FAMILIES will have the chance to create sustainable Christmas gifts and home decorations at a series of workshops in the City of Bayswater.
The City is holding free workshops aimed at teaching people how to reduce waste during the festive season.
Creative practitioner Jodie Davidson, who specialises in sustainable art, will be holding a Christmas wire sculptures and pallet workshops at Bayswater and Morley Library in December.
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READ NOWDavidson, of Sorrento, said she would be teaching people how to use leftoever wire to make bird sculptures and make signs with lettering from old timber pallets.
“It is just showing people rather than putting it into landfill, how you can divert it and make something useful and into sculptures,” she said.
“What happens is, when you start using the materials in a creative way, it changes your mindset.
“You start to become aware of how much stuff is thrown away.”
Mayor Dan Bull said there would also be five upcycled gift wrapping sessions for kids.
“The festive season is a time to focus on what really matters in our lives,” he said.
“We’re here to help our community do just that, without some of the financial and environmental stress that so often comes along with it.”
THE ESSENTIALS What: Christmas wire sculptures workshop When: December 10, 10am to noon Where: Bayswater Library
What: Christmas pallet workshop When: December 12, 10am to noon Where: Morley Library
What: That’s a wrap! Upcycled gift wrapping When: Daily from December 16 to December 20, 3.30pm to 5pm Where: Morley Library