World Oceans Day Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Create a group or individual collage using scraps of patterned paper for World Ocean Day. Materials: Large sheet of paper, scraps of patterned/newspaper, pencil, scissors, glue. How: Draw the outline of a fish on a large sheet of paper. Participants can cut or tear up paper
Level: Hard Length: 1 - 2 hours Overview: A fun dance session for everyone to take part in. Materials: Music, various props (feathers, hats, scarves etc.), tea and cake. How: Use a wide selection of music from the 40’s to the 00’s and a range of props. You can start the tea dance with a seated
Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Create beautiful three-dimensional bird and butterfly decorations. Materials: Inkjet Printer, acetate for inkjet printer, scissors, stapler, acrylic paints. How: Print 2 copies of each bird or butterfly onto acetate. Cut out the whole of the first copy and just the wings of the second copy. Participants can colour
Level: Easy Length: 30 minutes Overview: Stencilling to create beautiful images to make cards, pictures etc. Materials: Stencils, paper, paints, sponge/paint brush. How: Lay your stencil on your paper in desired position. Use a sponge or paint brush to apply paint. Peel back stencil to reveal your image. You can also print onto fabric. Addition: You
Level: Easy Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Dancing using props to encourage movement. Materials: Music and various props - feathers, balls etc. How: Warm up by throwing and catching an object to get participants engaged. Passing a ball between people, keeping a balloon afloat and blowing feathers to each other. Exercise through dancing to
Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Create a group mosaic. Materials: Thick board, small pieces of tiles or buttons, PVA glue. Optional – grout, spatula and cloth. How: Draw an outline for your mosaic, you can choose a pattern, theme, animal, object, etc. Select your pieces of tile or buttons. Position and glue down. Leave
Level: Medium Length: 30 - 60 minutes Overview: Stitch into hessian to make small decorated pieces. Materials: Wool, strips of fabric, ribbon, embroidery hoops, hessian, scissors, bodkins. How: Choose wool, ribbon and strips of fabric from a wide range of colours. Place hessian in an embroidery hoop. Use blunt bodkins to stitch into hessian, remembering your favourite