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Mencap Saturday Club -Winter foxes

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As this was a very last minute call to work, I decided we would make individual multi-textured wintry paintings of foxes playing in the snow, with the addition of a gold leaf sun. 

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Mencap Saturday Club -Spun firework paintings

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I hosted a fun session comprising of creating circular firework spun paintings, with black card, bright paint and glitter.  Then making trailing rockets, that could be propelled by blowing through a straw.  I also set them the task of papier mache-ing a balloon each in preparation for the Christmas workshop.  

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Creative workshop in Mayflower Primary School

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As part of Year 2's science exploration in to surfaces, we created our own cars from discarded household products and raced them over different materials to see the effects of texture on the running of the vehicles. 

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Life Drawing at King's College with Dilip Sur

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As part of King College London's open arts festival, a few of my university friends and I attended 'Drawing Life', giving us the opportunity to work under the eye of acclaimed Indian artist Dilip Sur.  

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Mencap Saturday Club -Halloween Owls

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As we are approaching Halloween, I started thinking about owls in the darkness.  Each member printed and masked out trees and owls for painting.  Then with lots of sticks and some material we made stick rafts and raced them in a large container of water (I'm happy to say all rafts floated!)    

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