5 sessions from Mon 15 Jul 2024 [Show]
Each day a visiting artist will lead art workshops with the children, supported by our creative playworkers. We cover a wide variety of art and crafts with a focus on learning and most of all FUN! With access to a full range of arts facilities and equipment, and use of our extensive grounds, lawns, gardens and woodland.
Our daily activities for this week are listed below.
Details…
The club is for primary school children aged 5-12 years and will run from 9am – 3.30pm
(drop off from 9am-9.30am, pick up 3.30pm sharp)
The club costs £33 per day, this includes the provision of a wide range of art materials, refreshments, and snack.
Children will need to bring their own packed lunch and raincoat/sunscreen.
We hope to get outside into our beautiful grounds to explore as often as possible, so please pack raincoats as well as dressing in suitable clothing and footwear.
The club is for children with a love of art and crafts.
This is a busy and noisy environment with up to 32 children participating daily. Please note that we are not a registered childcare provider, and we do not have additional support beyond our Artists and Creative Playworkers.
We want all our children to get the most from their art club workshops, in a safe and happy environment. If you would like to discuss accessibility, please give us a call.
This ticket is for people who are on benefits such as Income based Council Tax or are unemployed or unable to work and worry about meeting their and their family's basic needs. There is a limited number of these tickets.
There are a maximum of 4 free places available to be shared amongst families low income families. Please select one session per week, per child.
These few places are much needed, please be considerate when booking so that other families can also benefit from the sessions.
Universal Credit - Please note, our Universal credit ticket no longer exists. As Universal Credit has recently restructured, our free ticket criteria has been updated to make sure that these are reaching the families who cannot afford them otherwise.
Join artist Kirsty baxter for a week of alternative craft workshops
Monday
Recycled Bike Crafts Day: Today is all about using recycled bike parts to create ornaments, key chains and more! Find out how to renew old things and experiment.
Tuesday
Sensory Fun! : We will be using messy papier mache to create sculpture then later in the afternoon getting soapy with wet felting.
Wednesday
Film Making: Today is all about film making Forgan’s Style! We will sketch designs for costumes and props before creating them in the art workshop then film in the garden, allowing all children to take on roles from actor to director to photographer!
Thursday
Making Paint and Making Window Murals: Make watercolours from natural resources around the garden and from inside the big house. Learn how to grind the plants up and turn them into paint then use droppers and other substances to create magical reactions.
Friday
Wee Houses Day: Get creative making your own doll or character house complete with props, paper characters and set! We will also create some bug hotels for the insects in the garden.
No tickets are currently available to book.