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Days Bay Play is an extension of Days Bay Playcentre that offers creative play-based education opportunities to all families in Eastbourne. Days Bay Play has a class 'Bugs and Butterflies: The Art of Insects' for Term Two 2015. Take a look at the details below and enrol now to secure a place!

Sunday 31 August 2014

Art of Mythical Creatures




About the Course: 
The six afterschool sessions will include sketching, painting and mixed media. The children will learn how to press flowers and leaves, and use them to make bookmarks, cards and pictures. With the fantastic theme of creatures from myths and legends, they will get the opportunity to experiment with different mediums while drawing their favourite creatures, and learn a few techniques along the way. We’ll be particularly focusing on creatures that fly, so expect dragons, fairies, pegasus, gryphons and more.


Enrollment Information:

Artist: Meg Prebble (www.dorapapers.blogspot.co.nz)
When: Six Monday afternoons from 3.30-5pm, starting October 20th (second week of term) and finishing December 1st (as Oct 27th is a holiday, we won’t run that Monday).
Where: Days Bay Playcentre
Cost: $75 per child, $140 for two siblings.
To Book:
Email: daysbayplay@gmail.com


Thursday 19 June 2014

The Art of Faces for 7-12 year olds


About the Course: This will be a six week class focusing on portraiture, with a chance for children to explore different mediums and styles, learn some techniques and have a lot of fun sketching and painting. The children will learn some of the basics of how to draw faces and look at a few different art movements/artists including Rita Angus, Paul Klee, the Impressionists, and Picasso.  They will experiment with mixing colours, and use different mediums including pencil, pastel and paint.

Enrollment Information:
Artist: Meg Prebble (www.dorapapers.blogspot.co.nz)
When: Six Thursday afternoons from 3.30-5pm, starting Thursday 31st of July
Where: Days Bay Playcentre
Cost: $75 per child, $140 for two siblings.
To Book: Email: daysbayplay@gmail.com





Looking ahead to Term 4: The Art of Mythical Creatures
Meg Prebble will be running another six week class based around mythical creatures -  a theme many young (and not so young) people delight in! This course aims to introduce a variety of mediums, including mixed media collage, pressed flowers in art, sketching and painting. You children will produce a variety of pictures, some bookmarks and cards all based on their version of mythical creatures. Expect dragons, fairies, gryphons and more.  Please email any expressions of interest in this course to daysbayplay@gmail.com and we will keep you posted of further details.

Monday 7 April 2014

Term Two 2014


Creative Paper Art for 7 - 10 year olds

When: Six Thursday afternoons at Days Bay Playcentre starting Thursday 15th of May.

With: Meg Prebble an Eastbourne based craftsperson and paper artist.

About the Course: In six after school sessions children will be learning how to press flowers and make their own basic flower press, the basics of recycled paper making and an introduction to marbling. The children will make a range of paper artwork including marbled notebooks, origami and pressed flower bookmarks, using their handmade paper. This course will cater for those who are new to Meg’s paper art courses as well as providing new paper art activities, and opportunity to develop paper making and marbling skills further, for those who have done her previous paper art courses.


Enrolment Details:
Cost: $75 per child or $140 for two siblings.  Course cost includes all materials.
Time: Thursday 3:45-5pm at Days Bay Playcentre
Dates: Thursday 15th of May to Thursday 19th of June
Group size: 6-10 children
To Book: email: daysbayplay@gmail.com





Saturday 15 February 2014

Courses for Term 1 2014


Creative Paper Art for 5 - 8 year olds

When: Six Tuesday afternoons at Days Bay Playcentre starting Tuesday 11th of March

About the Course: This is a six week paper art course where children will experiment with a variety of techniques in recycled paper making, marbling, and flower pressing.  The children will create a range of paper artwork including origami, marbled notebooks, and pressed flower bookmarks using their handmade paper  This course will cater for those who are new to Meg’s paper art courses as well as providing some new paper art activities, and an opportunity to develop paper making and marbling skills further, for those who have done her previous paper art courses.

About the Artist: Meg Prebble is a local artist who has been messing about with paper and paint in many forms since she was a young girl.  She has her own company called ‘Dora Papers’ where she sells her paper filigree (quilling) and marbled paper products.  You can read more about her work here: http://www.dorapapers.blogspot.co.nz

Enrolment Details:
Cost: $75 per child or $140 for two siblings.  Course cost includes all materials.
Time: Tuesady 3:45-5pm at Days Bay Playcentre
Dates: Tuesday 11th of March to Tuesday 15th of April
Group size: 6-10 children
To Book: email: daysbayplay@gmail.com

Check out Meg's artwork at http://www.dorapapers.blogspot.co.nz
Pressed flower bookmarks on handmade paper by Charlotte and Amelia age 5 and 6; origami crane with marbled paper by Amelia age 6.
Marbled work by children in Meg's Days Bay Play course Term 4 2013




Handsewn Handcrafts for Children 8 – 12 year olds
When: Five Friday afternoons at Days Bay Playcentre starting Friday 14th of March.

About the Course: Think of this as your after-school craft club!  It doesn't matter whether your are an experienced sewer/crafter or a keen beginner - everyone is free to work at their own level and pace.  We will be covering a variety of simple sewing and crafting techniques, with heaps of projects to choose from and plenty of freedom of creation.  By the end of the course everyone will have completed several hand-made items to take home with them!

About the Artists:
Gabrielle is a qualified art and technology teacher who has experience with teaching primary aged children through to secondary school students. She has a variety of knowledge across all art disciplines. She is a textiles mixed-media artist with a passion for allowing young people to explore and recognise their own creative potential and to let them have FUN!

Kate has a lot of experience with working with children through art and drama.  She is an ex-ballet teacher and has taught drama at San Antonio School, both general drama lessons and co-ordinated 3 school productions.  Kate enjoys sewing and craftwork and has experience in the theatre both designing and making costumes, props, and sets.

Enrolment Details:
Course Cost: $75 per child or $140 for two siblings.  Course cost includes all materials.
Time: Friday 3.30-5pm at Days Bay Playcentre
Dates: Friday 14th March to Friday 11th of April (finishing the week before Easter weekend)
Group size: 10 - 12 children
To Book: email: daysbayplay@gmail.com