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Big Visit to a Little City

Some of Wellington’s youngest creative children had a special visit on Tuesday when Mayor Justin Lester stopped into Funington, Capital E’s crazy cardboard city of fun. The Capital E public programmes creative team constructed Funington from cardboard boxes, transforming the free play space into a mini metropolis that nods to its capital surroundings. In Funington […]

Summer Outdoor Crafts

Summer holidays are almost here and it’s a great time to engage in some open-ended art activities that support your children in creating, experimenting and exploring ideas and materials in fun, creative, and meaningful ways. Making and creating doesn’t require investment in expensive art materials. Make the most of summer and explore and find materials […]

Under the Sea School Holiday Creations

With the power of imagination, an egg carton can become a turtle, a shower cap transforms into a jellyfish and sheepskin into colourful coral! This all happened at Capital E in the school holidays as a cacophony of coral, crustaceans and fish were created by kids and the team from REACT (Rangiwahia Environmental Arts Centre). […]

Five Minute Craft: Shoe Scribblings

Looking for a quick activity for the kids? Try this imaginative shoe scribbling! We tried this in a Capital E staff meeting and ended up with a hot air balloon, a pineapple, a roller coaster, a face, a fish, a race car… You’ll need: A4 paper Wax crayons Clean shoes Imagination! Ask the kids to […]