exciting wintry events

A cold season of creative wildness

family events in December 2015

 Winter comes rolling in with our first snow here in Buxton and as the hills are beautifully white and the trees black as old bones, here at Creeping Toad we are gearing up for some lovely December excitements!

4 events are planned – details for all follow

Sunday 13^th December, at the Green ManGallery

Hardwick Square South, Buxton

10.30 – 12: Wintry Landscapes, 10 - 1

4.00 -5.30pm Stories for a Winter Afternoon, 4 – 5.30

Sunday 20^th December , Mystery and Mulled Wine, stories for grown-ups,  at the Green ManGallery, Hardwick Square South, Buxton, 7pm – 9 (ish)

Wednesday 23^rd December, The Last of the Wonders, at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, 10 – 1

The Last of the Wonders: an event marking the closure (for refurbishment) of the delicious Wonders of the Peak exhibition in the museum. Details will follow but activities will include storytelling to suit the different rooms of the exhibition and the chance to draw your own postcards of favourite pieces of the display – the Bear? The bones? The mermaid? The Blue John window? And to leave us postcard messages of what you like best – or least – of the display

MORE DETAILS

Wintry Landscapes

Sunday 13^th December

10.30 – 12.00

Add an individual touch to your festive decorations!

Join me for a session building some exquisite Midwinter creations

We might

• capture a scatter of presents, or leaves, feathers and colours, or even a tiny castle on a bottle lantern
• play with card and colour, pictures and trees building a pop-up world of snowmen and frozen pools, of lost castles among dark mountains, of reindeer flying through a starry sky….

Get carried away with a display lantern of trees and palaces, rivers and bridges and children iceskating into an adventure

During the session, we will make

• a bottle lantern
• at least one small pop-up card
• a larger pop-up landscape
• maybe a round display lantern

This will be a deliciously messy, delightfully creative session, giving you the chance to learn quick techniques and go away with your own wintry landscapes and the skills to make more

Places are limited, you need to book a ticket

Cost: £6.00 per person (supporting grown-ups go free)

Activities suitable for 5 years and over, 7s and under need to bring their own grow-up with them

Materials provided (but if you’d like to bring a washed, empty plastic bottle that could add to the mix (500 ml - 2l are best)

Phone 01298 937375

email hello@thegreenmangallery.com or call in to book. Card payments can be taken over the phone.

4.00 - 5.30pm Stories for a Winter Afternoon

Cheerfully chilly stories of the first Christmas Tree, the wren and the robin, the secrets of Christmas feasts and work with me to mix natural materials, wonderful treasures and strange characters into the first telling of the Buxton Winter Tale

Places are limited, you need to book a ticket

Cost: £6.00 per person (supporting grown-ups go free)

Stories suitable for 5 years and over (and maybe younger), 7s and under need to bring their own grow-up with them

Phone 01298 937375

email hello@thegreenmangallery.com or call in to book. Card payments can be taken over the phone.

Sunday 20^th December , at the Green Man Gallery

Hardwick Square South, Buxton

Mystery and Mulled Wine 7pm – 9 (ish)

The Winter Solstice brings seasonal storytelling for grown-ups by Gordon MacLellan and Helen Appleton.
From cheerful trolls to deep winter cold, from the downright silliness of a Trickster tale to the rich images of an old English adventure, join Helen and Gordon for an atmospheric evening to get your Midwinter off to a warming start

Tickets: £7.50 (with a free glass of mulled wine) Further refreshments available

Phone 01298 937375

email hello@thegreenmangallery.com or call in to book. Card payments can be taken over the phone.

This is a storytelling session for an adult audience which doesn’t mean the stories will be particularly racy or outrageous but themes and images may not suit a younger audience. There is a storytelling session at The Green Man for families on December 13th.

 

Wednesday 23^rd December, The Last of the Wonders, at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, 10 – 1,

The Last of the Wonders: an event marking the closure (for refurbishment) of the delightful Wonders of the Peak exhibition in the museum. Activities will include storytelling to suit the different rooms of the exhibition and the chance to draw your own postcards of favourite pieces of the display – the Bear? The bones? The mermaid? The Blue John window? And to leave us postcard messages of what you like best – or least – of the display

This event is free, just drop by and join in!