Pottery workshop (8-13 y.o.) AM
23-27.02.2026
300.00 CHF
Available places
Details
The pottery workshop is back this Winter! A week to shape, create and let your imagination run riot!
Dive into a world of creativity and craftsmanship with this manual activity for budding young artists aged 8 to 13, offered in collaboration with the creative haberdasher Augustine & Balthazar.
For one week, children will get their hands dirty with pottery, working on hand-building, modeling and shaping techniques. They’ll learn the basics of clay preparation and create their own useful objects of their choice, such as plates, bowls, cups, vases, napkin rings, candleholders, and more…
The instructor Magali will guide them in experimenting with different hand-building techniques, such as coil building, slab construction, and pinching. She’ll also show them how to make impressions on clay, to decorate the objects they’ve created. They’ll also learn how to glue clay elements together using slap.
This camp encourages personal artistic expression. Children will be invited to find their own style, and express their creativity by freely modeling small objects of their choice. These will then be fired and glased in the Augustine & Balthazar workshop, to make them waterproof. Children can pick them up at IIL once they’ve fired and dried, and take them home as a souvenir!
Join us and express your creativity by making things with your own hands!
Places are limited to 8 participants!
Practical information
8:30am-8:55am: welcome / registration at IIL
9:00am-10:30am: 1st part of morning camps
10:30am-11:00am: snack and break. A morning snack is provided by IIL Camps to all children.
11:00-12:30pm: 2nd and final part of morning camps
12:30pm: end of morning camps
Children attending morning camps only will not be able to have lunch on site. Parents are kindly asked to pick them up at 12.30pm at the IIL entrance gate.
If you allow your child to return home alone, please send us your written authorisation by email to iil-camps@iil.ch., otherwise we will not be able to let him/her leave IIL.
If you would like your children to stay with us for the whole day, you can register them for an afternoon camp (PM). In this case, they will be able to have lunch on site (12.30-14.00). When registering for this morning camp, you will then be able to choose between registering your children for the canteen (additional cost), providing a picnic for lunch at IIL (free of charge), or collecting them at 12.30pm and bringing them back by 1.45pm.
| Sessions | |
|---|---|
| Seasons | |
| Ages | 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years old, 11 years old, 12 years old, 13 years old |
| Weeks | 23rd to 27th February 2026 |
Child's Registration form
By registering your children for the camps, you acknowledge and fully accept our general terms and conditions, and confirm that they have all the required insurance covers (health, accident and third party liability).
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*** specific medical conditions: a nurse will contact you to discuss your child’s treatment.
Detailed information on each camp will be sent by email. Please note that a minimum number of children is required for the camp to take place. If this number is not reached, we reserve the right to cancel the camp, and to offer an alternative or a refund.
