Into the Wild, Wildlings Forest School - Horizon Festival

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Horizon Festival is a ten-day arts-fuelled Festival where visitors get to experience the creative soul of the Sunshine Coast. Through an award-winning celebration of arts and culture, the premier multi-arts Horizon Festival brings artists, industries, communities and audiences together.

Wildlings Forest School is the creative inspiration giving children the freedom to be outdoors - to play in the mud, to climb trees, to whittle with pocket knives, to build rafts and to fall in love with nature! Being outdoors enables children to reap the social, emotional and physical benefits of being in nature. In Wildlings Forest School's words 'Because children will never learn to love nature if they don't have a childhood in it.'

As part of Horizon Festival , Wildlings Forest School will be hosting some fabulously fun activities and workshops, all aimed at creating memories and outdoor skills that will last a lifetime.



**Into the Wild : Cubby Town
Saturday 24 August | 9.00am to 12.00noon
Ages 4 plus | Cost $20**
Buy tickets to Cubby Town online here

Children are invited to come along to the Wildlings Forest School's very own enchanted forest space at Into the Wild: Cubby Town to build an enormous nest, a beautiful shelter or a cosy cubby. A magical outdoor spot inspires creative works of art while encouraging children to spend more time outdoors.

Wildlings Forest School will provide the necessary guidance, some inspiration plus a multitude of ropes, sheets, bamboo and raw materials such as palm fronds and branches, to help shape natural and beautiful structures, fit for any wild adventurer. Children will have full, but supervised, use of hand tools, which include bow saws, hammers and even hand drills, to harness their creative imaginations.

Bookings are absolutely essential.

What to bring?

Where to meet?
Head to Youth Avenue in Burnside - there is parking in front of the Sunshine Coast PCYC. Walk around the PCYC, along the oval side until the green Little Athletics shed can be seen and this is the meet-up location.



**Into the Wild : Urban Wildlings
Saturday 31 August | 10.00am to 2.00pm
All ages | Wheelchair accessible | FREE**

Join Wildlings Forest School at Festival Centre, Maroochydore City Centre, to create your very own nature wand, dream catcher or fishing rod. Into the Wild: Urban Wildlings is a FREE nature craft workshop where children will learn about plants and weeds to be found in most backyards. Into the Wild: Urban Wildlings is all about children creating magical nature crowns and dream catchers using Cats Claw; inventing fishing rods from Chinese Celtis and utilising Camphor Laurel for special magic wands. By becoming aware of plants in local nature spaces, children will naturally become more likely to look after and protect these places for the future.

What to bring?
Urban Wildlings is an outdoor event - please bring a blanket to sit on and rain gear, if necessary.

Where to meet?
Festival Central , Cnr First Avenue and South Sea Islander Way, new Maroochydore City Centre



**Into the Wild: Bond and Build - Raft Building Workshop and Picnic
Sunday 1 September | 9.30am to 12.30pm
Ages 4 plus | Cost $45**
Buy tickets to Bond and Build - Raft Building Workshop online here
Please note the ticket price is for one child, parents attend FREE of charge

Sink or float? That is the million-dollar question! An ideal activity for Fathers Day - a Raft Building Workshop and picnic with your Dad, your Grandad or anybody in the family who fancies learning to be a raft builder. Wildlings Forest School is welcoming guests to construct a life-sized raft to float down the idyllic Petrie Creek to be followed by a family Father's Day picnic in an inviting forest space.

Children will have full, supervised use of hand tools, including hand saws, hammers, hand drills etc. plus an array of natural resources, pallets, building and craft materials to erect their very own miniature or life-sized raft to float down Petrie Creek. This is a wet activity, so be prepared to get wet!

What to bring?

Where to meet?
Head to Youth Avenue in Burnside - there is parking in front of the Sunshine Coast PCYC. Walk around the PCYC, along the oval side until the green Little Athletics shed can be seen and this is the meet-up location.

Please note that there are no toilets or drinking taps at the Forest School site. There is a 'wee tree', however, if participants need a proper toilet facility or need to refill water bottles, a walk back to the PCYC will be necessary.



The Wildlings Forest School firmly believe in old-fashioned childhood adventures. Get the family involved in some dirty outdoor adventures as part of the Horizon Festival 2019, allowing the children to be free and … creative!

All images courtesy of photographer, Laine Tribes, via Into The Wild, Wildlings Forest School, unless otherwise indicated

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