March Paper Toy

Here is my March Paper toy; George the Cat. He was designed with Mother's Day in mind, though the template comes with 2 envelopes. One that says "To Mum" and one that is blank, so you can make this little guy for anyone you like, or maybe just yourself!

He is available to download fro FREE, as ever, from my website

Though if you do want to donate click the button on the left bar :)

The result of hardwork!

So my project at Madeley High School came to an end last week. It feels strange that I won't be going back there once a week, as I have done for the last 3 months. The project accumalated in the children making and installing their own artwork, it was a hectic but successful day. Below are images of their work in situ

The whole class contributed to this flower pot, places in the reception area

This one was partly inspired by the wool installation the children did with me, but here they took it a step further. It had a real sense of dynamism, and the group were very committed; putting the work out in horrible weather!

This group put their 'Mario' inspired installation in the library. They placed boxes around the library that released balloons with viewer interaction; ingenious!

This group were inspired to create this musical creation! It was placed on the hall stage and looked fantastic!

This group were also inspired by music, to create these 'music trees' from an interesting array of materials, they were placed in discrete places around the school, so students sort of stumbled across them

Nearing the end......

On Tuesday I led the 8th session in the creative partnership project I am working on with Madeley High School. Only one whole session left now, and it makes me feel a bit sad!
It's been a fantastic learning experience for me, and hopefully the children have gotten a lot out of it too.
The children were mainly working on creating work for their own installations which they will finish off and install next week. They really are doing a fantastic job. I can't wait to see the finished result. The main challenge for us is finding where they can put their work, as obviously there are restrictions due to being in a school.

We also had a go at bringing spring early, by making and attaching flowers to the bare branches of the trees, just though I'd share some photos with you. It looked really great, and the other students not involved had some great reactions to it.