10/02/2015: Valentines/Chinese New Year

To celebrate Valentines Day we:

Catch up: 21/10/2014 Halloween madness, 04/11/2014 Firework fun

21/10/2014 Halloween madness

Potion ingredients

Experimental potions were made from a choice of many ingredients including ice cream, biscuits and chocolate. Some were great and others were best described as... interesting.

07/10/2014 Sausages!

Playdoh Aliens

For a session that started so badly I think it ended up being one of my favourites. Our initial problem was that the village hall had been double booked so we were offered the Pavilion by the local recreation ground instead. I'm grateful that everybody managed to find us.

Playing catch up: 09/09/2014, 23/09/2014

Life is hectic at the moment offering me little time on the computer so here is a quick round up of what we have been doing over the last couple of weeks.

09/09/2014 Thread painting and flat breads

Marble and thread painting

This activity was organised by a young lady working towards her Arts Award. There were two techniques to try:

22/10/2013 Autumn leaves

The activity this week was inspired by The Artful Parent, drawing on leaves with metallic pens. They look great! Another similar idea is to get out your paints as seen here on Geninne's Art Blog.

08/10/2013 Harvest bread

Wheat sheaf

As a nod towards the seasonal harvest festivities we created a wheat sheaf loaf. All of the children helped to put this together including the all important mouse at the bottom. Here is a quick youtube video on how to do this, we used scissors to shape the ears of wheat.

Rolls

Individual rolls were also made to take home.