Creation Station Teams Up With Florida4Less To Provide Family Focussed Events

To celebrate a landmark 10^th anniversary florida4less decided to inspire families from across the North East with a hands on Creation station inspiration.

As it was a landmark birthday for the Florida4Less team, they decided there was no better way to celebrate than to throw an all-day children’s family fun event, complete with a Creation Station craft workshop!

Taking place at the Merrion Centre Leeds
during the February half-term holiday, kids had a go at creating their very own special creations!

They created papier mâché airplanes and coloured in summer themed wiggle sticks to their heart’s content, thanks to the craft stands provided by Anna at The Creation Station Leeds.

• To find your local Creation Station entertainer click here  or email us here at Creative Hub, with your postcode and we will put you in touch with your nearest Creation Station leader, email hello@thecreationstation.co.uk

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Book A Fun Filled Arty Birthday Party.

Do you have a child’s birthday coming soon?  Since 2002 parents have trusted The Creation Station to provide professional, high quality and fun party entertainment for most special day in their life’s – their child’s birthday, and we have felt privileged to share the special celebration.

Arty Birthday Parties have been voted ‘5 star’ and ‘Excellent’ by parents on TrustPilot. You can read the reviews here.

The girls had a fantastic time as did their 16 friends all enjoyed the glitter and jewels canvas’s and it was great to be able to take home a personalized treat. Lisa was brilliant, well equipped with every little girls favourite glitter, jewels, beads and more. She was incredibly patient ensuring they all achieved the “look” they were after. I would thoroughly recommend for a party.-

What’s Included In An Arty Birthday Party  

The party starts with the children discovering the secrets of the magic ideas box. Each child goes on a creative adventure to design at least two or three unique creative masterpieces, using a wide range of materials and tools provided. Every child returns proudly home with their amazing artworks in their own personalised party bag.

Each party includes the following;

• Hands on creative quality art & craft activities.
• At least 2 unique masterpieces for each child to take home.
• Invitations included.
• Personalised party bags done for you.
• Different packages available to suit your budget.
• Suitable for girls and boys and mixed ages too.You can rest assured of a professional service because we are passionate about making your child’s day really special for them plus your party leader is trained, DBS checked and holds a first aid qualification.

**SPECIAL APRIL OFFER**

• Book your party before 30th April 2016 and receive a free personalised canvas for your child. PLUS you will be entered into our monthly draw to win £50.00’s worth of Creation Station craft goodies.
• Please note the date of your actual party can be within the next 12 months. Parties do get booked up quickly so please contact us earlier rather than later to avoid disappointment.
• To find your local birthday party entertainer  click here  or email us here at Creative Hub, with your postcode and we will put you in touch with your nearest Creation Station leader, email hello@thecreationstation.co.uk
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Day 20- Creation Station Christmas Countdown

Christmas Collage

Are you always left with small pieces of wrapping paper you can’t do anything with? Why not make some festive images with the left overs.

You will need:

• Wrapping paper
• Pen
• Glue
• Card or Paper for background

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We would love to see your Christmas Collage Pictures, so please send photos of them to art@thecreationstation.co.uk or share with us on twitter with #creationstation.

Day 16- Creation Station Christmas Countdown

Wrapping Paper

Now it is time to turn your wrapping paper design into reality.

Are you running out of wrapping paper? Why not help the children make their own?

You will need:

• Large sheet of paper – A3 will be large enough for some presents
• Paint
• Brushes/Sponges
• Stencils
• Felt tips

Step One 

Think about your design, do you want a repeating pattern for example lots of stars, snowflakes or maybe some foot print images? You could draw little cartoon funny faces or even use stencils.

Step Two

Get creative and start decorating your paper.

Every present can have different wrapping paper so experiment with different methods.

 

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We would love to see your Christmas wrapping paper, so please send photos of them to art@thecreationstation.co.uk or share with us on twitter with #creationstation.

 

Day 14- Creation Station Christmas Countdown

Christmas Tree Topper

Make your own Christmas Tree topper by cutting a semi circle of card and wrapping it around to make a cone. Sellotape this together and then decorate how you wish. Check out these fantastic ideas, why not make an angel, Christmas tree, or Father Christmas as guardians of your tree.

We would love to see your Christmas tree toppers so please send photos to art@thecreationstation.co.uk.

You can also send them in to our twitter with #Creationstation

Day 13- Creation Station Christmas Countdown

Silhouette Christmas Cards

Throughout Advent, we will be suggesting various simple arts and crafts activities which quick  and easy to prepare and make. Why not enjoy some festive time together and get the whole family involved.

These cards allow even the smallest of children to get involved making the ‘background’. Using chalks on their sides can produce a new patterns for young children, whilst older children can learn to blend and merge the colours in more detail.

You will need:

• Various card stock (including black or dark-coloured card)
• Paper (sugar paper works well)
• Chalks
• Optional sequins or embellishments

Step One:

Take a piece of paper and using chalks, encourage the children to fill the paper with colour. This is a great opportunity to use chalks in different ways – use the long side for mark-making instead of the end, use different colours for stripes or patterns, blend colours into each other, use the ‘dust’ on your fingertips to ‘smooth’ the colours. Older children could also use pastels if you have them.

