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Leaf printing!
The children glued a range of different shaped tissue paper onto an A3 piece of paper. They made string printing blocks inspired by...
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Oct 15, 20211 min read


Painting Autumn Woodlands
We have been investigating the paintings of the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. Klimt produced a number of paintings inspired by autumnal...
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Oct 15, 20211 min read


The Elements!
We have just completed a week of creative fun in Fishpond Woods where we investigated the four elements; fire, water, air and earth. Rich...
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Aug 28, 20212 min read


Saturday Art Club
We have been running a Saturday Art Club over the summer term. Children who enjoyed earlier classes returned to extend their interests...
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Aug 6, 20212 min read


NiddArt Trail 2021!
Just to let you know that we are taking part in this year's NiddArt Trail both online and at the Study Barn in the wonderful Fish Pond...
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Jul 31, 20211 min read


Sunshine and Sea!
To celebrate the summer and upcoming holidays, we have been creating artwork inspired by the sea. As always, the children had the option...
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Jul 31, 20211 min read


Art Experience Day at Oatlands Infant School
We have spent 3 very busy days working with the fabulous children at Oatlands Infant School in Harrogate. There were over 220 children...
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Jul 31, 20212 min read


Native American Art
At Clay Paper Scissors, we lay great importance in learning about different cultures from around the world. Following on from our project...
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Jul 31, 20211 min read


Wildale Forest School
We were delighted to have Rich Roy from Wildale Forest School come along and support our sessions in Fish Pond Woods! Rich runs forest...
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Jul 31, 20211 min read


Aboriginal Art
Our Home Ed community have been learning about Aboriginal Art. This is a fascinating culture full of intriguing beliefs and traditions....
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Jul 31, 20212 min read


Super Sculpture!
Over the last couple of months, we have noticed a real development in the children's 3D skills. As their fine motor skills improve, so...
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Jun 14, 20212 min read


Fun in Fishpond Woods!
We actively encourage the children to use natural materials in their artwork while getting creative in the studio but we thought we would...
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Apr 14, 20213 min read


Carer's Resource
We were delighted to work with Carer's Resource in Harrogate, to help support a group of 24 young carers in our local community. Carers’...
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Feb 25, 20211 min read


Cosy Tuesday!
Yesterday we ran an art session for some of our keyworker and critical worker children and how lovely it was too! We have really missed...
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Feb 17, 20211 min read


More Bags of Creative Fun!
We have been really delighted by the interest and uptake of our Bags of Creativity. Thank you to everyone who has purchased them! Each...
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Feb 2, 20211 min read


Festive Fun!
We spent several sessions celebrating all things festive. Cold wintery colours were explored through decorative wreaths, porcelain tree...
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Dec 31, 20201 min read


Robins Galore!
Robins are synonymous with Christmas and the festive season. Whether you believe in the religious associations or not, the little birds...
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Dec 31, 20201 min read


Glitter and our approach to materials
We all love a bit of sparkle but what we don't want is too fill our precious oceans with plastic To raise our children' awareness of the...
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Dec 27, 20201 min read


Winter Creative Play For Pre Schoolers
One of the joys of teaching very young children is their wonderful, uninhibited imaginations We placed a variety of 'wintery' loose parts...
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Dec 27, 20201 min read


Winter Wonderland!
Winter has arrived and we have been celebrating it's own magical beauty; it's colours, textures and pattern Frosty leaves were explored...
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Dec 27, 20201 min read
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