Hands On!

Arts Explosion

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Girlguiding Midlands Arts Explosion Initiative

Arts Explosion is an initiative designed by Girlguiding Midlands Region to give girls the opportunity to experience The Arts in its widest sense. Opportunities to dabble in art and music, perform, celebrate, create and visit sculptures are all within the large scale project. This resource, Arts Explosion ‘‘Hands on’’, is the ‘take away’ element allowing you to explore The Arts in your own time and within your own units. It should be viewed as an ideas pack as it will probably spark off new ideas for you and you may want to adapt many ideas to the needs of individuals and the circumstances you are in; please feel free! Some activities however have very specific instructions on making a particular item, these are there for those of you who are looking for something ‘off the peg’ that has been tried and tested and can be put into action relatively quickly. We hope you agree that there is something here for everyone.

Introduction to Arts Explosion ‘‘Hands on’’

First and foremost, this is a pack of arts ideas that can be used universally within your Guiding or when working with children. The idea behind it is to make all branches of The Arts more accessible to dabble in, without the need of professional expertise and little of their specialist equipment. If you are great at card making but the thought of trying to teach dance fills you with horror, or you are whizz at IT but know nothing about camp craft, this is your ideal starting place. There is a set of introductory activities to choose from if you want to explore and raise awareness of how broad the world of arts is.

How to gain the ‘Hands on’ badge

Activities are subdivided into the 3 main zones which are being explored within the Arts Explosion project:

Recycling

Body and Soul

International Participate in at least one idea from each section to achieve the ‘Hands on’ part of the initiative but obviously there may be much more material in here you would like to try, particularly as it links in with other parts of our programme. Using the ideas in this pack you can earn a special Arts Explosion ‘‘Hands on’’ sew on badge that fits into the set of Arts Explosion badges. Details of the scheme and an order form can be found overleaf.

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How to use this pack The ideas in this pack are for everyone to use, they have been written to make them accessible to girls and leaders alike. The ideas have not been coded as suitable for specific age groups because they can very often be adapted. For example, Zentangles can be designed and free drawn by the girls after watching downloaded clips on how to do it from a computer (for those competent at drawing & ICT) or conversely you can choose a suitable template of a manageable size for the girls, help them choose a range of patterns, colours or even stickers (suitable to any age) and then assemble a collage irrespective of the group size.

The loose leaf format means that this is a resource that can be shared around a unit, with individuals working on different aspects at different times. Leaders will still need to assess the risks for girls undertaking these activities, dare we say use common sense! Any templates or information can be freely printed, photocopied or sent and stored within a PC to be used at any time.

Where unusual items are used, you are taken to a directory to help you find these resources and there is an emphasis on using recycled or adapted materials to make these activities financially viable. A list of scrap stores around the Midlands (co-operatives selling on materials seen as waste to some industries – e.g. cardboard, fabric, tubing, containers etc.) can also be found. You will find links to badges, Go For Its and projects so that these activities do not stand in isolation but are good resources within your unit programme.

Happy Dabbling!

If you are unable to download or print a copy of the resource it can be purchased from Girlguiding Midlands office at a cost of £5 including postage and packing. Please contact Girlguiding Midlands office for details.

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Arts Explosion: The Challenge

The set of Arts Explosion badges can be gained as follows:

1. Central badge: This can be purchased as a starter/fun badge to encourage

participation in the Arts Explosion initiative.

2. The ‘Hands on’ element badge can be gained by a member participating in

at least three activities from our Arts Explosion ‘Hands On’ resource – one from each section

Body and Soul,

International

Recycling.

3. The ‘On Show’ element badge can be gained by a member participating in

an entertainment activity at any level that would be good enough to be on show to the public, e.g. a talent show, gang show, unit entertainment evening, or Girlguiding Midlands ‘Got Talent’.

4. The ‘On the Move’ element badge can be gained by a member

participating in exploring The Arts in their own local area. This element would encourage participation in the Girlguiding Midlands Sculpture trails at any level, from a unit trail, District, Division, County or Region. It would also encourage networking local arts projects and what’s on at theatres, galleries and museums etc. The trails could also be used as a PR tool for local guiding to promote themselves by using shops, libraries, and charities to display their elephant sculptures.

5. The ‘Go Global’ element badge can be gained by a member

participating in a Thinking Day event in 2015 at any level, which explores The Arts internationally whether it be at Unit, District, Division or County. Participants would also be encouraged to attend our Girlguiding Midlands ‘Go Global’ event on Saturday 21 st February 2015 to gain the badge.

For more information please contact the Girlguiding Midlands Arts Initiative Lead Volunteer: Fiona Lucas E-Mail: fiona.centenary@btinternet.com

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ARTS EXPLOSION

Badge Order Form

Please supply the following badges:-

Badge Quantity Price Total

Central Badge £1 each

‘Hands On’ 75p each

‘On the Move’ 75p each

‘On Show’ 75p each

‘Go Global’ 75p each

TOTAL £

Please make cheques payable to ‘The Guide Association - Midlands’.

Also, note that all prices listed above include postage and packing. However large orders

may be subject to additional postal charges.

Name & Address for delivery:-

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Send orders to: Girlguiding Midlands Tel: 01530 412703

21 Lower Church Street

Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Leicestershire, LE65 1AB

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For Office Use only

Date Posted: ……………………………… Receipt No. ………………………….

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You will need:

A list of questions

A rope, tape or chalk to create a line

Would you rather……?

This is a game to introduce the Arts Explosion initiative and to help you stimulate thoughts, discussion and inspiration. The list – (see Over) is just some suggestions and we ask that you choose the ones suitable for your section. Please read the list before you start. Feel free to change/adapt the preferences to suit the girls’ interests & knowledge. Challenge them to invent their own dilemmas based on the Arts theme.

How to play:

Draw a line down the centre of the room or stick a length of coloured tape to the floor. Ask all the girls to stand, one foot either side of the line, all facing the leader. Explain that you will read out a question which has two different options. If the girl prefers the first option she will jump to her left if she prefers the second one she will jump to her right. Tell them you will give them thinking time as you count ‘1...2...3’ and then say ‘jump’. On the word ‘jump!’ they are to move left or right. If no preference stay where you are. Explain there are no right or wrong answers and not to be influenced by others. Give them a practice question: ‘Would you rather wear blue [indicate which way to jump with your arm] or would you rather wear red [again indicate with your arm]’…..1….2…..3 jump!’ Continuing to gesture with your arm helps throughout the game – rather like directing traffic!

After the game it may be appropriate to discuss the choices made, perhaps in sixes/patrols/groups. Why were certain choices made? In hindsight would any be changed? Were you influenced by other girls?

Intro activity

Links

Me in mind

Programme planning

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Choose from:

Make something Do something

Watch a film at home Watch a film at the cinema

Act in a play Watch a play

Smell a rose Smell the sea

Paint a picture Draw a picture

Cook a savoury dish Cook a sweet dish

Learn and sing new song Sing a familiar song

Visit a museum Visit an art gallery

Make a necklace Buy a necklace

Cook a meal for your family/friends Go out for a meal with your family/friends

Learn to sew Learn to knit

Make a collage alone Make a collage with friends

Visit a theme park Visit a stately home

Read a book Listen to music

Watch Downton Abbey Watch Coronation Street

Paint your face Paint your nails

Read an e-book [Kindle etc.] Read a paper or hardback book

Relax on a beach Relax in the countryside

Listen to classical music Listen to pop music

Have hair extensions Wear a wig

Use a sun bed Have a fake tan

Be Cinderella Be Snow White

Meet a unicorn Meet an Ogre

Sit on a floor cushion Sit on a sofa

Sleep on a camp bed Sleep on an air bed

Have a belly button ring Have a nose ring

Meet Banksy Meet Tracey Emin

Win tickets to a Take That concert Win tickets to a One Direction concert

Paint like Van Gough Paint like Constable

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You will need:

Pencils

Paper

Arts Quiz

Test your knowledge of a whole variety of arts. You answer the questions as a team, writing your answers on paper to be marked by another team. To add an extra twist, if you are unsure of some answers, you could choose an Egg Head leader to answer for you. You are restricted to passing only 3 questions on to an Egg Head. Each time you choose an Egg Head, think carefully which leader is most likely to know the answer to each of those questions. Thinking Caps on:

1 Which TV show, hosted in 2012 by Bruce Forsyth, showcases many types of ballroom dancing?

2 Which craft needs a loom to make it work?

3 Which rap artist shares his name with a state in the USA?

4 Who painted the Mona Lisa?

5 In which story do you find the Emerald City?

6 What is the Japanese art of paper folding called?

7 Which book and film character never wanted to grow up?

8 What is the name of the note that is worth one whole beat in a written music score?

9 What type of dancing can involve wearing bell shin pads and waving handkerchiefs?

10 What colour is Terra Cotta?

Questions can be adapted to suit the age group.

Challenge each group to make up 10 questions and swap.

Hold an arts quiz evening and invite friends/parents; it could be used as a fund

raiser.

Links

Programme planning

Fundraising

Intro activity

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Arts Quiz Answers

1 Strictly Come Dancing

2 Weaving

3 Flo Rida

4 Leonardo da Vinci

5 Wizard of Oz

6 Origami

7 Peter Pan

8 Crochet

9 Morris Dancing

10 Red/brown (earth/brick/clay)

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Poem to Perform Think of an interesting way to present the first verse of a well-known poem:

Ways you could perform it could be:

Create the scene as a collage

Perform it as a puppet show.

Mime it

Do it as a drama

Perform it as a dance

Turn it into a song.

The choice is yours …

Here’s an example of a poem:

The Owl and the Pussy–cat went to sea

In a beautiful pea green boat.

They took some honey and plenty of money,

Wrapped up in a five pound note.

(By Edward Lear)

Visit the whole poem at www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/pussy.html

Links

Art attacks

Graffiti wall

Well dressing, carnivals

Sign language

Poem Detail painting

Arts Explosion: ‘On Show’

You will need: A poem

Other poems that relate to your performance type

Intro activity

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Letters in a bag

Paper

Pencils

Answer sheet – see over

Arts Alphabet

To help you think about the great variety of Arts that you can experience. In teams think of Bands, Authors, Dances, Films & Actors all beginning with the same letter of the alphabet, pulled out of a bag. The team scores 10 points for getting each unique answer and 5 points if they get the same answer as another team. Some letters are easier to use than others.

