🌈 Rainbow Jane Summer Retreat

Wednesday August 26th - Friday August 28th -

Three Days of Craft, Connection and Creativity. Daily Rhythm

🧒 2–4 pm — Family-Friendly Making - Creative projects for children, parents and grandparents.

🧵 4–6 pm — Adult Arty Session - Join in with the days crafting projects, or bring your own projects.

🌈 6–9 pm — Supper & Crafting - Time to continue projects, enjoy a social supper and chat. All sessions take place in Rainbow Jane's Art Shed and garden - spaces are limited, booking is essential. Pay-as-you- feel with donations to cover material costs. Additional donations go to Alzheimer's Society and Zarach. 🌈 Wednesday: Decoupage & Decorate – Stick, Splash & Shimmer ✨

A day of papers, paints and plenty of sparkle! Decorative decoupage papers and napkins, metallic and glitter paints, and sequins will all be waiting to inspire you.

Choose from a selection of MDF shapes, plant pots and boxes to transform into something beautiful, or bring along an item to decorate and up-cycle. All crafting materials are supplied, along with instruction and inspiration.

🧒 2 pm – 4 pm | Family-Friendly Making

Create alongside your child or children as we glue, stick, paint and decorate together. Expect colour, creativity and a little magic!

🧵 4 pm – 6 pm | Adult Arty Session

A relaxed afternoon of mindful making, using papers and paints to decorate, embellish and breathe new life into treasured objects.

🌈 6 pm – 8 pm | Social Supper & Crafting

Share a simple supper, enjoy good company, and continue crafting into the evening 🧡

🧵 Thursday: Yarn & Stitch Together ✨

A day filled with felt, fabric, colourful threads, glittery tulle and yarn to inspire your creations. Explore felt brooches, crocheted flowers, embellished embroidery, pom-poms and bunting.

All crafting materials are supplied, along with plenty of ideas, guidance and encouragement.

🧒 2 pm – 4 pm | Family-Friendly Crafting

For younger children, there will be opportunities to collage with felt, wool and sequins. Older children can learn simple stitching using binca and plastic canvas with large needles, or create fluffy pom-poms and cheerful pom-pom characters.

🧵 4 pm – 6 pm | Adult Arty Session

Try needle felting and embroidery to create a fish or floral brooch, use dissolvable embroidery patterns to make an embellished patch, or crochet flowers and leaves for a colourful garland.

🌈 6 pm – 8 pm | Social Supper & Crafting

Enjoy a shared supper and a drink together. Time to chat, relax, and continue your project if inspiration strikes 🧡

✨ Friday: Beads, Bangles & Beautiful Things ✨

This is the day we return to the roots of Rainbow Jane and her years of running a bead shop! The bead collection will be out in all its colourful glory, alongside threads for jewellery making and wires for creating sun-catchers and hanging decorations.

🧒 2 pm – 4 pm | Family-Friendly Making

This session is ideal for children with developing fine motor skills rather than toddlers, as many of the beads are quite small. Be prepared to help with a little threading and plenty of encouragement!

We will use pony beads and other large-holed beads to create necklaces, bracelets and colourful beaded hangings.

🧵 4 pm – 6 pm | Adult Arty Session

Choose from the full range of beautiful beads to create bracelets, earrings, necklaces or sparkling sun-catchers. Alternatively, bring along any broken or unloved jewellery and give it a new lease of life by rethreading or remaking it into something new.

🌈 6 pm – 8 pm | Celebration Sharing Supper

Let's round off the Summer Retreat with a joyful shared supper and a drink together 🥂Bring along a dish to share and your favourite tipple as we celebrate three wonderful days of creativity, conversation and crafting.