Creative Remakery

12/12/2025

Christmas is officially underway! Tonight we were at the Hirst Welfare Centre's
Christmas Disco. We love delivering activities at their events and tonight was no exception.

In the run-up to Christmas, some children can feel overwhelmed by all the festive excitement. That’s why a mix of disco fun and calming crafts works so well: a little movement, a little making - perfect for regulation and something for everyone.

This evening we brought along some blingy decoration-making using upcycled CDs, as well as bird feeders for a little shot of winter eco-education! 😉

The CD decorations were a huge hit. Lots of parents told us they’ll be trying it at home next year, especially since many have a stash of old CDs they don’t need anymore. We love it when families take ideas home with them!

Not all of the kids wanted to make the bird feeders, but the ones who did LOVED getting their hands messy with the lard! And even those who weren’t keen on the lard for sensory reasons still enjoyed running their hands through the bucket of seeds. We always favour process over product and meeting children where they are.

There were so many brilliant questions about birds while the feeders were being made — lucky our fabulous Sarah Bredin-Kemp was delivering tonight's session, because her bird knowledge definitely outshines mine! 🥴😆 (Huge thank you Sarah for doing the session tonight!)

Thanks to all of the families who came along, it was a pleasure working with you. And, thank you to Hirst Welfare Centre for having us.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎅🎄🤶🌲

11/12/2025

This encapsulates so much of what we do and the ethos behind Creative Remakery's work with children. It's why we fit so well with Repurposeful CIC.
Looking forward to some exciting developments in 2026!

10/12/2025

Looking for a unique creative activity that helps children connect with nature?

Our kids' fresh wreath-making kits are the perfect cosy winter project - ideal for Christmas Eve fun, festive parties, sleepovers or even December birthdays! If you’ve ever tried to plan a birthday around Christmas (my son’s is on 23rd December, so I understand the struggle! 🥴), this makes a brilliant, hassle-free activity.

Each kit includes a pre-strung wreath ring plus a lovely selection of fresh foliage, berries and a bow. The wreath frame and bow can be reused year after year, and the natural foliage will decompose, making this a truly planet-friendly, zero-waste craft in true Creative Remakery style.

They’re incredibly easy to make - simply thread the stems through the string and build your way around the ring until it’s full. (See photos for a step-by-step look!)

Kits are £15 each or 2 for £25. Collection is from Ashington, with local delivery available.

Comment or send a DM to order—but be quick, as stock is limited! 🎄

10/12/2025

I'm so behind with posting! 🥴

Check out these beautiful wreaths from Sundays class at Creative Chicken Workshops. Lovely to see familiar faces - thank you ladies, your ongoing attendance is very much appreciated!

They all look so different and all absolutely stunning - certainly making the most of and show casing the wide range of foliage on offer. The creativity at our wreath classes never fails to amaze me!

Last but not least, huge thank you to Sarah Bredin-Kemp (our resident elf) for delivering the class - she had a busy day - Santa's helped by morning, wreath tutor by afternoon!! 🎅🎄

10/12/2025

It's preparation day today! Creative Remakery will be delivering some festive/winter crafts at Hirst Welfare Centre on Friday, as part of their Boogie Night Disco! (Sorry if you didn't manage to get tickets, it was booked up very quickly!)

We'll be making repurposed blingy decorations and some festive treats for our feathered friends - any guesses what that might be from the photos below??

I'm still having serious allergic reactions 🥴 so it'll be the lovely Sarah Bredin-Kemp who will be delivering the session, she's a Godsend!

10/12/2025

Want to shrink your festive footprint? These practical, expert-backed tips can help make silly season more sustainable

10/12/2025

It’s been a little while since we completed the 'Tree of Hope' and 'Beacon of Hope' installations for Everyturn Mental Health's
new Safe Havens in Wallsend and Newcastle. These spaces are incredible community walk-in mental health resources, open to adults from 2–10pm, 365 days a year!

