Creative Challenge 3
Title:
Spinning Poi
Artform:
Circus Skills: Poi
Challenge:
In this activity you will learn how to create your own ‘Sock Poi’ - a piece of circus skills equipment that we will then teach you how to use to perform a range of tricks!
Resources:
A pair of long socks – something bright and colourful would be best, but any long socks will work for this…football socks, rugby socks, or even a pair of knee high tights! If you don’t have long socks, don’t worry, you could use 2 plastic bags in their place, this would be a great way to recycle some carrier bags!
Two ‘weights’ to put in the end of each of your poi – a bean filled ball (like a juggling ball) is perfect for this, a handful of rice sealed in a sandwich bag would also be great. You could use just about anything; another rolled up sock, an apple, an orange, a bean bag or tennis ball would all work.
Getting started:
http://artspacecinderford.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Spinning-Poi-Guide.pdf
or have a look at World Jungle’s video on How to Make a Circus Poi (commissioned by Gloucester Culture Trust).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MveYZ9vbUWQ&feature=youtu.be
Find out:
Find out what circus companies are based and perform in Gloucestershire.
Have a look here to start with: https://www.giffordscircus.com/
Share:
Young people can share work with Cinderford Artspace by posting work on our facebook page; www.facebook.com/artspacecinderford. Alternatively,we can show work in our online Gallery on our website. To enter our gallery, the parent/guardian should send a photo of work, with a brief description and child’s first name to; dan@artspacecinderford.org
Extra Challenges:
Other resource guides are available from our website here http://artspacecinderford.org/. We also set weekly arty ‘challenges’ through our Facebook page and invite people to submit their work to our online gallery.