We recommend the letters B,C,D,G,H,L,M,P,R,S,T,W.

Here are examples from 2 teams.

Team 1

Letter Band Author Dance Film Actor

S Snow Patrol

Darren Shan

Salsa Star Wars Selena Gomez

Score 10 10 10 5 10

Team 2

Letter Band Author Dance Film Actor

S The Script Shakespeare Street Star Wars Sarah Jessica Parker

Score 10 10 10 5 10

Make the rules before you start, e.g. First names or surnames Types of dance or names of dances

Intro acvity

Links

Quiz Evening

Getting to know you: Activity

Intro activity

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Arts Alphabet Answer Sheet

Team Name…………………………………………………………

Letter Band Author Dance Film Actor

Score

Score

Score

Score

Score

Score

Totals

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Cheats Fudge (Individual portion)

50g Icing Sugar 1 tbsp Butter 2 tsp Cream Cheese 2 tsp Cocoa Drop of Vanilla Essence Put all ingredients into a food bag and seal well. Knead the mixture by passing the bag between both hands, squeezing the contents gently. When an even, smooth dough is produced, remove from bag. It can be rolled into a sausage shape, sliced and left to harden in a refrigerator; or it’s just as delicious eaten straight from the bag.

You will need:

See each recipe

Food in a Bag

Create tasty treats with little or no cooking.

When cooking outdoors it often requires a lot of equipment to prepare the food hygienically, unless you put it in a sealable plastic food bag and process the mixture with your hands. This not only cuts down on utensils, it’s great fun too. The fudge doesn’t require a cooker or campfire , so you could make it anywhere. TIP- Ensure you squeeze most of the air from the bag before sealing, otherwise the bag can easily burst whilst trying to knead the ingredients.

Have you tried making Ice-cream in plastic bags? For more recipes along the same lines research freezer bag recipes – a website address is found in appendix 3.

Dampers (campfire bread treats) Recipe feeds 6-8 250g Self Rising Flour ½ tsp Salt 25g Butter 175ml Milk (Extra butter & jam for serving) Whittled Greenstick Skewers/pre-soaked wooden skewers Put all ingredients in a large, sealable food bag. Knead the mixture by passing the bag between both hands, squeezing the contents gently. When an even, smooth dough is produced, snip the corner from the food bag. Pipe out the dough, and wind around a greenstick. (Alternatively, turn the dough out onto a floured board; divide into 6-8 portions. Form each portion into a long, thin sausage shape and wrap around greenstick). Hold Skewer over an open fire until dough doubles in size and becomes firm and pale brown. Eat warm, broken into small pieces with butter & jam.

Links

Outdoor Cook badge

Confectioner badge

Fundraising

Festivals

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You will need: Trick 1:

Large orange

Apple,

Knife,

Scarf or cloth You will need: Trick 2

Small carrot,

Long pin or knitting needle

Cloth.

WARNING! Take care with the sharp

needle when practising this trick!

Magic Tricks

Trick 1: Turn an orange into an apple!

Take a large orange and cut it into quarters. Start at the bottom and cut to about 1cm. from the top of each quarter. Carefully take all the orange flesh from inside, then wash and dry the peel. Fit the orange peel over an apple and hold in the palm of your hand with the open end down so that you are able to hold the pieces together.

You are now ready to perform the trick.

Tell your audience that you can change this orange into an apple. Cover the orange with a cloth, say a few ‘magic’ words, and then quickly remove the cloth taking the orange peel with it, leaving the apple for all to see. They will be amazed!

Trick 2: Push a needle through someone’s thumb!

For this trick you will need an accomplice. Your accomplice has a small carrot in her hand so that no one can see it You say that you are now going to push a pin into your friend’s thumb without her feeling any pain. You put a cloth over your friend’s hand and ask her to hold her thumb up. She pushes up the carrot to look like her thumb. You proceed to push a thin knitting needle or long pin into the carrot making it look as if it is a very difficult and dangerous. Say, “Don’t try this at home as it can easily go wrong!”

When it is in, hold up the hand to show the audience and then carefully remove the pin and take off the cloth to show no signs of damage.

Links

Go 4 It: lights, Camera, Action

Entertainer badge

Performing Arts badge

Arts Explosion: ‘on show’

Body & Soul

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Glycerine soap

Colouring (for candles or soap)

Perfume oil

Knife

Chopping board

Saucepan

Wooden spoon

Moulds

Links

Craft badge

Me in Mind

Fundraising

Festivals

Soap Making

Making soaps using a glycerine soap base is a reasonably simple process. You can buy clear glycerine soaps in chemists and supermarkets that can be melted down. But it may be more economical to buy a large block of it from an internet soap supplier. Method Cut soap into slices (like a thick slice of cheese). Put soap in a saucepan to melt over a low heat. When melted, add a tiny amount of candle wax colour flakes or liquid soap colouring

and appropriate perfume oil. You may wish to add other additives at this stage such as flower petals, herbs, lemon rind or even chopped up opaque soap. Spoon melted soap mixture into silicone moulds, or fancy ice cube moulds or a plastic food box or loaf tin. Leave to cool and set. Ease out of moulds & cut into slices if necessary. Gift package your soap for extra appeal.

TIPS: Ideal for Mothers’ Day, Christmas or selling at fetes. The soap sets within minutes, so if you haven’t melted enough it takes little time to make more. Soap suppliers can be found in the directory (Appendix 3)

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You will need:

A medium sized apple.

A tablespoon of runny honey

2-4 tablespoons fine ground oats

A squeeze or two of lemon juice

Bowl

Cheese grater

Small sharp knife

Chopping board

Tablespoon

Lemon squeezer [if required]

Kitchen towel

Small face towel

Hair band

Relaxing music to listen to while the

mask does its magic!

WARNING! Check allergies

Honey Apple Face Mask Why not have a girlie night and have a go at making your own natural face mask? This is a wonderful toner and mask in one. The apple gently tones the skin; the honey is nourishing and soothing and the lemon juice acts to clean the skin. The recipe is for one mask - just multiply the quantities for a group. Method: Carefully grate the flesh of the apple leaving only the core. Combine with the lemon juice and honey in the bowl.

Next, begin to mix in the oats a little at a time, adding more and more until the mixture is thick enough to spread on your face without sliding off. If the mixture is still too sloppy add more oats; too dry add a little water. Leave for about 5 minutes to allow the oats to absorb some of the liquid – the mixture should be the consistency of soft clay.

To use: Tuck kitchen towel around your neck to protect your clothes and secure your hair away from your face. Then gently smooth the honey-apple face mask over your clean face and neck, avoiding your eyes. Leave on for about 10 minutes and relax. Rinse well with warm water and dry face with towel.

Tips: This mask should be used as soon as it is made as it does not store.

It is a great way to use up autumn windfalls or the apple overlooked in the fruit bowl!

Links

Go 4 It: Glamorama

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Digital camera or phone with ability to take pictures.

Check sheet listing letters of the alphabet/chosen word

Pen/pencil

Equipment to print photographs

Display method- for your pictures

Initial Letter Art

This is a great activity for a holiday or camp or just an evening meeting. This activity can be done inside but it’s best to go out. Activity: As you walk around, hunt for objects and parts of objects, natural or man-made, that look like letters of the alphabet. For example ivy on the wall may resemble a ‘J’ or a fence post a ‘T’. Sometimes all you need is a bit of imagination, – remember a letter might appear upside down or sideways on. Once you’ve found a letter, take a photo of it. Think about the best angle, take into account the light and shade etc. Remember that you may be able to do some editing once the picture is uploaded onto your computer. You may like to try to collect the whole alphabet. Are you going to decide on capitals or lower case…or can it be a mixture depending on what you spot? Can you find your name or a particular word? It is best to keep a list of the letters you’ve recorded especially if you spread this challenge over time as it does become difficult to remember which letters you’ve already snapped and which you’ve still to find! What to do with your letters! Titles for displays and notices Gifts: frame a friend’s name either as individual letters or in one long frame. Add the letter photo to a key ring fob, plastic coaster etc. Check to see what else is commercially available for displaying photographs.

Links

Explorer badges

Five Senses: Go 4 It

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You will need:

Music player (of any kind)

Music tracks with simple basic beats

Instruction squares

Large sheet of paper

Marker pen

Blu-tac

Line Dance Lottery

This activity helps you to create a very unique dance for the whole group to follow. Photocopy the instruction squares and cut out. Stick the large sheet of paper on a wall using the blu-tac. Choose music that is lively and has a clear even beat that can be easily counted. Everyone starts facing the sheet of paper and the leader gets someone to pull out an instruction square from a bag; this is the first move in your dance. The leader sticks the instruction on the paper. Choose how many beats you will do the action for and the leader writes this number next to the action. Then another action is chosen from the bag, then another and so on until you have invented a lottery dance to all perform.

A typical dance may be: Jump x2

Step kick to the right x4 Wiggle your bottom x2

Wave your hands in the air x4

Star jump x2 Open the curtains x4 Step right, then left x2

Turn Around x4

Music suggestions – Grease Lightening, Fame, Flash dance.

Links

Dancer badge

Me in mind

Healthy Lifestyles badge

‘Arts Explosion On Show’

Go 4 It: Lights , Camera, Action

Entertainer Badge

Performing Arts Badge

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Tips: Why not make up your own instruction squares?

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Instruction Squares

Step kick to

the right

Wave your

hands in the air

Slap left thigh

Slap right thigh

Step left, then right

Clap your

hands

Step kick to

the left

Put your hands on your knees & cross them

Open the curtains

(hand action)

John Travolta

move

Stamp your

feet

Jump

Wiggle your

bottom

Turn around

Criss Cross

with legs

Can Can

legs

Star

Jump

Waggle your

hips

Step right, then left

Do the twist

Box step

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You will need:

PVA Glue

Paint Brush

Scissors

Patterned serviette.

Stickers

Felt tips

Nail varnish

Nail Art

Cut a nail shape from kitchen roll or serviette, one for each nail just use top layer. (You could use commercial stick on nails as a template). Paint the nails with PVA glue and then put a paper nail shape on and paint over gently with PVA glue trying not to disturb the paper. Leave for a few minutes to dry.

