Children's workshop: Wishes from the heart

The heart is a symbol of love, care, and gratitude that people recognise everywhere. In Mexico, milagritos are small charms, often shaped like hearts and decorated with nature-inspired designs. People use them to attract good luck, show thanks for what they have, or share their wishes and hopes.

In this workshop, we will use this tradition to think about what we want to care for, keep close, or feel grateful for. This could be loved ones, happy moments, our health, pets, or anything else that matters to us. Then, we will each design and make a personal heart to keep as a special charm or keepsake. This season is a good time to celebrate life and what is important to us. 

In this workshop, we will use this tradition to think about what we want to care for, keep close, or feel grateful for. This could be loved ones, happy moments, our health, pets, or anything else that matters to us. Then, we will each design and make a personal heart to keep as a special charm or keepsake. This season is a good time to celebrate life and what is important to us.

TALLER LIMO 

Taller Limo is an art and ceramics studio founded in Santander by artist Eva Gárate Basanta. Conceived as a place to meet, experiment, and learn, it promotes an open, multidisciplinary approach to art and welcomes both adults and children. Its programme combines ceramics classes, one-off workshops, shared studio space and art projects.

The project draws on the experience of Eva Gárate, a visual artist and cultural mediator with close ties to Cantabria’s art scene, and Gabi Aparicio, an artist who trained at the University of the Basque Country and the Polytechnic University of Valencia and runs art workshops for children. Together, they lead a space that sees creative work as a tool for exploration, learning and personal growth, encouraging free, participatory creative processes shaped around each person’s interests.

Duration: 120 minutes.

Capacity: 20 children.

Audience: Children. From 8 to 13 years old.