29/07/2024
✨New term classes for September are up on my Pebble booking platform and available for booking! Swipe through to see the classes I’ll be running.
✨All classes will be back the week beginning 9th September.
✨Monday messy play classes are being replaced by a brand new Home Ed Creative Learning class, for home educated children, ages 5+. Booking essential.
✨Tuesday Home Ed Art Club will continue as normal. These are for home educated children, ages 5+. Booking essential.
✨Wednesday Art and Messy Play classes will continue as normal. For these ones you can either book in advance or just turn up and pay on arrival. These classes continue to be pay as you go. There will be a slight price increase. Prices will be £9 per child, and £13.50 for a child plus sibling.
If you have children ages 5-10 I still have spaces in my summer holiday classes. Take a look by clicking the link!
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
Hope you’re all enjoying your summer everyone and if I don’t see you before, see you in September! ☀️
Catherine x
28/07/2024
Would anyone that comes to my classes like any of these posters? We are having a clear out! Please message me if you would like them for free!
27/07/2024
Art workshop for children ages approximately 6 to 10 (this is flexible).
Create a fun character or shape by decorating and weaving. The weaving part is easier than you might think! Lots of children get the hang of it very quickly once shown.
Children will be able to choose from a variety of designs, or create their own!
I’m Catherine, mum of two, and teacher with 26 years experience.
Summer workshops involve one main activity plus two or three other art/craft based activities to choose from once the children have finished.
Class sizes are small, no more than 8 children.
You can either stay with your child or drop them off.
Juice and snacks provided.
All art materials obviously provided.
Book via the link below (also available in my bio).
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
24/07/2024
My last term time session of this academic year is done! Thank you all so much for coming this morning! So great to see all your little ones getting stuck in, exploring and creating!
For those who have booked, I’ll see you next week for the summer session, with a seaside theme 🏖️.
Happy summer everyone! ☀️
23/07/2024
Looking forward to seeing you all in the morning! No need to book, just turn up! Details in comments below 👇🏻
22/07/2024
🏴☠️ 🧜🏻♀️ Such a great turn out this morning! Thank you so much everyone for coming! The Pirates and Mermaids theme was a good one! So lovely to see you all, and so great to see some children come back who used to come years ago and are now school age! It’s so great they you could come and enjoy it again! I didn’t take many photos as I was too busy chatting, but here are just a few!
Wednesday’s class in Meopham will be the final term session, as some schools haven’t finished yet for this year, so just turn up on Wednesday if you’d like to come.
The following week (31st July) I’m doing a special summer session where there will be extra arts and crafts as well as messy play, on offer everyone. As that one is during the holidays it’s booking only. There are literally 4 spaces left though! Here’s the link; https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
Hope to see you soon
Catherine x
22/07/2024
Lots of spaces available in this morning’s session. Feel free to just turn up. Details below 👇🏻 xx
21/07/2024
Still plenty of spaces in my Monday class for anyone who wants to book. Older siblings welcome. Details in comments below 👇🏻
21/07/2024
Do you have primary school aged children? Looking for things to do with your kids this summer? Do your children enjoy being creative?
I’m running two fun workshops for children ages 5 to 10 this summer.
I’m a mum and qualified Art teacher with over 26 years experience. I work part time as a teacher in a SEN school, as well as running children’s classes outside of school. Here’s some information about the classes on offer this summer:
🧶Art Weaving Workshop:
Discover and learn a super easy way to weave with colourful wool, whilst creating a fun character or shape such as an alpaca, sea turtle, sunflower, cat, shell, or rainbow. Decorate your art in your chosen colours before creating a fabulous texture and pattern through weaving. Class size will be a maximum of 8 children to allow for myself and my assistant to give the children the help and attention they may need. Stay or drop your child off.
🎨 Mixed Media Canvas Art Workshop
Create a beautiful piece of canvas art with an ‘Under The Sea’ theme. Learn acrylic paint techniques, and use a variety of art and crafts collage materials, plus your own ideas and creativity, to create a fantastic ‘under the sea’ scene. Class size will be a maximum of 10 children to allow for myself and my assistant to give individuals the help they may need. Stay or drop your child off.
Drinks and snacks will be provided at both sessions. Other activities will be on offer for children who finish their art pieces early.
Here’s the link to book but please message me with any questions.
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
20/07/2024
I’m pleased to say that this Monday’s class will definitely be going ahead as I’ve already had a few bookings ☺️. Older siblings are welcome if they are on school holidays and can come with a discounted sibling ticket.
(Photo from last year. We will be making these mermaids again as they were really popular!)
Here’s the link to book: https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
See you soon!
