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2016 Artists & Archive news
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31st July 2020 FREE tickets available now
Our annual FREE recycled art workshops will be running from 12th to 28th August at the Teign Heritage Centre, Teignmouth. Tickets are Free but limited, book now to guarantee your space. These workshops have been made possible with funding from The Teign Heritage Centre will also be open to visitors from 21st August, for more
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22nd May 2020 Weekend activity bundle
Friday 22nd May 2020. Click here for another weekend activity bundle for you to enjoy and share. From bright colour picture making in the style of Romero Britto to nature paint brush and paint making. We hope you enjoy and don’t forget to share your makes with us at trailartuk@googlemail.com
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11th May 2020 Puppets!
Monday 11th May. Puppetry originated around 3000 years ago. Some believe that it originated in China, in the form of shadow puppetry. Others believe it originated in India. Some of the earliest kinds of puppets were the tribal masks with hinged jaws and jointed skulls used in religious ceremonies. Puppets evolved from these masks into doll
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8th May 2020 Bank holiday weekend activities
Bank Holiday weekend activities. As May the 8th Marks the 75th VE Day Celebrations we have created a collection of themed activities and crafts for you to enjoy. We hope you have a good weekend and we will be back on Monday morning with more daily activities. See our activities to do at home page
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5th May 2020 Celebrate in style
Friday 8th May 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe. This years VE Day was due to be marked with a series of national events across the UK. However with the announcement that the lockdown was extended these events will not be able to take place. To ensure that VE Day is still celebrated
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3rd May 2020 Wish you were there?
Sunday 3rd May. Wish you were there? Send a picture postcard. Create a picture postcard and send to family or friends or keep for yourself to brighten up your notice board or fridge. Check our activities to do at home page for this and other activities.
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2nd May 2020 Magazine Mosaic
Saturday 2nd May. Create a magazine mosaic with our quick and easy instructions, maybe a creative rainbow mosaic for your window or a colourful portrait, you don’t have to limit your ideas to paper you either you could get creative with tin cans, wood and card too. all the details are on our activities to
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30th April 2020 Is art your cup of tea?
Thursday 30th April. Is art art your cup of tea? In today’s activity tea is the art. Have a go at creating a painting using tea or coffee all the instructions are available on our activities to do at home page.
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29th April 2020 Word up!
Tuesday 29th April. Word up, today’s activity is a great exercise for the mind as well as for creating a great piece of art. Join us as we create some word art, choose your subject and get creative. Like it, love it, share it with us at trailartuk@googlemail.com
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25th April 2020 Flags of Hope
Join us as we create flags as kinetic journals of hope and resilience through these unknown times. Display them outside, in your windows or share them online. We would like to create a visual of hope by uplifting and connecting all people through this flag project. please share your flags with us at trailartuk@googlemail.com or on
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24th April 2020 Birds and bugs
Friday 25th April. Have you notice the beautiful songs of the birds now that everywhere is so much quieter? Today’s activity is a great recycled carton project that not only looks fantastic but serves a good purpose too. Create your own bird feeder or bug house with our instructions found on our activities to do
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23rd April 2020 Abstract art inspired by Kandinsky
Thursday 23rd April. Join us in creating a Wassily Kandinsky inspired abstract art. Find out about the artist, his use of colour and how you can make your own Kandinsky inspired tree on our activities to do at home page.
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22nd April 2020 Karel Appel inspired art
Wednesday 22nd April. Karel Appel is our focus for today’s activity, Appel created many brightly coloured pieces of art from varying materials including cork, bark and wood. Create your own Karel Appel style relief from many items you will find around the house. Have fun and please share your makes with us at trailartuk@gmail.com.
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21st April 2020 Anthony Gormley inspired figures
Tuesday 21st April, Today’s activity is an opportunity to Sculpt your own Anthony Gormley inspired figure using salt dough. We hope you enjoy this activity, remember to share your makes with us at trailartuk@googlemail.com
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20th April 2020 Monday Mind boggle art
Monday 20th April . We’ve had a taste of Pop art now for a taste of Op art, today’s activity is a mind boggling Optical illusion picture inspired by Bridget Riley. Love it? share it! send your pictures to trailartuk@googlemail.com and check out ‘The Peoples Gallery’ page for your makes
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19th April 2020 Art in the style of Arthur Wallis
Exploring artist Arthur Wallis and his work is today’s ‘Art in the style of’ activity. Wallis used materials and paints he found to create his works and we encourage you to try the same, make use of old pieces of cardboard, wood off-cuts and paint with remnants of emulsion, acrylic and/or watercolour paint. Don’t forget
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18th April 2020 Have a dream?
