Merry Christmas!

Please note: Play Resource will be closed from Friday 16 December at 1pm, to then reopen again on Tuesday 3 January 2012 at 9.30am.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for all your support in 2011. We look forward to welcoming you through the doors in 2012!

Exploring scrap & mod roc

Back by popular demand for 2012!!  We are delighted to offer two Community Arts & Crafts Training Courses in January.

The aim of these courses is to build artistic skills, confidence, develop creativity and generate new ideas for those working, or wishing to work, with community groups.

Community Arts & Crafts Training Course – LEVEL 1 – Entry requirements: No formal qualifications necessary.  Level 1 comprises two comprehensive units, exploring basic visual language, including painting, printing & collage.

Community Arts & Crafts Training Course – LEVEL 2 – Entry requirements: No formal qualifications necessary, but completion of Level 1 is an advantage.  Level 2 comprises three units including mosaic and sculpture from found materials.

Start Date: Thursday 12th January 2012
Time: LEVEL 1 -  2.30-5.00pm / LEVEL 2 – 6.00-8.30pm
Venue: Play Resource Training Room
Duration: 2.5 hours x 12 weeks
Cost: £55 member / £65 non-member

Places are limited, your completed booking form and fee will secure a place and must be received by Thursday 5 January 2012.

Community Arts & Crafts Course Booking Form 2012 Level 1

Community Arts & Crafts Course Booking Form 2012 Level 2

Simply download, complete and return the relevant Booking Form with appropriate fee.  Or for further enquiries contact nicola@playresource.org or call 9035 7546.  Deadline to register Thursday 5th January 2012. Book now!

AGM Invitation 2011

Join us for our AGM at Play Resource on Thursday 8 December at 6pm.

It’s also a chance to meet our artists and have some fun helping to create some 3D scrap sculptures for the Play Resource Ideas Gallery. A festive tea spread will follow!  Please let us know if you are able to join us, simply RSVP to admin@playresource.org.

Hope to see you there!

Scrap 'Starry Night'

Come along and see our scrap interpretation of Vincent Van Gogh  ‘Starry Night’  as the giant group artwork is unveiled in the Ideas Gallery at Play Resource!

We held a free family drop-in art workshop called ‘Scrap Challenge – Create a Masterpiece’ for Belfast Culture Night.

See what happened when we offered a pile of scrap materials to children, and the young at heart!  Thanks to everyone who dropped by on Belfast Culture Night to help re-create Van Gogh’s famous masterpiece ‘Starry Night’ on a giant scale.  Each child or adult created their own unique tile using scrap to be slotted into the big picture.

Take a look at the result! Hope you agree – it is an exciting scrap collage now exhibiting at Play Resource offering ideas & inspiration. You can check out progress on the night on Facebook. Thanks to all who joined in!

Christmas Shop Displays

We are all stocked up for Christmas…are you?! Well we certainly have all you need for a crafty sparkly Christmas! Add a dash of glitter here and a pinch of scrap there and you have the perfect recipe for festive fun with groups!

Looking for sparkly suggestions for Christmas then browse our new seasonal displays. With extensive product ranges and all Christmas stock now in – get shopping – after all there are only 45 ‘sleeps til Santa’!

Best Bargains Basics
•    Giant Glitter Tubs (400g), festive colours – £4.40
•    Glitter Glue – £1.55
•    Microfine Glitter Pots – 85p
•    Poster Paints (600ml), festive colours – £1.25
•    Christmas Twist Jumbo Pipecleaners – £1.10
•    Polycones – 80p
•    Polystars (8pk) – £1.60

Be inspired by the Quick Ideas we have created with over 10 to choose from you are spoilt for choice, with something to suit every age range and budget:

•    Sparkly Angel Mobile
•    Rudolph the Red Nose Polycone
•    Carol Singer Cones
•    Festive Flower Pot Friends
•    Wooden Spoon Fairy
•    Christmas Santa Head
•    Christmas Wreath
•    Scrap Bottle Bauble
•    Curled Paper Snowflake
•    Mrs Claus

Products of the month…Staff Choices!
Amy says: Google Eyes Giant Tub, self adhesive (500pk) £4.30 – bargain for all your Christmas characters!
Charlotte says: Paper People (11pk) was £1.99 now £1.50 – think angels and ‘We Three Kings’ or try this Sparkly Angel Mobile!
Cailin says: Christmas Stamper Set, 8 styles and mini ink pad only £2.95 – perfect for making cards, wrapping paper and gift tags!
Jennifer says: Terracotta Birdhouse £1.25 – decorate and start bird watching this winter!

Over 100 Quick Ideas with pictures and full instructions are available to download for FREE online. Simply type key words like, ‘Christmas’ in the search box to find what you are looking for!

For full range of products visit the website and use the latest Shop Price List to plan your shopping list. It will estimate costs straight away to fit your budget!

Scrap Christmas Tree

We have all you need for festive fun with scrap! In no particular order ….

