Events and Courses
COMING UP
Here’s One You Made Earlier……….
A day of creative play for adults - with David Pitt
(“The Crowman”)
Saturday 1st November 2008. 10.00am – 4.30pm
at Trysordy.
Making things out of cardboard and paper - “cutting and sticking” are the sort of activities that most adults only give themselves permission to do on behalf of small children, if at all, but always seem to enjoy thoroughly when they do. Some even secretly wish that the kids would just leave them alone to get on with it by themselves!
So here is the opportunity to take some time to do some of the sort of things that you may not have done since primary school, but now you are old enough to use all those useful pointy and sticky things you weren’t allowed then.
David Pitt (”The Crowman”) has been working with schools and family groups for nearly 15 years and has also made “things-that-they-made-earlier” for television.
He invites you to join a group of up to 10, playful, not-so-grown-ups for a day of creative making activities in a prepared space using quality materials, scrap and simple tools. Masks, hats, puppets and things that make silly noises will be on the agenda.
You could treat the day as an antidote to the computer screen, a relaxation, or to learn more about the child that you still are, underneath all that stuff. Or maybe just as an opportunity to play with some ideas for things that you can make with and for children.
The day will start with a storytelling session and include a deep relaxation “sound bath” using gongs (yes, really) and is guaranteed to be fun. All materials and tools will be provided and lots of help and ideas given. The emphasis will be on enjoying the doing rather than just the end result, so no need to feel pressure to produce anything spectacular (but it will be anyway)
Everything that you make you can take home with you of course.
Cost: £60
Contact David Pitt Tel: 01792 529752 for booking and more information………..or email david@thecrowman.net
also go to www.thecrowman.net for more details about The Crowman - storytelling and creative activities for schools, libraries and museums.
PAST EVENTS AND COURSES
SMART project, October 2008
Easter workshop project for Symud Ymlaen
Spring 2007
Built by Reg and Wendy Leftley for the Heart of the Dragon
Festival in Newcastle Emlyn, Summer 2007
More Pictures from the Dragon Festival
Making costumes at the Small Nations Festival, summer 2007
Making a Clay Oven as part of
a vocational training workshop for clients
on a substance misuse rehabilitation programme,
Summer 2007
Making simple Land Sculptures with materials washed up on
the flood plain of the Towy Estuary, with students studying the
Geiriau Bach course, through Trinity College Carmarthen’s
School of Early Years Education, Autumn 2007
Tree Swimming….
one of a series of
games and activities that use the individual senses to make
powerful connections with the natural world…..through feeling
rather than thinking (Flow Learning)…… with students studying
the Geiriau Bach course, through Trinity College Carmarthen’s
School of Early Years Education, Autumn 2007
Seasonal Workshop for Nursery Teachers, Winter 2007
Raised beds and Polytunnel, built as part of
a vocational training workshop for clients
on a substance misuse rehabilitation programme,
Spring 2008
Workshop for Barnardo’s Family Link Service
Spring 2008
Eco-Babies Workshop in Carmarthen, Spring 2008
Banner making with Johnstown Primary School, spring 2008
Making costumes at the Carmarthen
Merlin Festival, Summer 2008
All things fishy at the Hazelbeach Regatta in Pembrokeshire,
Summer 2008
Creative Making tent at the Small Nations Festival, Summer 2008
Making a waste bin at Newcastle Emlyn Secondary School, Summer 2008
“Scrappy Ideas” workshop, building confidence and competence in the creative process for playworkers working with children, Summer 2008
Johnstown Carnival 2008
Making a fence for Johnstown Primary School Garden, as part of a workshop for clients of a substance misuse rehabilitation programme, Summer 2008