The chalked paper will become the background for the card.

Step Two:

Using the black or dark card stock, you now need to make a frame and silhouette for your card. You will need to decide on a theme for the card. It is probably easier to go for a simple shape and if it is symmetrical (like a Christmas tree, heart or even snowman), you can fold the card in half and only have to cut half the shape.

Step Three: 

Glue the frame and silhouette onto the chalk background. Then mount onto a piece of card folded in half to make a Christmas card.

You can add some glue and glitter to the black frame and silhouette to make it slightly shiny and sparkly.

This activity isn’t restricted to Christmas cards – the concept would lend itself to any type of card, but if your children enjoy the chalking, why not encourage them to make a chalk silhouette picture, using black silhouettes of houses, trees or other shapes in the foreground on top of a beautiful chalk background? Can they create the colours of a sunset or the sea?

Thank you to The Creation Station Bath for this fab activity.

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We would love to see your Christmas cards, so please send photos of them to art@thecreationstation.co.uk or share with us on twitter with #creationstation.

Day 12- Creation Station Christmas Countdown

Become a Christmas Elf 

Pssst… Santa needs his elves to help him get ready for Christmas, but where have they gone? Maybe they are hiding, they are a bit cheeky!

Maybe we could make Elves hats and pretend we are his Elves until he finds them!

For this we will need:

• 4 Pieces of card ( 2 green, 1 red and 1 other desired colour for the ears)
• Pen
• Scissors
• Double sided sticky tape (or glue)

Step One:

With your red card cut 2 long strips (approximately 3 cm wide) to make a head band. Stick the 2 ends of the strips together to create the head band the right size for your head. Place to one side.

Step Two:

Draw a large triangle on a piece of green card and cut out. It doesn’t matter if you can’t fit the top of the triangle on the card as you will add some decoration to the top of the hat.

Step Three:

Now with your double sided sticky tape put a strip on the band and tape the triangle to it.

      

Step Four:

With your remaining red card, along one of the long sides cut a zig zag pattern.

Step Five:

Now stick this on the front the green triangle. Then cut out a small red circle from the spare card from your head band and attach to the top of your hat.

   

Now for the final touch!

With the other piece of card, cut out 2 elf ears and stick them on the side!

You are now a elf!

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We would love to see your Elf Hat, so please send photos of them to art@thecreationstation.co.uk or share with us on twitter with #creationstation.

Day 11- Creation Station Christmas Countdown

shhhhh…. This is something special for big kids to have fun making Christmas decorations too. 

To make this activity suitable for a younger child use pipe cleaners instead of straws and spray paint, then tie them together with string or ribbon. Try cutting the pipe cleaners to different lengths to make different sized decorations. You can even get super special sparkly pipe cleaners here.

You will need:

• Straws (about 10 for each decoration)
• Cable ties
• Plastic spray paint
• String

Step One:

Group straws together and place cable tie around them in the middle and pull tightly. Cut of the access of the cable tie. This will splay the straws out as shown.

Step Two:

Paint the decoration using the spay paint, leave to dry.

Step Three:

Once dry, tie string around center, pop a loop on the other side and hang on tree.

Thank you to The Creation Station Leicestershire North West for this fab activity.

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We would love to see your straw decorations, so please send photos of them to art@thecreationstation.co.uk or share with us on twitter with #creationstation.

Day 10- Creation Station Christmas Countdown

Do you want to build a snowman?

Colour and create your own Olaf, or design your own snowman and name it!

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We would love to see your Snowmen and what you have named them, so please send photos of them to art@thecreationstation.co.uk or share with us on twitter with #creationstation.

Day 9- Creation Station Christmas Countdown

Hand Print Reefs

You will need:

• Ribbon
• Card (depending on what size you would like your reef depends on the amount of card you use. We advise 2-3 pieces)
• Green Paint (different shades if desired)
• Red Paint
• Double sided sticky tape (or glue)

Step 1:

Paint your hand green! but be warned… this can tickle!

Once your hand is painted, make your hand prints on the card. (The more you can fit the better! You may need 2 pieces of card depending on how big you would like your reef.) Try using different shades of green on different hand prints.

Place to the side and allow to dry (this could take between 15- 30 minutes to dry).

 

Step 2:

With your 3rd piece of card (or second) cut it out into a large circle, and cut out a center like so:

 

Step 3:

Once your hand prints have dried cut them out individually.

Then begin to over lap them on top of the green circle using your double sided sticky tape (or glue). This should already begin to look like a reef!

 

Step 4:

Now to add the final touches!

With your red paint get a small amount on your finger and print three dots in the shape of a triangle. You can do this several times around your reef.

Now for the last part!

Get your ribbon (or string) and tape it (or glue it) to the back of your reef either in the shape of a loop or in the shape of a bow.

Hang it up and you have a beautiful creative handmade reef!

 

 

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We would love to see your hand print reefs, so please send photos of them to art@thecreationstation.co.uk or share with us on twitter with #creationstation.