Attach a sticker or decorate with felt tip pens or varnishes. Then leave to dry again. To remove nail art- peel off PVA glue or wash hands in warm water. Take it further – try false nails and attach them with double sided tape, then decorate with paint or stickers. Try recycling and cut the nail shapes out of other materials- pop bottles/milk bottles, cake box, attach these nails with double sided tape and decorate. Alternatively you can cut up tiny shreds of tissue paper and glue them on in a pattern design.

Links

Go 4 It: Passion for fashion

Festivals

Fashion show

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WARNING! Check allergies

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You will need:

Oranges

Cake mix and any additional ingredients

Mixing Bowl

Spoon

Foil

Oven Gloves

Campfire Cooking in an Orange

Want a delicious campfire dessert? Just slice an orange off at the top, and hollow out the pulp on the inside (don't waste it!) then fill the bottom about three-quarters of the way with the cake mix. Wrap it up and make sure it's resting on a spot of your campfire that's away from any direct, intense flames so it can cook slowly. After about half an hour, you'll have a tasty treat. No camp fire? Just cook in an oven, place the orange on a baking tray and cook at 180 C or Gas mark 4.

You don't need pots or pans to make a camp fire breakfast: just crack an egg into the peel of half an orange and cook over hot coals for about 3-5 minutes. The moisture of the orange peel prevents the egg from burning and can impart a nice orange-y flavour to the egg. If you like your egg a little softer, wrap it with foil instead of placing directly on the coals.

For a different egg flavour, you could also cook an egg inside an onion on an open campfire.

Links

Outdoor cook

Camping

Campfire activity

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WARNING! Take care with fire and check

allergies

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You will need:

Tablespoon of sugar

½ tablespoon salt

¼ tablespoon cornflower

Tablespoon of runny honey

125 ml [1/2 cup] milk

Hand hot water

Small handful of chopped herbs &/or petals.

Mixing bowl

Tablespoon

Hand bowl

Hand towel

WARNING! Check allergies Replace milk

with soya milk or water if needed

Relaxing Hand Soak A simple recipe that uses easily obtained, store cupboard ingredients that will leave your hands feeling pampered and loved. Method: First mix together the dry ingredients [sugar, salt & corn flour] in the mixing bowl. Gradually add the milk and honey and enough warm water to make mixing easy. Tip the mixture into your hand bowl and add the herbs/flowers and more warm water to cover your hands. Carefully dip your hands into the soak and gently rub each one with the other for a minute or so. Then just allow your hands to relax in the soak for three or four minutes longer. Rinse your hands in clean warm water and dry on the towel.

Tips: Share the bowl with a friend and massage each other’s hands. For younger members and those who would like to be more active participants a leader can call out simple activities:

‘Rub your left thumb with your right hand’ ‘Make fists and see how slowly you can unfold your fingers’ ‘Pretend to play the piano’ ‘Make your hands into fish’.

Links

Go 4 It: Glamorama

Me in mind

Healthy lifestyle badge

Go 4 It: Passion for fashion

‘Me in Mind’

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You will need:

Fairy Cakes

Butter Icing or frosting

2 marshmallows (per cake)

Liquorice strips

Strawberry chews

Cherries (or orange tic tacs)

Millions (sweets)

Cocktail sticks

Piping bag

Knife

WARNING! Check allergies

Cake Modelling

You can have great fun trying to build models using cakes and sweets as opposed to old cartons, and the bonus is, you can eat them afterwards. You can make it completely spontaneous if you ask everyone to contribute a pack of cakes or chocolate bars or sweets. Alternatively, you might want to create a specific item, such as Ghost lollipops or

the Eiffel Tower. This means planning and trial making the items beforehand to ensure you have the right ingredients. The choice is yours, just have fun!

Here is a festive Cake Sculpture to try!

Snowman Cakes

Pipe or spread butter icing or frosting onto a fairy cake. Spear two marshmallows onto a cocktail stick (one through the vertical, the other through the horizontal). Insert the other end of the cocktail stick

into the centre of the cake and push down slightly to allow a little of the cocktail stick to come through the top of the head.

Cover the exposed cocktail stick with a strawberry chew (for the hat).

Tie a piece of liquorice strap around the neck (for a scarf).

Pierce the face with a cocktail stick for the eyes & nose position. Insert the million sweet eyes and cherry/tic-tac nose.

Links:

Confectioner badge

Parties badge

Festivals

Fundraising

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You will need:

Open space

Playground Games

Children used to play many games in the school playground before there was so much equipment available. Many of the games had quite complex rules, and ways of not being included in the game such as crossing your fingers and saying ‘cross keys’, ‘barleys’ ‘ Den’ or ‘fanites’. Others had safe zones to which players could retreat when they wanted a rest.

Have a go at playing these types of playground games: Chasing games – usually based on the simple game of tag where one person is on, they ‘tag’ another by touching them and that person is then on:

Statue tag – person tagged has to stand still with their arms outstretched until they are released by another player by touching them or crawling through their legs.

Chain tag – each person tagged joins on the end of the line, so a long chain of people are running around. Only the last person in the chain can tag others.

Back to back tag - Two people hold hands start off as being "it." They can try to tag any other player but they can only use their free hands. When they tag someone, that person joins onto them by holding hands. Remember, other players can only be tagged with one of the two free hands. Players are safe from being tagged if they find another player and stand back to back with them. They can stand back to back and be safe for only 10 seconds before they can be tagged. The game continues until everyone is tagged.

Amoeba tag - Two people are it. They hold hands and chase people. Any person they catch joins the chain by linking hands. When another person is caught they can stay together or split 2 and 2, but they must split even numbers and can link together at will. This game is played until nobody is left.

Bump tag - Choose someone to be "it" and someone being chased. The rest of the players form pairs and spread out. While being chased, the runner can go up to another pair of buddies, and "bump" one person. The other buddy then is released from that pair, and becomes the new person being chased. For example, IT is chasing RUNNER and RUNNER goes up to one of the sides of the buddies, and bumps BUDDY 1. BUDDY 2, now becomes the person chased by IT. The original RUNNER is now budded up with BUDDY 1. If the IT tags the RUNNER, they immediately switch roles, and the original runner now tries to catch the original "it."

Links

Aim Hi

Traditions Badge

Culture badge

Go 4 It: Parties

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I had a Little Puppy I had a little puppy

His name was Tiny Tim I put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim

He drank all the water, he ate a bar of soap The next thing you know he had a bubble in his throat.

In came the doctor, (person jumps in) In came the nurse, (person jumps in)

In came the lady with the alligator purse (person jumps in) Out went the doctor (person jumps out) Out went the nurse (person jumps out)

Out went the lady with the alligator purse (person jumps out)

Teddy Bear

(Player jumps into the rope) Teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground,

Teddy bear, teddy bear turn around, Teddy bear, teddy bear climb the stairs,

Teddy bear, teddy bear say your prayers, Teddy bear, teddy bear turn out the light,

Teddy bear, teddy bear say goodnight (player runs out of the rope)

Birthday Rhyme

Apples peaches, pears and plums, Tell me when your birthday comes

(The rope is then turned very fast whilst saying the months of the year (Jan, Feb, Mar etc). the skipper should end on her

birthday.)

You will need:

Skipping rope

Skipping Games

Skipping games are usually played with a long rope turned by 2 people. Players follow the instructions given in the rhyme, ‘jumping in’ either under or over the rope as it turns.

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You will need:

Makaton Signing posters or Video Song

Song sheets if necessary

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Makaton Singing

Makaton is a type of sign language devised to help children with communication

problems or learning difficulties. It is a set of very specific signs made with the hands

to portray the words in the song. You can learn Makaton by watching the actions on

a video or finding the descriptions of the actions in a manual or on a poster.

Try performing a song with the Makaton actions. If this is new to you, choose a song

you already know. Try to learn the actions before you put the two together as

producing the actions at the speed of the lyrics can be a challenge. Trying to master

it can be great fun, you soon appreciate how the actions enhance the song.

Here is a simple song you can start with, there is an online video where you can see

it being performed at www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Singing-Hands-Three-Little-

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THREE LITTLE MONKEYS

Three Little Monkeys bouncing on the bed,

One fell off and bumped his head,

Mummy called the doctor and the doctor said

No more monkeys bouncing on the bed!

There are plenty of resources available from the Makaton Charity at

www.Makaton.org

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You will need:

10-15 fresh heads of young calendula

(Marigold) flowers

250ml of basic olive oil

10g of beeswax beads/chips

Large jam jar

Large bowl

Fine sieve, to fit over bowl.

Saucepan of water holding smaller pan

or bowl (bain-marie)

Small lidded containers for the finished

salve

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Calendula Hand Salve Recipe For this activity you will need a couple of meetings. This quantity makes about 250ml of salve and can be scaled up or down. Method: Pick the flower heads from young plants preferably early morning on a dry day just after any dew has evaporated. This ensures the petals oils are at their best. Separate the petals from the flower heads (or use dried petals) and place them and the oil in a large container. Carefully give it a good stir to make sure all the petals are well coated in the oil. Seal and leave for one or two weeks. Next, strain the oil from the petals into a bowl through the sieve. Once most of the oil has passed through, gently press down on the petals to release any remaining oil. Wrap the used petals in newspaper and discard. You may need to pass the oil through the sieve again to remove any stray petals. The oil should be a glorious golden colour. Fill the larger pan with water and the smaller one with the oil and wax. Carefully place the smaller pan into the water and bring the water to a low simmer. Stir gently until the beeswax has melted and is combined with the calendula oil. Remove from heat and stir as the salve cools a little. Pour into clean containers, seal and leave to set. Finally label it: ‘Calendula Hand Salve’; list ingredients (and the suggestion to first test the salve on a small area of the hand and then check 24 hours later for any adverse reaction). Remember to personalise the tag by saying who grew the flowers and made the salve etc.

TIPS: The finished salve goes a long way so you only need small containers. Rather than buying small containers why not recycle cosmetic or baby food jars? Be inventive: try sturdy yoghurt pots and seal in

the same way as you would jam. If you want very clear oil, use muslin to line the sieve and pour mixture slowly. Remember to squeeze the muslin to release the last drops of oil. Washing up: To prevent your sink/drains blocking,use the kitchen towel to remove as much as possible of the unused salve from the pan and utensils. Allow salve to harden and scrape away any further wax using a blunt knife or similar. Wrap this waste in newspaper and dispose. The washing-up water needs to be extremely hot to clean the items, so this last part of the task may not be suitable for younger members. Rubber gloves are advised.

