https://www.creativehertfordshire.com/listings/events/?archive=1&user=6483&view=rss Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/stick-man-craft-activity/ Stick Man lives in the family tree but will he ever get home? Come join us for a reading of the book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler before making your own stick family. Why not also see the production at the hertf... Sat, 28 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/black-white-club-book-launch/ Alice Hemming will be launching her new picture book 'The Black and White Club' at Leaf on Saturday 28th September at 11am and we will be running activities all week including: - Launch and book signing Saturday 28th Se... Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/giant-jam-sandwich-craft-activity/ After reading the Jon Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway book we'll be making craft sandwiches and real sandwiches to Celebrate Hertford food and Drink Festival. £5/£4 Siblings. 10:00am Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/hertford-food-m-drink-festival/ We will be celebrating Hertford Food and Drink Festival by running food related activities all week as well as opening on Sunday 13th October. There will be a special coffee brew bar in store and Oaks Hampers will join... Thu, 17 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/girl-loves-wellies-craft-activity/ Celebrate Autumn by splashing in puddles, playing with leaves and joining us for a reading of Zara Hicks' book. £5/£4 Siblings. 10:00am Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/room-broom-craft-activity/ A reading of this classic by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler followed by making our own broomsticks and cats! £5/£4 Siblings. 10:00am Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/winnie-witch-craft-activity/ Halloween fun with lanterns and Cauldrons! £5/£4 Siblings 10:00am Sat, 02 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/daniel-s-pet-book-launch-author-claire-gristwood/ Claire Gristwood will be coming in store to sign her latest book 'Daniel's Pet' and read an extract. We will also have other activities about 'pet's' in store! 11am. Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/book-club-8-11-year-olds/ Book Club for 8-11 year olds will meet again! This month we will be reading 'Northwood'' by Brian Falkner and 'Charlotte's Web' by E.H. White, writing reviews and choosing our next book. If you are interested in joining... Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/made/ You Made This...will be coming into Leaf to make Faerie Wings and Tutus (£10) - visit www.youmadethis.co.uk to reserve your place but hurry as they're going quickly! - 4pm Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/youmadethis/ You Made This...will be coming into Leaf to make Faerie Wings and Tutus (£10) - visit www.youmadethis.co.uk to reserve your place but hurry as they're going quickly! - 4pm Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/helpful-hedgehog-craft-actvitiy/ Get autumnal with us as we do apple printing and make play-dough hedgehogs after reading 'The Very Helpful Hedgehog' by Rosie Wellesley. 10am & 2pm Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/beeman-craft-activity/ We will be reading 'The Beeman' by Laurie Krebs & Valerie Cis and making our own buzzy bees! 10am & 2pm. £5 per child/ £4 per sibling. Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/lost-stars/ Come and join us to read 'The Lost Stars' by Hannah Cumming and making our own star mobile. £5 per child/£4 per sibling 10am & 2pm. Thu, 28 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/beauty-beast-craft-activity/ In honour of Hertford Theatre's pantomime 'Beauty and the Beast' (visit www.hertfordtheatre.com) we will be reading this classic tale and creating our own Beast masks - prepare to be scared. £5 per child/£4 per sibling.... Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/ella-bella-ballerina-nutcracker-craft-activity/ Join us as we read 'Ella Bella Ballerina and the Nutcracker' by James Mayhew and make your own sweetie Christmas decorations. £5 per child/ £4 per sibling. 10am & 2pm. Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/christmas-show-craft-activity/ We will be reading 'The Christmas Show' by Rebecca Patterson and making our own theatre scenes based on the story. £5 per child/£4 per sibling ... Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/twas-night-christmas-craft-activity/ We'll be reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' and making reindeer food for Rudolf & his friends in specially designed bags! £5 per child/£4 per sibling. 10 am & 2pm. Thu, 02 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/jack-beanstalk-craft-activity/ We will be reading 'Jack and the Beanstalk as this will be performed at Hertford Theatre by HD&OS the following week! Come and make your own golden eggs and geese, beanstalks or harps with us! £5 per child/£4 per sibling... Mon, 23 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/beauty-leaf/ We are very excited to have a special visitor from Herford Theatre's pantomime 'Beauty and the Beast'. Beauty will be coming in to see us just after midday and it would be great to give her a big welcome. Why not come an... Thu, 09 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/herman-s-letter-craft-activity/ Join us as we read 'Herman's Letter' by Tom Percival and write some letters to go in your own post box. 10am & 2pm £5/£4 siblings Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/funybones-craft-activity/ We will be reading 'Funnybones' byJanet & Allan Ahlberg and creating our own funny skeletons. 