Potter Around

We run children’s parties, clubs and camps and are available to visit children’s groups, nurseries and schools. Booking is recommended for all our children’s activities and is essential for glass making and pottery making. All our childrens’ clubs include squash, materials and tuition in the cost. Our aim is to make these sessions fun and for the children to take home something both you and they are proud of and are happy to display. With the right materials and encouragement children will make something amazing.

Monday Morning – Craft ‘n’ a Story – specially for Under 5s – 10-11am

Come and meet our book worm bean bag, hear a classic children’s story and then do an arts or crafts project inspired by the story. This is aimed at small children and toddlers but all Under 5s are welcome to this lovely way to start the week. £4.50 per child with free tea and coffee for parents, grandparents and carers.

NEW – Kids’ After School Club Monday-Thursday 3.30-4.30 £5

Bored after school? Need an activity? Come and try our new after school club starting in May. A different craft activity each day with a weekly theme. No need to book – just pop along and see what we are doing. See schedule for May below the fri club info:

Friday Afternoon Club 1.30pm-3.30pm

Kids Club runs on Friday afternoons during term time.  Children are welcome to come straight from school with a packed lunch. Different arts and crafts projects each week, including glass, clay modelling, pottery painting and jewellery making. Some sessions will be themed and will use a mix of media. Our aim is to make the Club fun.  Cost £10 per session. All materials, squash and a snack supplied. Projects have included popcorn bowls, painting the view of the fields around the studio on canvas, collecting leaves for collages, making clay models and glass photo frames. Some sessions such as glass making and pottery wheel experience must be pre-booked, other sessions you can turn up on the day. You can also prebook sessions online.

Week 1 – Skulls

1st Jewellery making using skull beads. £5

2nd Clay – make a pirate flag. £5

3rd Freedom Friday – your choice of activity £10

Week 2 – Hearts

6th Decopatch heart £5

7th Paint a hanging wooden heart shape. £5

8th Jewellery – Wire pendant with heart beads £5

9th Fimo – Heart keyring £5

10th Freedom Friday – your choice of activity £10

Week 3 – Animals and Flowers

13th Cards using butterfly and tree pre-cut shapes. £5

14th Paint – flower and animal masks. £5

15th Sew – felt flower/dragonfly. £5

16th Clay – flower/animal imprints. £5

17th Freedom Friday – your choice of activity £10

Week 4 – Buttons

20th Decorate a small picture frame with buttons.

21st Make a bookmark with buttons and ribbon. £5

22nd Button/cord jewellery. £5

23rd Fimo – novelty buttons with texture and cutters. £5

Week 5 – Containers

24th Freedom Friday – your choice of activity £10

27th Decopatch a tooth fairy/trinket box. £5

28th Paint/decorate a shoebox storage box. £5

29th Sew a small felt purse £5

30th Clay – pencil holder/other container. £5

31st Freedom Friday – your choice of activity £10

Holiday Clubs

Over the school holidays we run arts and crafts sessions for children and for parents and children to do together. The courses are run in our separate children’s room so you can still drop in and paint pottery without attending a course.

The sessions are supervised and run each day between 10.30-noon.  If the children would prefer to do something else, we will try our best to accommodate their wishes, having cleared it with their parents first. Our aim with the holiday clubs is to make it fun.

You can find details of the upcoming clubs in the events section and on our facebook events listings, or you can give us a call.