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You will need

Shiny fabric samples or scarves

Strong lights

Camera

Items of clothing

Colour Identity

Spend an evening discovering which colour shades suit the colouring of your skin and hair best. You might then have a party, photo shoot or fashion show, showing you off to your best! To discover the shades that suit you, collect a few fabrics of each shade group (often scarves, scraps of fabric or dress linings are helpful). Try to use fabrics such as nylon, silk or satin which have a bit of sheen. Each girl takes it in turn, to sit in a chair beneath a bright light with the different fabric samples placed around her neck and shoulders. The audience assess the effect of the colour that shines on the girls face. It is both the shade of the face and the hair colour that can be affected by the slight light reflection from the fabric. Colour shades can be classed into groups: pastel, muted, bright and deep. Often all the colours within one or two of the shade groups will suit a person.

Muted shades

Pastel shades

Bright shades

Deep shades Tips: Once you know the shades that suit you, try using different style clothes and accessories to find out the styles that suit your body shape. You could try colour co-ordinating make up to use the shades that suit you Further ideas and a professional service about this subject can be found using the links in appendix 3.

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You will need:

Wool/Yarn

Beads

Bells

Needle

Indian Bead Jewellery

These pretty bracelets are very typical of the jewellery made in rural villages in India. Girls often learn these crafts from their mothers and grandmothers.

Finger knitting jewellery

Make yourself some lovely jewellery using wool and beads in colours to match your clothes. Thread small beads onto the wool using a needle. You will need about 36 for a necklace or 12 for a bracelet. Start to finger knit a single chain – wind the wool around your thumb twice, pick up the first loop and take it over the second, keep pulling until the first stitch is secure. Leave the first stitch on your thumb and wind the wool around again, take the first loop over the second to form another stitch. Continue to finger knit until your work measures about 5cm. and then slide 3 beads along the wool up to the stitches. Continue to work 3 more stitches and then 3 beads until the necklace or bracelet is the length that you want it to be. Finish off by working another 5cm without beads and then put the end of the wool through the loop and pull tight. Trim the ends, leaving enough to tie together. Experiment with different textures and colours of wool.

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You will need

A few heaped tablespoons of Epsom

salts

Slices of citrus fruit of your choice

(lemon, lime, orange)

A handful of flower petals

Warm water

Bowl large enough to take your feet

Chair

Towel

Relaxing music or reading matter

Flower Foot Spa Treat your feet to a relaxing and stress busting foot bath. Foot baths and soaks have been popular for centuries, especially in Asian countries where they are valued for both their beauty and therapeutic benefits. Foot baths are reputed to relieve tired feet, help heal any cracked skin and make it feel softer. They are also said to help reduce muscle tension and improve circulation. Method: Fill the bowl with the lukewarm water and add the Epsom salts, flower petals and fruit slices. Soak your feet in the mixture for ten to fifteen minutes and relax as you listen to the music, read or simply day dream. Rinse your feet in fresh warm water and dry them with your towel.

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You will need:

Photocopies of a simple repeat pattern

Black felt tip pens

Possibly coloured pens & stickers

Zentangles

Zentangles are simply a way of doodling to create a very detailed piece of art. They started in the USA, as an internet phenomenon.

Typically, the page is split into small sections by a pattern such as scales, leaves, triangles, squares, 3D bricks. This can be very useful as you may want to cut up the sections to divide between you.

Here are some samples of patterns for your sections: The butterfly template (see over) is particularly simple and could be used as a base for designing patterns by putting mini stickers on the wings.

The idea is to fill each section with a detailed filler pattern but following a theme such as stripes, dots or zigzags. No two sections should look identical; fillers can differ in direction, size and shading. You may choose particular colours for each section to help create a pattern, but it can look just as striking in black & white. Once everyone has completed their section put them all together to display as one big piece of work. TIP: Don’t worry if your fill in pattern feels scruffy and not symmetrical, it will still have great effect in the larger picture. For further designs and demonstrations use the website address in Appendix 3.

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These sections when completed can then be put together again to make one large detailed piece of art.

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Paper and pens

Copies of decoding patterns

Torches

Boxes

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International Morse Song Titles

Morse code was invented to send messages in code over short distances by light or worldwide by a transmitter. It is a simple and effective way of sending a message, once you have mastered the gaps/pauses to make the letters and numbers become apparent. Try decoding this song title before you make up your own coded song titles - use the code box below to help.

.. _ … ._ … _ _ ._ ._.. ._.. ._ _ _ _ _ ._. ._.. _.. ._ .._. _ . ._. ._ ._.. ._..

Try writing messages in Morse code to each other on paper; or send them by dots and dashes from a torch across a dark room or even tap them out on a box with taps and scratches. You could even try using Morse instead of texting on your mobile phone! Whichever way you choose, you need to do it with precise rhythm so that the pauses are recognisable as gaps between letters and longer ones for gaps between words.

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You will need; (To make piping bags)

100ml PVA Glue

Dark brown oil paint/or craft paint

Disposable piping bag

Temporary Mehindi

Mehindi is a decorative art popular in the Indian sub-continent. It is used as a temporary tattoo by women celebrating at parties and weddings. It is usually applied as a paste made with Henna dye and piped in an intricate pattern using a piping bag. When the paste is dried, it is brushed off leaving the pattern in Henna staining the skin. The following method of Mehindi allows you to create your own pattern and to pipe a paste. This paste also dries in about 15 minutes but does not leave a stain once you decide to peel it off.

Squeeze the paint into a 100ml bottle of glue. Stir thoroughly using a skewer. Squeeze a small amount into a piping bag and snip off end. Pipe the design onto the palm of a hand.

Tips: It is easier to decorate someone else’s hand rather than your own. So it is good to work in a pair sitting opposite each other across a table where the hand can rest perfectly still for both painting and the drying process. Try finding out 10 interesting facts about each other and challenge yourself to remember all ten. You may want to pipe with chocolate spread instead; you are then able to lick it off once completed! Younger girls could draw around their hand on paper and decorate that hand using a brown felt tip pen.

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This motif is called Boteh. It is used frequently in Mehindi design. It is based on

a droplet of water and is very important in some eastern religions.

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You will need: 2 circles of corrugated

cardboard (about 50cm wide)

12 x 3m Ropes or Ribbons (6 each of two different colours)

Broom pole

Parasol base

This version of maypole dancing allows you to make your own maypole easily, as the ribbons/ropes come from a disc near the ground and the pattern they make when woven goes up the pole. Give it a go you’ll soon be inventing your own dances!

Floor Maypole

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Ground Rules Girls should be aware that one colour represents the odd numbers and the other, even numbers. For many dances, the even numbers will need to move in a clockwise direction and the odd ribbons, anticlockwise; drawing the clock face on the card helps with this. An indoor maypole can be made using a heavy base such as this rope reel, or a parasol base filled with sand/water. Start slowly, one step at a time, when you have the hang of it you can speed up and maybe even do it to music.

Making the Pole: Write the numbers 1 to 12 on a circle of cardboard like a clock face. Put the second circle of card beneath the clock face card. Create a hole at each number (not too close to the edge so that the cardboard does not tear when the ribbons are pulled); an apple corer does the job well. Thread a ribbon through each hole using alternate colours so that one colour is at the odd numbers and one at the even numbers. (Ribbons will now keep both circles of card together) Pierce a hole through centre of clock face and knock the pole through the hole into soft ground in an appropriate place to perform the dance. The pole now keeps the maypole base in position and dancing can begin.

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Weave Dance 1. All even ribbons move clockwise to next odd ribbon and lift over the top of odd ribbon (odd ribbons go anticlockwise to meet even ribbons and duck under). 2. Carry on so that evens meet next odd ribbon but this time duck whilst odds lift their ribbons. 3. Carry on in same direction with evens lifting, then odds lifting etc. etc.

The Dances

See the dances in action – You will find a link to a You Tube clip of maypole dancing in Appendix 3.

Spiders Web Dance 1. All even numbers move clockwise to next odd ribbon. 2. Go around their back lifting ribbon over their head. Carry on walking around them going under their ribbon at the front and then carry on circling them by going behind them again lifting ribbon over their head again before moving on to next odd ribbon. Do this around the circle (6 ribbons) back to original position, then allow odd ribbons to do the same actions going anticlockwise

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You will need:

Rubber gloves

Crepe paper in several colours

Small dish of water

White card

White candle

Marbling

Marble is a decorative rock that has been used in buildings for many centuries. The ancient Greeks carved some of their most beautiful statues from marble. Many famous buildings are made of marble like the Taj Mahal in India. Italy is a natural source of marble and the Italians have used it a great deal in many famous buildings and sculptures. They admire it so much, that they copy its patterns onto paper to make book covers and wallets. Here is a simple way to try out this craft.

Crepe paper marble effect – works best on card

Wear rubber gloves as the dye in the crepe paper will stain your hands. Cut pieces of crepe paper in several different colours. Dip one piece of crepe paper in water, squeeze out the water and then dab it over a piece of card. Repeat with other colours until you are satisfied with the marbling effect then leave to dry. When it is dry rub over the whole card with a white wax candle to give a glossy marble finish.

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You will need:

Foil plates

Damp sand

Small stones or twigs,

Other natural items e.g. petals, moss, seeds and leaves.

Well dressing

The Blessing of the water supply in the form of a well is an ancient custom unique to the Peak District and surrounding areas. It may link back to the time of the Black Death, but the fact that many well dressings have a well queen suggests echoes of ancient spring fertility rites. The well dressing takes place between May and September, depending on the village. Once the dressing is put up, it is blessed in a short service. Some towns have several wells, so there may be a procession around the town to bless each of the wells. This is a British cultural tradition that could be used when travelling abroad, with Girlguiding. The well dressing is made in a wooden frame lined with clay. The design is pricked out, and then filled in with petals and other natural items. The clay needs to be kept damp or the petals will fall off. Designs may be biblical, but some relate to the local area or nature.

