Zarlarketjes
Hands in the clay, hearts wide open, wonder sprouting under bare feet.
Children can shape bowls from wet earth in the pottery corner, built a temple from wood and cloth where wishes whisper in the wind, discovere hidden mushroom rings beneath tall grasses, and helpe heal the land with small but mighty gestures — sowing seeds, moving stones, restoring balance.
A celebration of earth, magic, and the quiet power of doing.
If you are a school or organizer and would like more information about the possibilities to book a workshop or organise a children's camp, drop us a line.
Zarlarketjes Workshops
Hands and feet in the earth, grounding! Creating an educational playful experimental garden where children from nearby village schools learn to spin, card, comb, sow, plant, harvest, mow, weave, milk and create crafts and delicacies to be sold this very peculiar children's market.
Zarlarketjes Market
The enchanting market of Nachtwacht is revived, where children sell their self-made seasonal products and where there’s much more to experience! This self-created ‘short chain’ proves that super difficult questions about a guarantee for the future sometimes have a very simple answer.
As the gateway to the day’s wonder, we opened the Temple of the Eagle of the Condor — a soft space of silence, symbols, and stories.
All around, children wandered freely from one world to another: kneading dough with flour-dusted hands, shaping clay into bowls and creatures, weaving, mixing, building — discovering the joy of making with heart and hand.
This gentle invitation to explore showed that the richest learning needs no classroom. Sometimes, the future begins with a lump of clay, a shared fire, and the freedom to play.
This project has been made possible by the support of the province East-Flanders
