Events subject to change - please contact us before travelling

March 29th Geology for kids Ice Age and the Shropshire mammoth

March 30th Ideas with Cricut machine and Cuttlebug. Come and try both of these gadgets for ideas to use in your craft work / card making / scrapbooking/ making mobiles etc

April

2nd Shrinkles and fridge magnets activity for accompanied 7 - 14 year old children

one child + accompanying adult £6
two children + accompanying adult £10
three children + accompanying adult £15

3rd Introduction to silk painting for accompanied children [ 7 - 14] Last year some of the children learning silk painting at Thresholds entered a National competition run by Guild of silk Painters. They were successful runners up

4th Introduction to glass painting

5th 11am An iIlustrated talk 'The landscape which inspired the Shropshire authoress Mary Webb'

12th 11am An illustrated talk 'Landscape behind the myths of Stiperstones, Long Mynd and Stapeley Hill'

Rubber Stamping events

*10th morning Rubber Stamping 1:- Making backgrounds; Using resist technique within a background; basic embossing and double embossing. At least two cards will be the result of the techniques used in this workshop

*17th morning Rubber Stamping 2:- water colour technique, stamping on fabric, silk and glass

* bring some sandwiches and stay on during our dabble afternoon to practice further

We have a library of over 300 stamps for use by our workshop customers

19th Advanced techniques in stamping not suitable for the novice morning

Putting the 'bling' into stamping on fabric afternoon

18th Card making workshop day includes:- Ideas with Flower Fairy cards

and making unusual shaped cards using templates, cricut and cuttlebug

26th Solos Walking Holiday visit

May 1st Making and embellishing candles

May 3rd Illustrated Talk at 11.30am Wild Edric and other local legends including ideas of short walks to add interest to this Bank Holiday Weekend

May 10th / 11th Creative Break Weekend a series of workshops exploring decoupage techniques

May 17th Geology activities for accompanied children 10.30 - 12.30

May 18th Our fossil experts Don and Kingsley will be around during the morning for you to drop in and discuss Shropshire Fossils

May 25th Visit by London Book Club studying Mary Webb Country

May 25th 2pm Corn Dolly afternoon for the more experienced

join our experienced group of youngsters

Project Welsh Border Fan

More Corn dolly making specials dates to be announced.Contact Thresholds Centre if you are interested in these sessions with our experienced tutor Kristina Norton

• Beginners session
• sessions for the more experienced

Activities for accompanied children during school holidays 10.30 - 12.30

May 27th Disney characters and card making

May 28th Making and decorating a box using a wide variety of techniques

May 30th Craft Miscellany Dabble Morning

May 31st Illustrated Talk at 11.30am Ancient routes in the hills of SW Shropshire including ideas of short walks to add interest to the weekend

June 7th Fossils from the Silurian sea. Make a collage to illustrate the creatures living at that time

July 21st Introduction to silk painting for accompanied children [ 7 - 14] Last year some of the children learning silk painting at Thresholds entered a National competition run by Guild of Silk Painters. They were successful runners up

July 23rd Make a geology scrapbook. Learn how to be a geology detective

July 25th Decorate a T shirt with fabric painting and bling