Posts for May, 2023

Have a go at a new crafty project
Craft Club is all about learning new creative skills. Each week has a theme and is full to the brim of different craft skills including sewing, weaving, crochet, knitting, clay sculpting and more! This club has full day sessions so kids can spend more time on their crafts & try out other mini craft projects as well

Animal week will include all sorts of crafts featuring creatures large and small.Our main projects will be:
Monday – Making an animal themed Cross Stitch banner
Tuesday – Crocheting Worry Worms
Wednesday – Animal Print Fabric Painting
Thursday – Using denim to Upcycle animal toys
Friday – Clay Sculpting animal trinket trays

All activities come with a range of options and are suitable for boys & girls – we encourage everyone to use their creativity and make it their own!!
All materials are provided. Where ever possible we will do our crafts outside!

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
For Craft Club you can book for individual days (£35 each) or select the full week for a discounted price (£158).
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms

We will be using the Waves & Wild Suncastle Bucket Hat pattern which you can download for free here: https://www.wavesandwild.com/shop/sandcastle-bucket-hat-ww/
These hats are a favourite summer accessory & a great sewing project

We will learn how to cut material using pattern pieces
Then we will construct our hats – sewing the two layers together to make it reversible

What’s Provided
– Equipment
– Haberdashery

You need to bring
– 2 Fat Quarters

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms
Material Choices Form

Have a go at a new crafty project
Craft Club is all about learning new creative skills. Each week has a theme and is full to the brim of different craft skills including sewing, weaving, crochet, knitting, clay sculpting and more! This club has full day sessions so kids can spend more time on their crafts & try out other mini craft projects as well

Colour week is all about creative expression through colour. Our main projects will be:
Monday – Using buttons to create embroidery art
Tuesday – Learning how to create String Art
Wednesday – Weaving, including building your own loom!
Thursday – Learning to Crochet rainbow bunting
Friday – Creating Tie Dye bags

All activities come with a range of options and are suitable for boys & girls – we encourage everyone to use their creativity and make it their own!!
All materials are provided. Where ever possible we will do our crafts outside!

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
For Craft Club you can book for individual days (£35 each) or select the full week for a discounted price (£158).
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms

Have fun & be creative!!
Mini Crafters is all about creative fun! Each week has a theme & is full of easy crafts and games.

Forest week is all about nature crafts and animals. We will be making a great selection of fun and useful items:
Monday – Nature & Bird
Tuesday – Bugs
Wednesday – Forest Creatures
Thursday – Seeds & Stones
Friday – Bees

All activities come with a range of options and are suitable for boys & girls – we encourage everyone to use their creativity and make it their own!!
All materials are provided. Where ever possible we will do our crafts outside!

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
For Mini Crafters you can book for individual sessions (£12 each) or select the full week for a discounted price (£50).
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms

We will be using Waves & Wild’s Cool Time Lunch Bag pattern. This is a large lunch bag which we will make with inside bottle pocket

We will learn how to cut material using pattern pieces
We will sew in a zip, construct our bag and use binding to finish our seams.

What’s Provided
Lining material
Zips
Straps & Binding
Equipment
Haberdashery

You need to bring
-0.5m Fabric (Slightly heavier fabric than cotton works best e.g. Denim, Cotton Twill, Canvas. We will provide suggestions)

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms
Material Choices Form

The workshops which combine outdoor experiences with yoga, mindfulness and connection to nature are designed to make the outdoor and action sports space accessible to more people. During the two days, participants will learn the basics of route planning, navigation, and safety in the outdoors, as well as enjoying shared meaning-making, storytelling and yoga sessions.

We will be using the NEA pattern from Apple Green Cottage. This is a great unisex bag, ideal for carrying all your bits and pieces on a day out

We will learn how to cut material using pattern pieces
We will create our straps & two pockets before completing our bag

What’s Provided
Cotton Twill fabric (main body of the bag)
Equipment
Haberdashery

You need to bring
– 2 Fat Quarters (one for the front pocket & one for the inside of the bag)

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms
Material Choices Form

Have fun & be creative!!

Mini Crafters is all about creative fun! Each week has a theme & is full of easy crafts and games.

Fantasy week is all about imaginative crafts – with a different magical creature each day:
Monday – Fairies
Tuesday – Unicorns
Wednesday – Dragons
Thursday – Mermaids
Friday – Monsters

All activities come with a range of options and are suitable for boys & girls – we encourage everyone to use their creativity and make it their own!!

All materials are provided. Where ever possible we will do our crafts outside!

BOOKING
Please book your place online – you can book multiple sessions & for multiple children.
For Mini Crafters you can book for individual sessions (£12 each) or select the full week for a discounted price (£50).
No payment will be taken via our website. After booking you will receive an invoice (applying any discounts or split payment dates), your place is not confirmed until this invoice is paid

Once booked we will send you:
An invoice – this must be paid once received
Emergency Contact & Health Forms

Scottish landscape artist Shona Cammack is exhibiting a new body of original landscape paintings at the High St Merchants Gallery & Cafe in Grantown-on-Spey, from 1st June – 14th July.

Shona lives on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park and is a keen hill walker and outdoors enthusiast. She is inspired by the high mountains, rivers and pine forests of the Cairngorms as well as the more rugged landscapes of the west coast. She collects inspiration for her paintings while exploring these locations, often painting outdoors and working directly from the surroundings.

The paintings in this exhibition are inspired by her surroundings in the Cairngorms and recent trips to the Isle of Skye.

The exhibition will be open Wed-Sat 10am-4.30pm, Sunday 10am-4pm.
June 1st – July 14th.

See more of Shona’s work on her website at www.shonacammack.com and Instagram/Facebook @shonacammack_art

Original local art & gifts, jewellery making demonstrations, felting demonstrations, card making, booking signing and photographic prints, tombola…come and see us…there is something for everyone