This holiday season, make your own gifts!

Come join us at SpielWerk Toys NoPo for three Handmade Toy WerkShops, just in time for the gift giving season!

Each craft will be sent home in a little gift box, ready for safe keeping or gifting giving. We can't wait... WerkShops are fun!

Dates and Times:

Sunday Dec 05, 2:30-3:30pm

Sunday Dec 12, 2:30-3:30pm

Sunday Dec 19, 2:30-3:30pm

Location:

SpielWerk NoPo

3808 N Williams Ave #121

Cost:

$5 per puppet

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5th Annual Traditional Sugar Skull WerkShop Event

5th Annual Traditional Sugar Skull WerkShop Event

Sugar Skulls are a traditional Mexican folk art used in the celebration of Dia De Los Muertos. In honor of this ancient tradition, we decorate traditional handmade sugar skulls with colorful glue, beads, feathers, foil, and sequins in memory of our loved ones whom have passed..

Please join us at either location for some festive fun before Halloween evening events begin. Free event. All ages. All materials included.

Halloween –– Sunday, October 31 1:30-3:30 pm

Feel free to come dressed in your costume!!

xx

SpielWerk

A Glipse of our Fun this Summer!

A Glipse of our Fun this Summer!

We had so much WerkShop fun this summer. We played at the Cirque du Cycling event––decorating everyone's bike with the help of SCRAP and making streamer bracelets. We got to see everyone at the Mississippi Street Fair, making playful streamer wands and festive masks. We even got to team up with Laughing Planet Cafe in Woodstock to make old school milk carton balloon boats with kids and parents while listening to awesome local bands like Y La Bamba and the Monarchs.

We look forward to many more fun-filled summers to come. Thanks to all who came to share in the fun!

xx

SpielWerk

Toys for Haiti Thanks YOU!

Toys for Haiti Thanks YOU!

Just a quick follow-up and THANK YOU again for the dolls and items that you all donated and crafted for Hatian children a few months ago. We just found this beautiful picture on our Facebook page and were completely moved. SO beautiful and heartwarming.

Thanks to all that made this possible... We can't wait to do more crafting like this again!

xx

SpielWerk

Cirque du Cycling 2010

Thanks for coming down to visit us during Cirque du Cycling this year. We had so much fun, raised money for AYOS, made some awesome masks, crowns, and wrist ribbon streamers, met some cool peeps, and thanks to some help from SCRAP, smothered those family ride bikes with some pretty elaborate dress-up... Yay!!

Toys for Haiti - Donation Doll Making Class

Tonight!

Tuesday, May 11th

7:00-9:00 pm

Gossamer Fiber Arts

Again, we're joining creative forces with Gossamer Fiber Arts to make loving dolls for Haitian orphans. A local midwife will maker her way to Haiti this Friday to live among the children of a Haitian orphanage and volunteer her skills, time and love to more than 50 children, as well as the surrounding community.

The dolls we're making for her to take with her are simple and made of natural materials. They'll only take a few hours of your donated time, but will provide years and years of comfort and play for a child who truly needs it. For young children and babies, a doll not only provides a tool for imaginative play, but also a way of connecting and finding love and comfort in hard times.

We hope you'll come and thank you for your help and donations so far!

Hosted by SpielWerk Toys & Gossamer Fiber Arts

Held at: Gossamer 2418 East Burnside St.

$ 3-5 donation for materials

http://www.spielwerktoys.com

http://www.gossamerfiberarts.com

For more information and ways you can help please see the following links:

http://www.midwivesforhaiti.org

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Midwives-for-Haiti/93950558462

http://www.mercycorps.org/haiti

http://nest-midwifery.com