Sustainable workshops

Making a gel lantern candle using lost flowers

We will make "gel lantern candles" that can be lit over and over again by putting lost flowers in a glass candle case. We will dry flowers that would have been discarded and prepare them for you.
*Reservations will be given priority, but you can also participate without a reservation.
*Children in third grade or above may participate alone.

Date and Time

2025/5/10 (Sat), 6/1 (Sun)
11: 00-16: 00 (15:30 reception closed)

Place

Fir Tree Square (next to Tombo no Yu)

Entry fee

4,000JPY

Required Time

60 minutes

lecturer

Forest Fairy Candle Karuizawa

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Let's make needlework "Meadowland Animals" using wool felt

Experience making small items with motifs from nature around us. Poke a lump of wool felt with a needle to create a palm-sized animal. Once you have finished the shape you like, thread it on a hanging string to finish it.

Date and Time

2025/5/11 (Sun)
11: 00-16: 00 (15:30 reception closed)

Place

Fir Tree Square (next to Tombo no Yu)

Participation fee

2,000JPY

Required Time

60 minutes

lecturer

Dadindin (Azumi Tanaka)

Create patterns on handkerchiefs and bags using "Leaf and Paper Prints"

Using leaves of various sizes collected in the Hoshino area and paper stencils with bird and star motifs made from recycled paper, participants can choose either a handkerchief or a bag, lay out their favorite pattern, and finish it off with a print.

Date and Time

2025/5/17 (Sat)
10: 00-16: 00 (15:00 reception closed)

Place

Fir Tree Square (next to Tombo no Yu)

Participation fee

We will inform you as soon as it is decided.

Required Time

60 minutes

lecturer

solo solo

Experience sustainability by making beeswax wraps

A workshop on "beeswax wraps" by Honey Plant, which has a beekeeping farm in Karuizawa. Using beeswax, a natural gift produced by honeybees, participants will create environmentally friendly, sustainable wraps that are safe to use.

Date and Time

2025/5/18 (Sun)
11: 00-16: 00 (15:30 reception closed)

Place

Fir Tree Square (next to Tombo no Yu)

Participation fee

We will inform you as soon as it is decided.

Required Time

60 minutes

lecturer

Honey Plant

Workshop to make "angel ornaments" using wild plants and yarn

This is a workshop where you can make angel ornaments by pasting flowers collected from the fields and mountains of Shinshu as patterns on clothes and wrapping leftover yarn around them. You can also express the wings and hair with leaves. There are no difficult steps, so anyone can participate.

Date and Time

2025/5/31 (Sat)
11: 00-16: 00 (15:30 reception closed)

Place

Fir Tree Square (next to Tombo no Yu)

Participation fee

1,000JPY

Required Time

30 minutes

lecturer

Flicka