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#TinyRevolutions – pom-pom revolution

Paul Simpson in Hampshire got in touch on twitter to tell us about his pompom making and sharing in his community – he started making pompoms to help with anxiety (more in a longer blog…

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Pom-poms, anxiety and #TinyRevolutions

#tinyrevolutions come in many shapes and sizes – but can be fluffy too! You can make connections with the people and places around you in many ways, and it can not only bring delight to them, but solace to those making them. The feeling of making something can somehow make a real difference too.

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#TinyRevolutions – Quaranzine!

Nucleus Arts in Kent are veteran Fun Palaces Makers and co-create with their local community bringing people together with arts and crafts. Here’s their step-by-step guide to making your own Quaranzine … Step one: Fold…

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#TinyRevolutions – listening differently

Lorena Hodgson from Wisbech Radicals Fun Palace shared this birdsong recording with us. I recorded it in my garden, Cambridgeshire/Lincolnshire border, where we’re lucky enough to be on the edge of fields, and we have…

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#TinyRevolutions – recycling bunting

A Tiny Revolution from our ambassador in North Wales, Bethan Page. You will need: An empty flour bag or other patterned paper A similar sized piece of paper with plain or light colours to use…

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#TinyRevolutions – the heartbeat of trees

Another #TinyRevolutions from Fun Palaces ambassador Alis in the Highlands – enjoy the blustery wind that is part of her film! Join Alis in listening to the heartbeat of trees (or people, dogs, cats …)…

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Our Lockdown Family Fun Palace

By Bev, Indi and Lachie Bev is Fun Palaces’ Ambassador in Sheffield, working with Sheffield Theatres. She and her sons made a family mini Fun Palace. Here’s what they did, in case you want to…

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#TinyRevolutions – make seed papers

Clare Taylor (Curious Clare) is an Artist Educator based in the East Midlands. In 2016 she founded and now runs Bus and Bird Arts, a participatory arts organisation creatively connecting communities. Clare is passionate about…

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#TinyRevolutions – a poem from Northern Ireland

Eddie McClenaghan wrote this Tiny Revolutions poem for us. Tiny Revolutions The wind in your whisper breezes into gale force greatness when you let it breathe. A tiny soft-spoken revolution, indeed. Rage against the quarantine…

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#TinyRevolutions – Front of House

Lucy Spielberg (Lucy Lost-It) in Bristol sent us her own Tiny Revolutions connection. Lucy says: “I’m a children’s entertainer based in Bristol. Although our street is no longer busy with cars, we get lots of…

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#TinyRevolutions of (sonic!) Connection

Adventures in sound during self-isolation I’ve just spent a period of time self-isolating in my tiny flat close to Waterloo, South London. It’s been a humbling experience where I have reflected a lot about people…

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