GCSE EXAM 2013
Theme: Worldwide Transport
Context: Educational product for a child
Theme: Worldwide Transport
Context: Educational Product for a Child
Fabrics suitable for a
child’s product
Educational Product for
a child
Washable fabrics
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How is it
educational?
First Thoughts!
Components
Noises, lights, textures,
SMART materials?
Worldwide Transport
Educational Features
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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.
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?
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?
Play cubes
• Fold out flat
• Pockets
• Lift up flaps
• Storage bag
• Handle
• Sounds
• Textures
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?
Play mats
Transport theme, add soft toys for cars, boats etc.
Fold up/out
Easy to draw
How can you show
activities?
Pop-Up Play
Tents
Good for role play, sharing, pretending.
London Underground / Train
Inspired Pop up tent
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.
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.
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.
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
Components
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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!
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.