GROUP NIGHT DIARY: Stone Balancing in Nutclough Woods - 10 April 2014

For our last group night before the break for Easter, our Elfins met at Nutclough Woods for an evening of larking about, stone balancing and a campfire. It's always great when the light evenings return and we can get outside and enjoy nature - that's what Woodcraft is all about after all. Here's some of the Elfins' creations.

It's great to see the Elfins get really engrossed in activities like this, ankle deep in river water, carefully selecting and balancing their rocks. At the end, we went round the sculptures and asked the children to tell the rest of the group about what they had made. There were some interesting explanations that wouldn't have been out of place at the Turner Prize.

At the end of the session we lit a campfire - and we also created this intriguing blend of primitive and modern. The LED display had been made at the previous week's group night with help from Dave Weirdigan from LED Fantastic.