A common activity for children is to draw and paint pictures. This can prove a useful teaching aid and diversion to occupy children's time. They may also create pictures whereby the picture is built up by the addition of other materials to the surface being worked upon. Such surfaces may include paper, card or material.

For example, a way in which a child may create a picture is by drawing an outline on a piece of paper, to which they then stick tissue paper. The tissue paper may be stuck to the paper with glue in screwed up balls or as a flat second layer following the outline as drawn on the paper. Alternatively, a child may be provided with a piece of paper or card pre- printed with a picture or geometric design to which tissue paper may be stuck.

However, there may be little accuracy involved in this process particularly where the child is very young and where the child's manual dexterity has not yet fully developed.

Hence, the finished picture may not accurately reflect the intended image as initially drawn or pre-printed on the page.

When creating pictures of the above nature which utilise glue it is preferable that the child is supervised by an adult in order to avoid any accidental spillage or deliberate mis- placement of glue. Further, it is also advisable to use non- toxic glue in case any of the glue is ingested or inhaled.

An additional difficulty arises when the tissue paper becomes wet by the addition of glue as the pigment of the tissue paper tends to run. Therefore, this can lead to staining of hands, clothing, upholstery etc and staining of the picture.

Therefore, the above children's activity places large constraints on parental time. Even with adult supervision, drawings produced via the above methods may not produce satisfactory results. The resultant picture may not be an accurate representation of the drawn or pre-printed image.

Further, creating the picture may demand a large space and create considerable mess, inappropriate for a car activity for example. This therefore limits the variety of locations where the picture can be completed. The above method of picture making is consequently usually confined to an in-door environment such as the home.

An object of the present invention is to provide a means of creating a picture which avoids the aforementioned problems and which can produce a visual representation of a picture with a high degree of accuracy.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a means of creating a picture which can be put into effect in a wide variety of environments including in-doors, out-doors and whilst travelling.

According to the present invention there is provided a children's picture making kit comprising:- a planar sheet member having at least a portion of one side thereof coated with an adhesive layer ; a covering layer releasably covering said portion coated with an adhesive layer, the covering layer being split by a plurality of cuts into a series of individually removable elements whereby removal of the elements defines a predetermined picture; and decorative material selected from the group of paper, tissue paper, cotton wool, wool, or fabric material for attachment to the adhesive layer revealed on removal of said elements.

In this way, an accurate representation of the picture

can be produced thereby flattering the child's ability. In addition, the picture can be produced even by children of low dexterity. Moreover, the picture can be produced in a clean manner, with little mess and in a small environment.

Preferably, the decorative material comprises a plurality of colours.

Thus, a more entertaining picture can be produced.

In one embodiment, said elements are pre-coloured to correspond to the colour of the decorative element to be attached to the adhesive layer revealed on removal of that element.

Consequently, the child can be guided to produce an exact representation of the picture.

It is preferred that the decorative material comprises individual pieces of material selected from said group.

Thus, the decorative material is very simple and cheap in form requiring no additional production steps.

An example of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:- Figure 1 shows in cross-sectional view a planar sheet member coated on one side with an adhesive layer and covered by a covering layer ; Figure 2 shows a plan view of figure 1 illustrating a predetermined picture defined by individually removable elements of the covering layer ; Figure 3 shows removal of one element of the covering layer and adhesion of a decorative material.

Referring to figures 1 and 2, a laminated planar sheet material 4 comprises a planar sheet member 1 having at least a portion on an upper side thereof coated with an adhesive layer 2. Typically the entire sheet member will be coated with the adhesive layer. A covering layer 3 is positioned over the adhesive layer and releasably attached thereto in a manner

whereby it can be removed and peeled away, such as when removing the backing sheet from a sticker. The covering layer includes a plurality of cuts to split the layer into a series of individually removable elements 5, the cuts being made by a die so that removal of the elements defines a predetermined picture 6. The nature of the picture can also be printed onto the removable elements.

As shown in figure 3, in use, a child is given the laminated planar sheet material 4 together with an amount of individual pieces of decorative material selected from the group of paper, tissue paper, cotton wool, wool, or fabric material. In the present embodiment, coloured tissue paper is employed.

The child then removes an individual element 5A to expose the underlying adhesive layer. The child selects a piece of tissue paper of a particular colour and screws it up. The selection can either be voluntary or influenced by printing a particular colour on the removed element. The screwed up piece of tissue paper 7 is then placed onto the exposed adhesive layer to be adhered thereto. This exercise is repeated for each element until the complete picture 6 is built up from screwed up pieces of tissue paper. Thus, in this case, a picture of a bear is produced.

The kit of sheet material 4 and pieces of tissue paper 7 provides a way for a child to produce an accurate version of the picture 6. In addition, no separate glue is required.

In addition, as an element 5 is removed, the underlying adhesive will not"dry"in the same manner as glue. Therefore, the design 6 can be completed over a period of time.

It will be appreciated that as the kit does not require glue the associated problems of children using glue, such as mess ingesting or inhaling toxic chemicals and the need for the child to be supervised by an adult is reduced.

Further, the nature of the kit makes it possible for the picture to be completed in a confined environment such as a car and is therefore ideal entertainment for children whilst travelling.

For assistance to very young children, the elements can be pre-coloured to correspond to the colour of the decorative element to be used for that element.