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.