Stanford Creative Works (SCW) Holiday Program
12 – 16 December 2016 The Stanford Creative Works holiday program is a community based initiative and it was wonderful to welcome volunteer crafters and artists from Stanford to offer…
Stanford Creative Works May / June 2016
Over the past term, we covered a variety of themes and projects in our open workshops. We made paper plate mandalas with natural materials, paper plate crowns, we also…
Inspiring Children to Play
The ability to use our imagination can change the way we perceive our world and our circumstances. Children use their imagination when engaged in playful activities like dress up, dolls…
The SEED Project
Tuesday 14 January 2014 Leigh Brown from the SEED Project, based in Mitchell’s Plain, visited David Krut Projects Cape Town (DKCT). Leigh is a good friend of Regina Broenner who…
SCW Garden Activity
Here in Stanford we have started using small spaces at the homes surrounding the rugby field where the SCW workshops take place. We have been planting herbs and vegetables together…
Visitors from Around the World
Recently we had a group of international volunteers visiting us in Stanford. The group consisted of Brazilian, Japanese and German students who spent the day painting murals in the Stanford…
Transition Garden in Regensburg, Germany
On our visit to Germany we connected and visited several community projects, one of them being the Transition Garten fuer Alle in Regensburg town. The garden is a community initiative…
SACS Material Donation
We had a wonderful donation of oil pastels, paint, paper, glue, brushes and scissors from the SACS high school in Cape Town. Thank you for your support SACS. The new…
Material Collage
This month’s theme is enhancing and learning about base concepts. We are searching for shapes and patterns around us, exploring colour and texture as well as finding an understanding of…
The Importance of Play
This week we have focussed on the importance of ‘play’. Too often this theme is taken for granted and we forget that ‘play’ is a vital form of therapy for…