We love this look! Keep the walls light and then make the 5th wall the feature. Paint the ceiling a dark colour and add stars, either glow in the dark or regular, to give the look of a starry sky.
Imaginative concepts for a paint night painting
Welcome to Creativity Crazy.
Booking is essential as our hours can vary so please do contact us to book. To book contact us 07908 010277, email or via live chat.
Things you can do at Creativity Crazy:
* Paint Your Own Pottery
* Hand Build with Clay
* Foam Clay
* Pearl Clay
* Glass Fusing
* Decoupage
* Mosaics
* Build A Bear
* Canvas Painting
* Baby keepsakes and prints
* Fabric Painting
We are still offering takeaway pottery kits for those who prefer to get creative at home. Our paint kits come delivered with everything you need, paint, brushes, palette. Delivery of the kits in the local area is free.
Thank you for your understanding and for supporting a small local business. We can’t wait to see you all in the studio soon!
Takeaway Foam Clay Kits Take Away Home Paint Kits
Our studio is bursting with a wide range of arts and crafts, Pottery Painting, No studio fees, No timed sessions, plus lots of fun for the whole family.
We provide all of the supplies you need to create your next masterpiece…and we even clean up the mess!
The inner artist in you will enjoy being creative in our comfortable and relaxed studio, where you are welcome to take as long as you need to work on your piece of art.
The studio is a fun and friendly place where you are welcome to come along and try the variety of arts and crafts on offer.
We can seat up to 48, so we are great for large groups as well as smaller ones.
What makes us unique is that most of the items made in the studio can be taken home on the day. No more waiting a week to collect your work of art!
All our staff are friendly and knowledgeable and will be happy to help by showing you the relevant techniques and providing you with creative ideas, if you wish. No artistic skills or experience are necessary.
Adults are also most welcome to pop into the studio to paint or create. Our studio cater’s for adults that want to take time out from busy schedules and children that want to have fun.
To keep your ‘creative juices’ flowing whilst in our studio we are able to offer a variety of hot and cold drinks, milkshakes, smoothies, and snacks.
Booking is always essential especially during busy periods such as weekends and school holiday’s. Booking is also advised as you may find us closed while we attend outside venues and run external workshops. We are happy for you to call the studio to check availability before you leave home, to avoid disappointment. Large parties and groups will always need to book in advance.
We are open 7 days a week from 10:30am until 8pm Monday to Friday. 10:30am to 8pm Saturday & Sunday.
Location: 188 High Street, Barnet, London, EN5 5SZ
Our hours can vary, please contact us to book ahead. Please note, we reserve the right to close the studio early if there are no painters.
Acrylic paint can stain clothing. Aprons are provided, but we will not be responsible for any damage to clothing caused by use of paints.
Exploring Haiku
Although haiku poetry originated in Japan, it is created by poets around the world today. The basic form includes seventeen syllables broken down into a 5, 7, 5 pattern over three lines of verse. Haiku poets often write new poems daily to respond to the ever-changing world around them. To craft your own haiku, begin by creating a word bank with five words that describe what you are noticing in your world today. Use one or more of those words to inspire and structure your poem. Try to keep things simple by using the present tense and avoiding similes, metaphors, or fancy adjectives. And, remember, it can be as silly or serious as you choose!
Examples of Haiku
Five syllables here.
Seven more syllables here.
Are you happy now?
Haiku are easy.
But sometimes they don’t make sense.
Refrigerator.
I Wish I’d Had a Camera
Photographer Robert Frank was known for working in the “street” style, using his small camera to quickly capture fleeting moments in everyday life. Stylistically, his work was tied to that of his friend Beat poet Jack Kerouac (American 1922–1969), who often wrote using stream of consciousness, a way of writing that captures a subject’s thoughts and reactions to an event in a continuous flow.
Visualize a moment from your life—a fleeting scene or cherished memory—that you wish you had captured in a photograph. Set a timer for five minutes (or less for younger learners). Without stopping to edit, write a stream of descriptive words that evoke the sights, sounds, and feelings of that moment. Share this written memory with a friend.
Bestseller
Margo Hoff’s 1945 painting, Murder Mystery, portrays a reader propped up in bed late at night with their head buried in the pages of a book. Hoff’s stylized forms, intricate patterns, and dark palette make the scene mysterious, reminding us of how the tone of a good story can affect our experience of the world.
Imagine you are writing a fictional novel that will one day be a bestseller. You think your story is interesting and exciting, but now you need a title. What title would you give your book? What genre does it fall into—mystery, fantasy, science fiction, or something else? What is the conflict that drives your story? How might it be resolved or worked through? Write a summary of your story for the back cover—but don’t give away the ending!
Smart zoning
Image credit: My Bespoke Room
Use paint to help your children focus. Painting their workspace a different colour automatically switches the brain into work mode as they start to associate colour with tasks.
This also works for play areas, reading nooks and where their bed sits, making them ready for sleeping !
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A big border
Image credit: My Bespoke Room
Similar to painting half the wall, painting a border just adds a splash of colour, rather than going all out.
This is a perfect compromise if your child is adamant that they want their entire room fuchsia. You can simply just paint a bright fuchsia around the entire room – enough colour to satisfy your child but not so much that it’s an assault on the senses!
Picture perfect
Why not paint a rainbow of pastel colours or a large sunshine behind the headboard? This is a great way to add playful fun without having to follow a theme that could end up looking a tad tacky and enhances the headboard so it looks just like a children’s room out of a magazine.
Ever heard of blackboard or chalkboard paint? Nope? Well, now you have. This is ideal for playrooms or children’s bedrooms. You can paint an entire wall or just a section where they can reach in blackboard paint, and suddenly, they have their own giant canvas.
This is perfect for helping them learn and express themselves.
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