Festive Foil Decorations

Join this festive workshop and
Discover how to transform metallic foils into beautiful decorations.

Perfect for beginners, you’ll learn
Easy techniques like shaping, embossing and sculpting to create festive
Designs.

With guided instruction and plenty of
Creative freedom, you'll experiment with textures and forms to make unique
Pieces ready to display or gift.

By the end of this relaxed workshop
You will be able to:

Create at least 2-3 finished festive
Foil decorations, such as hanging ornaments, stars, or garlands.

Demonstrate basic foil manipulation
Techniques such as embossing and structural shaping

Personalise your designs using
Texture, layering, and creative detailing

Confidently continue making simple
Foil crafts independently at home for future celebrations

All materials are provided, and no
Experience is needed - just bring your creativity and festive spirit!

About the tutor:

Tutor Jo Shearer is an artist and art educator
from Leicestershire. Jo believes that art is for everyone. After teaching art in secondary schools and
colleges in Hertfordshire and Leicestershire for over 10 years she moved into
one-to-one tuition and workshops. She enjoys nurturing creativity and developing skills to build confidence
And recognises the therapeutic benefits achieved through the process of
making. She loves the freedom of working in a variety of media and has a
Passion for printmaking.

Further information:

Participants must be aged
14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a paying adult at all times.

This informal workshop
Will run twice on:

Tuesday 24 November 2026, 2pm - 4pm or Tuesday 1 December 2026, 2pm - 4pm

Please ensure
You book the correct date!

If the course/workshop
You'd like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list - simply contact
our box office team on / and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then
Contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to
Accept it if you've made other plans!

Please
ensure that you read and agree to our updated Terms & Conditions before
Booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances.

We aim to make all our
sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome - just
remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd like
To talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss
your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email
Arts-centre@le.Ac.UK, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts
Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building
For blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are
Occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on
weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next
door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car
park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from
us (near De Montfort Hall).