Bumble Bee Childrens Festival

Bumblebee Workshops

Saturday

Imaginary Storytelling
11.00 am – 12 noon
Purple Room, KDYS
Imagine a story and then bring the story to life by dressing up and pretending! Fun workshop that will get the creative juices flowing!
7 – 12 years 10 max €5

Story-Telling with Puppets
11.00 am – 12 noon
Yellow Room, KDYS
Have fun creating your own puppets with artist Aylish Lyons and let your puppets tell a story!
3 – 7 years 10 max €5

Candle-Making Workshop
12 noon – 2.00 pm
Blue Room, KDYS
Enter the bubbling molten world of melted wax with professional candle maker John Harvey and make beautiful candles for all occasions!
8 – 12 years 10 max €5

Making Cards Workshop
11.00 am – 12.00 noon
Green Room, KDYS
Create Black and White greeting cards, using your own design based on animals, landscapes, figures. Artistic workshop for younger children.
4 – 7 years 10 max €5

Children 1

3D Picture in a Box
11 am – 12.30 pm
Red Room, KDYS
Create the world of your imagination in a 3-Dimensional picture, using part-recycled material, part natural material, and part of your own creation!
7 – 12 years 10 max €5

Create your own Superhero
1.00pm – 2.30pm
Green Room, KDYS
Fly through your imagination with professional visual artist Muiriosa Murphy and draw your own superhero. Bring it to life. Give it special powers and tell the class.
7 – 12 years 10 max €5

Felting on Stone
1.00 pm – 2.30 pm
Purple Room, KDYS Using fine merino wool and smooth water washed stone felt an original sculpture.
7 – 12 years 10 max €5

Easter Collage Workshop
1.30 pm – 3.00 pm
Red Room, KDYS
In a garden of flowers, butterflies and bees, the chocolate eggs will be collected by the Easter Bunny. Let your imagination write the story!
7-12 years 10 max €5

Vocal & Rhythm Workshop
1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
Orange Room, KDYS
Musical games and tunes, using your voice and percussion instruments. A musical blast!
7 – 10 years 10 max €5

Candle-Making Workshop
3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Blue Room, KDYS
Enter the bubbling molten world of melted wax with professional candle maker John Harvey and make beautiful candles for all occasions!
8 – 12 years 10 max €5

Children 2

Sunday

Painting for Fun Workshop
12.00 noon– 1.00 pm
Green Room, KDYS
Sometime the oldies are still the goodies – one of the most popular workshops. Art classes for under 7’s.
4 – 7 years 10 max €5

Let’s make a Play Workshop
12 noon – 1.00 pm
Purple Room, KDYS
How do we begin? How do we move from a tiny germ of an idea to characters, a story and scenes? This one hour workshop will involve a small amount of writing, a lot of chat and some improvisation.
7 – 10 years Max 20 €5

Who’s living up there?
12 noon – 1.00 pm
Red Room, KDYS
Blow paint aliens. Your guess is as good as mine! Your imagination will create space monsters using painting and collage.
4 – 7 years 10 max €5

Fun with Clay
12 noon – 1.00 pm
Blue Room, KDYS
Try your hand at moulding, rolling and sculpting with Professional visual artist/ sculpture Muiriosa Murphy and make your
own original cartoon character using clay.
4 -7 years 10 max €5

Children 3

Abstract Workshop
2.00 pm - 3.30 pm
Green Room, KDYS
Explore abstract art work using collage & paint! A wonderful introduction to the magic of Abstract Art!
7 – 12 years 10 max €5

Edible Miniature Gardens
12 noon – 1.30 pm
Yellow Room, KDYS
An artistic treat and a treat for the belly too! Enjoy designing your own miniature garden – one you can eat!
8 – 12 years 10 max €5

Fun with Clay
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Blue Room, KDYS
Try your hand at moulding, rolling and sculpting with Professional visual artist/ sculpture Muiriosa Murphy and make your
very own original cartoon character using clay. Learn new skills, have fun and make
new friends.
7 -10 years 10 max €5

Origami Workshop
2.30pm – 4.00pm
Yellow Room KDYS Denny Street Tralee
With nothing more than a sheet of paper, learn how to make, boats animals and even clothes through the ancient art of Origami. Welcoming all 8-12 year olds for this exciting new class.
8 – 12 years 10 max €5

Let’s make a play Workshop
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Purple Room KDYS
How do we begin? How do we move from a tiny germ of an idea to characters, a story and scenes? This one hour workshop will involve a small amount of writing, a lot of chat and some improvisation.
7 – 10 years Max 20 €5

Childrn 4

Monday

Fabric Printing Workshop
12 noon – 1.00 pm
Blue Room, KDYS
Leaves, potatoes, paint and lots of imagination will be used in this workshop to create colourful, patterned fabric squares.
4 – 7 years 10 max €5

Visual Arts Workshop
12 noon – 1.00 pm
Red Room, KDYS
Explore the hidden caverns in your amazing world of make-believe using paint & collage.
4 – 7 years 10 max €5

Make a Wormery in a Bottle!
12 noon – 1.30pm
Green Room, KDYS
Make your own wormery in a bottle, watch and learn how worms break down waste material and create compost to use in your garden.
8 – 12 years 10 max €5

Lets Pretend, Creative
Storytelling!
12 noon – 1.00 pm
Purple Room, KDYS
Imagine a story and then bring the story to life by dressing up and pretending in this fun workshop.
3 – 7 years 10 max €5

Jump, Shake, Rattle & Roll
Workshop
12 noon – 1.30 pm
Yellow Room, KDYS
Games and active musical fun. Try different instruments, and create your own music using recycled materials. Make up a tune!
4 – 7 years 10 max €5

Circus Skills Workshop
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Purple Room, KDYS
Juggling and Circus skills help develop concentration, eye to hand coordination, dexterity & posture. And more than that – it’s great fun!
Over 8’s 10 max €5

Visual Arts Workshop
2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
Red Room, KDYS
Journey into your wonderful imagination and when you return paint out your adventures.
7 – 12 years 10 max €5

Music & Stuff
2.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Yellow Room, KDYS
Have a go at playing all sorts of different musical instruments; make up a song; have lots of fun with rhythm, music, games and dance; and create an instrument using recycled materials, which you can take home with you.
8 -12 years 10 Max €5

Printing Workshop
2.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Blue Room, KDYS
Lots of interesting things can be used to create prints. Household objects, feathers, leaves and more will be used in this workshop to create imaginative prints.
7 – 12 years 10 max €5

Circus Skills Workshop
3.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Purple Room, KDYS
Juggling and Circus skills help develop concentration, eye to hand coordination, dexterity & posture. And more than that – it’s great fun! Circus Skills workshop with the wonderful Con Fanzini.
Over 8’s 10 max €5