Explore the art of hapa zome — the ancient Japanese art form, based on leaf printing (with hammers!) — in a beautiful woodland setting and connect deeply with nature and the abundance of natural materials around you. In this two-part session you’ll learn about foraging and printing, leaving with an artwork that can also be used practically in your everyday fashion garb.
Session: 20230827-1400
Flower Headdress
Learn how to arrange a natural headdress. All materials are provided in your own personal little kit but you are welcome to forage for any materials (flowers, pine cones, leaves, twigs etc) beforehand that you can’t live without in your headdress!
Eskrima
Also known as Filipino Stick Fighting. Unleash your inner Nightwing (or Daredevil, if that’s more your comic style). We will show you how to attack and defend with two sticks at once in a dizzying combat pattern before you swiftly disarm your opponent. Anyone feeling brave will get to test their skills against one of our armoured-up instructors!
Escape & Evade
Escape the everyday and become the hunted in a game of hide and seek like no other. This is not your childhood game. This is hide and seek for adults. When you’re deep in the woods, there are endless possibilities for places to hide. You could scale a tree, slip behind a bush, or find a cosy nook to curl up in. And when you’re finally found, the rush of excitement is unbeatable.
Dodgeball
“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball”. A full octane activity to get the blood pumping. Join us for an action-packed battle to the death*, where the last person standing wins the right to call themselves a Wildfire dodgeball champ!
*no actual death will occur.
Cyanotypes
An historic photographic process, where two chemicals are mixed together to make an emulation that turns Prussian blue in contact with sun light. Participants will coat their own papers and scraps of card before choosing botanicals and objects. Once the paper is dry, then will place their chosen objects on the coated paper, put it in the sun and watch the colour change. Finally, the print is rinsed in water to fix it.
Crazy Golf
Try your hand at our vintage 9 hole golf course.
Crossbow Shooting
Ready, aim fire! Use skill and precision to beat your opponents in this crossbow target challenge as you learn to shoot a weapon that was outlawed across Europe.
Cocktail Mixology
Learn to make, shake and muddle cocktails with our leading cocktail bartenders. Ever wanted to create cocktails at home to enjoy, or simple to impress your friends? We will guide you through the basics and key tricks of the trade to make fantastic cocktails. For those of you who don’t drink alcohol, our menu has been created so you can make virgin versions of the same cocktails.
Climbing Wall
Test your bravery and challenge vertigo by tackling our 4 climbing walls of varying heights and difficulties. Don’t forget to take in the view at the top!
30ft high with 4 climbing stations. All are of different degrees of difficulty. We also do a blindfold challenge and speed challenge.
Choir
Feel-good singing workshops open to all abilities. Expect to hear songs you recognise, made all the more fun with group singing and harmonies. Dancing along is always actively encouraged!
Capture the Flag
The epic childhood game returns! Compete in teams to capture your opponent’s flag and return it to your base, all while protecting your own flag, a game of speed, strategy, daring and above all, plenty of fun – the classic game with a few distinctly Wildfire twists!
Capoeira
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazlian martial art with elements of other disciplines such as gymnastics, breakdance, yoga and Kung Fu. Learn the principles of whirling kicks, handstands and Capoeira sequences where you be taught several kicks and attempt acrobatic movements such as handstands and cartwheels. You will also learn the basis of playing a Capoeira game and experience a Capoeira roda (circle) with live music.
Board Games
Whether you are toasting the night away or nursing the night before, we have a board game for every occasion. We aren’t talking about riding down a snake or going straight to jail; we mean making friends whilst playing the best selection of hobby party games.
Axe Throwing
Channel your inner viking and try your hand at axe-throwing! A real Wildfire favourite!
Arena Games
Want to get a cheeky head start in Patrol Games? Or try out some of the games you are not quite ready to volunteer yourselves for? This is where to do it! Imagine sports day, but much sillier.
Archery Battles
Archery battles are intense 10v10 battles with the thrill of paintball but without the pain, making this game the most fun you’ll ever have with a bow and arrow! May the odds be ever in your favour.
Archery
Experience the awesome power of the famous English Longbow, a weapon once feared across battlefields.
Apothecary
This year, join our medical herbalists in creating your own botanical travel kit, making ‘Natural Camping Essentials’. We’ll have loads of fun making the remedies, and discussing the different ways that plants can be transformed into medicine.
Air Drop
Face your fears and climb to the top of the Camp Kindling Freefall tower…jump, if you dare! Don’t worry, there’s a giant, inflated airbag to catch you.