Woodland Tuesdays 2023
A summer of leaves, laughter and making things
In the woods of Buxton
Woodland Tuesdays are back! As part of Buxton Civic Association’s ongoing Stronger Roots initiative, the Creeping Toad team are planning a series of lively, creative workshops in woodlands through the summer
There will be pirate mornings, goblin and fairy moments, drawing, scribbling, sketching playing with leaf-ink and mud-paint and mapping the journeys of adventurous mice!
- Events are free
- Activities take about 30 - 45 minutes and while you can drop in at any time through a workshop, it helps us a lot if you book a place through the eventbrite link
- individual links are attached to the workshop entries below but the whole set can be found here
- Materials are provided (apart from Gnome Morning on August 15th - please bring a short, clean cardboard tube if you can)
- If we are not at the main entrance to a wood, follow the flags to find us
as well as making mischief and maybe some monsters in Buxton's woods, Creeping Toad will also be doing workshops as part of Buxton Museum's "make and take Thursdays". We're still sorting dates just now but details will be available soon on the Museum's eventbrite page: here. Keep an eye on the Museum's social media as well ("Buxton Museum" will usually take you there!)
July 25th: Wild Woodland People in CORBAR WOODS: twig arms and stick legs, leaf wings and wild hair: we’re making forest monsters! Or maybe mud witches or flower fairies or leaf bears! Mixing woodland materials with heads, eyes and maybe some teeth, make a wonderful character, or a strange creature from the darkest corner of Corbar Woods!
Corbar Woods: entrance at the junction of Corbar Woods Lane and Corbar Road, Buxton
Eventbrite link: Wild Woodland Folk
August 1st: Mouse Adventures, in GRINLOW WOODS, explore the woods through an animal’s eyes. Where would you go? Where is there danger? Where is there safety? Where is home or water or food. Where would a mouse have adventures? Design your own mouse house, mole home or squirrel castle, make your own animal puppet and map the woods for an animal adventure….
Grinlow Woods: Buxton Country Park, Green Lane, Buxton, Sk17 9DH (parking in the car park is charged)
Eventbrite link: Mouse Adventures
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| you might tell a mouse story...or a rabbit voyage or a mole mission.... |
August 8th: Woodland Artists: CORBAR WOODS: sketch, scribble, draw, colour, make paint from mud or leaf-greens, add bark rubbing and messy finger paint with mud and charcoal. Turn the wood into adventures, animals, excitements and monsters. Then tie your pictures together to make your own woodland sketchbook
Corbar Woods: entrance at the junction of Corbar Woods Lane and Corbar Road, Buxton
Eventbrite link: Woodland artists
August 15th: Gadley Gnomes! GADLEY WOODS: deep in the woods of Buxton live a race of secret people….gardeners and growers, makers and animal friends, the Gadley Gnomes have lived hidden lives until now. Help us create our own Gnomes with birds nest beards and pointed hats, boots with curly toes and coats with bumblebee buttons. Please bring a small cardboard tube with you!
Gadley Woods: entrance off Gadley Lane off St John’s Road (A53) or down Gadley Lane off Watford Road off St John’s Road
Eventbrite link: Gadley Gnomes
August 22nd: Grinlow Pirates! GRINLOW WOODS: make your own pirate captain. Fill a tiny treasure chest with nature’s treasures and make a treasure map of the dangers and daring adventures of the Pirate of Grinlow woods!
Grinlow Woods: Buxton Country Park, Green Lane, Buxton, Sk17 9DH (parking in the car park is charged)
Eventbrite link: Grinlow Pirates
August 29th: Wonderful Woodland Giants: GRINLOW WOODS: who lives in our woods? Who lurks in the shadows or plays in the sunlight? We’ll make giant faces using leaves and twigs, earthskins and glittering mirror eyes. We might tell stories of monsters and feasts or friendly tree-people. Then we’ll make miniature versions in clay to take home and keep our woodland giant stories green and growing!
Grinlow Woods: Buxton Country Park, Green Lane, Buxton, Sk17 9DH (parking in the car park is charged)
Eventbrite link: Woodland Giants
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