If possible, a very wide range of real objects should be provided for pupils with little or no sight to touch, such as natural forms, models, wood carvings, sculptures, scale models and textiles.
Resources available from RNIB
We've listed a few of the resources available from RNIB. Our full range of art and craft products can be viewed on our Online Shop.
Identifiy the colour you want to draw with by smelling the fun fruity scents within our pack of twelve watercolour Scented marker pens (GD03), including minty green, cherry red, brown cinnamon and lemon yellow. We also have a range of fine and bold line black pens.
Wikki Stix (LC49, LC50, LC115 and LC116) are endlessly re-usable flexible strips made of wax and yarn. They can be bent, pressed together and placed onto most surfaces to form creative and colourful tactile pictures.
Our 10 paint stampers (GD07) have large yellow easy-to-grip handles and blue sponge bases. The shapes include: circle, square, flower, triangle, rectangle, oval, pear, parallelogram, shield and pentagon.
Drawing with your Perkins brailler (TC21277P/B) contains detailed step-by-step instructions (rather like knitting patterns) for creating 36 different drawings, including simple shapes and pictures such as elephants and trains. Completed pictures can be coloured in, or have collage added.
Children can create their own fun, colourful pictures and patterns or follow one of the 16 pattern cards supplied with the String-along lacing kit (GD04).
More useful resources
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Art Mache - a type of papier mache made from a powder which is easier to handle and dries rock hard.
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Clay - endlelessly useful material which can be purchased in air dried form.
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Craft scissors - with different blade patterns for adding decorative effects to everyday paper.
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Masking tape - useful for drawing activities.
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Mod Roc - plaster impregnated gauze.
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Newspaper straws - cheap constructional material that allows pupils to construct large scale sculptures.
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Pasta shapes - useful for collage.
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Vilvelle - suede type material ideal for collage activities.