CHILDREN were transformed into a menagerie of beasts at a mask-making workshop in Darlington yesterday.

The kids designed, created, decorated and then modelled their masks, during the workshop at the Arts Centre

Tutor Dee Blow said it had been a productive morning and the children had been very proud of their creations.

Mrs Blow has been teaching at the centre for 14 years and over the holidays is hosting a variety of workshops in the town.

"When children come here to make things, they come because they want to and it is lovely," she said. "They are very proud of what they have made when they leave."