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Make things with your hands: wooden toys, prints, collages and useful items like a book rack or tie rack, finished to a high standard.

  • Syllabus page 9

What you need to do

You must complete three activities to a high standard including number 5. Number 5 must be completed in the presence of the examiner.

  1. Using hand tools make two wooden toys.
  2. Make a decorative article from cane, raffia, wool, leather, wood or any other suitable material approved in advance by the examiner.
  3. Design a print on fabric or paper, e.g. screen printing, fabric print, lino print, etc.
  4. Make a collage using a variety of materials, cloth, felt, wool.

  5. Make any TWO of the following items using appropriate tools:

    1. Book rack
    2. Shelf
    3. Notepad holder
    4. Toolbox
    5. Towel rack
    6. Bulletin board
    7. Recipe holder
    8. Tie rack
    9. Lamp stand
    10. Letter holder
  6. Finish the articles by painting, staining or varnishing them.