Jewellery Craft for Teens
Monday 30 September
2.00pm – 3.00pm
Create beautiful jewellery from fabric, paper, and other bits and pieces. Pendants, earrings, bracelets - the choice is yours.
Learn how to make different beads and pendants with recycled resources.
Suitable for ages 12 - 16.
Codey Rocky Robots
Tuesday 1 October and Wednesday 2 October
2.00pm – 3.00pm
The future is here! Come along to play with our Codey Rocky robots. Complete challenges, compete, and have fun exploring technology.
Join one of our two sessions these school holidays.
Suitable for ages 7+.
Registration essential: https://events.humanitix.com/codey-rocky-robots-8jm7sqy2
Lego Space Station
Thursday 3 October
10.30am – 11.30am
Help us build a futuristic space station out of lego bricks! Think about what you can add - spaceships, portal doors, areas for eating and sleeping, a control room - unleash your creativity!
Suitable for ages 5+
‘The Squeakling’ Storytime with local illustrator, Ronja Schipper and author, Kristin Kelly
Friday 4 October
10.30am – 11.30am
Join us for the launch of ‘The Squeakling’! Illustrator, Ronja Schipper, and author, Kristin Kelly will have a special reading of their new book followed by an opportunity to ask questions and learn about their creative processes.
Suitable for the whole whanau!
Clay Fossils
Monday 7th October
10.30am – 11.30am
Break out your palaeontology tools! Uncover your own handmade fossils and imprints. Make shells, footprints, leaves and bones - anything that could have been hiding under the soil for hundreds of years.
Suitable for ages 5+
'Ngā Rau o Parekura - Parekura's Feathers' hosted by the team from Arataki Visitor Centre
Tuesday 8 October
10.30am – 11.30am
Join the team from Arataki Visitor Centre. Be a part of the interactive storytelling adventure! Listen and follow the story of Parekura's feathers.
Create your own feathers and take part in a hide and seek quest to find your friends! Suitable for ages 5+
Suitable for ages 5+
A Realm of Your Own
Wednesday 9 October
10.30am – 11.30am
Create your own world! - Medieval, alien, cyberpunk, underwater - your imagination has no limits.
Draw a map with people, places and secrets. Add it into your handmade journal and continue your worldbuilding creation.
Suitable for ages 7+
Decoupage Memory Jars
Thursday 10 October
10.30am – 11.30am
Let’s take it back to the 17th century. Use decoupage to decorate a jar to store your precious memories. Please bring along your own clean jar for this activity.
Suitable for ages 5+
Origami Art Folders for Teens
Friday 11 October
2.00pm – 3.00pm
Join us in making beautiful origami art folders that you can fill with whatever creations you like - paper crafts, envelopes, photos, mementos. Take it in whatever direction you want to!
Suitable for ages 12 – 16.
