Tiny Toads - a nature themed craft club

Tiny Toads is back at Mission Hall in Sutton Poyntz on Friday 18 December, with a session running from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. It's a nature-themed craft club for children aged 5 to 8, and this one is part of their wider series of Stay & Play sessions that run across the Jurassic Coast.

The idea is simple: the kids spend the morning discovering local wildlife and then get creative, making their own masterpiece to take home. It's a hands-on kind of thing, so they leave with something they've actually made rather than just a memory of the morning. The focus is on the natural world right on our doorstep, so it's a good way for younger ones to get a bit more connected to the coast we live next to.

Beka leads every session, and she's a qualified primary school teacher with a real passion for connecting children with the natural world. Having a teacher at the helm means the whole thing is geared towards that 5-to-8 age group, so it's a comfortable space for kids to just get stuck in and be creative without it feeling like a formal lesson.

It's a mid-morning slot, 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, so it fits well around the school run or a day off. The venue is Mission Hall on Mission Hall Lane in Sutton Poyntz, DT3 6LY, just outside Weymouth. Prices range from £8 to £50, and you book through Eventbrite.