About this Event
Key details
- Date: 14 June - 5 July 2024
- Sessions: Fridays: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- No. sessions: 4
- Venue: Skegby and Stanton Hill Library, Sutton-in-Ashfield
- For ages: 19+
- Group size: 5 - 10
- Cost: FREE - £12
A family learning course where you can recycle and re-use items. You will be able to make garden crafts to enhance the outdoor library space, as well as creating an example of each item to take home. Adults and their children can learn about re-cycling old containers to create something eye-catching and useful in the garden, as well as a bit of growing together!
Would you like to add colour and design to your garden, while re-using and recycling materials? Families will be able to learn to recycle materials while finding out a bit about growing plants.
You will be able to design your own garden crafts for home and to brighten the outdoor library space. This four- session course takes place on Fridays from 14th June to 5th July. The times are from 15.30 to 16.30 and will include the following activities;-
Session 1 – Re-use old brochures to create windmills.
Session 2 – Bring a selection of water bottles to make bird feeders and drinking stations.
Session 3 – Safely cut water bottles and paint them to make bright flower displays.
Session 4 – Bring two large tin cans to paint and plant decorative planters for the garden.
Suitable for ages 5 - 11
By the end of the course, you will:
• Create two garden windmills, by recycling brochures
• Design two bird feeders and drinking stations from used water bottles
• Paint a range of flowers from painted water bottles.
• Design and paint two tin cans to make planters
• Plant up two displays for home and for library
Learners should bring a range of plastic bottles and two larger tin cans.
Suggested Reading for the course:
The crafty minx : creative recycling and handmade treasures
Author: Doust, Kelly.
There are 10 adult and 20 child spaces
If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/
To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:
- Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
- Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.
You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.
To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.
Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).
As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:
- Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Liverpool City Region
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
- Tees Valley
- West of England
- West Midlands
- West Yorkshire
Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:
- By phone: 01623 677 200
- By email: [email protected]
Visit the Inspire website for full details and booking options
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Skegby and Stanton Hill Library, Mansfield Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 12.00
