 |
| David Lucas reading us his story |
It's round two of our special
Children's Play Day event. Another fun day of art activities, stories and trainsets. We had three major events: Arts and crafts where visitors could make their own jumping Jacks, a drawing/story area where children's author
David Lucas gave us advice on making characters and then read us one of his fabulous books, the train sets which eventually grew to take over a good quarter of the museum and a second story area in the
Puppet Corner.
 |
| TRAINS! TRAINS! TRAINS! |
There was some serious business going on at the trainsets; how many bridges could be built? Could we get a track and road system intermingling? Most importantly though; How many crashes could we make? The answer; Lots! Not a single train managed to stay on its rails for the whole day. Altogether we are very proud of our visitors ingenuity for destruction.
 |
| Our French Interns really enjoyed the train set |
 |
| We admire this young man's Thomas the Tank engine footwear |
With destruction comes construction and at the crafts table many a Jumping Jack came into being. Child and Parent worked as one to make their new toys to fantastic success. Coming in a range of designs, the table was very popular and a great opportunity for parent and child to work together.
 |
| Dad and Daughter working together |
 |
| Mum and Daughter are not to be out done and also work together |
The main event though was the drawing and story sessions with David Lucas. He read us one of his wonderful stories and gave us a wide range of advice on writing stories and making characters for them. Our visitors (and not a few of our volunteers) created plenty of amazing pictures.
 |
| David Lucas tells us some of his secrets! |
 |
| An All mixed up Unicorn, Cheesy flower and firey mouse! |
 |
| King of the Clouds |
 |
| A Skeleton Pirate hangs 10 |
 |
| A man turning into a rainbow and a clown/duck/alligator? I love it! |
As an added bonus and to keep us all energized for the day cake, fruit and drinks were available. I can happily attest to their deliciousness!
