and shapes that animate.

Pretty Things: Sandscape

Pour sand onto trees and ramps. Watch it fall!

Pretty Things: Busy blocks

Drop blocks, build towers and then explode them!

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