Friday 21st April saw Masonic Park walkway transformed into a river filled with crabs, eels and other creatures. Colouring Book City – Tauranga drew inspiration from children’s book Hemi Dances written by Ron Bacon, illustrated by artist Sharon O’Callaghan to create an outline of a mural for public to then colour using our footpath chalk.
Poppas Chalk are proud sponsors of Colouring Book City – Tauranga they create chalk murals drawn with inspiration from a local children’s book. Uncle Glens Cabbages was the inspiration for this chalk mural. Sunday 20th November 2016 to celebrate the end of Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival Red Square in Tauranga was transformed into […]
Friday 20th January saw many of all ages gather in Tauranga to create a seaside chalk art masterpiece. This chalk art event was run by C.I.T.Y = Colour In Tauranga Your way. The organisation takes inspiration from NZ children’s books to create a giant colouring book for many to help colour. Inspired by Children’s […]
Counting Your Number Chalk Before They Hatch There’s no chickens here! Instead we’re counting our number chalk before they all hatch. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to be precise! In fact, one pre-schooler recently had a fantastic time playing with his Poppas Chalk numbers and here is why … […]
What is the question I get asked the most…… How do you make chalk? The answer is POPPAS SECRET RECIPE 🙂 Here is a glimpse behind the scenes into what we do. We have a Poppa’s secret recipe this is a family guarded secret that we use make chalk. Who is Poppa? that is my […]