Māori Myths & Legends with Taniwha!
Taniwha loves to play with friends in the rivers around the Waipā! Taniwha is a character that loves to share stories about other mythical creatures!
- Learn how to use our specially designer hand-made printer with ours or your own crafted taniwha design!
- Design-a-Taniwha using light boxes and creature parts,
- Make a Taniwha mask and embellish it with colour and jewels,
- Create an articulated Taniwha whose joints move,
- Make a taniwha mono print…and much more!
- Learn about our awesome local myths presented as a graphic novel!
- FREE to all visitors!
- If you’re not a Tui & Tama Club member, you can sign up anytime for FREE!
In Collaboration with Re Creators
Sew a Pekapeka:
- When: Wednesday 4th October
- Time: 11.30am-1.00pm
- Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre
- Location: 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu
- Bookings: https://fb.me/e/NTP0XbwT
- Ages: Children 7 years+
- Adult supervision required!
- No skills necessary!
- Admission: $5 per participant
Arty Crafty Adult Workshop
Back by popular demand, learn how to create woven patches in knitwear to cover marks, stains and holes with embroidery! Making clothing unique instead of throwing it away to landfill! Join in the fun of meeting new people in a lovely creative environment! Make this your crafting space!
For more information about this:
- When: Saturday 14th October 10.30am-1.30pm
- Where: Te Awamutu Museum – Education & Research Centre, 55 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu 3802
- Who: Crafty Arty Adults 15yrs+
- Book: Secure your seat by booking via email museum@waipadc.govt.nz or phone 07 872 0085.
- Cost: $5.00 per person
- All Materials supplied – bring along your piece of clothing to repair.
- Info: Please let us know if you have booked a seat and can no longer attend, as we will offer your place to another on the waiting list.
Looking forward to seeing all you crafty arty adults joining in the fun. Please let us know what other workshops you’d like us to present.
Arty Crafty Adult Workshop
Learn to weave a Dreamcatcher hosted by Nicky Samuel!
Our theme for the month is Māori Myths and Legends, and just like the net that Maui created to try and slow the sun, you’ll be able to weave a different type of net to make a beautiful gift.
Have you ever wondered about those mysterious, dangly, feathery things, that look abit like a spider’s web you see at craft fairs or in gift shops are? They’re called dreamcatchers.
The meaning of dreamcatchers and the beliefs surrounding them originate from Native American cultures. The dreamcatcher is a protective talisman that is used to protect people from nightmares and bad dreams. The charm was used for young children and hung above their beds.
They believed that both good and bad dreams fill the air at night. The dreamcatcher acts like a spider’s web by trapping the bad dreams while allowing the good ones to filter through. The bad dreams caught in the web get destroyed when the sunlight of morning arrives, while the good dreams filter down through the feathers and gently reach the sleeping person below.
For more information on the workshop:
- Bookings essential through email: museum@waipadc.govt.nz or phone 07 8720085
- Spaces are limited get in fast to book your seat!
- This is a Crafty Arty Adult workshop (for ages 15yrs+)
- Starts from 10.30am-1.30pm
- COST $5 per participant
- All materials will be supplied
- No skills necessary
- Please let us know if you have booked a seat and can no longer attend, as we will offer your place to another on the waiting list.
Looking forward to seeing all you adults joining in the fun. Please let us know what other workshops you’d like us to present.
