Breathing Space

Gift bags and gift boxes workshop 3 hour workshop Get your wrapping ready for Christmas! This is a great workshop for absolute beginners to craft. In this workshop you’ll learn how to make gift boxes and gift bags from paper that you may already have around the house - wrapping paper, brown paper, decorative craft paper, ends of wallpaper rolls, etc. You’ll also learn how to make a paper floral embellishment to add to your gift bag or bag to make it extra special!

Metal embossed Christmas tree ornament workshop 3 hour workshop Create a double-sided Christmas tree ornament from aluminium. We’ll go through the method of transferring the design to the aluminium, learning the techniques of metal embossing and how to create a double-sided piece. We’ll add a finish to your decoration to make it look aged, and then, as it’s Christmas, we’ll add some colour to finish the ornament. Each student will leave the workshop with one double-sided Christmas ornament. Suitable for beginners.

Chine collé is a fun lino printing technique, where we combine collage with lino printing. On this workshop I’ll take you through the tools, materials and techniques needed for lino printing. We’ll then carve a Christmas design out of lino, and will print it up using the chine collé collage technique to make a set of unique Christmas cards. I’ll also show you how to continue using your lino print at home to make more Christmas cards. The workshop is suitable for beginners.

Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator! Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Diwali theme. We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it! Suitable for ages 3-5, no dogs please. If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9

Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator! Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Diwali theme. We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it! Suitable for ages 6-12, no dogs please. If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9

Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator! Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Diwali theme. We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it! Suitable for ages 6-12, no dogs please. If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9

Children’s forest activities led by Pat, a level 3 forest school qualified facilitator! Explore the woodland and churchyard, discover local wildlife, hear stories around the campfire and play active outdoor games. Diwali theme. We will be outdoors weather permitting so please come dressed for it! Suitable for ages 3-5, no dogs please. If you have not completed an online registration form this year we MUST receive a registration form for each child AT LEAST one week prior to the session. We reserve to right to cancel any bookings not accompanied by a form. Please get in touch if you are unable to complete the form, we will be happy to help. Form is found here https://forms.gle/K53idUnP3pJDJ7vC9

Mindful messy mandalas workshop. Suitable for beginners, this 3 hour workshop is named Mindful Messy Mandalas, as the whole aim of the workshop is to have fun, and enjoy being creative, rather than creating precise mandalas. We’ll start off by creating the coloured backgrounds for our mandalas using acrylic paints. We’ll use a loose technique with acrylic paints, to create backgrounds with plenty of interest. Once these are ready, I’ll take you through the process of drawing motifs and creating your mandalas. We’ll then have fun seeing where our drawings take us! No booking fee but donations to our charity are always welcome.

Join us for this one off session with the Oriental Museum! We will explore real objects from Ancient Egypt and then try making some shabti figures from clay. Ages 5 and up, and all children must be accompanied by a ticket holding responsible adult. PLEASE BOOK A TICKET FOR EVERYONE WHO WILL ATTEND. This is to ensure we have enough space for everyone.