Just Like Craft Camp. Except Better.

Get out your camp stoves and pic­nic blan­kets –sum­mer has finally hit Van­cou­ver!  It’s time to pack up your gear and head for the hills –or the beach, as the case may be.  But once the hik­ing, swim­ming, and cycling are done, the sum­mer read­ing is caught up on, and the hot dogs and s’mores have been devoured, what’s left to do? Exer­cise a lit­tle cre­ativ­ity and make some­thing, of course! Our DIY kits make it easy to pack a lit­tle bit of arts and crafts in with your sun­screen and bug spray.

BOTTLE CAP NECKLACE KIT

If you missed out on mak­ing one of these with us at Maker Faire or Car Free Day, or if you want to make a few more, here’s your chance!  Each kit con­tains enough mate­ri­als for three com­plete neck­laces, with 12 dif­fer­ent images to choose from.  These are with­out a doubt the eas­i­est arts and crafts activ­ity you’ve ever come across –if you can wield a pair of scis­sors well enough to cut out a cir­cle, you’ll be successful!

FIGO KITS

The brain­child of local artist Clau­dia Segovia, Figo “wish­ing dolls” are vis­it­ing us from a world of dreams and pos­si­bil­i­ties with the express pur­pose of help­ing to make our wishes become real­ity.  Each Figo has a spe­cial pocket just for this pur­pose –you sim­ply write your wish down on a piece of paper, slide it into your Figo’s pocket, and then hug your Figo close to your heart until your wish comes true!  The Figo DIY kits are packed with an assort­ment of fab­ric embell­ish­ment and trims for you to choose from when design­ing your doll.

NEEDLE FELTED HEART KIT

A favourite at Plush no mat­ter what the sea­son!  Each kit is stuffed with every­thing you need (includ­ing com­pre­hen­sive instruc­tions!) to make six needle-felted hearts.  Or make just one heart and use the rest of the mate­ri­als and a lit­tle cre­ativ­ity to make any­thing else that you want!  Needle-felting is a per­fect craft for trav­el­ing — the mate­ri­als weigh next to noth­ing, and you can sit down and do it just about any­where with very lit­tle fuss.

We’re the first to admit it: we’re die hard mak­ers here.  We don’t let lit­tle things like road trips or camp­ing adven­tures inter­fere with our craft­ing, and why should we?  With enough prac­tice, maybe by next sum­mer we’ll be ready to knit a sweater while we’re white-water raft­ing.  Or not.  Time will tell!