We offer a range of craft workshops for adults all year round. During school holidays we run sessions in line with the season to help keep younger ones (4 years plus) busy and creative when off school! Please see below for the different workshops we offer.
*School Holiday Kids' Craft Workshops - with owner Katriona or our Crafty-Karen: BOOK NOW - see below for dates / info.
*Monthly Needle Felt Workshops - with Katriona - see below the Kids' Workshop info: 
*Bespoke Group Bookings: Needle Felt and Wet Felt - with Katriona - scroll to the bottom for details!
WOW!!! We have a HUGE programme of activities this summer to keep the kids busy (and save them making muddles at home!).
Craft-only workshops (£9.50) will last for around 45min, starting at 9:45.
Craft and animal experiences (£14.50) will last over an hour (adult to remain with children, max two under 11s per adult, 11-15 max three per adult). CLOSED-TOE shoes required, coats for wet-days.
Alpaca 2D Suncuncatchers: Tue 30 July
Of course we'd choose an alpaca! Use our 'stained glass paint pens' to colour your alpaca in any way you like! Then add it to a decorated mini-hoop and dangle some sparkly beads to catch the sunshine (we hope there'll be some this summer!).
Biscuit Decorating & Animal Feeding: Wed 31 July
Choose sprinkes and icing for your alpaca biscuits - they're a big favourite with customers of all ages - will any get gifted to parents, though? We'll also take you out to feed our alpacas (not biscuits, they aren't good for them).
2D Ceramic Alpaca Decorating: Thu 1 August
If you're in to craft, and in to alpacas, you're in the right place! Perhaps you'll take inspiration from our boys outside to colour your ceramic alpaca? Maybe hang it in your room? If you're a speed-crafter we will have some other dried-clay hanging decorations to paint with our deco and acrylic paint pens, perfect to gift for a summer birthday, or hang up to remind you of fun at Wolfridge Alpaca!
Pebble Photo Holder & Animal Feeding: Fri 2 August
Decorate a pebble with our deco and acrylic paint pens, then style your wire with twists, or beads - all ready to display your fantastic photo-memory! We'll take you out to meet and feed our alpacas, and print a photo of you to take away - perhaps keep for yourself, of gift to a loved one?
Ceramic Alpaca Moneybox Decorating: Tue 6 August
Keep your pocketmoney safe (you don't want to take it out and actually spend it, do you?!) - in one of our fun little squat alpaca moneyboxes. Use our deco and acrylic pens for your own unique design.
Mini 'Edible' Poo Bucket Decorating & Animal Feeding: Wed 7 August
We love poo-picking out in the fields! Well..... not really, but we'd love it if it were chocolate and fruit!!! We've found some cute little poo-pails for you to decorate, use our deco and acrylic paint pens, stickers and your imagination! We'll source some 'edible paca-poo' for you to fill it with, and then you can trick your adults in to thinking you're eating some alpaca poo you collected when you came out to meet the alpacas with the farmers at Wolfridge Alpaca!
Alpaca Charm and Bead Bracelets / Keyrings: Thu 8 August
Get creative and make some personalised, unique jewellery / keychains to gift - or keep for yourself! We even have some cute little alpaca charms (of course)!
Lolly-Stick Photo Frame & Animal Feeding: Fri 9 August
Book in fast, because this one's always a sell-out! Decorate a wooden lolly-stick frame with pens, stickers and yarn of your choice. We'll take and print a photo of you out with our alpacas during the feeding experience, so you can clip in your marvellous memory of the day!
Fabric Bag Decorating: Tue 20 August
We'll provide a range of fabric pen colours for you to go to town with. There's a huge range of stencils, or go free-hand. This cute little bag will be a great holiday accessory to keep your precious toys, feathers, pebbles and 'treasures' in this summer.
