Arty Afternoons

Use different materials to colourise the brilliant photos of local life in West Cornwall in the 1940s and 50s.

Bring history into the present and update the people in the images by dressing them in modern clothes and giving them more modern accessories. You could swap a mirror for a mobile phone or a traditional Victorian outfit for a football kit!

Make a paper chain of all the people you spot and decorate their clothes and special features to show who they are or what they are doing in the pictures.

Draw your own Newlyn Copper design inspired by the sea and make it into a badge to wear at home.

Create a paper mix and match book, where you can muddle up what people are wearing!

Zoom in on the details and draw new artworks based on what you can see inside your viewfinder, but on a bigger scale!

Create a fuzzy felt face shaped board and add in different eyes, ears, noses and other facial features!

Cut up photos and create a collage of Newlyn fishing scene using the photos and old magazines.

Discover the different people and outfits in the paintings and photos on display at Penlee House. Dress a peg doll by making your own outfits from fabric scraps and felt.