This week Artclub had a very special visitor. Sara Jackson, the Manager of the Children's Centre in Lofthouse came to talk to us all about our real life art project. She talked to the children about how the babies needed some bright, colourful models to look at whilst they were at the Children's Centre. She and her team had written a letter to Artclub (Which is in the photostory below) stating what was needed and where the finished pieces would be.
They are to be hung in the Community Room from the ceiling above the sand and water area, and are to be bright and colourful. They also need to be things the babies would recognise, such as sea animals.
We showed Sara that we meant business by demonstrating our paper mache skills. She talked to each of the children watching what they were doing and asking them questions. As you can see there was a lot of sticky glue and paper around and Sara showed great bravery getting close to the action! We worked in small groups paper macheing our shark, turtle, octopus and two fish.
Finally it was time for Sara to leave and she wished us well in our project and couldn't wait to see the finished sculptures!
Mums, Dads, Grandparents and Carers please send in a change of old clothes if you wish, for your child to change into, as next week there will be further paper mache and paint!
