Events
Making with Leather Adult Eco-Art Workshop
Discover the art of leather-craft and sustainable living in our leather making workshop using salvaged materials! Join us as we guide you through the process of transforming discarded leather scraps into beautiful and functional pieces. Our facilitators will teach you the basics of working with leather including basic pattern making and tool use, joining using saddle stitch and embroidery, as well as decorative features such as beading and fringing, all while emphasising the importance of reducing waste and repurposing materials, particularly leather. With full access to our treasure trove of salvaged materials, participants will leave the workshop with the knowledge and skills to continue making with leather at home and a personalised pouch, bag or accessory to take home.
Halloween Masks School Holiday Workshop
🕷️Still chasing the perfect addition to your Halloween outfit this year? Then unleash your inner ghoul and craft the Halloween mask of your nightmares! 🕷️ In this workshop, Kids will use clean re-use materials to craft scary teeth, wicked hair and haunting eyes for their very own Halloween mask... Or if they already have a costume idea in mind - they can make use of our materials to make a mask of their favourite character. Our facilitators are experts in re-imagining waste and they can help your kids transform our salvaged oddities into the scariest masks for their Halloween celebrations. Be sure to come along and be sustainable AND scary this year!
Junkyard Jams School Holiday Workshop
This one is for the kids who love making music wherever they are! 🥁🎺🎸In this workshop our facilitators will guide kids through the steps on how to make Musical Instruments from everyday items and reuse materials. They can learn how to make a maraca from an old thread cone, a pellet drum from takeaway Coffee lids, or a matchbox guitar…
Tiny Worlds School Holiday Workshop
Get lost in a world of your own creation! In this workshop kids can make use of clean salvaged materials to craft their own mini world, model environment or diorama. They could focus on an Australian landscape, an Arctic scene or even make an Alien-like atmosphere - whatever they decide! They might also like to include some mini animals or humans to go with their newly crafted ecosystem. Overall, its great crafting fun and Eco-responsible too!
Halloween Beasts School Holiday Workshop
Let's get spooky! They're creepy and they're crawly... This workshop explores the dark and mysterious world of all that is Halloween. Spiders, monsters, ghosts and older siblings! 👻👻👻 Kids bring your imagination as each of you can create your own scary beast out of clean reuse and salvaged materials to take home and scare your neighbours and friends.
Tinker Bots School Holiday Workshop
Time to tinker! Encourage your kids to experiment with and shape materials to create 3D characters and mechanically-themed robots. In this workshop, children will get to play with a diverse array of salvaged materials to see how they feel, sound, and interact together. In this experimental process they will get to make a humanoid or non-humanoid robot/character. Tinkering can be a great way for children to learn via "trial and error" as often the best discoveries arrive after realising what doesn't work! Suitable for kids and teens of all ages - however children younger than 6 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Costume Fun School Holiday Workshop
Once upon a time, in a mysterious land of creativity and fun, children were welcomed from near and far to create the costume art of their dreams... This workshop is great for kids who love to dress up! Using a wide array of salvaged materials, children are encouraged to make their own wearable art piece for a costume. They can make helmets, belts, armour, crowns, skirts, masks, you name it... By stapling, gluing, and threading together items, kids will be encouraged to think outside the box in terms of what a costume can be made from. So if you have a budding Queen, dragon, or Knight in your midst - bring them along!
Playful Pets School Holiday Workshop
Want your very own pet to play with? Make use of salvaged materials and create your own feathery or furry friend! With a big slice of imagination and plenty of materials available, in this workshop, children can get crafty and make a new favourite pet. If they already have a real pet at home, they could make their own mini-version too. Kid's can use salvaged fur to make a cuddly kitty-cat, vinyl off-cuts to craft a colourful chook, or even use carpet pieces to create a blue-heeler dog… Whatever pet they can dream up, they can make! So encourage creative play, and book your child a ticket today! Suitable for kids and teens of all ages - however children younger than 6 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Make-a-Kite School Holiday Workshop
Get ready for some kite-flying fun – Reverse Garbage style! Who would have thought the humble plastic bag could soar so high? In this fun workshop, kids get to create their very own kite using materials like plastic bags, bamboo/plastic sticks, and string. Follow our step-by-step guide to build a cool Diamond Kite that really flies. It’s perfect for light to moderate winds, and is an ideal way to get your child's creativity flowing. So make sure to join us for a day of Eco-crafting and flying fun! Suitable for kids and teens of all ages - however children younger than 6 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Tiny Homes School Holiday Workshop 2
Craft the perfect Tiny Home with discarded materials! In this workshop kids’ can create a home for their favourite small toys, using a variety of re-use materials such as boxes, fabrics, tiles, metal and more. They can use clay, and other materials to create furniture, and characters for their tiny homes as well! Perhaps they will make a magical fairy's cottage, a grumpy gnomes home or a minion’s mansion? It's time to let their imaginations run wild! This is a great workshop to do in conjunction with the Mini Garden workshop - so kid’s can make their own tiny world.