Sparkling Suncatchers: Thu 22 August
We adore the sparkles coming from the big cut 'crystals' and just have to make some sparkly suncatchers with you! Choose colours of beads and thread/ribbon/pipecleaners to make your own unique window-hanging to keep or gift.
2D Ceramic Alpaca Decorating: Tue 27 August
If you're in to craft, and in to alpacas, you're in the right place! Perhaps you'll take inspiration from our boys outside to colour your ceramic alpaca? Maybe hang it in your room? If you're a speed-crafter we will have some other dried-clay hanging decorations to paint with our deco and acrylic paint pens, perfect to gift for a summer birthday, or hang up to remind you of fun at Wolfridge Alpaca!
Mini-Pizza Making & Animal Feeding: Wed 28 August
We love making our own pizzas, and we love feeding alpacas - so why not join us? We'll have a range of toppings to choose from, and while we're out feeding the alpacas, our awesome kitchen crew will cook your pizzas ready to devour (after you've washed your hands, of course!).
Alpacas & Maracas - Craft & Animal Feeding: Fri 30 August
Parent-approved (ie not too noisy!) mini maracas are super cute to decorate using our deco and acrylic paint pens. You'll also have to chance to go out and meet and feed our alpacas - they don't really approve of noisy maracas, so maybe we'll leave those inside?
Make a needle felted ornament / item in our monthly workshops! Suitable for all, including beginners. All materials provided. Ideal to pair with a Cake Tapas, or one of our delicious lunch options!
Our craft-coordinator and in-house felter Katriona (owner and back-up farmer) has been felting for five years, worked in education for over twenty years, and been a passionate crafter for many, many more!
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- Highland Coos: Friday 23rd Aug
- Toadstools: Friday 6th Sep
- Pumpkins and 'Grump'kins: Friday 4th Oct
Make your unique needle felted items with us in each of these fun, friendly two-hour workshops.
Email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk for further information and click below to book!
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Create a delightful seated highland cow, and choose from fibre shorn from the Wolfridge Herd to add it's coat! Perfect to gift to your coo-loving friend (we all have at least one, right?!).
Email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk for further information and click below to book!
Everyone loves a fun little toadstool! Cute addition to your autumn wreath or display. Suitable for new and more experienced felters alike (age 13+). Materials and tuition provided for you to make your very own toadstool to take home.
Email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk for further information and click below to book!
These would be such a cute addition to your autumn wreath or display. Either make a clutch of little pumpkins, or spend time adding facial features to one or two 'centrepiece' mini 'grump'kins!
Suitable for new and more experienced felters alike (age 13+). Materials and tuition provided for you to make your very own toadstool to take home.
Email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk for further information and click below to book!
- Coming soon -
November: Robins
Dec: Reindeer Baubles AND Penguins!
Two Hour workshops:
Needle Felt Gnome Ornament
Gnomes / Gonks are popular all year round. Customise yours with a choice of colours and styles of body / hat. Add hair / beards using fibre from your choice of fibre, including some shorn from the Wolfridge Alpaca herd. The workshop is 2 hours in duration and is suitable for ages 12 and over.
Please get in touch or email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk to arrange a date and time for your group workshop!
Alpaca Alpaca Ornament
Create your own 3D alpaca using alpaca fibre! A cushing (sitting) alpaca will be covered in the natural alpaca fibre of your choice, and you will sculpt ears and add facial features for a cute cartoony, or more lifelike alpaca to suit you. Will you take home a mini-Mayhem, or handsome Hercules? This workshop is 2 hours in duration and is suitable for ages 12 and over.
Please get in touch or email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk to arrange a date and time for your group workshop!
Needle Felt Highland CowMake a seated Highland Cow, using your choice of fibre for the lustrous coat. Our alpacas provide a great range of natural colours. A variety of techniques will be demonstrated, providing you with the skills to make an adorable 'coo' of your own to take home. This is a two hour workshop.
Please get in touch or email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk to arrange a date and time for your group workshop!
