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Curious Eyes

Buttons and bottle tops fall on the page by chance: every pair of eyes becomes a creature.

What the child does

Children hunt around the house for round objects in different sizes — buttons, coins, bottle tops — and drop them onto a sheet of paper without looking too hard. Wherever they land, eyes are born: around each pair they draw a creature that is theirs to invent.

Age: Ages 6–12
Time: 20–30 minutes
Format: A4 PDF

Hear how the mission begins

Family £1.99 Sheet + grown-up guide. For personal and family use. Classroom £4.99 + classroom page: 45-minute lesson, variations, National Curriculum links. Photocopy for your pupils (non-commercial use). Workshop £9.99 + classroom page. For paid workshops, classes and clubs at one address (cafés, play centres, holiday clubs). Valid for 1 month, unlimited prints for participants.

Instant PDF after payment, also by e-mail · Print as often as you like

Part of the Screen Balance: 4 missions for £5.49.

What’s inside

The mission sheet, illustrated by Barti
The grown-up guide: materials, preparation, what it develops, questions for afterwards
An easier and a harder version
A QR code: Barti tells the mission out loud
With the Classroom or Workshop licence: a ready 45-minute lesson, with variations and curriculum links
The fridge card: the 4-week path to tick off together

Materials

1 sheet of white paper (A4 or A3)
Pencil, crayons or felt tips
Round objects in different sizes: buttons, coins, bottle tops, pasta rings

What it develops

Imagination — sees a creature where there are only two circles that fell by chance
Observation — looks at distance and size: eyes close together, far apart, big, small
Drawing — builds a body around a starting point they didn’t choose
Flexibility — accepts chance and turns it into an idea