Tree House Project with Derby College

 We ran sessions with students from Derby College to create flags and banners for our May Fest on Derby Arboretum. The work really was stunning and made the event very colourful.

Dog Puppets @ Grove Lodge

 Another puppet making session, this time with dogs, we had a very busy time, lots of participants.

Cats Puppets @ Grove Lodge

We had a great time making cats puppets in the Easter holidays.

Lantern Making with Jenny Anthony

Here is a  video I made for Erewash Festival of Lights Festival, creating a lantern using a plastic pop bottle and tissue paper.

Wild Wellbeing - Clay Creations

A lovely sunny day for the Wild Wellbeing Celebration at Derby Arboretum. Brendan, Leah and I ran a busy workshop creating clay creatures outside in the park. We used air drying clay and seeds, cones and sweetcorn. 

Music Festival - Erewash Museum

We held workshops for 2 days at Erewash Museum for their fabulous Music Festival. We have a busy time making balloon drums, bell shakers and bottle shakers. It was lovely meeting the children from Brackenfield School and adults from the Space Inclusive on Friday and the many families who participated on Saturday. 

Giant Puppets for International Women's Day 2022

Wow what a busy month we had creating two giant puppets for International Women's Day 2022. We delivered lots of workshops at the Derby Women's Centre and Derby Arboretum with groups and at drop-in sessions. 

The procession was simply brilliant, starting from the women's centre, down to The Spot at the start of St Peter's Street in Derby all the way to the old library on the Wardwick. What a great experience.

Many thanks to all the artists who helped make the puppets, the people who carried the puppets and the funders - Central England Co-operative and Foundation Derbyshire.