[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-jampire-attack-on-oxfords-story-museum":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"I spent a lot of time with these little dudes: Jampire, whom I really ought to name, but who is still 'Jampire', and the Iron Bear, who is probably made of bronze and is really named Paddington, but I just like calling him the Iron Bear. Anyway, I spend a lot of time at Paddington station. And today I was Oxford-bound!\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_paddington_zps59327cd3-37bd112a78.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt's quite fun travelling in full costume, it makes so many people's faces light up. Also, I tried travelling with my Bakewell Tart hat in a bag last time and the cherry came off the top, so it's safer just to carry it on my head, all the way to Oxford's \u003Ca href=\"http://storymuseum.org.uk/\">Story Museum\u003C/a>. Which is where my co-author \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/davidoconnell\">David O'Connell\u003C/a> and I did our Jampires show! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_stage1_zps11316210-fdf3502ea4.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHuge thanks to everyone who came along and drew with us! I'm lucky, both of my current co-authors can draw, so we can do fun drawing double acts. We taught everyone how to draw a Jampire, but then went on to create other beasties. (Mine here is a Sushipire and Dave's drawing a Ricepuddingpire.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/JohnMcLay_DragonDentist_1_zpsc289db3c-d2c6c1da97.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Photo tweeted by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DragonsDentist\">@DragonDentist\u003C/a> John McLay\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nOh, I must include the lovely poster Dave drew for our event. He gave me such excellent pointy feet.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_poster_zps05165c3b-c74bf8f92d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click for more under the cut!-->\\r\nHere are a few more drawings from the day! If you came along and want to do more activities, you can find them on our \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jampires.com\">jampires.com\u003C/a> website. Here's \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/helen_geekmum\">@helen_geekmum\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_drawings1_zps747f2f91-cdfdaf2cec.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/rebecca_mcgrattan_McgrattanRjjpg2_zpsd86195e9-7b15cb74a3.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Tweeted by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/McgrattanRj\">@McgrattanRj\u003C/a> Rebecca McGrattan\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nWe even sang our brand-new Jampires song, and got everyone to join in the jammy chorus! (Thanks for your help putting that together earlier this week, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/philipreeve1\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a>!) I was nervous about forgetting the lyrics, and writer \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HolSmale\">Holly Smale\u003C/a> offered to come on stage again and help me. (The last time she did it was for my Shark song at the Hay Festival.) She didn't actually turn up, but she was well represented upstairs in a Narnian wood, dressed as the White Witch. (The best of the costumes in the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.storymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/26characters/\">26 Characters exhibition\u003C/a>, I think.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_hollywitch_zpsde43cae5-afaa266260.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd our Jampires jam-maker came along! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_jamlabel_zps56c62467-2a9f57db69.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere's Emma Preston-Dunlop from \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ButchInstitute\">The Butch Institute\u003C/a> here with her assistant. (Emma has just spotted a Jampire lurking in her jam, oh no!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_emma_face_zpsb5848d8e-8e6d90764b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI came home with a jar of her Cherry Bakewell with Amaretto syrup and Almonds jam and must confess that already a shameful amount of it has been eaten. Uh... by the Jampires, yeah. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_jams_zpsb01d5f3a-06157f4c43.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nEmma gave a great demonstration about how to make jam, using very basic kitchen equipment, and everyone got to have a good sniff of the bubbling raspberry mix.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_emma_jsmd_zps3c1d298c-a3356dffb6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBramble tats, that Emma is DEDICATED to jam, a proper Jampire.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_emma_make_zps2f84f969-6da88b20d1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWhen I arrived, Dave was still leading his comics workshop for older kids, and I caught the tail end of him signing his \u003Ca href=\"http://davidoconnell.uk/my-books/monster-chips/\">Monster and Chips\u003C/a> books. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_davesign_zps84232bee-e9494cbb16.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nA fabulous day, thanks so much for hosting, \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tom_donegan\">Tom Donegan\u003C/a> and the Story Museum! And big thanks to the fabulous \u003Cb>Tatti de Jersey\u003C/b>, who looked after us for the day. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/JohnMcLay_DragonDentist_2_zps05fc06fd-916bffb512.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Photo tweeted by \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DragonsDentist\">@DragonDentist\u003C/a> John McLay\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nBye bye, Oxford! See you next time! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/jampires_storymus_mhare1_zps3f9f8ab3-a63f6fc327.jpg\">","2014-10-28T22:00:00.000Z","jampire-attack-on-oxfords-story-museum",[],"jampire attack on oxford's story museum!",1776628726961]