POMPOM OLYMPICS @ The Library Cafe - Thurs 6th June 4.00 - 5.30

The Craft Dept is growing up and heading out into the big bad world - in fact we're now moving with the cool crowd at cafe's around Auckland and to kick things off we're at the best spot for kids and families in town - Onehunga's Library Café....

Session #1: POMPOM OLYMPICS
The Library Café, Princes St, Onehunga
4.00 til 5.30pm Thursday 6th June (ages 5+)
All materials, games and fun for 1.5hours @ just $17 per head.
All bookings & enquiries ph/txt Rebecca MB 0274666921



Dear KIDS
Come be a part of The PomPom Olympics. We'll be taking the old school pompom and mashing it up - Our PomPoms are going to be the fastest, funniest & most competitive craft experience you've ever had. You won't just make PomPoms we'll teach you how to make them in weird ways using weird things and it'll be super duper fast too....think huge and tinkly or tiny and sparkly or a few of each....it'll be up to you!

Then we'll let the games begin - the first ever Roly Poly Olympics - PomPom Petanque, PomPom Jenga, PomPom Snow Ball fights and a whole raft of other weird games.

There will be PomPom medals and prizes on the day and you will all leave armed with your new collection of pompoms and other game accessories for more rainy day indoor fun.

Dear GROWN UPS
I'm thrilled to be holding this session at the Library Café in Onehunga - it is a fantastic kid friendly environment that is as devoted to good food as it is to quality funtime for all members of your family. Thursday evenings are particularly special in that they are also currently running a 'Kids eat Free' promotion for Thursday evening dinners - I encourage you to stay on and enjoy someone else doing the cooking and cleaning up for once!

The PomPom RolyPoly Olympics session has been designed to provide your kids with some great indoor activity ideas that they can indulge in during these cold wet winter months. The humble pompom can have both quiet crafty applications as well as morph into a host of energetic but indoor appropriate games too.

By attending this session it is my hope that your kids will have fun and all those usual PC type benefits from creative play.....and all the while you can sit back, enjoy a coffee or glass of wine and watch it all unfold without worrying about who's going to tidy it all up at the end. All great ingredients for a good value night out in my books!

Hope this is of interest - places limited to 12 kids so please give me a call to book or make any enquiries.

Cheers Rebecca
MB 0274666921 

Hey good look'n what ya got cook'n

Massive announcement in the wings.....a major overhaul on The Craft Dept. set up in attempt to bring better crafting to the universe!!

stay tuned for big reveal this week.....

THE CRAFT DEPT. is coming to a venue near you!!!!!!

x R

BOOKINGS for the month of May

The following grid is updated regularly to show the available spaces at The Craft Dept. over the coming 3 weeks. l' d love to see anyone and everyone who is looking for a fun way to spend a winter's morning.

How The Craft Dept. works.....book in for either a 9.30 or 11.00am session (Mon - Thur), let your preschooler choose a craft activity from the available menu (all cost $15) - sit back and relax with complimentary coffee/ tea and biscuit while your littlie makes a mess with me. All craft activities are $15 and also include homemade playdoh and loads of glittery, sticky, messy fun - in fact I promise to keep them busy for an hour so you can chill out and enjoy a moment to yourself.

Give me a call or txt or msg me via this website's 'comment box' below - I'd love to see you at The Craft Dept. - Thanks so much for your support!

Rebecca MB 0274666921

BOOKINGS & AVAILABLE SPACE AT THE CRAFT DEPT.......

MAY
Session	Mon 13th	Tue 14th	Wed 15th	Thu 16th	Fri 17th
9.30 -	3 spaces avail.	Am closed today as I need to....	Booked Out (5)	5 spaces avail	by appt only
11.00 -	1 spaces avail.	be home with my sick kiddo...x R	5 spaces avail	5 spaces avail	by appt only
Session	Mon 20th	Tue 21st	Wed 22nd	Thu 23rd	Fri 24th
9.30 -	2 spaces avail	Booked OUT	Booked OUT	Booked OUT	Booked OUT
11.00 -	2 spaces avail	5 spaces avail	Booked OUT	Booked OUT	by appt only
Session	Mon 27th	Tue 28th	Wed 29th	Thu 30th	Fri 31st
9.30 -	CLOSED DUE TO BIG MOVE!!!	CLOSED DUE TO BIG MOVE!!!	CLOSED DUE TO BIG MOVE!!!	CLOSED DUE TO BIG MOVE!!!
11.00 -

Getting some Thank yous out there....

To be honest I have marked today down as booked out but in reality I am actually taking a sneaky day off to spend it with my kids before my oldest goes back to school on Monday and then the rounds of Kindy, school and all that life stuff kick off again next week.

I've been flat out at The Craft Dept - thanks mostly to a couple of strategic mentions on facebook page "Things to do with Toddlers in Auckland" and then to the incredible support and involvement of all those who have booked their kids in and brought along friends and family to make some messy arty fun in my little room.

I have been overwhelmed by the generous donation of materials from Mum and obvious uber creative Melissa 'Owens' Paterson & as of yesterday we are now dabbling in the big time thanks to a donation of craft treasures from Lissy Mayer costume designer for film & television. Watch out for your treasures re-interpreted with much love and youthful enthusiasm guys!

I am just so stoked that this Crafty experiment is working so well within a social media context too and to now have so many "likers" on facebook is brilliant. I am keen to grow this even more and thank you 'friends' with some sort of 'facebook' generated reward....my thinking cap is working overtime on this but hope to have something fitting up by end of the week.

Also working on a snazzy re-fresh of the current Kids menu and some equally snazzy classes for Grown Ups as our "wool 'n' wine" crochet sessions are proving to be an awesome hit (thanks Koyal Kapilla our resident teacher and crochet guru)....

So much to do - but most of all I am happy to be occupying my brain doing something that feels like a lot of fun and works in so well with my most important and biggest Job to date which is being a Mum & a wife.

And thank you to my lovely hubster Matt who has been a pretty calm and encouraging sounding board, happy to help me translate my artfelt enthusiasm into rational business ideas - with patience (most of the time at least!)

And if anyone would like me to whip up their next academy awards thank you speech or such then yell out - after all the above waffly wankery I reckon this could be another creative distraction!

x cheers Rebecca