Held at Herefordshire Vision Links, the event brought together visually impaired children, siblings, parents, and carers for a morning of crafting and creativity. Creating bold, beautiful decorations to transform our festival site into a joyful, inclusive celebration of colour and community.

Led by the incredibly talented Bex from Hereford Carnival Arts, the room quickly filled with colour and laughter as families got stuck into making carnival-style signs, colourful lanterns, vibrant willow sculptures, and even some brilliant bumble bees, all destined to bring the LOOKFest site to life.

Image of LOOK CEO Charlotte with a young person, they are both sitting at a table crafting with tissue paper, both are smiling at the camera
Image of a girl standing at a table with a large globe covered in colourful tissue paper, the girl is adding more pieces to to the globe
Image of a woman and two children standing in a line holding their crafting creations, one is a toad stall and the others are lanterns

We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who joined us, whether you stayed for the whole morning or just popped in for a bit of glue and glitter, your energy, ideas and creativity were wonderful. These one-of-a-kind creations will help glam up LOOKFest in the most joyful and meaningful way.

Special thanks to Herefordshire Council and the E F Bulmer Foundation for supporting this event, and to Herefordshire Vision Links for so kindly lending us your space.

And of course, a huge thank you to Bex from Hereford Carnival Arts, whose guidance and inspiration helped us bring these colourful ideas to life.

We can’t wait to see all your amazing decorations lighting up the site in July. LOOKFest is going to be brighter and more beautiful than ever, thanks to you!

Image of a young girl sitting down adding bead to a wooden heart with the help of a woman who is standing behind her
Image of a young girl holding two large brightly coloured lanterns, one is decorated with long grass, flowers and bees and the other has LOOK printed on it
Image of a young girl sitting at a table adding layers of brightly coloured tissue paper to the sculpture in front of her.

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Image of the crafts created including three large globes with a stripped design, a cylinder shaped lantern in blue, red and green and a toadstool.
Image of the crafts created including bees made from willow and tissue paper, cylinder shaped lanterns in bright colours and large globe lanterns in purple and rainbow stripe