10/03/2015 Japan

Origami carp

We ran with a japanese theme this week. Unfortunately my camera didn't want to play so there is only the one photo. 

We did origami including the simple carp kite design shown above, we followed instructions from activity village. We also had samurai helmet instructions and a book with more complicated patterns to attempt.

There were Kokeshi paper dolls and traditional costume pictures for colouring. Also we did cherry blossom finger painting where we drew the trunk of the tree and branches with a felt tip pen and then dabbed on the pink blossom with fingertips, similar to here. 

Finally some of the older children made japanese dumplings to enjoy for lunch.  

All of the above links are to activity village. I don't usually get ideas from just the one website but they really pulled through for me this week!

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.

06/05/2014 Junk and Journals

Junk modelling - making a crocodile!

Our focus this week was to be crafts for adults with a bit of junk modelling on the side. This wasn't entirely successful; note for the future - junk modelling needs a direction or a prize! One lad happily whiled away an hour creating a crocodile but otherwise the table of mess was generally ignored.

01/04/2014 Eggs galore!

Today we had the hama beads out for decorating Easter cards. They had a special surprise in them, a small packet of poppy seeds for scattering!

11/02/2014: Valentines

Butterfly craft

Thank you everybody who came today. It was a fabulous session, slow to get going but great once everybody made it. I did think that the pouring rain was going to be a downer but it swiftly passed leaving us with the unexpected bonus of a sunny day.