Crafting – Wildling Collective

M – December 22: Holiday Party!

It’s our last week here together! We’ll celebrate with a potluck lunch, exchange white elephant gifts + load our homeless holiday bags.

M – December 8: Chocolate-Fueled Writing

It’s National Brownie Day, so there’ll be more baking, of course. Let’s organize this first and get our space smelling amazing with a couple batches of chocolatey goodness in the oven. Our second activity today is creative writing with prompts + simple words games like Mad Libs.

M – December 1: Leatherworking

This week, we’ll learn to create an artisan sheath for knives or scissors by shaping, sewing, stamping + burning leather. We will need a couple of large boards and a self-healing cutting mat to protect our tables (you have one, please bring it!), but this is a loud process that uses sharp instruments! We’ll set up a cutting + pounding + stamping stations outside.

M – November 17: Bracelets + Stone Soup

This week, we’ll all be bringing beads and bracelet miscellany to craft together. We’ll set up a table of shared materials to pull from + get to work. If you have any weird beads or buttons you can add to our arrangement, please bring them along. We’ll also be braiding friendship bracelets with embroidery thread, if you have any colors you’d like to share as well. Muffin tins work well as organizers for the various bead colors/varieties, and we’ll need some tape to hold the embroidery arrangements down while we work.

M – October 20: DIY Costume + Props

Today we’re working on our Halloween costumes – anything that involves sewing, cardboard prep-making, mask +/or costume design. Please bring extra fabric, cardboard, + any sewing machines/materials/needles you’re willing to share. If the kids want to work on play costumes, that’s fair game as well.

M – April 28: Woodbury Branch Library

We have reserved the basement meeting room rental at Woodbury Branch Library (3265 Federal Blvd. 80211) from 11am-3pm. This library has a giant park/playground/basketball court on the same lot, so bring whatever your family needs to be comfortable playing inside and out.

M – December 2: Cookies + an Obstacle Course

Let’s start the day by setting up an obstacle course. We’ll clear a wide area for physical play + let the kids put this together. If you have any soft, gymnastic-style materials that we can use for this, please bring them. We’re especially looking for pads, floor beams, things to jump over or go around, etc.

M – November 18: Sew Free

We’re sewing + dyeing fabric with vegetable peels. I’ll bring some fabric scraps + my sewing box, but we’ll need more contributions of fabric, felt, thread, + needles.

M – October 28: Wizard Craft!

We’re going to start the day by eating donuts off of a string, a longstanding tradition! Please bring donuts to cover your people (one per person). It’s fun, funny + a great way to work for your breakfast – adults are encouraged to participate! We’ll set up at the little park directly across the street down the pathway and off to the right (west). We’ll have to size everyone in real time (holding a string up to their face, real fancy-like), so plan on walking across the street right away.

M – October 21: Day of Apples + Fairy Tales

Let’s celebrate National Apple Day by cutting up apples to eat together by lunchtime – or whenever your people are bored + hungry. Please bring an apple or two to cover your family. If your kids want to add caramel or cinnamon, please bring it. We’ll slice apples + leave them to share.