South Bucks Childrens Book group get animated!

So here is the result of my wonderful 2 hour art and animation workshop in high wycombe last weekend.

Everybody created their own cut-out character and did a spot of under-the-camera animation.

Didn't they do well!

Apart from this, there was lots of sticky collage making ,zoetrope whizzing, crafty paper cats and reading books.

Huge thanks to everyone in the South Bucks Children's Book group for being so welcoming and lovely.

We got yummy cake and everything!

Edinburgh book festival 2010

I was lucky enough to be invited to the Edinburgh book festival again this year.

It is the most amazing place at the best of times, but with the Book festival on, it is EVEN more magical... sigh..

anyway, I did a workshop about Sunny McClouds "SMILE!" story.

Here are a few snippysnaps and little facts of the day...

We read stories

We played games (stick the smile on the Sunny)

We made spare smiles incase our own smiles ever get lost (it does happen)

We made paper Sunnys

... all in an hour! (nice and jam packed).

Then I got excited about seeing a gaggle of my books perched on shelves.

(Especially the shiny new ones "SCRUMMY!" and "LIMELIGHT LARRY")

Then I signed some books (without making any smudgey mistakes thank goodness).

I hope everyone enjoyed it.

I did!