Arts and Craft with Trees (for children)

Course dates May 27th 2024, 10-12pm Spring Rise Community Gardens, Emerson College, Hartfield Rd, Forest Row RH18 5JX

Price Options

Children £10-£14

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About the course

Join us for a morning of fun with tree seeds…
We will learn about trees and their seeds through games, stories, arts and crafts. We will begin our day together with a circle and a game, then there will be a choice of arts and crafts inspired by our local trees and their wonderful seeds, including activities such as:

  • alder cone bees
  • pine cone bird feeders
  • mini creature modelling with seeds and clay
  • weaving with seed beads
  • making an edible mandala on the earth

We will have time for a snack and story before our final circle to sing tree songs and say goodbye.

Who is this course suitable for?

  • This course is suitable for children aged 6-12 years, who are happy to be dropped off.
  • Please can children bring their own bag with bottle of water, a small snack and any items they may need eg. change of clothes / layers / sunhat.

The course will cover

  • Learn a variety of tree inspired arts & crafts
  • Learn about trees in a fun and engaging way
  • Tree inspired song, story & games  
  • Children will enjoy the many benefits of engaging with nature

With gratitude to the People’s Project in partnership with The National Lottery for supporting this course.

Course Fees

 Children: £10 – £14 (sliding scale)

  • Standard fee: £10
  • Supporters fee: £14

We are committed to making this work as accessible and inclusive as possible therefore have a number of fully funded spaces reserved for those in financial need. Please enquire at [email protected].

Please pay at the level comfortable to you. We support paying it forward – when you pay more as a supporter, it will directly facilitate someone else to attend via the supported (concessionary) rate. And all additional income will directly help with the planting of Children’s Forests, contributing towards a bright future for all.

About the tutors

Katie Smith: Katie is a Forest School Leader, Children’s Forest Facilitator and Home Education Mentor. She has been running groups with families and children for over 10 years and loves to play games in the woods, as well as forage to make medicines and wild food feasts. She likes witnessing the moments of magic when children feel their sense of belonging in nature

Rosie Collishaw Rosie is a former Primary School Teacher, Forest School Leader and Tutor. She enjoys using nature to bring learning to life through exploration, play and curiosity. She has worked with children for over a decade, and finds it thoroughly rewarding both leading groups and working 1:1 with children as a Tutor and a Drawing and Talking Practitioner.

Testimonials

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“I love everything about Children’s Forest's courses. These immersive nature days are filled with so much enchantment and joy that leave me feeling deeply connected to the more than human world and to my true self as an inseparable part of nature. I particularly adore singing tree songs together, which feels like a beautiful way of reciprocating the many gifts the trees offer us. I've shared with my children and they are now Children's Forests biggest fans!"

Rachel P
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"A really wonderful day connecting with trees and learning more about our own indigenous traditions too. I'd highly recommend these workshop for anyone looking for a couple of hours escape - I arrived exhausted and left energised and rejuvenated!"

Lucy R
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"I've attended numerous Children’s Forest short courses and each time I leave brimming with inspiration and new knowledge that I can't wait to share with my family and the groups I teach. I've learned so much from the wealth of wisdom they share on tree lore, responsible foraging and some truly connective nature crafts, games and songs that will really enrich my educational groups!"

Sally B
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“Thank you so much Children’s Forest, the days you bring feel very special, like a forest school for adults. Beautiful beloved songs sung from the heart, weaving and connecting hearts together, hands on experience with nature from source to creation, gathering in circle and being truly human and releasing all the bliss you have inside can be shared.”

Jo P
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"I loved learning how to process and eat the nourishing acorns on the acorn workshop. The Children's Forest course was fun and left me with skills that I will be using for the rest of my life!"

Millie D
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Upcoming courses

October 26-27th 2024, 10-4pm

Forests From Seed: 2-day workshop (for adults)

Standard fee: £85, Supporters fee: £100, Supported / concessionary fee: £65.

Located at our small tree nursery, participants will learn how to set up their own, for a school, forest school, community or even in their garden. We will learn how to respectfully forage, process and germinate tree seeds and also to use the fruits and nuts for food and medicine. We will look at different ways of treating various kinds of seed in order to germinate and grow them into saplings and how to tend the growing trees for optimal health of future forest plantings.

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October 31st 2024, 11-4pm

Acorn & Ancestors; Community day

Adults £25-£50, children £5

Join us as we gather together to process and eat acorns. We will honour the ancestors and future generations with song and craft as we celebrate the Celtic new year at Samhain.

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December 15th 2024, 11-3pm

Winter Community Celebration

Adults £20-£45 (sliding scale), children £5

Come & celebrate the trees together with us this Winter Solstice at Spring Rise. Fun & crafts for all the family. There will be singing & storytelling around a hearty fire, and tree based crafts galore. Make Christmas tree decorations, wreaths, healing tree salves for gifts and more. Learn how to plant holly seeds which will one day be planted out in the Children's Forests.

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