Nature Makers: Paper Quilling Fun

Nature Makers: Paper Quilling Fun is at the RAMM on Thursday 29 October, a drop-in session for children to spend the day making something with their hands. It runs from 10:30 to 15:30, so you can pop in whenever suits you rather than committing to a fixed slot.

The whole thing is built around paper quilling, which is exactly what it sounds like: you take colourful strips of paper and roll them into tight coils, then pinch and shape those coils into different forms. Once you've got a few of those shapes going, you arrange them together to build a larger picture. The theme here is nature, so the rolls and swirls end up as leaves, flowers, animals, or whatever else you can imagine. It's a slow, tactile process, and the best part is that the kids get to take home whatever they make.

Because it's a drop-in, it's a good one for a half-term day when you're not sure what the morning looks like. You don't need to book a specific time; you just turn up at the RAMM in Exeter whenever you're ready. It's £3.50 per child, and since it runs across the whole day, you can stay for an hour or stretch it out into a proper afternoon of making. If you've got a few kids, you can stagger them or bring them all at once—either way, they'll leave with their own nature-inspired masterpiece to show off.