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Advice for winning at the game of life

20th March 2025

This week, we were joined by community artist Shelly, who was keen to find out what sort of messages the residents would send the children, to help them win at the game of life.

From enjoying life and being good to your friends, to adopting a ‘Can Do’ attitude, the residents were keen to share the wisdom and insights of their life experiences.

“Enjoy life.”
“Be good to your friends.”
“Just remember to sparkle.”
Advice from the Corncrakes on how to flourish in the game of life

A gentleman in a blue short sleeved shirt sits at a table drawing on a long piece of lining paper taped to the table. His picture is of a tree and a paddock fence with a horse grazing — A doodle becomes a paddock complete with grazing horse

3 people seated at a table onto which is taped long strips of lining paper that they're writing on. There are cups and pens on the table as well as two blue and white rosettes — Adding to the flow of advice and pictures jotted down during the session

I'll have a pink one - that's my nature — I’ll have a pink one – that’s my nature

A woman wearing a grey top with silver sequins down the front is seated at a table holding a pen in her right hand. Beside stands another woman wearing a cerise short sleeved top and with her hair tied back in a pony tail. She holds a stack of yellow papers vertically in her hands. The table has an array of pens, papers and mugs and cups — Just remember to sparkle

The children’s goals have been printed onto fabric.

Shelly instructed the children on how to put the pictures into hoops, after which she coached them in a variety of embroidery techniques.
These included ‘running’ and ‘cross’ stitch; shame there’s not an ‘off-side’ stitch.
After which, the Wild Kessingland All-Stars began to embroider their Archive All-Stars pictures.

An embroidered picture of the Lowestoft Town Supporters Club crest — The golden rays of the rising sun, embellished in thread

An overhead view of a child holding a fabric picture in an embroidery hoop pointing to an element in the images. She is wearing a dangling earring that looks like the Eiffel Tower — Stitching in the Waves as they dance across Crown Meadow

There's a colourful fabric picture in an embroidery hoop, held by someone's hand in the other hands she's pulling through a length of pink yarn — Adding embroidery detail to her victory picture

A line of three boys each engrossed in stitching a picture — Giving the Co-Op Ladies’ ice creams some extra sprinkles

A fabric picture of a character holding a copy of The Hooter. His hair has been stitching in in black thread — A fine thatch of embroidered hair

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