These are simple masks made from paper, card and recycled materials. Children were asked to design and make a mask representing a character from a favourite story. We had two little pigs, a phoenix, Frankenstein, Batman, a Tiger, Barbar and a clown. The children learnt how to become the character by wearing the mask and went on to participate in story-telling.

This workshop was held on National Hat Day! Participants made hats from a variety of materials to reflect their personalities. This culminated in a parade at the end of the day and a discussion session in which they were encouraged to use descriptive words to explain the shapes, colours and materials they had used.

This three day workshop concentrated on the four elements: earth, air, fire and water. The children had to choose one element and an animal that would live within it. Through a design process of using no more than three colours their objective was to design and make a head-dress from paper-mache and a cloak by tye-dyeing. They also had to write their own story or poem that described the animal they were. This culminated in a pageant and story telling evening for their parents which included a Fire-Dragon, Dolphin, Snail, Salamander, Butterfly, Octopus, Flying Fish and a Worm!

This was a workshop that looked at waste and recycling issues. After a brief discussion session we decided we needed to make robots for the future to clean up rubbish - and that these robots themselves should be made from recycled waste materials that the children had collected. They followed a design process starting from initial ideas and drawings through to producing a finished 3D robot, and then put the finished pieces through a rigorous assault course. Some robots even squirted water to help clean up, whilst others sported brushes!