December

Hello! were galloping towards the end of the year already! Well hold on to those reins! There are some fantastic things to do this December at @morrisgallery and @walthamstowtoylibrary. This time of year can be stressful, but you could enjoy an hour of calm crafting.

Jingle Bells on 19th December at The William Morris Gallery. Come and make some festive decorations to take home. Using natural materials to decorate our homes. See https://wmgallery.org.uk/event/mini-morris-jingle-bells/

for details. or events for details about the day. Free drop in, for 2 to 4 year olds, two sessions to choose from. We’d love to see you there!

Friday 20th December, Walthamstow Toy Library will be hosting a christmas party! tickets for members are here: https://ticketlab.co.uk/event/id/28725#/

If Leytonstone toy library is your nearest details for tickets are here: https://ticketlab.co.uk/event/id/28741#/

Fun crafts, games, storytelling and party food to be had at both sites. Buy sibling tickets separately.

December 22nd at 2.30 pm Natural Voices Christmas cabaret! Natural voices are singing at Walthamstow Trades Hall . info will be announced here: https://www.facebook.com/NaturalVoicesChoirs/ or here:

https://walthamstowtradeshall.com/whats-on-#calendar-7190ad80-b23b-406b-bbd2-92e31117550e-event-m3yqyo3w

Natural voices bringing good cheer to you at the wonderful Trades Hall

Autumn

Autumn is already here! A time to smell the fallen leaves, perhaps collect a conker or two and harvest some fruits and vegetables. Its a lovely time to go outdoors and see how the world is changing colour. In fact I love to hunker down indoors in the evening. Here are some workshops and things `I’m involved with this month for your littlies.

There’s a bit of a foodie theme this month, starting at the William Morris Gallery, with a Tutti Frutti workshop. Thinking about Early Years themes is constantly on my mind, it’s nice to actually look at the world around us and bring them to the Gallery setting. There I am picking tomatoes, figs and being given veg from friends allotments/gardens and I started thinking how to link it to William Morris’s love of nature and design. Ive been dying to work with ‘Fruit’ wallpaper for a while, what better way than to link the print to actual fruits and vegetables, Bingo! I will be bringing toys from Walthamstow Toy Library on a fruit and veg theme, playdough ( I’m going to try and scent, wish me luck) and finding fruity themed songs to sing. I have been experimenting with all kinds of fruit n veg to see if they will print, look pretty, be small enough to be handled by little hands or even take a coating of paint. I’m hoping they will be surprised by the results and be able to do the whole process again at home if they wish. I cant wait to see the results.

Tutti Frutti

Printmaking techniques with fruit and vegetables to make a print pattern.

Also at Walthamstow Toy Library, this week we are celebrating the wonderful story of Handa’s surprise, then Harvest and a pumpkinlicious Halloween party! Book your tickets to come to the Halloween parties through this link: https://linktr.ee/walthamstowtoylibrary Thursday 31st October at Walthamstow Toy Library.