Activity in your meeting place Fill the plate with damp sand and smooth it down. Mark out a picture using a stick – this could be the outline of a bird or flower. Use the small stones or tiny twigs to outline the picture. Fill in the picture with the petals, leaves and other natural materials. You could lay the well dressing in the grounds of your meeting place. You could set up a well dressing trail or do one at a flower festival. Invite people to come and follow

the trail.

This well dressing plate celebrates Italy using Bay Leaves, Sunflower petals and black stones as olives.

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You will need:

Readily available craft materials especially when busy at Christmas time

Christmas Tree Festivals

A Christmas tree festival is a gathering of Christmas trees in a public place, set up in the advent season. Each tree is sponsored by a local group, charity or business, and decorated to their choice. The public who come to view the collection of trees are invited to donate to any of the groups they wish to support. Find out if there is a Christmas tree festival in your locality that you could join in with, or maybe you could set one up in your district or division. Perhaps your local community would like to do one together in a hall, church, vacant shop or

shopping centre, museum or library. They are a great way of getting each club to display its talents or issues. You will need to think of a theme for your tree. Maybe it will be about Girlguiding with decorations around badges, from recycled materials, or an International theme, celebrating Guiding around the world. Perhaps you could make your own sweets to adorn your tree. If a whole festival is rather ambitious, could you set up a tree in your meeting place? Or each decorate a tree shape in felt or paper and have your own unit festival.

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You will need:

Squares of pretty paper (e.g. wrapping paper, origami paper or paint splatter your own squares)

Beads &pipe cleaners

Origami Animals

Origami is the art of paper folding and it is very popular in Japan. There are many books and websites on the subject that would give you lots of ideas on creating all sorts of animals. Some designs can be quite simple, others very complex. There are some designed to have moving parts and some open out. Below are the instructions for making a simple butterfly that rotates in the air when you throw it.

1. Have the paper white side up- Start by turning the paper so that one corner is towards you. Then fold the bottom corner to the top.

2. Fold up the bottom edge, leaving a small triangle peeping out at the top.

3. Fold the paper in half from side to side.

Make sure all the edges meet.

4. Fold back the uppermost wing and then turn

The butterfly over and fold back that uppermost wing.

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3.

Alternatively: Try making a butterfly from pretty paper, cut into a tall butterfly outline shape. Then concertina it from head to tail and fix it with a pipe cleaner for the body. Thread on beads for the head and antennae. See appendix 3 for websites with lots of alternative origami designs and instructions.

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You will need:

Assorted A4 coloured printer paper

White A4 paper

Fine tipped black felt tip pens

Photocopier

Animal Origami Paper

It is possible to create all sorts of objects and animals using just one square of paper using origami, the art of paper folding. However, animals often look more realistic if the outside of the paper is printed with the animal’s skin pattern. African safari animals are well known for both their skin patterns and their unique shapes (there are not many animals that can be mistaken for an elephant, giraffe or rhino!) Now it is your opportunity to create your own African print origami paper.

All you have to do, is study a picture of the patterns on an animals’ coat and draw it onto a piece of A6 paper (1/4 of A4). Use a fine tipped black pen and keep the pattern small and frequent. Photocopy your pattern 4 times and then sandwich the copies together to create a whole A4 sheet. Once you have this master copy, you can photocopy as many sheets as desired.

It is very effective if you print your pattern onto coloured paper in the copier. Grey works well for rhino and elephant. Orange is great for giraffe and tiger and yellow for leopard spots. Origami instructions can be found online, see appendix 3. You will need to cut your A4 sheets into a square to use them for origami, but working in A6 size and getting to A4 makes it easier for photocopying onto standard paper. You may be able to find complex animal prints within clipart on the computer to create other beautiful animals, see the website address in the directory appendix 3. See angelfish instructions and design – overleaf.

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You will need:

Patterned paper square approx: 21cm x 21cm

Origami Angelfish These fish are quite simple to make once you’ve got the hang of them. Lots of them together make a great display or carnival float decoration. Mini ones look great in a hanging mobile.

1. Fold your paper in half, placing fold nearest to you, with the pattern on the outside. Crease well.

2. Fold the paper in half again, this time bringing the right side to the left. This forms a small square.

3. Next create a squash fold; bring the top flap back over to the right. Fold the top right corner down to meet the crease you have created down the centre. Crease well.

4. Now undo your triangular flap and open out your paper back into a square with the plain side up.

5. Now recrease the right, middle fold (east fold, in compass terms) so that it folds inwards. Bring it down to the bottom centre fold (South) and crease well. You will now have created a rectangle shape with the right hand corner triangle missing, and the pattern will be uppermost.

6. You have now created a squash fold and need to repeat it with the left corner until you have a folded patterned triangle, with its base nearest to you. (steps 3-5)

7. Turn triangle 90 degrees (to point west). 8. Bring down top flap of upper point of triangle, and line it up midway between

the centre fold and bottom point. Crease well 9. Bring up top flap of bottom point of triangle and cross over last fold, lining it up

between centre crease and top point of triangle. Crease well. 10. Turn paper over and you have created a pretty angelfish.

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You will need:

Dance moves – see overleaf

Suitable gym wear and trainers

Pom-poms

WARNING! Please ensure a qualified adult is

present to supervise if any

moves/ gymnastic

stunts are being performed.

Cheerleading

Cheerleading isn’t just waving pompoms; it combines dance, gymnastics and a very loud voice, and needs strength and coordination. It comes from the U.S.A. Lots of famous people were cheerleaders, including Paula Abdul: (American Idol judge), Halle Berry (actress), Madonna, Mandy Moore (singer and actress), Samuel L. Jackson, and even George W. Bush!

On films such as Bring It On, when the girls or boys are lifted up or thrown in the air, it is known as stunting. This is probably the most fun but most dangerous part of cheerleading. It requires a great deal of care, attention and practice. Cheerleading Chants and Cheers: As a cheerleader, you are expected to yell as loud as you can to get the crowd at a sports game really excited! A chant is some words that you repeat that people can join in with. If you put motions with the chant, it becomes a cheer. The Chant- G – U – I – D – E – S _______ Guides are the best! In the blank space, each girl should shout out the name of her guide unit, e.g. “Shrewsbury Guides are the best!” To encourage them to really go for it, they all do it at the same time, so the competition is to see who can be the loudest. Test it by seeing which guide names you can hear over all the others. The Cheer G – U Left K I Broken T D – E Right K S Broken T _________ Guides Roll arms in front of body are the Clasp with each word best! High V Follow this with a high kick and some yelling (“woo!”) like you see in all the American teen high school films. If you still have time after all this, you can put everything into a routine! Start with everyone doing a spread eagle jump together, and then do the cheer. Get into stunt groups and do a thigh stand, then get down and do the cheer one more time.

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Bases The base is the foundation of the stunt, the person who is stood on or is one of the main lifters; they are in constant contact with the ground. They are usually the taller and / or stronger members of the stunt group. The base is constantly watching the flyer.

Spotters The spotter aids the base in lifting and supporting the flyer. They are also quite strong, and also stay in contact with the ground. The spotter is constantly watching the flyer.

Flyers The flyer is the person who is lifted off the ground. For this reason, they are usually the smallest member of the stunt group, but also have to trust the bases and spotters lifting them.

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All motions can be performed with fists (thumbs on the outside, big holes and little holes), blades (palms flat with fingers together) or sparkles (palms flat with fingers spread out)

There are 2 types of clap in cheerleading: the clap and the clasp. The clap is when the hands are in blades with fingertips pointing to the sky. The clasp is when the hands clasp each other like a handshake, with thumbs pointing towards the body.

In cheerleading, when people perform cartwheels, back flips, or even forward or backward rolls, this is known as tumbling. Stunt groups should be groups of 4: 2 bases, 1 back spot and 1 flyer. The easiest way to do this is usually to line everyone up in height order. The tallest will be bases, the shortest flyers, and those in between back spots. Emphasise that all positions are equally important for the stunt to work, and one isn’t better than another.

Thigh Stand 1. Two bases lunge in toward one another. Flyer stands behind them. Back spot stands behind the flyer. 2. Flyer places her right foot on the right base's left thigh (in her pocket). Her hands should be on base's shoulders. The base hold her leg around the knee. 3. Flyer puts her weight on right foot and jumps off of left leg. She puts her left leg on the left base's right thigh. Flyer locks legs and puts her arms in high V. Bases hold on to flyer round the knee and on the toe

to keep her secure. To get down, the back spot helps the flyer step down to behind the bases where she started, and everyone stands up straight and tall, hands by their sides. This position is known as ‘clean’.

Tips: The flyer should lock her knees out, i.e. straighten her legs as much as possible. This will make her feel lighter to the bases and make the stunt more secure. The flyer should keep looking straight ahead. This will help prevent her from wobbling. The bases should have their knees almost touching, their bent leg as flat, i.e. parallel to the floor, as possible, and their straight leg locked out with the toe pointing forwards.

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Cheerleading Motions

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Ready Position Hands behind back, feet shoulder width

apart

High V

Arms are at a 45 degree angle to the body. Pinky fingers

are to the back.

T

Arms are at a 90 degree angle to the body. Pinky fingers

are at the back.

Low V Same as a High V, but

arms are down

Touch Down Arms are straight up, in-line with the body.

Bring arms to ears, not ears to arms.

Pinky fingers are to the front.

Broken T Same as a T but arms

are bent. Do not bring it forward. Pinky fingers are to the

front.

Low Touch Down Arms are straight

down, in-line with the body. Arms should be tight to the body and

slightly forward. Pinky fingers are to the back.

Daggers Arms are bent,

hugging the body. Pinky fingers are to

the front.

Right Punch Right arm is in a Touch Down and left arm is

on the hips. Left punch would be the

opposite of this.

Right L Right arm is in a T and left arm is in a Touch

Down. Left L would be the opposite of this.

Left Diagonal Left arm is in a High V and right arm is in a

Low V. Right Diagonal would be

the opposite of this.

Left K Left arm is in a High V and right arm is in a

Low V across the body. Right K would be the

opposite of this.

