Scout’s and guide’s groups

Scouts and Guides, Cubs and Brownies,Beavers and Rainbow groups can gain
a lot from a session at Fired 4 U, Preston
Fired 4 U can help Scouts/Guides/Cubs/Brownies/Beavers/Rainbows with;
• the learning of new skills in your group
• increasing the current knowledge and skill level of your group
• adding in different fun and enjoyment to your group

Beavers group mid creativity session
• Fired 4 U can give you, the group Leader and your team many benefits;
• An easy to plan and prepared night as we do the hard work for you
• Added value as you could run a design session over one evening or more to enhance the actual session with us, which can cover some of the criteria for you badges. We can offer suggestions with this.
• Use our venue the same night and time you normally meet – could save you on rental and heating fees at your venue that week.
• Use our venue and you have no setting up or tidying up to do
• For ease and your location to us, we can come to your venue to run the arty session. We just need tables and chairs set up, a table for us to work from and access to water and a sink.

Fired 4 U can be part of your Scouts/Guides/Cubs/Brownies/Beavers/Rainbows group’s activities providing Painting Pottery, Clay Modelling or Copper enameling activity.
Fired 4 U can help you with;
• Activity Badges; Artist, Hobbie, Craft, Fun, Designer and Out & About
• Challenge Badges; Creative and Science
• Duke of Edinburgh award – New skill
• End of Term Activity or Welcome start to the Year
• An activity at a Camp
• Gifts For Mothers Day – plant pots, mugs, bowl, vase
• Gifts for Easter
St Georges Day 23rd April- paint a dragon if you fancy
• Gifts for Fathers Day
• Fun for Halloween or Gifts for Christmas Please ask about our themed shapes to paint.

This tile picture was painted by a Leicestershire Scout district on their spring camp. We sketched the church and Gateway on from photos of their camp site. Then Scouts of all ages at the camp painted a tile. Each pack choose a leaf to do a stamp on their pack tile which makes up the border. The D.C. wrote a message on the tile at the bottom of the ‘frame’. This picture now sits on the wall in the church features in the picture.

At the session;
• We provide all the necessary materials
• Demonstrate how to do the activity for the session
• We assist the young people as they do the activity
• Leaders / helpers are required to supervise the group
• After attending the art session each young person will have an individual work of art
• Each session lasts approximately 1 to 1.5 hours depending on age

FREE Gift to your group – each group will receive a commemorative plate as a thank you and a reminder of the fun you all had together. All present at the activity session will sign the plate and we paint your group logo and name on it too.

An example of the Gift plate from us to a Beavers group along side their bedroom door name plates – all very unique!

Prices
Pottery painting start at £10.50pp 16 painters or more. This prices would give your group a choice of one from; a Mug, a Bowl, a Name plate or a beaker to choose from. Assuming the whole group paint the same item. Christmas shaped items are available for Christmas sessions
Clay sessions – fired clay £20pp for 2 sessions; modelling and painting
Copper enameling (only available at studio) Starts at £11pp for 12 people which gives you 2 items to enamelling and the jewellery findings to finish them off at the even.

We are happy to work with a theme or different suggestion on the item and can advise on price depending on the item required.

Testimonial

1st Cottam Guides said ” We came again as we were extremely happy with last visit – girls enjoyed it and gained craft badge. This time we thought we’d do something different doing the copper enameling. The activity can cover some clauses of our ‘go for it’s’. You make it an interesting evening for the girls. ” Nov 2012

Brownies and Guides love Fired 4 U!
Each time our pack visits Jane and co we find that Brownies who have never tried pottery painting before are excited to learn a new skill and those Brownies and Guides (and Leaders!) who are becoming seasoned pottery painters are always eager to develop their skills and learn new techniques.
However, the Brownies and Guides would all tell you that the very best part is opening their individually wrapped masterpieces a week later and finding out how even what they thought were mistakes are a unique piece of art when it has been “Fired 4 U”!
Tawny Owl on behalf of all the leaders at 2nd Farington St Paul’s Brownies
Charnock Richard Beavers group said they chose to have a session with us;
“We like to do a different and interesting activity near the start of the autumn term as it helps get all the young people back into Beavers after the Summer Break. We had heard of Fired 4 U through local community events and also from other Scout Groups who had recommended the sessions to us, so we thought we’d give it a try this year.”
Following the session with Charnock Richard Beavers they said, “Our Fired 4 U session was excellent. The Beavers had a brilliant time and all worked really hard at coming up with their own design for their mugs -as well as earning their Creative Activity Badge. It was a really stress free evening for our leaders as we only had to set up the tables and chairs and supervise, as Jane and her team brought everything with them! A brilliant session that was good value and we’d certainly do it again.”

Following the session with 3rd Leyland Brownies they said,” A thoroughly enjoyable evening; The girls were so excited and were given freedom with their designs and choice of colours and artist tools. The evening was rounded off with a glazing demonstration. This was our second visit and we will definitely be back again.
Brown Owl
3rd Leyland St. Ambrose Brownies

What a great evening! The mug painting captured both their attention and their imagination. I’ve never known them so quiet.
Arkala 5th Penwortham Stanley Cubs group
To contact us for dates or other queries please call Jane on 01772 203060