Christmas Clay Fairy House Light

25th October, 2019 Continuing with our RRR ( Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle) philosophy in the Cre8 Lab, it is fitting that our last workshop for 2019 is the repurposing of plastic bottles. The intention is to use the plastic bottles as a base for a fairy house with windows and doors. The clear plastic acts as…

3Doodler Pen Art Workshop

17th October 2019 It is week 2 of term 4 and the 3Doodler Pen Art workshop is gaining momentum. What started off as just a few students learning the art of 3D pens has now turned into a full workshop with new students coming along every day. Because we have a number of these pens,…

Laser Printing on Material

6th August, 2019 Rolling on to week three and the students have started working on the final workshop for this term, being the Laser Printing on Material workshop. The first step was to design something that would fit onto an A4 sheet of paper, working on their devices, the students had to decide what they…

Luminaries

6th August, 2019 During week two of this term, the Cre8 Lab students were fully engaged in creating their Luminaries.  The original idea was to use wax paper to iron leaves and dried flowers into two sheets and then create a box, using hot glue and wooden skewers.  Unfortunately we could not find wax paper…

Macramé Wall Hanging Workshop

23rd July, 2019 A big welcome back to all the Cre8 Lab students for Term 3. We started the term running on Wednesday with the Macramé Wall Hanging workshop. Most of the students remembered that they had signed up to attend even though we had a two week break. So it was a full house…

3Doodler Activity

28th June, 2019 During the last week of school, students from Year 9 History were lucky enough to utilise our Library 3D printer and also the new 3Doodler pens during class. Because their unit was Indian history, the students were asked to find an artefact or something relating to the subject in Thingiverse. Then they…

Japanese Journal Binding

31st May, 2019 Fun Fact: The foundational Japanese version of stab binding is called Yotsume Toji, which roughly translates to “four holes.” This is also the basic Chinese version, while the Korean standard has five holes (a more favourable number in Korean culture). All styles were practiced during the Edo period in Japan and the Qing Dynasty…

Mother’s Day Pop-Up Box Cards

15th May 2019 During the third week of term, year sevens were busy in the Cre8 Lab creating the Pop-Up Box Cards for Mother’s Day.  Now that Mother’s Day has passed,  I am able to post all the delightful box cards that were made during this exciting week. The students were very keen to make…