We have been busy these last couple of months providing sessions both face-to-face and online thanks to the Arts Council England and Children in Need - and our children and young people have had loads of fun!
Some of our Youth of the World participants and new children to our programme could not make our face to face sessions which made them sad, so we offered them a chance to take part in arts and craft sessions online which has worked a treat.
Everyone received a box of tricks personally delivered to their doors by lovely volunteer Tree, who sent out boxes to families across Greater Manchester.
Our boxes contained loads of stuff such as paper, cards, paper, pencils, charcoal pens, bamboo sticks, and much more.
Some of the families were so excited that they started to make origami pieces before the session - but they didn't need to use all the origami cards, so that was okay.
Afrocats are proud to share what we have made so far online in our sessions with our resident arts and crafts practitioner Jo, who provides fun and engaging workshops on our Youth of the World programme.
Have a look at some of what we made ourselves, sometimes with a bit of help from our parents (shhhhh!)
Paper Lanterns
To start, Jo patiently taught us how to make some paper tipis.
'It was very good for kids at this time'
(parent feedback)
Then onto hanging mandalas:
'A hanging mandala - it is my first attempt at the activity, and I love it.'
(participant feedback)
'It was great, easy to learn.'
(participant feedback)
Wow, look at this work below that one of our budding young artists created after the session - there's so much talent at Afrocats.
'My daughter says the best activity I have ever seen - she is enjoying it'
(parent feedback)
'I really enjoyed it and had a good time drawing even though it’s not always my favourite activity'
(participant feedback)
'I like the session, fantastic engaging session for learning art'
(participant feedback)
Thanks once again to Jo for planning and delivering these inspirational workshops - we look forward to more sessions with you in September.
Find out more about our Youth of the World programme here.
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