1. Theme: Worldwide Transport Context: Educational product for a child
GCSE EXAM 2013
Theme: Worldwide Transport
Context: Educational product for a child

2. Theme: Worldwide Transport Context: Educational Product for a Child
Fabrics suitable for a child’s product
Educational Product for a child
Noises, lights, textures, SMART materials?
Washable fabrics =
How is it educational?
First Thoughts!
Components

3. Worldwide Transport

6. Educational Features Colours
Textures to explore – fabrics, pleats, gathers, folds.
Sounds – squeakers, rattles, bells.
Recognition of shapes, alphabet, numbers, colours, shapes.
Role play - puppets
Sharing – taking turns
Matching games
Fine motor skills – lift up flaps, holding, pulling
Hand/eye coordination – throwing, lifting, pointing, stacking.
What if questions – what if I pull this/lift up this flap?
Books – turning pages and ‘reading’ from left to right.

7. Wall hangings
Pockets
Pictures/images to stick on or move around
Words and phrases
Hanging up method
Easy to draw
How can you show activities?

8. Soft sculptures/toys
Educational features?
Carry case
Sounds – squeaker/rattles/bell
Textures from different fabrics
ABC/shapes/numbers/colours
How will you show a front view and back view?

9. Play cubes
Fold out flat
Pockets
Lift up flaps
Storage bag
Handle
Sounds
Textures

10. Fabric Books
Number of pages
Pockets/lift up flaps
Sounds
Textures
Numbers/ABC/colours
Types of transport
Words/names
How will you draw it on your page?

11. Play mats
Transport theme, add soft toys for cars, boats etc.
Fold up/out
Easy to draw
How can you show activities?

12. Pop-Up Play Tents Good for role play, sharing, pretending.
London Underground / Train Inspired Pop up tent
Pop up play tents – the London underground tent has a ticket booking office, with the tunnel becoming the train.

13. Safety Issues in Products for Children
Use non toxic dyes – young children will suck fabrics and could be poisoned by toxic dyes.
Buttons must be securely stitched on and should not look like food. They must be large enough to not cause a choking hazard.
Products should not have long ties or ribbons as this is a potential strangulation hazard.
Avoid small components such as sequins and beads that could be a choking hazard.
Soft toys should have strong seams so that the stuffing will not come out. Children could choke on stuffing.
Avoid long pile fur fabrics as the fibres can be a choking hazard.
Products should not have any sharp components such as wires or metal zips.

14. TASKS
Use the mood boards to sketch some ideas for products and transport images and motifs.
Carry out extra research using the internet to generate as many ideas as possible.
Draw two initial ideas.
REMEMBER: You need TWO different initial ideas for your exam paper.

15. Task Two Final Idea Choose one of your initial ideas to develop.
Draw a front and back view. Fill an A3 sheet of paper.
Improve, change and develop it in some way from your initial idea.
Add colour – pencil crayons only.
Add activities such as sounds and lift up flaps.
Add notes to explain the educational value.
Be ready to add detailed annotation next lesson.

16. Fabrics
Calico or poplin – cotton plain weaves so good for printing on.
Denim – 100% cotton twill weave so strong and hardwearing.
Polyester velour – soft, furry texture but without a long pile so safer than fur fabric.
Polyester satin – shiny and smooth to give a different texture but satin weave is not hard wearing.
Corduroy – cotton but has interesting ridged texture.
Velvet – soft pile fabric usually cotton.
Thermochromic dyes – change colour with heat.
Phosphorescent dye – glows in the dark

17. Components Embroidery thread, sewing thread
Sounds – squeakers, rattles, crinkly paper, bells
Bondaweb for applique
Velcro
Stuffing and wadding
Lace, ribbon, yarn for couching
THINK SAFETY!
Electronic Components:
Music/sounds
Lights
Buttons to press!

18. Decoration Techniques
Block printing Stencilling Fabric painting Applique Tie dye Batik Embroidery Couching Quilting
Smart Materials:
Thermochromic dyes – change colour with heat
Phosphorescent dyes – glow in the dark
UV reactive dyes – appear under UV light.