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Glass jars or glasses

PVA Glue

Tissue paper

Decorations (if required)

Tea lights

Glue brushes

WARNING! Don’t leave any

naked lights unattended

Votive Lanterns A votive is a decorated glass holder for a candle. When the candle is lit, the colours surrounding the glass give off beautiful coloured lights. They are used in many countries for different festivals celebrating light such as Diwali, Hanukah and Christmas. Why not try to make your own votive for a beautiful candlelit celebration? Maybe even Thinking Day. Do take care though, the base usually stays cool allowing you to place them on tables and window sills, but the sides can get hot, so once lit, they cannot be picked up and moved.

If you want a central shape or design, cut that from 2 layers of tissue paper. Mix an amount of PVA glue with the equivalent amount of water Paint the glue onto the glass, stick on both layers of tissue and then paint glue over the top. Fill in the rest of the glass with contrasting tissue pieces (torn into small shreds) layer upon layer, taking care to carefully butt up to the cut out design. Remember to always paste over the top of the paper as well to give a glossy finish. Glue on extra gems, shapes or sequins if required Leave to dry for an hour before lighting a candle inside. These lights look good outside too in a garden or at camp. Use them to mark the side of a pathway. If you want to take this further and have a little cash, use glass paints to decorate the glasses/jars and sell for funds.

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You will need:

5 drinking straws per person

Yarn in different colours

Scissors

Tape (masking tape is best)

Large eyed needle

Button

Weaving Straws

Weaving is fun and easy. The ancient craft of weaving is found all over the world. People have woven yarn to make useful items such as clothing and rugs as well as beautiful tapestries that hang in castles, museums and churches. Most weaving is done on a loom, but actually it is possible to weave on anything that can be strung with the warp threads. This includes recyclable items like cardboard, an old picture frame, sticks or drinking straws.

To make a bracelet: Cut five pieces of yarn twice the length you want the finished project to be. Thread one piece of yarn through each straw and tape the end of the yarn firmly to the end of the straw. If you struggle to thread the needle, then put in the straw and

shake it until it comes out the other end and then stick with tape. Hold the straws together and knot the pieces of yarn together at the loose ends (the ends that are not taped to the straws). Tie the end of your ball of yarn (not the yarn threaded through the straws; these simply form the base) around the bottom of one straw loosely

enough so that it can be pushed up and down the straw. Hold the straws in one hand side by side like a little raft. This is your straw loom. Weave the yarn over one straw and under the next across the row of straws. Wrap the yarn around the last straw and weave it back across the row going under the straws you went over the first time and over the straws you went under the last time. Push the rows of yarn down the straws as you need more space to weave. Eventually some of the rows will be pushed off the straws and onto the yarn threaded through the straws, but never push all the rows of yarn off the straws. When your woven band is the length you desire, push all the woven rows off the straws and knot the ends together or sew to secure. Cut the yarn, leaving enough to tie the ends together. Sew a button on one end and use short loop of wool at the other end to complete the bracelet.

Tips: Use two different coloured yarns for a contrasting look in warp and weft threads. Attach beads to the yarn ends to allow the yarn to hang gracefully. For a belt, leave the end approximately 10 to 12 inches long to tie in an overhand knot when wearing the belt. For a headband, attach a length of narrow elastic to the ends of the weaving to keep the headband in place.

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Geocaching membership

GPS system or smart phone

Small gift items

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Geocaching Geocaching is an International phenomenon that started in USA. It is a grand treasure hunt game.

You need to register with the Geocaching club online and give them a few details of the area where you live or where you are visiting. In return, they will send you the co-ordinates to find boxes of hidden treasure through a GPS system. All you have to do, is go hunting in set areas to find the Caches (treasure boxes). Within each cache (often a transparent plastic box but not always) you should find a log book to record you have been there and

you may find small token gift/s (novelty toy, key ring, gem stone) or a ‘trackable’ (part of a large scale hunting game). You are allowed to take a small gift if you wish but it has to be replaced. How about putting Arts Explosion on the map and leaving an Arts Explosion badge in its place, or a piece of art from the Midlands (an egg cup from Royal Worcester, Coalport or Royal Derby)? Leave a message to spread the word about Girlguiding and Arts Explosion. Rules of Geocaching If you take something from the geocache (or "cache"), leave something of equal or greater value. Write about your find in the cache logbook. Log your experience at www.geocaching.com. TIPS FOR STARTING OFF Get as much information as possible from the Geocaching website Start with a relatively easy cache to find 1) One that is recorded frequently on line as being found 2) Search for a cache of a reasonable size (see online size guide) 3) Choose a more open location (a field or park could be easier than woodland)

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Scrap materials

Creative ideas

Scrap Sculpture

Create a sculpture using recycled material.

Decide what you want to make or what materials are readily available - what they could make? Take your time in this planning stage, considering whether it will balance, glue together well, can be waterproofed easily, where it will be displayed. After planning, designing and trialling different aspects - collect all the necessary materials. Using goods from a

scrap store should help keep the costs down. Some scrap stores even have sculptures on display to inspire you, or visit a sculpture trail – see appendix 1. Try and choose a design that needs lots of repetitive detail to complete it, this allows a large group to all get involved in the making. Why not make a few sculptures around a theme? Create your own sculpture trail in your area. Here’s an idea to help get you started: ‘Create a Wave’

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You will need:

Cardboard wool reels/Cylinders

Spray paint or household gloss paint

Glue gun

Create a wave This is made from cardboard reels used to supply wool to industrial knitters. These are readily available from most scrap stores. This model has been spray painted but if you intend it to be weather proof then you will need to cover it with gloss paint. Alternatively you can make some cardboard tubes out of recycled card

First colour your reels: suspend your reel on string with a table tennis ball on the end (thread the string through the top of the reel leaving the ball lodged inside the reel) Dip the reel entirely in the paint, lift it out but allow to drip excess back into the pot for about 2 mins then continue to dry it by hanging the reel up, still on its string, on a washing line with newspaper collecting drips beneath - Allow 24 hours to dry. Stick one reel to another (a glue gun would work best if you have

one) and hold together for 2 minutes before putting the next into place. Allow yourself to be creative and not too precise in your assembling. It will give it a natural wave look.

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You will need:

Wool tops of different kinds and colours

Pieces of felt and coloured fleece

Scraps of material, yarn and cotton

Bubble-wrap

Spray bottle

Soap or washing-up liquid

Sponges

Towels

A clean roller

Felt Making

Felt-making can involve small or large groups and take place indoors or out. Learn basic felt-making first by making felt balls, before progressing to making smaller individual pieces of felt.

Felt balls: Felt is very simple to make. Take a piece of wool top, wet it, add soap, then roll the wool between the palms of your hands. Very soon the wool will turn into a hard ball of felt. Rinse under a tap to remove the soap. The finished ball should bounce! You can make them into beads by putting them on a thin knitting needle or kebab stick; once they are dry you can decorate them with sequins and smaller beads, thread onto elastic and tie off.

To make a flat piece of felt:

Place a piece of bubble wrap, bubble-side up, on a draining board, in a plastic tray or on a plastic table outside where water can drain away safely or on a towel.

Lay a square of wool top on the bubble wrap, with the fibres running left to right. Then add a second square, with the fibres running top to bottom. Repeat the process for layers three and four.

Add coloured fleece, if you wish, to provide detail or to make a picture on the background square. (The alignment of the fibres doesn’t matter, but avoid using large lumps of wool which will not lie flat).

Spray warm soapy water (the warmer the better) all over the wool using a water bottle. Press down the layers until all of the wool is soaked thoroughly. Cover with another piece of bubble wrap bubble side down.

Spray the bubble wrap with soapy water.

Rub the surface of the bubble wrap with the palm of your hand, at first gently, then more vigorously once the wool starts to stick together.

Remove the bubble wrap and turn over the felt and repeat on the other side

Screw up the felt, rinse and squeeze quite roughly in warm water.

Open up and stretch the felt occasionally to prevent it turning into a felt ball and rinse all the soap from the felt, then stretch it and lay it out flat to dry.

Glue beads or other embellishments to the felt if you wish after it has dried.

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Inventing Songs

There is a long tradition of inventing new verses to traditional songs for girls to sing around the campfire. It can be great fun adapting verses about people or situations you are familiar with. Choose songs with familiar tunes so that everyone can be part of it even if you do not sing much in your Unit. You may well be surprised at how well you all sing and it may encourage you to learn other campfire songs.

Here are a few songs that have long been used to produce silly verses:

TONGUE TWISTERS (Tune – John Browns Body) 1. A busy buzzing bumble bee came busily buzzing by (4 times)

(Chorus) They were only playing leapfrog (3 times) And the smoke goes up the chimney just the same

2. A spider spied a spider on another spiders back

3. One hedgehog edged up the hedge while the other hedgehog edged down

BOTTLE OF COKE (Tune - If you’re happy and you know it)

I wish I were a little bottle of coke, bottle of coke I wish I were a little bottle of coke,

I’d go down with a slurp, and come up with a burp I wish I were a little bottle of coke

I wish I were a fishy in the sea … I wish I were a little mosquito…..

I could swim around so cutey I’d go bitey, bitey, bitey Without a bathing suity Under everybody’s nightie

I’M A RAINDROP (Tune – Clementine)

I’m a raindrop, I’m a raindrop, I’m a raindrop, yes I am But I’d rather be a raindrop than a drip!

I’m a bloodstain……….. But I’d rather be a bloodstain than a clot!

I’m a teacup……….. But I’d rather be a teacup than a mug!

TIPS: Great idea for entertaining,

shows or a long journey

You can find many similar songs on campfire song sites- See appendix 3

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Pencil

Paper

Photocopier

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You will need:

Frankfurter or precooked meat balls or veggie sausage

Bread roll

Water

Two paper towels

Heavy duty aluminium foil

1 Litre size cardboard milk or juice carton

WARNING! Use meat

products that only rely on re-heating

rather than cooking from raw.

WARNING! Take care with naked flames.

Hot Dog without a Campfire A challenge to try on a meeting night Prep Time: 5 minutes, Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes

Preparation: Wet paper towels and wring them out, put hot dog in paper towels, covering it completely, even the ends. Wrap it in aluminium foil (at least 3 layers) be careful not to wrap too tightly, you want air in there. Place this in the Milk carton... put it on a hard standing, safe surface and light milk carton with a match. It's done when the milk carton is gone. Let the tin foil cool, unwrap and place hotdog in a roll, add any sauce that you like and Enjoy!

