Stimulate your child’s creativity this festive season

27 November, 2012
Author: Charles Hodgson

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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">10.30am-noon (9-14 year olds)</span></span></p> 
  
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    12.30-2.30pm (9-14 year olds)
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Weaving Bracelets:</strong>  Create a bracelet for armband with pandanus or banana fibre and decorate it with emu features.<strong>Freeform Weaving:</strong> Sculpt an artful natural basket to house a Bromeliad living Christmas gift.</span></span></p> 
  
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    Noosa Botanic Gardens
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  <span style="font-size: small;">10.30am-noon (5-12 year olds)</span>
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Festive Bamboo Lanterns:</strong> Create your very own festive lantern.</span></span></p> 
  
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    Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">10.30am-noon (5-8 year olds)</span></span></p> 
  
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    12.30-2pm (9-12 year olds)
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Recycled Jigsaw Puzzle Tree Decorations</strong><strong>:</strong> Recycled Aussie Christmas Cards/Wrapping with Lino Printing</span></span></p> 
  
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    Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">10.30am-noon (5-8 year olds)</span></span></p> 
  
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    12.30-2pm (9-12 year olds)
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Look What I M</strong><strong>ade:</strong> Experiment with fun printing techniques to create your very own beautiful hand-made wrapping paper and cards.</span></span></p> 
  
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    Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">10.30am-noon (5-9 year olds)</span></span></p> 
  
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    12.30-2.30pm (10-15 year olds)
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Christmas Paper Crafting:</strong> Creating up-cycled gifts, packages and decorations using ‘green’ materials.</span></span></p> 
  
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    Noosa Botanic Gardens
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  <span style="font-size: small;">9.30am-noon (5-12 year olds)</span>
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Natural and Native Christmas Decorations and Gifts</strong>: Create beautiful decorations and gifts using all natural and organic materials.</span></span></p> 
  
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    Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">10.30am-noon (5-9 year olds)</span></span></p> 
  
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    12.30-2.30pm (10-14 year olds)
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  <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Sugar Gliders of Mary Cairncross Reserve:</strong> Make your own Sugar Glider in clay, in a day!</span></span></p> 
  
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    Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve
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For further details and information on the full summer program, including January’s offerings visit council’s CommunityHub. Bookings are essential and a registration fee of $5 per participant can be paid online at the time of booking via council’s CommunityHub at www.community.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/events or at a council Customer Contact Centre.
These workshops, and other celebrations from across the region, are listed in council’s Sunshine Coast Festive Season Guide 2012/13, making it easy for residents and visitors to begin planning their personal festive season calendars. For more information head to council’s website to obtain your free program guide.