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Top 5 Pancakes

Tuck into the top 5 pancake related artworks in Tate's collection

1. Frying pan

To make the perfect pancake you need to start with good equipment. Grab your frying pan and let’s get cracking!

This painting looks a bit fragile with everything supporting each other, as if they might fall at any moment! Watch out! How would you place objects around you to make them look as if they are falling over?

2. Milk

Milk makes your pancakes nice and fluffy! This photograph was made by Nigel Henderson. Could you take a picture of all your ingredients in an interesting or weird way?

3. As flat as a pancake

Cornelia Parker CBE RA
Thirty Pieces of Silver (1988–9)
Tate

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Have you ever heard of the phrase ‘as flat as pancake’?

The artist Cornelia Parker took this quite literally with her artwork and ran over lots of silver objects with a bulldozer! What would happen if you squashed everything in your room?

4. Hungry yet?

Julian Trevelyan
Hungry People (1936–72)
Tate

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Yes! We are starving! This abstract painting by Julian Trevelyan shows some very hungry people. Can you make them out? Maybe try to draw your family looking really hungry on one of the Tate Kids games?

5. Flip it!

Jack Bush
White Flip (1974)
Tate

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Just before you put all your lovely extra ingredients on the pancake make sure you flip it for luck! 1, 2, 3…!

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