Schools invited for crafty Christmas

THE star was placed on the last unadorned tree in the Kmart lobby at Delacombe Town Centre last week, with decorations from Mount Blowhard Primary School students.

The school was the final remaining group invited to decorate seven trees dotted about the space.

Students from Canadian Lead, Mount Pleasant, Mount Clear, Caledonian primary schools also participated.

Lee-Anne Lederer, the centre’s administration manager said the initiative has been a great way to add some festive colour.

“We’ve had a good response. Parents are coming in with their kids and saying ‘I made that decoration’,” she said.

“It’s exciting. It’s bringing people to the centre and inviting that community spirit. As a reward, each class has been given a $50 Woolworths gift card towards their end-of-year parties.”

Three pupils from Mount Blowhard decorated their tree with paper trees, baubles and origami made by the school’s 75 students.

Bobbi Marshall was one of the children invited to decorate the tree, and said she was excited to hang her crafted stocking onto one of the branches.

“It was fun to make our decorations. I liked getting to make different patterns and getting to look at them,” she said.

“The preps made lots of different baubles and all sorts of stuff. For my stocking, I did all the Christmas colours. Red, green and a bit of white.

Mount Blowhard’s art teacher Kate Ackland coordinated the effort said it was great to display the work the students had put in over the recent weeks.

“It was good to get their artwork in public show so other people could see it and get the school name out there since we’re only small,” she said.

“Some students did more than one piece. It’s been a mixture where some did colouring. The 5/6 students taught others how to do origami. Everyone participated.”