Family Activities at the Yarner Trust, North Devon, 2012

Bring the family and do activities together in Yarner’s grade II listed medieval buildings. Choose from historical activities, creative crafts or forest skills. (Forest skills will be inside in wet weather). Drinks and biscuits at 11.30am. Minimum age 6, Adults £5, children £3. Concessions for families on low incomes.
Spring Half Term

• Feb 14th Tue Forest Skills: Woodland Creatures by the Fire 10am – 1pm Louise Graham
• Make a fire and find treasures to create your woodland creature.
• After a hot chocolate break, finish your creation in the barn.
• Feb 16th Thu Tudor Bread Making 10am – 1pm Rosie Beat Dress up as a Tudor and learn how they made bread in Tudor times.
• Feb 17th Fri Past Rhymes – singing, dancing, costumes and 10am – 1pm Teri West play from bygone eras.  

Easter Holidays

• April 2nd Mon Tudor Spinning & Weaving 10am – 1pm Rosie Beat Dress up as a Tudor and learn spinning and  weaving.
• April 3rd Tue Making Willow Hearts 10am – 1pm Maggi Rogers. Cut your own willow from Yarner’s willow beds and make hearts after a hot chocolate break.
• April 5th Thu Creative Felting 10am – 1pm Sally Fulcher Learn how to make felt from wool fibres by creating a place mat or picture to take home.
• April 10th Tue Tudor Bread Making 10am – 1pm Rosie Beat Dress up as a Tudor and learn how they made bread in Tudor times
• April 11th Wed Forest Skills: Den Building By The Fire 10am – 1pm Louise Graham. Gather sticks and poles to make a den, keep warm by the fire and enjoy hot chocolate together.
• April 12th Thu Paper Making 10am – 1pm Sue Giblett. Experiment with colour and texture to create your own hand made paper.
• April 13th Fri Past Rhymes – singing, dancing, costumes 10am – 1pm Teri West and play from bygone eras.

ABOUT WELCOMBE AND THE YARNER TRUST

Welcombe Barton is a grade II medieval building built in 1350 and was the manor house of the village. The name Barton comes from bere meaning barley and ton meaning store.The Yarner Trust is located here and has promoted sustainable and creative living for over 30 years. Although most of the guests are adults visiting to participate in our rural skills courses or volunteer programme, Yarner would now like to invite more people  to enjoy the experience of the ‘jewel in north Devon’s crown’. The above activities are subsidised by Yarner to encourage family visits and to inspire working together in families.  The Yarner Trust is located in the small village of Welcombe, just a mile from the sea, and on north Devon’s Heritage Coast path. It is also within a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the beach at Welcombe Mouth, owned by the National Trust, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It’s well worth a visit to Welcombe if you’re staying in Devon or Cornwall, and you can visit Welcombe Pottery and the thatched Smithy Inn after your family activities. If the weather’s lovely and the tide is out, you’ll find a spectacular sandy beach at Welcombe Mouth that very few visitors know about, it’s our ’hidden gem!’.
Yarner Trust, Welcombe Barton, Welcombe, Bideford, Devon, EX39 6HF info@yarnertrust.org Tel: 01288-331692 Visit Web Site www.yarnertrust.org