Tactile Wall Art: Upcycled Treasures PlayArt is a Montessori-inspired PlayArt educator resource for children aged 3–6.

This calm, process-based early years art resource invites children to explore found materials, loose parts, sensory play, symbolic play and temporary composition through open-ended creative learning.

Inspired by the Tactile Wall Art Project, this resource supports children to arrange, build, balance, sort, imagine, tell stories and create with simple materials that can be reused, repurposed or collected from everyday environments.

This is not a craft activity with a fixed outcome. It is a gentle PlayArt invitation where children can explore texture, shape, colour, space, movement and meaning through hands-on discovery.

This resource supports:

• sensory exploration

• fine-motor development

• symbolic play

• language and storytelling

• creative problem-solving

• independence and choice

• social learning

• care for materials

• process-based visual arts learning

  
  

Includes:

• educator guidance

• materials suggestions

• PlayArt setup ideas

• support for loose parts and found materials

• process-based learning notes

• adaptation ideas for early years settings

• links to the broader Tactile Wall Art Project

  
  

Best suited to children aged 3–6 in early years, preschool, homeschool, family, classroom, studio or community learning environments.

Digital download.For personal, family, classroom or single-educator use only.