Just in

• Large spools – stack ’em up to create scrap Christmas tree!
• Orange plastic bottle tops – great for Christmas character noses and hats!
• Rolls beer tubing
• Green wax paper folds – great for Christmas decorations and displays!
• Sparkly foil on a roll – various colours
• Purple stretchy tubing
• Strips white card – idea for Christmas card making
• Gold foil – on a roll
• Gold card A1 sheets
• Silver card A1 sheets
• Silver shred – for santa sacks and lucky dip!
• Cling film on large rolls
• Dots – think snow scenes!
• Giant cardboard circles 2m diameter – groups create & decorate the largest Christmas bauble ever!
• Printers & phones

Back in

• Large Lids
• Wood off cuts
• Carpet remnants – various sizes and colours
• Billboard posters
• Desks

Scrap Item of the Month – Staff Choices!
Sean says: Cardboard cones – create a scrap choir with this Quick Idea Christmas Carol Singers!
Paul says: Use plastic bottles to create this Bargain Bauble it’s a scrap decoration fit for any Christmas tree!

…You see we’ve got the ideas to match the scrap! Some items have already been ‘tweeted’ so you may only find a few left! To make sure you are one of the first to know what’s new, why not follow us on Twitter and you will receive a ‘tweet’ as soon as new items come in!

For all the usual scrap favourites see the latest Scrap Store Materials List.  If there is something in particular you are looking for but can’t see it – just ask one of the Warehouse Team who are happy to help.

We 3 Snowmen

Looking for Ideas & Inspiration? We are now taking bookings for our exciting programme of Christmas Workshops including ideas for early years, decorations and big Christmas characters!

All workshops take place at Play Resource, Training Room from 1.30pm – 4.30pm.

This year includes

• Monday 7 November – Early Years Christmas, with Artist Sally Young
• Tuesday 8 November – Festive Fun with Paper , with Artist Anushiya Sundaralingam
• Wednesday 9 November – Big Ideas for Christmas, with Artist Laureen Magill
• Thursday 10 November – Quick Ideas for Christmas, with Artist Anna O’Kane

For full information of the workshops download the Christmas Workshops Booking Form 2011.  Return the booking form with payment to secure your place.  Book now to avoid disappointment!

Help re-create Van Gogh’s famous masterpiece ‘Starry Night’ for Culture Night on a giant scale using only scrap at our free fun family friendly drop-in art workshop!

Each child or adult can create their own unique tile using scrap to be slotted into the big picture. The piece of artwork will grow over the course of the evening to create one giant ‘work of art’ from scrap materials.  By the end of Culture Night we will have an exciting scrap collage to exhibit at Play Resource to give others ideas & inspiration.

Come and join the free event led artist Anne Quail and Play Resource staff!

Or for the full programme of hundreds of free exciting and fun events visit Belfast Culture Night 2011.

Just in

• Nylon carpet backing fabric
• Threads on spools
• Black & orange fabric Halloween
• Bendy tubing (50 cm) lengths
• Mending Kits
• White vinyl large sheets
• Green wax paper, folds

Back in

• Rolls white scrap paper
• Sample books – wallpaper and fabric

Scrap Item of the Month – Staff Choices!
Sean says: Green wax paper, large folds – Wooohooooo Frankenstein and Monster’s Ball!
Paul says: Bendy Medical Tubey Strips – think spiders legs, skeletons for Halloween!

Some items have already been ‘tweeted’ so you may only find a few left! To make sure you are one of the first to know what’s new, why not follow us on Twitter and you will receive a ‘tweet’ as soon as new items come in!

For all the usual scrap favourites see the latest Scrap Store Materials List.  If there is something in particular you are looking for but can’t see it – just ask one of the Warehouse Team who are happy to help.

GHASTLY GHOUL

We have everything you need for back to school – restock your cupboards, fill up those arts & crafts boxes, ready for a new term of arts & play activities!

Looking for some spooky suggestions for Halloween…then take a peak at our new seasonal display! All stock for Halloween now in:
Best bargains
•    Papier Mache Skulls- £1.10, see our Ghastly Ghoul Quick Idea!
•    Pumpkin Tealight Holders – 80p, ready to paint and decorate!
•    Jumbo Black Pipecleaners – £3.50 (50pk), great spiders legs!
•    Wooden Spoons – £7.50 (24pk), great for witches and black cats!

Be inspired by the Halloween Quick Ideas we have created:

• Batty Bat
• Ghastly Ghoul
• Gang of Ghosts Puppets – great for early years
• Manic Money Snatcher – money boxes from scrap
• Spooky Bin Bag Cat – budget idea!
• Halloween Hang Ups
• Quilled Pumpkin Patch

Products of the month…Staff Choices!
Amy says: Poly stars – 8 pk £1.60 – new in, great value, hate to mention the word Christmas but..!
Charlotte says: Funky Foam ‘People of the World’ tubs – £4.40, or Funky Foam Mini Letter Tub £3.30, great for early years!
Jennifer says: Ceramic Animal Money Boxes – £1.15, paint and decorate your own. Why settle for just a piggy bank when you can choose a dog, cow, frog, tortoise, brilliant for a quick group activity!
Cailin says: Wooden Beads, mixed bumper bags, £4.45 popular and now back in stock!

Over 100 Quick Ideas with pictures and full instructions are available to download for FREE online. Simply type key words like, ‘Halloween’ in the search box to find what you are looking for.

Full range of products visit the website and use the latest autumn full Shop Price List to plan your shopping list. It will estimate costs straight away to fit your budget!