Sunday’s Honestly letter to the neighbourhood is from a poet. Pop past the local shops and collect yours.

Our Children’s Week edition of Craftberry Jam has proven very popular. The project kits were out last weekend and on Thursday … and will be out again this Sunday. If you are in the neighbourhood you should pop past and collect one! Make a rocket. Decorate and stuff your own alien doll … and more! Free crafty fun for everyone.

One of our happy customers (and her mum!) on Thursday morning.

Last week the letter from Oslo was super interesting. This week our dear neighbour letter comes from Singapore. Pick your copy up from the butcher’s shop window!

This coming week is children’s week, and we have a special ‘space’ edition of craftberry jam available for the occasion.

Make a rocket, stuff an alien … and more! Kits will be available out the front under the pergola. Just look out for our special children’s week astronaut …

Pop past to pick yours up.

This activity is presented by ACC in partnership with the Victorian government.

At ACC we are always looking to build community connections. Over the last year Jenny has been regularly touching base with local services for children, including local childcare centres and kinders, and the local maternal and child health staff in Yarra and Darebin.

And she’s also connected in with local services for women along with services for older people in our neighbourhood.

She was in the middle of discussions with Chronos Care in Alphington about residents coming over to ACC to join in community craft on a Friday morning when coronavirus derailed things. So instead she invited the residents interested in craft to knit, crochet or weave hearts from their home.

And she’s then also invited the local childcare centres to weave or draw hearts and contribute to the project too.

When we’re back on site we are looking forward to turning all the contributions into an art installation. Perhaps they could become our Christmas decorations this year … That would lovely wouldn’t it?

We’d welcome contributions from you too. Here’s some ideas and inspiration! Note that you can find a gazillion free patterns on Pinterest.

If you like craft we’d really love a little something from you!! Sew, knit, felt, crochet, collage, weave … whatever your thing is would be just perfect!

Community art is where it’s at right?!