Parties outside of Rutland may be charged a little extra  to cover my transport costs.

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PARTY OPTIONS

Glass Painting                                                                                                                                               Use glass paint to make a picture on a ceramic tile, dribble paint onto a tumbler and use outliner stickers and fine brushes to decorate a tealight holder. A particularly good choice for young children as it's quite a short party and there are lots of small separate activities to keep them focussed.

Fantastic Plastic                                                                                                                                             An amazing new product which you blast with a heat tool and make into necklaces, earrings, badges and fridge magnets etc The finished product looks a bit like dichroic glass but is much lighter. Boys love this one too.  Suitable for over 7s  

Papermaking                                                                                                                                                Use my unique kits and  recycled rubbish to create your own beautiful handmade paper. Add flowers glitter, sequins etc for fantastic results. Take your paper home to use for collage, card making, invites or just posh letters! (You will need to return the drying sheets to me after this party when your paper has dried.) 

Silk Papermaking                                                                                                                                     Learn how to make unusual and exquisite paper out of pure silk. Add lace leaves, sequins and collage materials to make a great masterpiece which you can frame for your wall. Suitable for over 8s as it is quite messy with lots of cellulose glue and fine silk strands, but the results are amazing!

Silk painting                                                                                                                                          Working with woven silk stretched over an A5 frame,  create an outline picture with permanent gold pen, then fill in the spaces with special silk dyes. Mix colours to merge amazing patterns and add sea salt for a surprise texture. Very satisfying, all the adults will want a go too!

Indian Torans                                                                                                                                             These are welcome banners traditionally hung over doorways. We use calico cotton as the basis for our banners and print onto them using wooden Indian printing blocks and special dyes. We use felt to make a central image, then we embellish the design using  accent beads, mirrors, sequins, tassels, glitter glue and acrylic gemstones. Finally attach to strings to hang.

Memory Books                                                                                                                                         Decorate an A5 hardback notebook with silk paper and beautiful collage materials to make a lovely keepsake for your thoughts, photos or mementos. Add tassels to the ring binding with a selection of exquisite ribbons.                                                                                                                        

Mirrors                                                                                                                                                Decorate your own mirror with acrylic paints, stencils and stamps. Use relief creams, glitter glue and varnish to finish off your masterpiece to hang on your wall to frame your face!  A new choice on my arty party list so give it a go.

Clocks                                                                                                                                                      Work on a square of mdf with paint to design your very own clock. Stick on cut-outs to embellish, add the numbers, then fix your clock mechanism, pop in a battery and away you go. This is a new choice for an arty party so why not be the first to do it.

Papier-mâché animals                                                                                                                                    You are given a small 3D animal made of  papier-mâché and some vibrant strong but fine tissue paper to decorate your animal. Choose from a selection of giraffes, dinosaurs, dolphins, horses, elephants, cow and cats. If you plan your party in good time I can get just the right animals for your group. You'll love these colourful little creations.

Safari Canvas                                                                                                                                            Make your own piece of African art on canvas, ready to hang on your wall.. Lots of help given to guide you to an impressive masterpiece.

Self portraits                                                                                                                                              I I will need to meet you all in advance to have your photo taken. At the party I will show you how to transfer your face in pencil onto canvas. Then will show you how to create a masterpiece in impressionist style painting of your own face using acrylic paint. Fantastic!    Over nines tend to get particularly good results with this one. Younger children can have a go but you may need a bit of imagination to recognise them from their finished painting.

Mosaic                                                                                                                                                 Working on approximately 8" square trivet, use glass mosaic tiles to create your own design. Over 8s can use nippers to cut the glass and make more intricate designs. Under 8s are better using whole squares. You will be shown how to mix up your own cement and how to grout. The mosaic must dry thoroughly before grouting so we can't do this during the session. You will be given a bag of sand/cement to take home to grout your work the next day.