Nursery Design an Alien: Drawing and Design Mat

Design an Alien: drawing and design mat. A design mat with a friendly alien and simple prompts: how many eyes, how many legs, spots or stripes, and what colour? Children draw their own alien in the big space, then talk about it and count its features. Laminate the mat for whiteboard pens, or use it with playdough. It is a fun way to encourage detailed drawing. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • Design mat. Ideas for using it: • Draw it: Draw your own alien. • Count it: How many eyes does your alien have? • Playdough alien: Make an alien with playdough. • Name it: Give your alien a name. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Draw with increasing complexity and detail, such as representing a face with a circle and including details. • Explore different materials freely, to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. • Say one number for each item in order: 1,2,3,4,5. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.