10 Jun The magic of colouring in
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time....
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17 May Make a Bird Feeder with Emma
How to make a bird feeder Welcome to our first ever guest presenter online video tutorial. Emma is a long time student and she recently won a craft challenge competition that I set my Spring term of students. (Ill be posting a whole blog post on...
15 May Spray painting with kids
One of our favourite projects from last summer was our mobile spray painting booth. I have a step by step youtube video tutorial below with all the details on how to make your own spray booth. We started the booth as a giant cardboard...
24 Apr A football birthday card
Make your own football birthday card This card is perfect for any sports mad birthday boy or girl. And it uses materials that you will have in your home, so perfect for creating artwork without having to leave the house. In the video tutorial below...
18 Mar The desire to create
I believe that we all have creativity within us. It manifests in different ways and at different times in our lives. But what is important, is that we make time in our daily routines for this creativity. For play, and experimentation. We need to make...
14 Feb Sewing Classes for Beginners
Here at the Craft Corner we have been teaching sewing classes for chidlren for several years now. Upcoming Events: Join us on the 22nd February for a Sewing Workshop for Beginners. Sewing Workshop Whether you attend our shorter weekend workshops or our longer sewing terms each...
17 Jan Kid Inventors’ Day
Today, January the 17th, is international Kid Inventors' Day. A day when we celebrate the young talented minds in our world. Here at The Craft Corner I like to think that every day is Kid Inventors Day! Inventing our own Laptops Each term the final...
20 Jun Creative Teen Summer Camp
This summer we will be running a Teen summer camp for ages 12 to 16 years old. Join us for 4 days of creativity in the Stable Block at Castletown House this August. The art camp will run from Monday the 12th to Thursday...
19 Jun Straffan Summer Art Camp
Creative summer camps with the craft corner. Straffan is the home to our after school arts and craft classes so it is always great fun to hold our summer camps here too. To see when our Straffan summer camp will take place this year check out...
07 Jun Naas Summer Camp 2019
When: 29th July - 2nd August Where: St. David's School, Piper's Hill Campus, Naas Our Naas Summer camp will again take place in the lovely grounds of St. David's School in the Pipers Hill Complex in Naas. We will be spending a creative, fun filled, week...