What We Do
OFO Workshop
Two catalogues holding 44 workshops in total: painting and design, handicraft, performance, mosaic and making workshops. Each workshop has its own age range and group size, from stained glass, epoxy, felt, jewellery design and origami to mandala, caricature, drama and mosaic.
Our Workshops
44 workshops, making for every age
We plan every workshop with you, around your event's duration, venue and number of participants.
Painting and Design Workshops 13
Stained Glass Painting Workshop
Participants outline a design on a clear surface, then fill each section with translucent glass paint. Everyone takes home a…
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Metal Embossing Workshop
A thin metal sheet is pressed with a stylus until the pattern rises from the surface. The finished panel carries…
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Epoxy Keyring Workshop
Colour, glitter and tiny ornaments are set inside clear resin poured into a mould. Once it hardens, the piece gets…
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Hat Painting Workshop
A plain cap becomes the canvas: participants sketch an idea and paint it on with fabric colours. Everyone leaves wearing…
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Balloon Painting Workshop
Balloons meet paint here: colours are squeezed, dabbed and spread across them to leave bright marks. Every attempt lands differently,…
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Bag Painting and Design Workshop
Participants sketch a design onto a plain cloth bag and bring it to life with fabric paint. The result is…
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Stone Painting and Design Workshop
Each stone's shape suggests what it wants to become: a ladybird, a little house, a face. Participants paint the idea…
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T-shirt Painting Workshop
A plain t-shirt gets a pattern of its own, painted on with fabric colours. Once it dries, it is a…
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Frame Painting Workshop
Wooden frames are painted and, if the maker likes, finished with beads and small trims. What comes out is ready…
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Spinning Top Painting Workshop
Wooden spinning tops are painted first, then wound with string and set going together. Once they start turning, the colours…
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Wooden Spoon Painting Workshop
Wooden spoons are decorated with colour, turning into kitchen ornaments or little characters. Each participant finishes and keeps their own.
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Figurine Painting Workshop
Plain cast figurines are brought to life with brushwork and colour. The same figure turns out differently in every pair…
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Sand Painting Workshop
Sections of a sticky patterned card are peeled back one at a time and sprinkled with coloured sand. As the…
View workshop →Handcraft Workshops 5
Musical Instruments Workshop (Making and Rhythm)
Simple instruments are built from tins, felt and craft materials. Once they are finished, everyone plays them together to find…
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Felt Bag Design Workshop
Felt pieces are cut, stitched and assembled into a small bag, then finished with flowers or figures. Each participant leaves…
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Felt Animals Making Workshop
Cut felt shapes are joined into small animal figures. As eyes, ears and tails go on, each one takes on…
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Beads, cord and small findings come together as bracelets, necklaces and earrings. Participants choose their own colours and sequence, then…
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Felt panels are stitched into a cube, with a different figure and colour on each face. The result is part…
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Caricature Workshop
Participants learn how a face can be exaggerated and how a few lines can carry an expression. Everyone finishes by…
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Mime Workshop
Participants try telling a story without words, working through classic moves like the wall, the rope and the invisible weight.…
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Zumba Workshop
Easy steps are picked up to Latin rhythms and danced together as a group. The moves start simple and open…
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Latin Dance Workshop
The basic steps and partner figures of Latin dances such as salsa and bachata are worked through. It ends with…
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Drama Workshop
Warm-up games, improvisation and role work help participants find their voice in front of others. Small groups then perform the…
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Storytelling Workshop
A story is shared, then retold with new characters and a different ending. Participants build tales of their own and…
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Little Magicians Illusion Workshop
The logic behind simple card, rope and scarf tricks is revealed and practised step by step. At the end, everyone…
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Kite Making and Design Workshop
A kite frame is built from sticks and light paper, then the surface is decorated by its maker. With the…
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Art Class Workshop
An open studio session built around paint, collage and mixed-media experiments. Participants pick their own subject and see the work…
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Balloon Doll (Stress Ball) Workshop
A balloon is filled, tied off, then given a face and a tuft of hair. What comes out is a…
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Potato Printing Workshop
Simple shapes are carved into a halved potato, dipped in paint and stamped onto paper. Repeating the print turns a…
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Origami Workshop
The basic folds are taught, then built up step by step into birds, flowers and boxes. Everyone takes their folded…
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Maracas Workshop
Small bottles are filled with beads or grains, sealed and decorated on the outside. Once the shakers are ready, the…
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Mask Design Workshop
Blank masks are painted and finished with feathers, sequins and paper details. Participants can put them on and act out…
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Mandala Workshop
Symmetrical patterns are coloured from the centre outwards. Working through the repeating shapes settles into a calm, focused rhythm.
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Macramé Doll Making Workshop
Coloured cord is knotted and wrapped into doll figures, with a wooden bead for the head and a tassel for…
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Puppet Making Workshop
Hand and stick puppets are built from paper, fabric and craft materials. Once a puppet is done, it gets a…
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Painting Workshop
A session on colour, composition and brushwork, with each participant painting a subject of their own. The finished works are…
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Coloured Threads Art Workshop
Coloured yarn is glued along the lines of a printed design to build up the picture. As the strands fill…
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Grass Head Making Workshop
Sawdust and grass seed are packed into a stocking and shaped into a head with a face. Kept watered at…
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Ramadan Drummer Puppet Making Workshop
A Ramadan drummer is built into a puppet, complete with hat, drum and mallet. When it is finished, the group…
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Bead Mosaic Workshop
Coloured beads are placed one by one on a pegboard to build up a pattern. Once set, the finished piece…
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Grain Animal Figures Mosaic Workshop
Chickpeas, lentils and beans are glued inside a drawn outline to form animal figures. The different grains leave a natural,…
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Coloured Pasta Mosaic Workshop
Dyed pasta is sorted by shape and glued into the outlines of a design. Bows, spirals and tubes together make…
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Turkish Flag Mosaic Workshop
Red and white pieces are brought together into the crescent-and-star composition. Participants set each piece in place until the flag…
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Autumn Leaves Mosaic Workshop
Dried leaves are sorted by shape and colour, then arranged on paper into hedgehogs, trees or birds. Because the material…
View workshop →Participant numbers show the capacity of a single session; several sessions can run during the day.
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