One Hour Workshops:
Accessory Embellishment
Select your accessory: a zip top bag, tablet slip, pencil case, shopping bag or laptop case. Create your design using either cut-out felt shapes or have a go at needle felting a 2-D design: a flower, animal, your initial, or even an alpaca – perhaps you can recreate your favourite from the Wolfridge Alpaca herd?! The workshop is 1 hour in duration, and is suitable for sticking shapes for 5 and over. If you wish to needle felt, it is suitable for ages 11 and over.
Please get in touch or email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk to arrange a date and time for your group workshop!
Needle Felted Bee
Make your own needle felted "Queen" bee, complete with a tiny crown! Created entirely from wool using specialist barbed needles, create a happy 3D bee of your very own to take home. These bees are fun way of introducing yourself to the world of needle felting. And of course reminding everyone how important bees are! The workshop is 1 hour in duration and suitable for ages 11 and over.
Please get in touch or email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk to arrange a date and time for your group workshop!
Wet Felted Book Worms / Pen Covers
Create wet felted bookworms or pen covers in our 1 hour workshop. You will have fun selecting fibre and seeing the magic of the wet felting process as the loose ‘fluff’ gradually rolls in to your worm-like creation! This workshop is up to one hour in duration and is suitable for ages 3 and over (younger participants will need some assistance).
Please get in touch or email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk to arrange a date and time for your group workshop!
Wet Felted Soap
A wet felted soap is a fantastic way to use soap more economically and provide mild exfoliation! As you use it the fibre shrinks along with the soap, allowing you to use every last bit of the bar, leaving you with a felted, gently exfoliating ‘scrubbie’. In this session you will select your choice of fibre – and alpaca is a fantastic option. Suitable for beginners, including children (younger participants will need some assistance). Each bar will take up to 45 min to create, however the more energetic crafter can make one in around 20 minutes. This workshop will be up to one hour in duration and is suitable for ages 5 and over.
Please get in touch or email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk to arrange a date and time for your group workshop!
Alpaca Fibre Pom Poms
Bag charms, keychains, bobbles for hats and scarves are all fashionable and fun accessories - even better when made by you with your choice of size, fibre and colour. You may have fallen for an alpaca from the Wolfridge herd and now you can make a pom pom to match them! Our Pom Poms have a luxurious look which is more fur-like than traditional pom poms made from knitting yarn as it is using the super soft fibre in its unspun form. Suitable for ages 5 and over (younger crafters will require some assistance).
Please get in touch or email craft@wolfrdigealpaca.co.uk to arrange a date and time for your group workshop!
Felt Ball Bracelet / Garland / Keychain
During this needle felt session you will see the super-speedy method of making small felted spheres using the fibre of your choice. Watch your felted spheres take and hold the shape as you stab to sculpt them! With a little practice, you may be able to form each ball in as little as 5 minutes, then string them to make a fun garland for your house, a fun keychain, or even a chunky-bead effect bracelet. We have a range of our own herd's natural fibre if you are looking a gorgeous tonal alpaca creation of your own to treasure. This workshop is one hour in duration and is suitable for ages 11 and over.
Please get in touch or email craft@wolfridgealpaca.co.uk to arrange a date and time for your group workshop!
Fancy something else? Contact us for potential workshops - see below for some inspiration:
Craft Workshop Terms and Conditions:
Bookings cannot be re-arranged or refunded less than 48 hours before the booking date/time.
Cancellations will incur a £1 charge per person up to £19.99 and £2 per person over £20.
If the venue cancels you will receive a rebooking or a full refund, as per customer preference.
Animal and craft experiences are subject to weather - the craft will still take place in the unlikely event that it is too inclement to proceed with the animal meeting / feeding experience. (NB the feeding experience is not usually part of our craft workshops - but a specified event, e.g. some of the school holiday activities)
Needle felting and other craft activities use sharp, hot or other potentially hazardous implements. Participants take part at their own risk.
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