Whānau challenges
Try some creative challenges at home with your whānau. Each challenge is connected to Te Papa’s collections or expertise.
Make a 3D version of an abstract 2D artworkWaihangatia tētahi whakaputanga 3D o tētahi mahinga toi tūrehurehu 2D
Choose an artwork from the collections and try and replicate it in 3D – you can use everyday objects and materials at home, or make it on the computer.
Education type
Whānau challenge
Inspiration
Collections Online
Explore the paintings in the art collection and pick an abstract one you’d like to try and copy. Below are some examples.
Watch videos about abstract art
Art curator Megan Tamati-Quennell on Ralph Hotere's Black painting
Installing The Art of Remembrance at Te Papa
Judy Millar discusses her project Giraffe-Bottle-Gun made for exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2009
Artist Bill Culbert installing his works Daylight flotsam Venice (2013) and Drop (2013) at Te Papa
Tales of Te Papa: Cloud by John Reynolds
Example using thing found at home
Recreating 2D artworks in 3D, 2020. Te Papa
Recreating on a computer
Tinkercad
You could create your artwork in 3D using a free web-based app called Tinkercad – you might have even used it at school before!
Get Tinkercad on your computer
Watch how to use Tinkercad (English)
Watch how to use Tinkercad (te reo Māori)
Minecraft
You could even try and recreate an abstract painting on Minecraft.
Copying a Gordon Walters artwork in 3D in Minecraft, 2020. Courtesy of Aman, age 10
Make a 3D version of an abstract 2D artwork
Early childhood, Primary
Choose an artwork from the collections and try and replicate it in 3D – you can use everyday objects and materials at home, or make it on the computer.
Whānau challenge
Create an image of your favourite manu (bird)
Early childhood, Primary
Birds are an iconic part of Aotearoa. What's your favourite bird from New Zealand? It can be extinct or living.
Whānau challenge