News: More lovely willow creations
By popular demand, we’re making willow baskets in our art sessions! Having warmed up with lanterns, we‘re now remembering (for some) or...
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Katy
Nov 24, 20201 min read
News: Woodland Trust Tree Charter event
We are so excited to be part of this year's Tree Charter event! Our home education art groups and forest school group have been working...
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Katy
Nov 16, 20201 min read
News: Creating with willow
Our one to one and art sessions are taking on a willowy feel! Last year, we do a lovely series of basket making session, and we will be...
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Katy
Oct 15, 20201 min read
News: Two art groups, and thinking about lanterns...
We are very pleased to now have a second art group at the allotment! Both groups are going to be working on projects designed to light up...
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Katy
Sep 18, 20201 min read
News: Forest school sessions
With the new term, we‘ve started our forest school for home educating families again- the perfect setting for socially distanced...
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Katy
Sep 16, 20201 min read
News: Zoom art!
Like everyone nowadays, we’re try to be as flexible and creative as possible to make sure that our sessions can carry on. And although...
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Katy
Sep 6, 20201 min read
News: Very small art...
Our art groups have been experimenting with puppet making - we started off with 3-stick puppets, then moved on to figures made around a...
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Katy
Sep 5, 20201 min read
News: Story making at the allotment
Having lots of different materials about during our sessions means that people can really get into things that they enjoy - including...
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Katy
May 18, 20201 min read
Activity of the day: Tiny books and fingerprint people
Make your own tiny story books with this quick and simple activity - you can make a whole library of adventures! And rather than needing...
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Katy
May 15, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Swinging tin can painting!
We decided to do some art in the garden, so we could be quite messy, and do something big! This is a great activity if you have a bit of...
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Katy
May 12, 20202 min read
Activity of the Day: Celtic battle trumpet!
Time for something a little different- make something that makes lots of noise! This is a great sound-making construction, and we’ve used...
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Katy
May 8, 20201 min read
The great Snail Mail Art Exchange
Our art groups can't get together, but we have an exciting project in progress! Twenty-four adults and children are taking part in a big...
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Katy
May 7, 20201 min read
We've gone interactive!
The wonderful artwork created by one of our groups, The Yurt Collective, is part of Air Arts' Wellbeing in the Workplace exhibition at...
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Katy
Apr 13, 20202 min read
New craft sessions - jewellery making!
Just because our groups can't meet at the moment, certainly hasn't stopped us planning for when we can! One of the workshops we will be...
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Kate
Apr 4, 20203 min read
Activity of the day: Make pictures, cards and wrappings with leaf and flower hammer art
We really like this activity because it's another one that's really flexible and can be modified to suit everyone (unless they're really...
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Katy
Mar 19, 20201 min read
Art in the yurt still!
Lovely session at the yurt this week, finishing Lino cuts and printing them. Also hot chocolate, enjoying being out in the park...
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Katy
Mar 15, 20201 min read
More fabulous watercolours!
We’ve had a lot of fun playing with watercolours, as well as looking at how artists throughout history have depicted fruit! Really...
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Katy
Feb 6, 20201 min read
The Arty bunch again...
A beautiful winter’s day, snug in the yurt. Intense concentration , creating more beautiful prints- and progressing to lino cuts.
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Kate
Feb 3, 20201 min read
We’re going to Chatsworth Show!
It’s official: Crow Wood CIC will be exhibiting our “Walk on the Wild Side” upcycled garden design as a schools garden at the RHS...
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Kate
Jan 28, 20201 min read
Progress down the toilet...
The breakout compost loo art group led by Izzy are at it again- by the end of this session, our 4 volunteers had transferred their tree...
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