Tips: Get an adult to do a risk assessment of the activity. Make sure there is nothing flammable close by. Have water or sand available to put the fire out if needed.

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You will need:

Strong straight sticks (hazel or bamboo canes)

String/Garden twine

Earth Loom

Weave Your Unit's Adventures into an Earth Loom Story; this could be a day activity or one for camps and holidays.

Earth Looms are very easy to construct. All you need are a few sticks and some string. The two or three vertical supports are about 1.8 metres and the horizontal pieces are about 1 metre, but of course you can make them any size you wish. The two little supports at the top are critical for stability. They keep it from wobbling! You can also use another long support at the back to make it more stable. String or garden twine works

perfectly for both lashing the poles together and for warping the loom. Square lashing is good to use here. Once you have got your loom frame made you will need to put on the warp, they are the threads that run from the top to bottom. Evenly space them not too far apart but close enough so it is easy to weave in between them. Then the fun begins, you might want it to be a diary of your time away or a specific activity, part of a wide game, a competition etc. Even a water theme with ripple effects can be achieved through the weaving.

So what can you weave onto this? – Any vegetation, flowers, paper, fabric, twigs, cones, stones. More information can be found by googling earth looms See appendix 3 for website ideas on earth looms

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You will need:

A plastic milk bottle

Beads

Scraps of fabric

Insulating tape

Trimmings, sequins etc

Glue Gun

Carving Knife

Elastic band

WARNING! Take care with sharp knives.

Elephant model You may have chance to visit a sculpture trail with beautifully decorated Elephants as part of Arts Explosion On The Move. Perhaps you could all make one and set up a trail at your meeting place. This is your own opportunity to make your own Elephant. First you will need to create the basic elephant shape by carving the top off a milk bottle ensuring you cut in a straight line through the base of the handle and then the main bottle (a finely serrated knife does this well). You then create the leg shapes by cutting an arch shape out of the middle of each side of the base of your elephant. Masking tape can be used to cover the sharp edges on the feet (you can scallop the edges to mimic toenails if you wish). You can cover the bottle top with a square of fabric held on with an elastic band (this mimics the head cover used on Asian Elephants) Pierce a hole at the back of the bottle to thread through a tail, (use a tassel, woollen plait or pipe cleaner) Finally, glue on the eyes and rug on its back. You can now use any other decorations you wish to create a truly individual design for your elephant.

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You will need:

About 50 plastic straws or thin bamboo poles

String

Tape

Small rocks or small pieces of paper

Scissors

Saw (if using bamboo poles)

Optional: coffee can

Optional: thin wire

You will need:

Two-litre pop bottle (with the cap still on)

Corrugated cardboard

Paper clips

String

Scissors

Bamboo

Animal Homes

Tube Bug House

1. If needed, cut the plastic straws (or bamboo poles) to be about 20 cm long.

2. Tape them or tie them into a bunch with some tape or wire.

3. Fill one end of the straw or bamboo ends with the small stones or small balls of paper. Or, you can stand up the straws/poles into a tin can. Pack the can tightly so the straws or poles don’t fall out.

4. Tie a long piece of string around the middle of the straws/poles. This string will be used to hang your Tube Bug House.

5. Hang the bug house somewhere nice!

Pop Bottle Bug House

1. Cut the bottom 5 cm

off a two-litre plastic bottle using scissors.

2. Cut the piece of cardboard to be 15 cm wide by 50 cm long.

3. If the cardboard is too thick, try peeling off one side to make it thinner.

4. Roll up the cardboard and insert it into the bottle. Fill any gaps with bamboo sticks.

5. Use the paper clips to attach the cardboard to the bottom edges of the bottle. 6. Tie a string to the top of the bottle and hang it near your garden. Make sure to

keep the lid on to keep the rain out!

See appendix 3 for website information on homes for bugs

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You will need:

Rice paper

Icing in a tube or piping bag

Assorted small sweets and cake decorations

Sweet pictures

How about producing a piece of art that can be eaten afterwards? Use the icing as a glue to place sweets on the rice paper as a collage.

Tips: Choose a design that uses lots of small clusters of shapes (e.g. Flowers, fireworks, mosaic patterns, insects) You can use hundreds & thousands as you would use glitter in other art works.

Allow the icing to dry before lifting the picture. You can also make a piece of jewellery by threading sweets with holes onto an edible lace.

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sweet pictures, eat and enjoy!

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Open Space

Natural materials (dead not freshly picked)

Land Art

Try creating a large piece of temporary art on the ground as a group. Decide on your venue – hall, church, forest, beach, park. Aim to use some of the materials around you (e.g. leaves, sea weed, chairs and logs) – it saves transporting them all to the site. Have some sort of plan of the finished piece. A drawn plan helps everyone to see what they are aiming for and it allows individuals to work on

different areas all at the same time. A plan also helps you to collect the right materials & colours before you start. Have some overseers who can check that each area is coming together in the right place to get the overall effect. Don’t forget your camera: It often works well to take a picture looking down on it from above. Tips: Materials found in scrap stores can make really unusual artwork and a very creative way of recycling. See appendix 3 for You Tube clip on creating a piece of land art. You can get more ideas on Land Art by researching the ideas of Andy Goldsworthy.

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You will need:

An old tent or shelter

A wide variety of decorative materials

An aim or use for your finished creation

Decorate a Tent Somewhere in your District, Division or County there may be an old unwanted tent - now is the time to show it some love.

This project is purely a seed of a suggestion as once you’ve tracked down the tent you are free to decorate it as you feel appropriate. It may be that you wish to give the tent a new lease of life and once decorated it will be taken to future camps and used for extra storage or a chill zone. You may wish to display it as a publicity tent at school fairs, County Shows etc.

It may be a one off project for a camp or holiday. Decoration will depend upon the fabric: appliqué, fabric paint (painted or printed onto the surface), The poles can be painted, have cloth, wool, etc. wound around them. TIPS: If you wish to use the tent as a feasible shelter do consider reproofing and how this may impact upon the decorations and vice versa.

Why not decorate the inside instead? It could become a haven at a busy camp, a grotto or palace or a special tea party den.

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You will need:

Old, faded coloured paper

Single ply tissue (serviettes)

Wild flower seeds

Paper shredder

Bowl of water

Sieve

Washing up cloths

Seed Paper

This fun activity allows you to make your own pretty, recycled paper that can also be recycled again as it can be planted and it will grow flowers!

It is an ideal activity to use up old backing paper from display boards or faded sugar paper. Shred the coloured paper and then break up the strips into tiny fragments before putting into a bowl of warm water. Add tiny pieces of torn serviette to the bowl and leave to soak until there is a pulpy mass. Lift out a handful of pulp and drain in a sieve. Tip contents of the sieve onto the cloth, and spread thinly, avoid leaving any holes in the paper mass.

Sprinkle a few seeds onto the surface of the damp mass and then put another cloth on top and press within a heavy flat object for 10 minutes. Place paper within the cloth onto a cooling tray and put somewhere warm to dry overnight. The paper will be dry and ready to use the next day. It makes a colourful centrepiece for a gift card.

How to plant the seeds (March- July)

Tear the paper into small pieces

Rake into recently turned over soil

Water frequently to keep soil moist

Continue watering - until seedlings appear

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You will need:

A tin can,

Strong plastic, or balloons

Thin string

Cardboard tubing

Foil

Beads/seeds

Decorations

Instrument making

Make Music using scrap materials

Didgeridoo Use a long cardboard tube (e.g. wrapping paper roll). Cover with brown paper and decorate with Aboriginal dot painting.

Rain stick

Use a medium length cardboard tube (e.g. kitchen roll length), twist a length of kitchen foil and insert into the tube. Add a selection of seeds, lentils, rice, dried peas etc. Seal both ends of the tube using paper cake cases. Decorate the tube. As you tilt the tube, the contents will drop slowly to the bottom, sounding like rain falling.

Drum Remove the base from the tin. Stretch 1 circle of plastic or a balloon over the top of the tin and 1 circle over the bottom. If necessary use string threaded through the edges of both circles to pull them tight.

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You will need:

Old Clothes

Fabric Remnants

Coloured paper or card

Face Paints

Toys and Accessories

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Fund raising

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Arts Fancy Dress Party Fancy throwing a Fancy Dress party with a difference? How about basing one on an ‘Arts Explosion’ theme? or

Characters from adverts?

Pop Stars?

International dance costumes?

Recycled materials? It is often more fun if you are challenged to make your own costumes from bits and pieces you have at home or in your meeting place. It encourages us to recycle old items into something new.

Now you have a theme for your party can you think of appropriate:

Games

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Patchwork Hanging

A hanging patchwork banner can be a very effective way of making a picture. This one was created to celebrate harvest and donated to a church. A piece of patchwork can be done quickly if you work as a group, with each member making one panel and then putting them all together. It can be as easy or complex as you wish and does not necessarily require a great deal of sewing skills. To start with, decide upon your theme and allow each person to design their own panel on paper. You will need to remember, when designing, the following things: Your sewing abilities, the time you have, the materials

available to use - if limited time available why not use alternatives to sewing such as glue, fabric paints, buttons or sequins. Collect the materials you need to make your panel and create. The fabric panel needs to be larger than necessary and tacked to a paper pattern of the size required leaving a border behind. This prevents the product from fraying when sewn together. Consider how to fix the panels together (tying, hand sewing or machine sewing). Panels fixed easily together by ribbons (as seen below) are available from mail order suppliers.

You will need:

Several scraps of fabric

Needles, cotton

Buttons, sequins, ribbons etc. & possibly fabric paint

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You will need:

Natural fabrics different weights of cotton are a good starting point

A rubber mallet

A solid surface e.g. a chopping board or a smooth area outdoors

Leaves and flowers, those full of moisture produce the best results

Cotton badges/T-Shirts

Hapa-Zome

Hapa-Zome is the art of beating leaves with hammers, pounding natural pigment into cloth, It is a method of dyeing that people have probably been using on cloth for centuries. It was named by India Flint and is Japanese for leaf dyeing. Hapa-zome can be used to make for example bookmarks, decorate bags or items of clothing, tee shirts are good for this and it can also be used in card making.

