It was a great family fun day here at Frampton Marsh, even the sun came out! We have regular family fun days throughout the year, where kids can come and do craft activities in the visitor centre and have a great time doing so. Today we were making pipecleaner dragonflies, making bird feeders from apples and creating origami frogs. Facepainting also happens, great to see what the kids want to be!
Photo by Simon Rummery
But today was a fun day with a difference. Thanks to Transported, the project aimed at getting the arts into South Lincolnshire, we played host to theatre group Pestiferous. They came with their amazing show "Nerdy Birdies". Birdwatchers transformed into the very birds they were watching, and proceeded to put on a cabaret. Trust me, if you have never seen a trio of vultures grooving to C&C Music Factory, or a canary doing the can-can (and a 6 foot bearded one at that) then you haven't lived. Even the cows in the next door field came over to have a look!
Our next family fun day is on Sunday 14 July, and we will have another arts project in. This one slightly less energetic maybe. We have a local artist demonstrating the natural dye woad and its uses. both traditional and with a more modern bent. Hope to see you there!
Reedbed, freshwater scrapes, saltmarsh and wet meadow. Frampton Marsh has it all! Come and pay us a visit soon.