Olympic Games Crafts

Over the next few weeks Crafty Creatures is going to be working with adults from community groups, childrens centres and schools in Gateshead to deliver some winning Olympic game themed crafts. On the morning of Saturday 16th June, the Olympic Torch will be coming through Gateshead and passing the Angel of the North. Crafty Creatures will be at Chowdene Childrens Centre to make some crafts which you can take with you as you line the route of the torch relay.

PEOPLE WHO HELP US

People Who Help us is this terms learning theme for nursery children at at Windy Nook Primary School. Crafty Creatures went along to work with the children and parents to create some great crafts. From very stylish looking police men and women to some fun looking x ray pictures. Great fun was had by all!

Water Crafts at Windy Nook School

Nursery and Reception children were learning about water in the last school term and we came along to provide a craft day for the children and their parents. The crafts were designed to reinforce what the children had learnt and were also lots of fun. Some of the crafts were a collage of Venice, a sail boat (made using shapes), a beach picture with lots of paint and lighthouse picture - the children loved adding textures for the stones!

TIME FOR TEA...

So many crafts were made by the nursery and reception children at Morpeth All Saint's First School at their Mad Hatters Tea Party. It's lovely to see all the work looking so different when the same materials are available to all of the children. It's just great to see at a young age how a child's own creativity and individuality can shine through.

MINI BEASTS GALORE...

Last week I was very lucky to work with nursery and reception children from Glynwood Community Primary School in Gateshead to create mini beast artwork for their school fence. Luckily the sun was shining so we were able to work outside and see some real life mini beasts crawling around!

Before the project started we asked parents and children to collect stones, twigs and leaves which could be used for the art and I was absolutely blown away by how much was collected. It was lovely to see how eager the children were to take part in the project over the 2 days.

A centipede, spider, snails, ladybirds, a fly and butterflies were made. Here's a selection of photos which were taken.

AHOY SHIPMATE!

Last week Crafty Creatures and some nursery school children from Windy Nook Primary School in Gateshead went on a Pirate and Seaside adventure. Crafts ranged from seaside collages, a picnic bag/suitcase to 'shiver me timbers' making a pirate's face and no pirate adventure could be complete without a pirate hat! Have a look at the photos to see just some of the great pirate crafts which were made.