Catherine x
19/07/2024
I can’t wait for this next theme! Pirates and Mermaids 🏴☠️🧜🏻♀️ Always popular and lots of fun!
We will be crafting mermaids, making pirate faces, playing with pirate ships, and mermaids in kinetic sand, digging for golden treasure and lots more!
📍Mondays: 10-15-11.15
Longfield Hill Community Hall (Longfield Scout Hut), Nurstead Lane, DA3 7AN
📍Wednesdays: 10-11am
The Scout Hut
Judson’s Recreation Ground, Wrotham Road, Meopham, DA13 0JE (entrance is opposite Bartellas)
☀️All sessions are pay as you go.
💦Mondays are booking only.
🧜🏻♀️Wednesdays are drop ins, just turn up and pay cash or card on arrival. Or if you prefer, booking online is available.
Here’s the link to book:
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
Hope to see you there for the final week of term!
Catherine x
18/07/2024
Home Ed Art Club.
On Tuesday we focussed on the visual elements of line and pattern to create these pieces, continuing with the theme of cactus shapes and forms. Once they were complete and drawn out we used watercolour paint blending in the background.
Lastly we had a bit of fun with some water marbling, creating wonderful swirls and effects on paper. It was so much fun!
That was the final Home Ed Art lesson for this term. What an amazing year it’s been with these awesome mini artists! I have thoroughly enjoy teaching them and we’ve had many fun and productive lessons!
Home Ed Art Club will resume in September. In the meantime time I do have spaces in my summer Art workshops for kids (for primary school ages). Check my bio and/or stories for the link. Also, I have another surprise coming for September for Home Educated children! Watch this space! More info coming very soon!
If you’re interested in a Home Ed Club for your children please message me, and I’ll let you know when booking is available.
17/07/2024
Such a lovely morning at Art and Messy Playgroup! Thank you to everyone who came.
Lots of exploring nature, making mud cakes, painting ice, trying to melt iced flowers, exploring shells, fruit and vegetable painting and printing with leaves. Water play and ice were refreshing too!
I’m always amazed at children’s attention span in my sessions, at how they stay at one tray for a long time, sometimes the majority of a session, just exploring, learning, and practicing and gaining new skills. It’s so rewarding to see.
Next week the theme will be Pirates and Mermaids! 🏴☠️🧜🏻♀️ A really fun theme for this time of year. Remember, on Wednesday you can just turn up, but Mondays need to be booked as it’s a smaller venue.
Also, I’m doing a summer holiday session on the 31st! This one needs to be booked as it’s in the school holidays. I’ll pop the link below. There are also two other classes for older children.
Hope to see you all soon!
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
17/07/2024
Looking forward to seeing you all this morning! No need to book. Just turn up. 😁 X Details in comments.
14/07/2024
Unfortunately I’ve had to cancel tomorrow’s class due to lack of bookings 😢
14/07/2024
Hardly any bookings for tomorrow’s class. Just wondering whether people are not booking because of the football? I may need to cancel 😢
14/07/2024
Don’t forget to book for tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing you all!
🌈Art and Messy Playgroup for babies and children from 6 months up to age 5.
🌸This week’s theme is nature. We will be exploring pattern and colour with leaves, fruit and vegetables through creating art, and we will be making pretty mud cakes, as well as plenty more nature themed messy and sensory play, and toys!
⭐️ Meopham Mini Artists offers open ended play areas and art and craft activities for your child to discover and explore at their own pace.
Every week is a different theme.
☕️ Free tea/coffee and biscuits.
🚗 Free parking.
Aprons provided.
📍Mondays: 10-15-11.15
Longfield Hill Community Hall (Longfield Scout Hut), Nurstead Lane, DA3 7AN
📍Wednesdays: 10-11am
The Scout Hut
Judson’s Recreation Ground, Wrotham Road, Meopham, DA13 0JE (entrance is opposite Bartellas)
All sessions are pay as you go.
Mondays are booking only.
Wednesdays are just turn up and pay cash or card on arrival. Or if you prefer booking online is available.
Here’s the link to book:
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
Hope to see you there!
Catherine x
13/07/2024
🌈Art and Messy Playgroup for babies and children from 6 months up to age 5.
🌸This week’s theme is nature. We will be exploring pattern and colour with leaves, fruit and vegetables through creating art, and we will be making pretty mud cakes, as well as plenty more nature themed messy and sensory play, and toys!
⭐️ Meopham Mini Artists offers open ended play areas and art and craft activities for your child to discover and explore at their own pace.
Every week is a different theme.
☕️ Free tea/coffee and biscuits.
🚗 Free parking.
Aprons provided.
