A' Prenda - New Discoveries Association

Create handmade gifts and decorations for Christmas.

Do you want to surprise someone with unique gifts of your own this Christmas? Come and take part in our handmade gift workshops!

You can choose between Candles, Christmas crackers, macramé bracelets, Christmas wreaths, tea sets and notebooks. You'll also be able to make your own postcards and wrapping. We want to reuse as many materials as possible so that we can also reduce our environmental impact (you can also bring materials from home that would normally go to waste or that are taking up space).

Pattern of the day

9:30 - Welcome

10:00 - Start of workshops: There are several workshops running at the same time

12:30 - Lunch break
(you must bring your own lunch)

14:00 - Workshops resume

16:30 - Sharing about the creations

We'll have a small stall with products for sale all day long

What you will learn

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Working with different materials

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Simple and practical techniques for making personalized gifts

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Reusing old materials

What you can create

When you sign up, tell us which workshops interest you and we'll customize each daily program based on those indications of interest.

Drawing materials will be provided for all participants. However, it is possible to bring additional materials, either for personal use or to share.

Candles

We will create decorative paraffin and beeswax candles using various techniques, including recycling old candle waste and crayons.

What you can bring:
Waste candles and crayons.

Christmas cookies

Let's make Christmas-flavored cookies and origami boxes to store them in. A great gift for the sweet tooth this Christmas.

What you can bring:
Sheets with a heavier weight to make the boxes.

Macramé bracelets

We'll use knotting and overlapping techniques to create Christmas patterns and more.

What you can bring:
Cereal boxes and springs to make bracelet holders.

Christmas wreaths

Here you'll have the chance to make your own Christmas wreath! In this workshop you'll be able to discover the tradition behind Christmas wreaths and take away a decoration full of meaning and creativity.

What you can bring:
Natural or recycled ornaments from past Christmases to add to the bases of the wreaths.

Chás D'Aqui

In the Chás D'Aqui space, we'll be working with local aromatic plants to create special combinations that can be transformed into scented sachets or personalized tea preparations, perfect for giving away this Christmas.

What you can bring:
Clean and sterilized glass jars

Notebooks

In this workshop, we'll explore creative techniques to build and personalize our own notebooks using recycled materials. Make a unique, useful and meaningful gift for our loved ones.

What you can bring:
Paper that they can recycle, cardboard or other hard material that can easily be punched (e.g. the cover of an old notebook), drawings and other messages and memories that you would like to leave in their notebook as a gift.

Postcards and parcels

We'll create postcards using watercolor painting techniques and take the opportunity to reuse materials to create creative wrapping.

What you can bring:
Wrapping paper you may already have at home, paper shopping bags, pretty ribbons and threads that can be reused, old drawings that can be repurposed.