10am & 2pm. £5/£4 Siblings. Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/jump-on-board-the-animal-train-craft-activity/ Join us as we 'Jump on Board the Animal Train' by Naomi Kefford and make your own freight train. 2pm. £5/£4 Siblings. Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/hugh-shampoo-craft-activity/ This week we will be struggling with hair washing as we read 'Hugh Shampoo' by Karen George and make our own funny hair collages. 2pm. £5/£4 siblings. Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/guess-how-much-i-love-you-craft-activity/ Celebrate Valentine's Day with us and read 'Guess How Much I Love You' by Sam McBratney. We will be making our own Valentine's day treats & cards. 2pm. £5/£4 Siblings. Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/what-s-the-time-mr-wolf-craft-activity/ Come and read 'What's the Time Mr Wolf' by Debi Gliori and learn to tell the time by making your own clocks to take home. 2pm. £5/£4 siblings. Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/socks-craft-activity/ This week we are going to read 'Socks' by Nick Sharrat and make our own sock puppets. 2pm. £5/£4 siblings. Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/creative-writing-course-for-8-11-year-olds/ The course will start on Wednesday 22nd of January at 4.15pm and will run for 8 weeks (until 19th March). This will be followed by an event on Saturday 22nd where our budding authors will have the chance to share their ... Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/free-photo-shoot-for-mums-little-ones/ Free photo shoot by Natalie Martinez @ Leaf cafe, Hertford for all mums and their little ones. Half term Friday February 21st 11-2pm Come down for a fun and relaxed photo session with a cuppa and some cake xxx Wed, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/bob-don-s-poetoons-poetry-reading/ Join us on 19th February at 10:30am when Bob Harding-Jones will be entertaining us with a fun-filled performance of his children's poetry from his book 'Bob & Don's Poetoon' (of which we now have in stock!) Bob's pre... Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/world-book-day-trail/ Have you heard that various book characters have escaped around Hertford? Can you help identify the escapees? It is vital we know who is missing before the end of World Book Week.....If you find them all you may well win... Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/world-book-day-craft/ This week, in honour of World Book Day on Thursday we are going to read 'The Incredible Book Eating Boy' by Oliver Jeffers and then make our own books to take home! £5 (£4 siblings) 2pm and 4pm Sat, 08 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/lis-protherough-talks-about-successful-teens/ Lis Protherough has written a book for both parents and teenagers to help navigate the world of today and achieve their full potential. She will be talking about her approach and answering questions in the shop on Saturd... Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/jack-s-supersonic-submarine-craft-activity/ Join us as we read 'Jack's Supersonic Submarine' by Alison Rithchie and make our own aqua adventure scenes! £5/ £4 siblings. 14:00pm Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/elmer-craft-activity/ We will be celebrating 25 years of 'Elmer' by David Mckee and creating our own patchwork elephants! £5/£4 siblings 2:00pm Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/dino-mummy-craft-activity/ Join us as we celebrate Mother's Day by reading 'Dino-Mummy' by Mark Sperring & Sam Lloyd as well as 'Mum's the Word' by Timothy Knapman. We will then be making our own Mother's day cards. 2:00pm £5/£4 siblings Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/gruffalo-craft-activity/ Start the Easter holidays in style as we read 'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson and make our own Gruffalo masks. Don't forget to book your tickets to see 'The Gruffalo' at Hertford Theatre 4th-6th of April. £5/£4 siblin... Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/999-tadpoles-craft-activity/ Celebrate Spring with us as we read '999 Tadpoles' by Ken Kimura and make our own frogspawn, tadpoles and pond scenes. £5/£4 siblings 2.00pm Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/the-great-easter-egg-scramble/ It's Easter and we'll be making cards and baskets as we read 'The Great Easter Egg Scramble' by Timothy Knapman. £5/£4 siblings 2.00pm Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0100 https://creativehertfordshire.com/leaf-1/graffes-can-t-dance-craft-activity/ This week we will read 'Giraffes Can't Dance by iles Andrae and Guy Parker Rees and make our own giraffe models. £5/£4 siblings 2.00pm