What’s in the box?

If you’re looking for the perfect antidote to winter school holiday boredom and haven’t met our ART BOX yet, let us introduce you!

Each edition of art B oX is completely unique, featuring creative activities designed by WA artists for children aged 5–12. Each box includes (almost) all the materials you need to complete the activities, along with some special art B oX stickers, lots of reusable craft supplies, and a whole lot of joy.

Ever wondered what you get in an art B oX ? See what it’s all about with Betty Poulsen’s Cardboard Pareidolia activity from our Djilba edition of art B oX

Face pareiodolia is seeing faces in everyday objects. Use this phenomenon to inspire you to create a mask from discarded cardboard boxes. See Theo’s great example of this activity below.

1. Find some interesting fruit and veggie boxes at the shops to use for your mask.

2. Once you have selected your boxes, cut them into flat pieces using a knife or scissors.

3. Think about what features you want to include and cut out these shapes from your cardboard pieces to make the elements of your mask. What shape are your eyebrows, chin, cheeks, ears, nose, eyes or lips?

4. Use paint or textas to create striking patterns on each of your mask pieces. Stripes, spots and geometric patterns work well.

5. Once your painted pieces have dried, start to layer them to create your mask. Try out different positions to experiment with expressions. When you are happy, carefully apply PVA glue to the back of the pieces you want to stick down. You may want to wait for each layer to dry before adding another one.

6. Yay, you have completed your first mask!