These are a few of our favourite (mad film prop) things…

16 02 2012

Check out the prop list we are lending to the fine folk at Court Farm Films for a children’s film making workshop. Our Zombie-o-phile 11 year-old Bea Davy-Sutherland has two days to make something starting tomorrow.

Anyone interested in creative writing, screen play or film for that matter could no doubt get inspiration for a right rollicking story from any or all of this lot.

Any random list of words is fun to play with dontya think? Especially ones like these (which have been tumbled together over many years in the dress ups box and marinated fabulouisilly in a great many party juices).

I think they need to be chopped up and put in a hat and boiled til they are done.

All ideas welcome via twitter @libbydavy or here.

1. Plastic specimen bags (Exhibit A)
2. Hacked up feather hat (eaten by mutant corgis who realised the Queen was a fake or a cross dresser or actually a lizard)
3 A roll of “Fragile” tape
4. A small trick or treat skeleton suit (body + mask)
5. Wooden sword (burnt)
6. Metal “sword” / knife sharpener
7. Knightly ensign (felt)
8. Purple fluffy leg flares
9. Blonde dischevelled wig
10. Black Bobbed “Uma tumbled through the hedge” wig
11. Viking helmet with wig attached
12. Black + red witchy wig (or Russell Brand had a very late night)
13. Chinese communist hat (stained with Tibetan blood)
14. Leather studded dog collar
15. Devil ears
16. Leaf crown
17. 1/2 tank of helium with heart shaped balloons + red ribbon (to fill up to 10 filled balloons and/or do the squeaky voice trick)
18. Lizard Mask
19. Cow Mask
20. Tiger Mask
21 Hawaiian flower lea
22 TWO sets of pixy ears
23 Black sunglasses
24 Black afro wig
25 1 white glove
26 Waistcoat
27 Fairy wings
28 Large fake hippy peace necklace
29 Silver glitter fabric
30 Beaver mask
31 Vampire teeth
32 Two fluffy wolf tails (NEED SAFETY PINS TO ATTACH)
33 Heart wand
34 Pink neck collar (punk // disco // cyber doggy)





The Hundred Languages of Children

18 08 2011

A poem introducing the Reggio Project

No way. The hundred is there.

The child
is made of one hundred.
The child has
a hundred languages
a hundred hands
a hundred thoughts
a hundred ways of thinking
of playing, of speaking.

A hundred always a hundred
ways of listening
of marveling, of loving
a hundred joys
for singing and understanding
a hundred worlds
to discover
a hundred worlds
to invent
a hundred worlds
to dream.

The child has
a hundred languages
(and a hundred hundred hundred more)
but they steal ninety-nine.
The school and the culture
separate the head from the body.
They tell the child:
to think without hands
to do without head
to listen and not to speak
to understand without joy
to love and to marvel
only at Easter and at Christmas.

They tell the child:
to discover the world already there
and of the hundred
they steal ninety-nine.

They tell the child:
that work and play
reality and fantasy
science and imagination
sky and earth
reason and dream
are things
that do not belong together.

And thus they tell the child
that the hundred is not there.
The child says:
No way. The hundred is there.

-Loris Malaguzzi (translated by Lella Gandini)
Founder of the Reggio Emilia Approach





Woop! Kid’s Art Classes

18 08 2011

At last! Our after-school kid’s art, craft + creativity sessions start Wednesday 7 September during term time. We’ve been looking forward to offering these for ages, and when a great space became available through our friends at Drama Queens we had to jump!

Art, Craft + Creativity

for Children + Young People

Imagination * Play * Expression * Learning * Exploration * Confidence

Collage * Construction * Clay * Drawing to Music * Eco Crafts * Card Making Mythical Beasts * Surrealism * Conceptual Art * Collaboration * Painting * Biscuits! + more…

Wednesdays in term time (starting 7 September)

7 to 9 yrs                    3.45 – 4.45 pm

10 to 12 yrs                5.00 – 6.00 pm

A fun, friendly, safe environment. Libby Davy is a qualified, experienced artist + educator with a passion for encouraging creative potential + mindfulness. We offer a learner-centred approach where process + outcome both matter. Inspired by The Reggio Project, Steiner, Montessori + home schooling. Guest, specialist teachers. £8 / session (inc. all tuition + materials). Maximum 10 per group with 2 teachers/assistants. Church of the Good Shepherd, Dyke Rd (the new home of Drama Queens). Easy free parking + drop off area.

Bookings or enquiries to 07968 687 107 or libby@egghouseart.com.

 “Children have a 100 languages + a 100 more

Loris Malaguzzi

Print and share the flier here… Kids Classes Flier

From our upcoming project “Mythical Creatures from Utopia”. Design your own with collage + drawing. What powers would it have?

Here are some things to help motivate your summer holiday brain and grab one of the limited places available.

  • First session free
  • 20% off all half-term bookings paid before 9 Sept (day after first class) (only £38 for 7 weeks with first taster session free)
  • Sibling discount (20% off for each extra child)
  • 50% off a half-term for anyone that introduces a new enrolling child
  • Free copy of “The Element (How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything) by Sir Ken Robinson” for every fifth new registration. 
  • On Facebook? Stay informed + be in the running for discounts + prizes by “Liking” our Egg House Art page + spreading the word
  • Free private “whole child” progress reports available (by appointment).
  • Easy access + free parking. Just 5-10 min in peak-hour traffic from most areas. (Ask for the sneaky route).


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