Spring Crafts - Worksop Library - Adult Learning

The Spring Craft course offers a wonderful opportunity to explore a variety of materials and techniques while creating a collection of beautiful spring-inspired projects. Suitable for all abilities, this fun and engaging course is perfect for anyone looking to get creative, learn new skills, and try out fresh ideas. Each week, you will explore a different craft process and create unique handmade items to take home and enjoy. Learning will take place through demonstrations, hands-on experimentation, and individual support tailored to your needs. By the end of the course, you will have developed confidence in a range of decorative techniques and produced a selection of unique spring-themed creations.

Throughout this exciting course, we will create a range of eye-catching spring-themed craft projects. In our first session, we will manipulate pipe cleaners and wool to create a collection of beautiful handmade flowers. During the second session, we will create beautiful floral decorations using air dry clay and dried flowers and leaves, carefully considering colour, texture, and composition. In week three, we will use decoupage to transform plain plant pots and glass jars into decorative pieces that will look wonderful displayed at home. Week four will focus on working with felt to create fun Easter themed bunting.

Resources required:

Week 1 – assortment of coloured wool, green pipe cleaners, a fork, PVA glue, scissors

Week 2 – a selection of dried flowers or leaves, PVA glue and glue stick/brush, white air dry clay, twine or string

Week 3 - a plain plant pot or glass jar, decoupage paper / napkins, PVA glue or mod podge, brush, scissors

Week 4 – felt squares in assortment of spring colours, cotton wool balls, scissors, PVA glue, brush, twine or string

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

•    Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)
•    Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• Greater London Authority
•    North East Combined Authority
•    South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
•    Tees Valley Combined Authority
•    West Midlands Combined Authority
•    West of England Combined Authority
•    West Yorkshire Combined Authority
•    Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
•    York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
•    Hull and East Yorkshire
•    Greater Lincolnshire
•    Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority
•    Cornwall Council
•    Lancashire Combined County Authority
•    Buckinghamshire

• Warwickshire

• Surrey

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.