Floral Hammer Art (October 2023)
Sun, 15 Oct
|Riverside Community
An environmentally friendly art and craft workshop for children 8 years old and up. Younger children are welcome but need someone 15 or older to help them.
Time & Location
15 Oct 2023, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Riverside Community, 289 Main Road Lower Moutere, R.D.2, Upper Moutere 7175, New Zealand
About the Event
We have a treat for you – specifically, for your kids. It involves smashing stuff. With rocks. Or hammers. Or rolling pins. It's really fun – and, maybe somewhat unexpectedly - yields beautiful results.
“Flower pounding” or “floral hammering” is a straightforward approach to environmentally friendly art that even relatively young kids can master. This is the perfect time of year to try it out; collect a selection of the abundance of flowers around, and let us show you some methods of preserving a snapshot of early spring colours on paper or fabric.
The pigments in the plants are vibrant and create stunning collages. In a little under an hour, the kids can create more than one environmentally friendly gift, card or piece of art to take home. And once they know how to do it, nothing will stop them from recreating the process at home with materials you already…
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Workshop Fee (per child)
$5.00
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