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We have written a story about each period in our Times Past section. We would like you to have a go at illustrating some of those stories.

This project can be done by anyone but we would suggest that it is most suitable for those between the ages of 9 and 13.

Paper, pens, paints, crayons or pencils. You may need a scanner or camera so you can upload it to your school's website.

We have a set of stories on our website, one for each period of history in our Times Past section. We are asking young people to illustrate these stories. You can choose, or if your doing this project at school your teacher will tell you, which period(s) of history to provide the illustration for and then you will need to go and read the story or listen to it being read to you.

Once you have done that and using your imagination, draw or paint a picture that you think fits in with the words of the story. This project must be done as a drawing or painting, not computer-aided graphics. The picture should be A4 landscape size. Don't forget, the best illustrations will appear on the site next to the appropriate story and the artist's name will be shown.

Good luck.

When you have completed the project, feel free to upload it to the special part of your school website called Owlbut's World of Learning. However, only examples sent to the following email address will be judged and, if successful, put on our site.

Please send your picture to story@owlbut.co.uk, to reach us by 31st December 2025. We will then look at all the ones sent in and, starting in February 2026, we will choose the best two illustrations for each story and upload them, one time period a week, to the appropriate story page on our site. The name of the artist will be displayed and they will receive a certificate.

The pictures will stay on the site forever. Yay.

NOTE: You will retain full copyright of your picture. However, by sending it to us, you give us permission to upload it to this site.