Saturday’s activity is brought to you from one of our younger artists at TRAIL, Violet. Violet wanted to share this activity with everyone after spending many hours creating these wonderful BFG inspired dream jars herself. We hope you enjoy this activity and don’t forget to share your makes with us for ‘the peoples gallery’ page,
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17th April 2020 Nicho Frida Kahlo style
Hello everyone, we hope you are all well and still enjoying the daily crafts we are publishing. Todays activity explores craft in the style of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. We would love to see your makes, email us at trailrtuk@googlemail.com so we can share them on our ‘The peoples gallery’ page
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16th April 2020 Matisse day
Happy Thursday everyone. Here is our next in the series of activities on the theme ‘art in the style of’. Today’s activity explores the technique of ‘painting with scissors’ like the great artist Henri Matisse. We hope you have fun with this activity and remember to share your creations with us at trailartuk@googlemail.com so we
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15th April 2020 Art in the style of…
Good Wednesday morning to you all. Here is our next in the series of ‘Arts in the style of’ activity. Today we are exploring the art of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. we hope you enjoy todays activity, remember to share your makes with us at trailartuk@googlemail.co.uk
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14th April 2020 Naum Gabo Sculpture activity
Good Tuesday everyone, today’s activity is following the theme of ‘Arts in the style of’ . Today we have chosen Naum Gabo, a Russian constructivist. We hope you have fun creating a sculpture, remember to share your creations with us at trailartuk@googlemail.com
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13th April 2020 Banksy style
Good Monday morning, we hope you enjoy today’s activity based on the style of artist Banksy, don’t forget to share your creations with us at trailartuk@googlemail.com
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12th April 2020 Double yolker
Happy Easter everyone, we have released two activities today as a gift from all of us at TRAIL. All the activity sheets are here, Enjoy and please share
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11th April 2020 Hoppy weekend
Hoppy weekend to you all, we hope you enjoy today’s Easter themed activity. We would love to see your creations too, please send photos of your creations to trailartuk@googlemail.com Remember to check back daily for more
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10th April 2020 Good Friday to you
Good Friday to you all. We hope today’s activity brings you hours of fun either as a solo challenge or with others at home, send us pictures of your creations for us to share
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9th April 2020 Late for Thursday early for Friday
My apologies for today’s late craft activity, i hope it was worth the wait. Today’s activity is the nice reflective craft of journal making, I have created a destination journal for myself filled it with hand drawn pictures, photographs and magazine cut outs of places I would like to visit after isolation. You could make
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8th April 2020 Picasso you
Today’s activity is Picasso inspired portrait art for all to enjoy, perhaps you could make a set of Picasso inspired family portraits or even a portrait competition in your home. We would love to see what you create, please send us images of your crafts to trailartuk@googlemail.com so we can share on our website. Have
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5th April 2020 Become a portrait artist
Good Sunday to you all, today’s activity is one that you can have endless hours of fun with, using minimum resources found in your home. We hope you enjoy today’s activity, why not send us a picture of your makes, email trailartuk@googlemail.com Remember to check back daily for more
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4th April 2020 Bunny tin
Good morning and welcome to another day on planet earth. Here is today’s activity, an Easter themed craft for all to enjoy. Why not try another design of your own? Maybe a frog or other animal. Have fun, keep crafting and check back daily for more.
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3rd April 2020 Weave away
Top of the morning to you all. Today’s activity is a traditional craft with a recycled twist, you can make your weave up from plastic, material and all sorts of other recycled materials. We hope as always that you enjoy today’s craft, remember to check back daily for more.
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1st April 2020 Things we would like to do
Hello everyone, today’s activity is a nice reflective craft opportunity. We hope you enjoy and remember to check back daily
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31st March 2020 Tuesday, play day
Good morning one and all. Today’s activity is a fun drawing game for all to enjoy, with minimum resources needed this game is sure to be a good one to play at home and when out and about in the future. Email pictures of your creations and we will post them for all to enjoy
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30th March 2020 Time flies, do you need wings?
Time certainly has flown today, without further delay, here is today’s activity. This is a wonderful activity for decoration or in role-play, you can make them as big or small as you like and in any colour too. Enjoy and remember to check back tomorrow for more
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29th March 2020 Sunday craft
A warm Sunday greeting to you all. Today’s activity is a versatile craft that can be used and made in many ways for many occasions. We hope you enjoy today’s craft, check back tomorrow for more.
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27th March 2020 A Friday ‘tweet’ for you all
Hello all, it’s strange but true, today is Friday. I’m sure we’re not the only ones forgetting what day it is. Here is today’s activity, continuing with our spring theme, paper birds. These cute little birdies can be made from scraps of paper, wallpaper, old magazines or envelopes. I have decorated my window with a
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26th March 2020 Ladybug, ladybug, oh lady, ladybug
A crafty good morning to you all. Today’s activity adds to our current spring theme and what is so great is you can make tons of these to decorate walls, windows and anywhere else. Have a crafty good day, and please remember to share
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25th March 2020 Daisy, Daisy give me…
Good morning all, today’s activity is a lovely spring-themed craft. You can follow the instructions to make a daisy garland or mix it up a bit and make it into a greeting card, table decoration or any other ideas, you decide. Have fun, check back daily and remember, please share.
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24th March 2020 X’s Oh!
Good morning to you all. Today’s activity is an easy one but will provide many, many hours of play. We hope you enjoy this activity, remember to check back daily for new activities and please share.
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23rd March 2020 Just a note…
Good morning one and all, here is your daily activity. Today we are embracing spring by making a beautiful flower that can be made into a lovely note for you to pop into your window or to give to someone perhaps you can’t visit at the moment. We hope you enjoy today’s activity, remember to
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22nd March 2020 With love from TRAIL
We would like to wish every Mum, Dad, Brother, Sister, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, Carer, Support worker every young and old person, a good day. Please see here, our third activity to do at home, enjoy and please share. Remember to check back every day for more. With love from TRAIL
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21st March 2020 SECOND ACTIVITY AVAILABLE NOW
Our second activity is now online, instructions pictures and what you need list are all available on the activities to do at home page. We intend to bring you a new activity every day to keep minds and hands active. So check back daily for more great ideas.
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20th March 2020 From today we will be posting a daily craft projects on the web site on the activities to do at home page. These will all be easy to make for young and old alike, from common household items and recycled materials where possible. Please share them, make them and enjoy them. Every week we will
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18th February 2020 TRAIL @ Exeter Cathedral
We are pleased to be inviting the public to make a live sculpture with us over the course of the day. There are some amazing speakers and workshops, come and say hello. The Big Green Event Exeter Cathedral
