The Society’s School Holiday Programme added a bit of extra mid-winter fun for the 46 children and 35 adults who attended it.
Funded by a grant from the Christchurch City Council, the programme featured a mid-week creative activity and lunch at the Society and a trip to the cinema the following week.
The Plaster Ornament Painting activity proved a big hit with children and adults alike and after a few hours of creating, socialising and tucking into a tasty lunch of pizza and chips, everyone left with a colourful object they had personally created.
Terry Hooper, the operator of “The Painting Corner” at Riccarton Market supplied the paints and a wide range of plaster moulds, from animals to skulls and fairies.
Rainbows painted the sky on the morning we gathered to watch How to Train Your Dragon 2 at The Palms.
Armed with popcorn, ice-creams and drinks, our group filed into the cinema to enjoy the inevitable craziness that happens when you add wild dragons to a story about burly Vikings during a time of discovery and conflict.