Creative Reuse Classes
Magpie Creative Reuse Collective offers classes and events focused on inspiring reuse. We teach skills, and encourage creative thinking, to transform materials through reuse, upcycling, downcycling, recycling and repair.
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Upcoming Classes
Spring at MCPL – Junk Bots
Make your own unique junk-bot using recycled materials. We’ll use hand tools and hot glue guns to transform bits of leftover wood, metal, and plastic into something creative. How will you make screws, nuts, corks, and wires into a quirky little friend? Please register participating children only. Free!
Time: Multiple Days – Starting March 3
Spring at MCPL – Beginner Crochet
Learn the basic chain stitch used in crochet. We’ll use the chain stitch with yarn and beads to make a colorful necklace or wrap bracelets. Free!
Time: Multiple Days – Starting March 12
Spring at MCPL – Mini Flower Press
Whether you’re a naturalist, a scrapbooker, or just want to preserve memories, a flower press is great for preserving your favorite blooms. Join the Magpie Creative Reuse Collective to create and decorate your own mini flower press. Free!
Time: Multiple Days – Starting April 18
2/8 Stuffie Repair Clinic
Do you have a stuffed animal who needs a little love? Bring your stuffies to the clinic for some TLC! Volunteers will do minor mends to keep those little buddies in good condition. A Re.Use.Full partnership event! Bring used toys for Re.Use.Full’s Toy Lending Library.
Time: 1-4pm
2/14 Valentine Exchange
Spread a little love. Bring 1 -5 handmade valentine’s made from things you already have. Swap with other makers! Free to participate: Tell us your coming.
Time: 10 – 11am
2/21 Craftivism: Intro to Stencils
Explore stencil-making as a tool for craftivism, communication, and collective storytelling with artist Rainey King and Magpie Director of Programs, Keli Campbell.
Time: 10am – 12pm
2/21 KC Creative Club
Bring your own craft to work on in community with others. Free!
Time: 1 – 4pm
2/22 Mending Circle – Heather Anacker
Bring your own mending projects for an open mending meetup. Space and time to care for your things. No instruction provided.
Time: 1 – 4 pm
2/28 Wishkeepers – Aimee Hagedorn
Transform found fabrics into a vessel that holds wishes, intentions, or memories to be worn close to a person’s heart. Led by textile artist, Aimee Hagedorn.
Time: 2 – 4:30pm
3/8 Mending with Heather
Learn to mend your clothes! Join sewist Heather Anacker to practice the basics of mending.
Time: 1 – 4pm
3/29 Intro to Junk Journals
Join artist Gina Johnson from @stellarjstudios for an introduction into the wonderful world of junk journals. Each participant will create a one-of-a-kind junk journal using repurposed materials. The journal will be a single signature with a no-stitch ribbon binding method.
Time: 10am – 1pm
4/19 Paper Clay Sculpting
Join artist Syd Kindberg for an exploration in creating with discarded paper materials. Learn the basics of papier-mâché, including recipes, techniques for building solid forms, and tips for painting on paper clay.
Time: 1 – 4pm
5/3 ¡Vamos al mundial! Teje una donita para el cabello.
¡Kansas City se está preparando para festejar el mundial este verano! ¿Estas listo(a) para representar a tu equipo? Alza tu bandera en esta clase de crochet, donde aprenderás a tejer una donita para el cabello (scrunchie) con los colores de tu equipo.
Time: 10am – 12pm
Events Calendar
2/8 Stuffie Repair Clinic
1-4pm
3331 Roanoke Rd. KCMO 64111
2/14 Valentine Exchange
10-11am
3331 Roanoke Rd. KCMO 64111
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Store Hours & Donation Drop Off Hours
Fridays: 10am – 5pm
Saturdays: 10am – 5pm
Sundays: 10am – 5pm
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