Ludlow Junior School

Another workshop as part of the Short Breaks programme at Ludlow Junior School in their brand new detached room they have called 'The Studio', we were the first ones to use the space.  It's a great area to work in and we were able to spread out to start making a collage on the theme 'Under the sea' using scrap materials from Scrappies.


Will be back for part 2 tomorrow when I have to work out how to display the finished art work. Not easy when they have built a special creative area and decided that 2 small notice boards will be sufficient display space. I've filled that already!!

Big Fish

Up the A49 to Shrewsbury today with a stop en route at Scrappies, Church Stretton for supplies and to catch up with crafting colleagues Lesley and Liz.

Then onto Severndale School, not sure what to expect. Numbers? Ability? Hard to plan without the information. Had settled on a fish puppet, cut out of a large sheet of card with 2 handles attached so that the children could make it swim around. To be decorated with lots of sparkly bits, colourful papers, textures. Wanted to avoid pva glue if possible so went armed with double sided tape and glue dots. Plus lots of lovely scrap materials; sequin waste, coloured card, cellophane and some wonderful scrunchy stuff that has no name but sounds great when it moves.

We had 10 children in all with various disabilities and lots of helpers. All loved the fish and it was flexible enough to complete quickly or spend longer on if they were happy to do so. Really enjoyed the session and looking forward to the next workshop at Ludlow Junior School where I can develop the fishy theme and go 'under the sea'.