McEvoy Pottery
McEvoy Pottery Happenings

Blimey!
   St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner - and you know what that means?  Another opportunity for me to have fun with your kids!   Did Kristen already buy cute shamrock sprinkles and green cupcake liners?  Oh yes she did! 
We're actually going to make a winter picnic.  I used to do this with my kids when they were little.  We'd make a typical summer picnic meal, put blankets down in the living room, decorate the room with butterflies/suns etc. and wear our bathing suits!  And no, I'm not wearing my bathing suit during class, I'd have to charge extra for that.  But you all can when you bring your meal home...

    Also, the February vacation two day campette was such a great way to schedule classes, that I'm going to offer another two day one for the April vacation.  In fact, I'm going to design it such that the second morning builds on what we made the first morning -but is optional go give you, my bestest customers in the whole world lots of options! 

   Also - I've scheduled my annual spring slight seconds sale (say that three times fast!) for May 1st - right in time for Mother's Day, end of the school year, coach's gifts etc.

   Also, I'll be teaching two 4-day campettes via Littleton Community Ed, but will only do one day classes here and there out of my home this summer.  Details to come.

   Also, spring is coming-yeeha!

Kristen


March 17th - GD Half Day Cooking Class- Happy St. Patrick's Day -

    Baked mock fried chicken, potato salad and green cupcakes!    We'll also decorate a leprechaun pot. 
$65 after school-5pm.
 

April vacation week 1-2 day class.
   More details to come

May 1st - annual Spring Slight Seconds Sale    11am-2pm
    Groton Grange, Champney street

May 5th - GD Half Day Cooking Class -  Happy Cinco de Mayo - Mexico
   More details to come

June 9th - Half Day Cooking Class -
   More details to come




Details of camps

***Theme based Pottery Camps
         Due to the nature of clay, these camp-ettes build from
Monday-Thursday.  The beginning of the week we're busy handbuilding
pottery that we decorate and use on the last day.  For example, we may be making
a plate on Monday to use for a last day picnic on Thursday!  Each
camp-ette has its own theme.  Often we'll learn about the life and works of an
artist.  My goal is to have the kids learn important and obscure things
about an artist that has been taught to them in such a way that they'll
remember it when they are 90 years old.  For example - did you know Da
Vinci was a vegetarian?  For our Da Vinci camp - we made vegetarian
snacks
all week!
         I have some decent sized perennial and herb gardens.  During
the summer camps, kids will pick their own herbs to incorporate into the
snacks we make each day.  The kids get a chance to make snacks that push their
risk taking with food a bit.  Kids that wouldn't go near a soft cheese with
herbs tend to gobble up their own homemade cheese with fresh dill from the
garden.  All the gardening is organic so I also try to give the kids an
appreciation of nature.
         The target age group of the camp-ettes usually end up with
mature 5/6-13 or so.  It's a very welcoming environment and the kids who have
previously taken my camps always assist new kids.  I've been so lucky
with all of my camps.  For some reason, I get the best  and nicest kids.  I
think it's fair to say after all of these years of doing them - the kids
and *I* have a really good time.

Half Day cooking classes
        During most of Groton/Dunstable's school district half days, I offer a "cooking" class out of my home in Groton.  I designed these eons ago to be a win-win for parents who work, and those that don't (or at least don't get paid!).   They make the mess at my house, have a fun afternoon and you don't have to worry about dinner! They're held immediately after school (you make arrangements to get your child or contact me and I'll give you a suggestion) until 5pm.
        During the class, students learn basic cooking (washing your gross dirty hands, how to measure dry/liquid ingredients and such) and create a family meal to be brought home and cooked.  I usually add a time period where students will glaze a piece of pottery which I will fire and make arrangements for pickup.  The majority of the students end up being 8-13 years old, but I occasionally have older and younger as well.  We usually use either store bought fresh herbs, or herbs from my garden in season.  It's amazing what kids will try if they make it themselves.  During our last class, we learned all about yeast being little bugs which made their french bread rise.  Not sure if that was a good idea or not, but it did result in a lot of giggles