📍Mondays: 10-15-11.15
Longfield Hill Community Hall (Longfield Scout Hut), Nurstead Lane, DA3 7AN
📍Wednesdays: 10-11am
The Scout Hut
Judson’s Recreation Ground, Wrotham Road, Meopham, DA13 0JE (entrance is opposite Bartellas)
All sessions are pay as you go.
Mondays are booking only.
Wednesdays are just turn up and pay cash or card on arrival. Or if you prefer booking online is available.
Here’s the link to book:
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
Hope to see you there!
Catherine x
12/07/2024
Check out these beauties! Printed by my students today, onto pieces of fabric.
Check out my previous reel to see the printing process.
The students absolutely loved creating these! Their squeals of delight when they revealed each print was priceless!
Next week we will be turning our hands to sewing, to turn these into useful items, or works of art to be hung on a wall.
09/07/2024
Looking forward to seeing lots of you again tomorrow morning for the Wednesday class! Details in comments.
09/07/2024
Well done mini artists at Home Ed Art Club! I absolutely love the way you all painted your cactus sculptures today! Such vibrancy and individuality with the paint! Every single one looks amazing 🤩.
Today even more cactus sculptures were made with clay, and to finish off the mini artists painted some stained glass windows. I didn’t get photos of those though 🙈.
More photos from today in my stories. Check them out!
If you our like your child to come to Home Ed Art club just pop me a message. Spaces will be available from September.
In the meantime I do have some art workshops going on over the summer for this particular age group (5-10 years).
Check them out on the link below.
Hurry though, limited spaces, and they are getting booked up fast!
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
09/07/2024
I have these two art workshops available for booking for the older children 😀.
Hurry, spaces are limited and class sizes will be small (max 10 children in the canvas workshop, and max 8 children in the weaving workshop).
You can either stay with your child or drop them off.
Check them out and book here:
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
This link can also be found in my bio and in my stories.
See you soon!
Catherine x
08/07/2024
Here’s the session so many of you have been waiting for! The Meopham Mini Artists summer holiday session! It is ready for booking on Pebble (link below). Spaces are limited and holiday sessions get booked up fast so be quick!
Lots of fun for all the family! Older siblings are of course very welcome but will also need to purchase a ticket.
The theme will be ‘At the Seaside’, so we will be delving into lots of beach themed messy activities and crafts!
Click the link below to see this event, plus other sessions this term and during the summer!
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
See you soon!
Catherine x
06/07/2024
I’m so excited for this week’s sessions for the little ones! The theme is ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’ from the famous book by Judith Kerr. We will be making craft tiger faces, play dough tigers, enjoying a rice tea party and lots more!
Below is the link to book. If you’re on Instagram this can also be found in my Linktree in my bio.
https://pbbl.uk/MeophamMiniArtists
Details:
📍Mondays: 10.15am-11.15am
Longfield Hill Community Hall (Longfield Scout Hut), Nurstead Lane, DA3 7AN
📍Wednesdays: 10-11am
The Scout Hut
Judson’s Recreation Ground, Wrotham Road, Meopham, DA13 0JE (entrance is opposite Bartellas)
☀️All sessions are pay as you go.
Wednesdays are bookable but feel free to just turn up and pay on arrival.
All other classes are booking only.
Free tea/coffee and biscuits.
Free parking.
Aprons provided.
See you soon!
Catherine x
05/07/2024
Meopham Mini Artists is now bookable on Pebble! Please check it out. I’ve added all my classes including some new summer ones!
https://tinyurl.com/MeophamMiniArtistsBookPebble
This link can also be found in my Linktree in my bio.
02/07/2024
A reminder there is no class tomorrow
02/07/2024
Clay cacti 🌵
The mini artists in Home Ed Art Club today worked with such detail and concentration!! I was so impressed with them! 🙌🏻
Inspired again by , we looked at the variety of forms we could create. We also looked at cactus paintings by the artists and
The mini artists were first shown how to create a pinch pot. Then they got to work on sculpting forms to create different types of cacti. I showed them how to use cocktail sticks through the clay to help hold it all together, and also how to blend the clay using wooden tools. They also used the sticks for cactus spikes!
See more pictures of the mini artists at work in my stories.
I can’t wait to see these being painted next week!
01/07/2024
What a lovely atmosphere at Longfield Hill with the little ones this morning! Thank you so much everyone for coming. I was so glad that lots of you booked on and turned up!
Check out my stories for more photos and videos of the fun we had! 🤩
Please remember, no class this coming Wednesday as I’ll be at my daughter’s school sports day.
See you all next week for more fun and creativity! Next week’s theme will be ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’, a well loved story by Judith Kerr. 🐯 ☕️
01/07/2024
Feel free to just turn up this morning and pay on arrival. Address in comments.