We had an absolute blast creating the installations alongside a wonderful range of community groups and schools across Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside. In true Creative Remakery style, we focused on engagement through creativity and nature - nurturing wellbeing, reducing isolation and fostering a sense of purpose and belonging. We worked with homeless support, young adults with learning disabilities, knit-and-natter groups, teenage girls’ project, drug and alcohol recovery, domestic abuse support, community wellbeing and school PSHE projects. It was an incredibly rich and varied remit, with the wellbeing of both people and the planet at the heart of it all through the use of natural and reclaimed materials.

We’re also delighted that the lighthouse installation has been whisked away to take pride of place at Everyturn’s Head Office, where it’s now on full display. ❤️

It was a real honour to be invited to create these pieces and to collaborate with so many brilliant community and school groups. A huge thank-you too, to Repurposeful CIC's for their generous donations of reclaimed fabric!

If your organisation is looking for a show-stopping installation, we have some capacity in the new year. It’s a fantastic way to engage beneficiaries, local communities, schools or partner organisations in a collaborative, creativity-driven project - with green credentials built in, as everything we use is reclaimed and repurposed.

04/12/2025

They say there's no peace for the wicked...even unwell I'm still roped into making rag bunting for Repurposeful CIC's fabulous Christmas window display!

I'm joking, it's lovely to still be able to take part and love that my mates have still included me in the plan. 💚

Repurposeful CIC have just moved into new premises in Ashington and the scrapstore will be opening in January! 🎉🎉

Until then, you can admire the wonderous creativity that volunters have displayed in our entry to Town Council's Christmas Window competition, under the careful eye of artistic guru, Sarah Bredin-Kemp, who has been the Boss on this project...just check out the pics and the imaginative and creative use of things that have been donated and repurposed into this Christmas display!

30/11/2025

Making things with our hands contains all kinds of magic...

“When you learn to make things with your hands, you begin to awaken an awareness of the beauty and value of things in your life. Handmaking teaches us about slowness: the antidote to brevity and efficiency. It shows us, through the patience and skillfulness of our own hands, what goes into a thing.

When we put those long efforts into bringing beauty into the world, we are honouring that which made us by creating as we have been created. We are taught to respect the slow, attentive piecing together of the life we yearn for. Stitch by stitch, we apprentice the craft. We work in tandem with mystery, feeling its rhythms awaken in our bone-memory.

As the hands work, the mind is stilled and a greater listening is engaged as we drop down into the deep rhythm of devotion, where the whole world is in communion. The ferns unfurl, the daffodils trumpet, the rosebuds fatten, and the song of creation can be heard.”

~ Toko-pa Turner, excerpt From Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home
Toko-pa Turner
www.belongingbook.com

Art: Tijana Lukovic
www.tijanadraws.com

30/11/2025

Round 2 festive wreaths!

I love that everyone had the same choice of foliage but everyone makes such individual wreaths, they're all so unique.

A huge thanks to the wonderful Sarah Bredin-Kemp for delivering today's class and to Wendy at Creative Chicken Workshops for hosting us again!

Such a creative bunch and we've had some wonderful feedback...

"It was just the best, it was so much fun!"

"Everyone loved the selection of foliage and we all made something so unique, it was delightful!"

"I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Everyone made fabulous wreaths! There was so much choice of greenery! It's been a great start to the festive season!"

Thanks to you all for coming along and putting your trust in Creative Remakery! The wreaths are wonderful!

29/11/2025

We love turning Nurtch Coffee House into a forest! 🥴 Sorry! 🙈😆😆

29/11/2025

Round 1 of our wreath classes kicked off today at Nurtch Coffee House!

Everyone had a fab time and it was lovely to welcome families as well to take part in this new family friendly class.

I cannot thank the Angel that is Sarah Bredin-Kemp, enough for tutoring on the wreath classes this year whilst I'm still out of action with serious fragrance allergies. I'm really missing teaching but so grateful to the capable hands of my side kick! We make a great team and I'm grateful that they could go ahead - and that I've still been able to enjoy collecting the lush foliage and prep work.

Check out these fabulous wreaths. Such beautiful colours and detail, what a creative bunch!

Thanks to Nurtch, as ever, for being such a wonderful venue and hosts!

Round 2 tomorrow at Creative Chicken Workshops!