CAST-Off Saturday 28 August
Cyanotypes, clay animals, fish kites and prizes.
CAST-Off Tuesday 24 August
Natural pigments, botanical drawing and magical seeds.
CAST-Off Saturday 21 August
Serpentine shaping, granite bashing and paper making.
CAST-Off Tuesday 17 August
Experiment with natural pigments, try out botanical drawing and make your own bugs!
CAST-Off Saturday 14 August
Make cyanotypes, pinch clay and tell stories with shadows.
CAST-Off Tuesday 10 August
Make prints from tree rings, pictures from leaves and magic seeds.
CAST-Off Saturday 7 August
AFTERNOON ONLY due to rain and wind. Make and race boats, mould clay, weave willow and create tiny houses.
CAST-Off Tuesday 3 August
Cast metal, shape stone, felt wool and learn to see with your ears!
CAST-Off 2021
CAST’s popular off-site programme of outdoor creative activities for children and families returns
CAST-Off Saturday 29 August 2020
This will be a bonanza CAST-Off Round-Off and the weather forecast is good.
CAST-Off Tuesday 25 August 2020
Make paints and inks using natural materials or make a flag at Ben’s Den.
CAST-Off Saturday 22 August 2020
Discover how to see with your ears or collect natural materials for boat building.
CAST-OFF Tuesday 18 August 2020
Draw a picture journey, paint a landscape postcard or visit Ben’s Den.
CAST-Off Saturday 8 August 2020
Race boats on the Cober River, learn how to make calzone on a camp fire and visit Cober Camp
CAST-Off Tuesday 4 August 2020
On the first day of the CAST-Off trail of activities Sarah Johnson will be brewing indigo dye in Ben’s Den, the encampment hosted by painter Ben Sanderson
CAST-Off Saturday 15 August 2020
Make a stone maze, create your own woodland fairy tale or paint on a rock.
CAST-Off Tuesday 11 August 2020
Make wildwood crowns, Hal-an-Tow sticks, tiny bricks and botanical drawings at different locations on the CAST-Off trail.
CAST-OFF SUMMER ACTIVITIES
Launching on Tuesday 4 August, CAST’s programme of creative activities for families will take place outdoors this summer.
MAKE A SPRING THING | THINK AND MAKE
CANCELLED – Artist Lucy Grant will lead this fun creative, drop-in family workshop, providing an abundance of colour and materials
PERSONALITY PORTRAITS | THINK AND MAKE
Artist Lucy Grant will lead this fun, drop-in family workshop, inviting you to look closely at friends and family
Fairies, Elves and Tompten | Think and Make
Make a festive forest fellow, frosty fairy or tiny Tompten at this Christmas ‘Think and Make’ workshop.
Advent Heads & Hands
Run by artist Lucy Grant, Heads & Hands will be presenting a creative countdown to Christmas, with six seasonal weekly makes including, advent stars and calendars, pine cone folk, printed cards (and secrets gifts for mum and dad). Heads & Hands is a seasonal, hands on art club aimed at creative children with curious minds and…
FAIRY TALES AND THE DEEP DARK FOREST | THINK AND MAKE
Stray from the path through the deep dark forest and get lost in dark tales and the wild imagination.
PERSONALITY PORTRAITS | THINK AND MAKE
Look closely at your friends and neighbours and draw portraits using props, mood, materials and lighting to express their personality. A fun family workshop led by artist Lucy Grant during the Open CAST weekend as part of Helston Makes It! For more information on the rest of the programme click here.