Community Food Forest Collective

LXCL:This event is free but donations - no matter how small - are greatly appreciated.

General Admission

Join us for a plant-based holiday gift crafting party! In alignment with our mission to create a regenerative culture, we&#39;re offering an awesome opportunity to create fun, beautiful and interesting gifts out of locally harvested acorns and other natural treasurers. We hope that this workshop will provide an oasis from commerce-driven holiday pressures.&nbsp; Rebecca Hazen, a local community member, biologist, and nature enthusiast who will lead the workshop, will bring lots of plant material from home to share, but folks are encouraged to get out and find their own plant-based treasures to use for their creations.&nbsp; Here are the things people should be collecting outside between now and then:<ul data-rte-list="default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Acorns make great heads and bodies for the acorn people. I can also teach folks to make them into earrings if they are interested- I encourage folks to hunt for matching acorn twins if they are interested in this project.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Pecans or walnuts can also make great bodies for the acorn people</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Woody parts of climbing vines that have shaped themselves into spiraled tendrils- these make great walking sticks for the acorn people.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Small sticks with interesting shapes that could serve as arms, legs, or walking sticks for acorn people. The little spiked Tulip Poplar sticks are fun to incorporate, as are any sticks with lots of knobbly nodes that look like jointed appendages.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Pine cones with relatively large, soft scales- these can be shaped to decorate the acorn people and make &quot;clothes&quot; for them that cover the joints, etc.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Any interesting little plant parts that could be used to decorate the acorn people. For example, I sometimes collect tiny pine cones or other seeds for them to wear as a hat or hold in their hands.&nbsp;</li></ul>To ensure that these collections won&#39;t fill our homes with beetle larvae, I suggest microwaving the acorns for about 30 seconds and then freezing them overnight.Rebecca will also bring tools but please do bring any of the following if you have them:<ul data-rte-list="default" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dremel tool for drilling the tiny holes (I will pre-drill holes for a bunch of the heads and bodies of the acorn people, but I will need to drill holes for people on-sight if they BYO acorns)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Tweezers, forceps, jewelry pliers, or needle nosed pliers for manipulating small parts</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Glue gun</li></ul>Please feel free to bring your favorite snacks and non-alcoholic beverages to share so we can fuel our creativity! And for inspiration before the event, Rebecca suggests checking out <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.youtube.com/@davidmbird" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">David M. Bird&#39;s YouTube channel</a>. He is a true artist and the one who inspired Rebecca to start making her creations.

<span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thanks so much for registering for the workshop on Crafting Holiday Gifts with Nature&#39;s Treasures! 🌳 And if you made a donation, then thank you so much for supporting the work we do to plant more community food forests in the region. Best, Miles - on behalf of the CFFC team

Join us for a plant-based holiday gift crafting party! In alignment with our mission to create a regenerative culture, we're offering an awesome opportunity to create fun, beautiful and interesting gifts out of locally harvested acorns and other natural treasurers. We hope that this workshop will provide an oasis from commerce-driven holiday pressures.  Rebecca Hazen, a local community member, biologist, and nature enthusiast who will lead the workshop, will bring lots of plant material from home to share, but folks are encouraged to get out and find their own plant-based treasures to use for their creations.  Here are the things people should be collecting outside between now and then:<ul><li>Acorns make great heads and bodies for the acorn people. I can also teach folks to make them into earrings if they are interested- I encourage folks to hunt for matching acorn twins if they are interested in this project.</li><li>Pecans or walnuts can also make great bodies for the acorn people</li><li>Woody parts of climbing vines that have shaped themselves into spiraled tendrils- these make great walking sticks for the acorn people.</li><li>Small sticks with interesting shapes that could serve as arms, legs, or walking sticks for acorn people. The little spiked Tulip Poplar sticks are fun to incorporate, as are any sticks with lots of knobbly nodes that look like jointed appendages.</li><li>Pine cones with relatively large, soft scales- these can be shaped to decorate the acorn people and make "clothes" for them that cover the joints, etc.</li><li>Any interesting little plant parts that could be used to decorate the acorn people. For example, I sometimes collect tiny pine cones or other seeds for them to wear as a hat or hold in their hands. </li></ul>To ensure that these collections won't fill our homes with beetle larvae, I suggest microwaving the acorns for about 30 seconds and then freezing them overnight.Rebecca will also bring tools but please do bring any of the following if you have them:<ul><li>Dremel tool for drilling the tiny holes (I will pre-drill holes for a bunch of the heads and bodies of the acorn people, but I will need to drill holes for people on-sight if they BYO acorns)</li><li>Tweezers, forceps, jewelry pliers, or needle nosed pliers for manipulating small parts</li><li>Glue gun</li></ul>Please feel free to bring your favorite snacks and non-alcoholic beverages to share so we can fuel our creativity! And for inspiration before the event, Rebecca suggests checking out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@davidmbird" target="_blank">David M. Bird's YouTube channel</a>. He is a true artist and the one who inspired Rebecca to start making her creations.

Community Food Forest Collective

Crafting Holiday Gifts with Nature's Treasures

Montgomery College

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