To get started: Lay a piece of fabric or garment on the area where you can use a mallet without breaking anything, it needs to be flat. Arrange your leaves and flowers on it. When you are happy with your design, put another piece of fabric over it or if you have enough left fold the bottom piece over the top. Then the fun starts; you need to hit the cloth all over with your mallet, don't be shy give it a good whack.

When you are happy that you have done this, carefully pull back the top layer and remove the plants and leave the cloth to dry. Top tip: The colours can fade so you should iron it once it is dry to help to fix the colours.

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You will need:

3 chenile pipe cleaners (per star)

Straws

Beads

Ribbon (for hanging)

Hanging Star

How to make it:

Cut the straws into 1cm & 2cm segments.

Thread beads and straws onto a pipe cleaner- leaving 2cm gaps at either end of the pipe cleaner.

Twist on a second pipe cleaner to the 2cm gap and cover with a 2cm straw.

Continue until line containing 3 pipe cleaners is made.

Use the star template to bend your line into the star shape.

Twist last ends together and tie on ribbon for hanging.

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Appendix 1

MIDLANDS ART VENUES Art Galleries:

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square.

Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Brampton Road, Brampton Park, Newcastle under Lyme.

City Museum and Art Gallery, Brunswick Road, Gloucester.

Compton Verney Art Gallery, Compton Verney, Warwickshire.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery, The Strand, Derby.

Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Jordan Well, Coventry.

Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, Broad Street, Hereford.

Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum. Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa.

Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucestershire.

New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, 53 New Walk, Leicester.

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Guildhall Road, Northampton.

Nottingham Art Gallery, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham.

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Little Elborow Street, Rugby.

Shirehall Gallery, Market Square, Stafford,

The New Art Gallery, Gallery Square, Walsall.

The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, City Centre, Stoke on Trent.

Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton.

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Theatres:

Abbey Theatre & Arts Centre, Pool Bank Street, Nuneaton.

Belgrade Theatre, Belgrade Square, Coventry.

Birmingham Rep Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham.

Curve Theatre, Rutland Street, Leicester.

Duchess Theatre, The Chatsworth Centre, West Gate, Long Eaton, Nottingham.

Festival Hall and Theatre Complex, George Street, Corby, Northampton.

Hippodrome Theatre, Hurst Street, Southside, Birmingham.

Malvern Theatre, Grange Road, Malvern.

Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Mill Theatre, Dormston Centre Mill, Sedgley, Dudley.

New Alexandra Theatre, Station Road, Birmingham.

Newcastle Players, 16 Watlands Ave, Porthill, Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Oddsocks Productions, The Groundwork Toolbox, Market Place, Alfreton.

Playbox Theatre Company, The Dream Factory, Shelley Avenue, Warwick.

Ridware Theatre, Wheelright House, Pipe Ridware, Rugeley.

Robert Ludlam Theatre, Duffield Road, Darley Abbey, Derby.

Royal Centre Nottingham, Theatre Square, Nottingham.

Royal Theatre, 15 Guildhall Road, Northampton.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Waterside, Stratford on Avon.

Roses Theatre, Sun Street, Tewkesbury.

The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton.

The Stafford Gatehouse, Eastgate Street, Stafford.

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Sculpture Parks:

Forest of Dean Sculpture Park, Coleford, Gloucestershire

Ironbridge Open Air Museum of Steel Structure, Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge,

Shropshire.

Jerwood Sculpture at Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire.

Newnham Paddox Art Park, Monks Kirby, Warwickshire.

Route to Health Sculpture Trail, Birches Valley Forestry Centre, Cannock

Forest, Staffordshire.

Sculpture Park, Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire.

Shieldbrook Sculpture Garden, Kings Capel, Herefordshire.

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Calendar of festivals

Some festivals have fixed dates e.g. Christmas, others are movable. They have been placed in the approximate month, but you need to check the exact dates each year. January.

1st- New Year’s Day.

25th - Burns’ night – birthday of Robert (Rabbie) Burns the Scottish poet.

Yuan tan – Chinese New Year – dragons, red and gold purses.

Basant – Hindu festival of spring – kites, yellow.

Makar sankranti / lohri – Hindu solstice festival – partly about making peace with neighbours.

Tu b’shevat – Jewish – agricultural new year for trees.

Ganjitsu – Japanese – debts cleared, forgiveness asked, achievements celebrated.

February

14th – Valentine’s Day – love and romance.

22nd –Thinking Day – World Guiding celebration with an international flavour.

Ramadan – Islam – period of fasting – thinking of others less fortunate.

Shrove Tuesday – Christian – beginning of lent – pancakes.

Japanese Doll festival March

1st – St David’s day – Patron Saint of Wales.

11th – Commonwealth Day

17th – St Patrick’s Day – Patron Saint of Ireland.

Eid-ul-fitr – Islam – end of Ramadan – marked by giving to the poor the cost of a meal for each member of the family.

Mothering Sunday

Purim – Jewish – 4 weeks before Passover – celebrates when Queen Esther saved the Jews of Persia from Haman – lots of noise made whenever Haman’s name is mentioned.

Holi – Hindu – celebrates god’s protection of those who believe in him – celebrate by throwing coloured water as a memory of Krishna’s playful nature.

Holla Mahalla – Sikh alternative to holi – includes military training, music, poetry and sport.

April

23rd – St George’s day – Patron Saint of England.

Hanamatsuri – Buddhist – celebrates the birthday of Buddha.

Pesach – Jewish – Passover – remembers the passing over of the angel of death before Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt.

Rama Navami – Hindu – celebrates the birth of Rama.

Easter – Christian – celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Baisakhi – Sikh – celebrates an act of devotion and the giving of the 5 k’s.

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May

1st – May Day – traditional British festival (bank holiday is now 1st Monday in May).

Shavuot – Jewish – celebrates end of the barley harvest and start of the wheat harvest – also dairy foods as a reminder the Jews travelled to ‘the land of milk and honey’.

Wesak – Buddhist – celebrates Buddha’s birth; enlightenment and death – all took place on the same day but in different years – remember Buddha’s care for animals.

Al Hijra – Islam – remembers Muhammad’s (PBUH) flight to Medina from Mecca.

June

Environmental Day – new celebration started by United Nations

Chinese Dragon Boat Festival – remembers a poet called Ch’u Yuen who drowned himself.

Father’s Day – commercial answer to Mothering Sunday.

21st - Midsummer’s Day – ancient pagan festival.

Christian Pentecost / Whitsun – the gift of the Holy Spirit is given to the disciples – wind and fire.

July

4th – American Independence Day – victory of the early Americans over the British.

15th. St Swithin’s Day – tradition says it will rain for 40 days and nights if it rains on this day.

23rd. – birthday of Haile Selassie – Rastafarian.

Tanabata – Japanese – star festival and romance.

Obon – Japanese – spirit festival

Chung Yuan – Chinese festival of ‘hungry ghosts’ August

Birthday of Muhammed (PBUH) – Islam

Raksha Bandhan – Hindu – caring for each other in a brotherly / sisterly way. September

11th – Ethiopian New Year’s Day – Rastafarian.

Navaratri / Durga Puja / Dusserah – Hindu – festival of nine nights – time not to be afraid to challenge injustice – marigolds.

Sukkot – Jewish – harvest festival – remembers the 40 year journey of the Jewish people through the wilderness.

Rosh Hashanah – Jewish – New Year. October

Harvest festival – Christian.

Apple Day – launched in 1990 to publicise the wide range of apples.

Kathina Day – Buddhist – monks were given gifts to help them on their travels, often cloth for a new robe.

Simkhat Torah – Jewish – rejoicing the Torah after Sukkot.

31st - Halloween – ancient pagan festival - be careful some churches have a celebration of light instead.

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November

1st All Saints’ Day – Christian – follows All Souls Day.

2nd Crowning of Haile Selassie – Rastafarian.

5th Bonfire Night – attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

Remembrance Sunday – remember those who have died in wars.

Birthday of Guru Nanak – Sikh.

Thanksgiving – American – remembers safe harvest by first settlers.

Divali – Hindu and Sikh – the triumph of good over evil.

Shichi–go–san – Japanese – children’s festival, girls aged 7, boys aged 5 and all children aged 3 are taken to the temple to pray for their future.

30th November – St Andrews Day. December

Hanukkah – Jewish – festival of light.

Advent Sunday – 4 Sundays before Christmas (may be in November) – advent starts

25th - Christmas – Christian – birth of Jesus.

31st – Hogmanay- Scottish

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Directory of Arts Resources

Activity Source Address Zentangles Demo www.youtube.com/watch?v=56n7_1FGgiw

Soap Making

Soap Supplier

www.justasoap.co.uk/Soapmaking_Supplies www.soapbasics.co.uk/

Colour Identity

Commercial Demo

www.colourmebeautiful.co.uk

Patchwork Hanging

Ribbon tied Squares

www.bakerross.co.uk

Animal Origami

Fold designs Print designs

www.origami-fun.com www.thebritishorigamisociety.com www.origami-instructions.com www.freepik.com

Land Art Demo Artist

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQeFzP1HMSU www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/andy-goldsworthy-art.../8230.html

Poem to Perform

Nonsense Poetry

www.nonesenselit.org

Inventing Songs

Campfire Songs

www.guidinguk.freeservers.com/songbookpdf0904.pdf

Floor Maypole

Dances www.thriftyfun.com

Makaton Songs

Video Information

www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Singing-Hands-Three -Little-Monkeys-With-Makaton-6193884 www.makaton.org

Scrap Sculpture

Scrap stores www.scrapstores.com

Appendix 3

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Geocaching Membership & information

www.geocaching.com

Food in a bag

Recipe Ideas

www.trailcooking.com

Earth Looms

Ideas www.earthloom.org

Bug House Ideas www.ecokids.ca/bug-individualpdf

Felt Making

Suppliers Demo & Ideas

www.winghamwoolworks.co.uk www.devonwoolies.co.uk/feltmaking.htm www.rosiepink.typepad.co.uk

We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the following people from a

Girlguiding Midlands Trainers Support Group who have designed and written this pack:

Sue Deighton Bernadette Hughes Ruth Jones Sandy Kinnersley Fiona Lucas Karen Morgan Nyda Ough Lisa Porter Janice Price Brenda Smith Clare Wassall Also the associated units who tested the activities.