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Design a thing

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Draw a vehicle

Make something with wheels!

Royal transport

Create transport fit for a king!

Ramadan lanterns

Decorate a lantern for Ramadan.

Fashion fun

Design your own clothes.

Diwali lanterns

Create your own Diwali lantern

Football kits

Design your own football kit.

Design a book jacket

Create a cover for a book you have read.

Jack O' Lanterns

Carve your own Jack O'Lantern.

Create a book jacket for 'The Fox and the Ghost King'

Create a cover for this book by Michael Morpurgo.

Create a book jacket for 'Pinocchio by Pinocchio'

Create a cover for this book by Michael Morpurgo.

Create a book jacket for 'The Dancing Bear'

Create a cover for this book by Michael Morpurgo.

Create a book jacket for 'Lizzie Zipmouth'

Create a cover for this book by Jacqueline Wilson.

Create a book jacket for 'Pugs of the Frozen North'

Create a cover for this book by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre.

Create a book jacket for 'Oliver and the Seawigs'

Create a cover for this book by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre.

Create a book jacket for 'How to Train Your Dragon'

Create a cover for this book by Cressida Cowell.

Create a dragon fact file

Invent and write about a dragon.

Create a book jacket for 'Young, gifted and Black'

Create a cover for this book by Jamia Wilson.

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