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Having hobbies and interests is great for health and wellbeing. Finding activities that we enjoy keeps us occupied, stimulated, entertained and challenged, and gives us a sense of purpose and satisfaction, particularly if we improve at something over time. At the Virtual Village Hall, you’ll find a wide range of activities to try, most of them designed for complete beginners, including regular courses.

 

 

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Main Image: A selection of monoprints, on dark paper with neon orange, yellow, pink and silver paints, with a red printing roller.

How to Elevate Your Monoprints

Main Image: A baby board book collage journal, the cover of the book is a grey tabby cat, with the title "Mog the Forgetful Cat, Judith Kerr"

Upcycle Your Baby Book into a Collage Art Journal

Main Image: A beautiful fabric collage bird, made using a variety of fabric scraps in blue and orange colours. Made using fabric collage techniques and slow stitching methods.

How To Turn Fabric Scraps into Beautiful Collage Birds

Main Image: A beautiful, pink line-drawing of flowers from Rachel's step by step flower illustration for beginners tutorial.

Step-by-Step Flower Illustration for Beginners

Main Image: A woman in a flower field picking a bunch of flowers from her cut flower garden - in the sunshine wearing a yellow/orange apron.

Planning a Cut Flower Garden and a Seed Swap

The Allotment Diaries Episode 10

a white paper cut dragonfly made by Keeley Pearce

Paper Cutting a Dragonfly

Main Image: A simple stencil art collage in red acrylic paint - stencil of a lady, apple, crown and abstract shapes.

Easy Stencil Art Tutorial for Beginners

Handmade Christmas bauble wreaths laying on a table

Bauble wreath

Main Image: A fabric notebook cover, in denim! Using a small jean pocket and belt loop as a pen holder on the front cover.

How to make a Fabric Notebook Cover

Main Image: Beautiful coffee filter art with multi-coloured tie dye effects.

Coffee Filter Art

landscape photo of rachel moore wearing a hat in front of her allotment on a bright sunny day

What to sow now for next year's crops

The Allotment Diaries Episode 3

landscape photo of rachel moore wearing a hat in front of her allotment on a bright sunny day

Sow the final seeds of the year

The Allotment Diaries Episode 5

Main Image; Beautiful bas-relief art work by artist and ceramicist, Mary Seton Watts, aka Mary Seton (Fraser) Tytler.

Artist in Focus: Mary Seton Watts

hand sewn vintage tea party bunting against a blue sky backdrop

Vintage tea party bunting

Author Emily Katy

Q&A with Emily Katy