Workshops

Get inspired in tailored workshops!
Doing crafts with our friends or family is fun! With your dearest and nearest everyone will get inspired about new and easy handicrafts.

We will tailor our wokshops to fit your needs or you can choose from a ready made package below. You don't have to have any experience about handcraft in advance, for it's all about having fun and trying crafts together. 
A short guided tour is included in all workshops as well as guidance in the workshop and material use. 

Workshops usually last about 1-3 hours, depending on the chosen theme. Workshops usually for about 8-25 persons at a time. We have wide range of themes that are suitable for children, bachelorette parties, birthdays and anyone interested in crafts. 

All workshops must be booked at least two weeks in advance.
Workshops max 15 persons. Materials from 1€ per person will be added to the prices.

Tue-Fri, tailored workshop between 9am-6pm, 100,00 €
Sat-Sun, tailored workshop between 11am-6pm, 145,00 €

Inquiries about workshops: www.lyyti.fi/reg/Tyopajatiedustelu_3547/en

During the year, we organize guided public workshops on various themes as part of museum events. See if there is just the one for you tapahtumakalenterista (in Finnish).  

More about prices: Charges and prices

Craft tasting

Craft tasting is well suited for larger groups, such as work crews who need a program for a recreation day. Craft tasting includes samples of crafts through exhibitions, videos and self-making. No previous craft experience is required in the workshop, as the most important thing is to have fun and work together. You can find new skills in yourself or your co-workers. The craft tasting includes a brief guided tour to the museum’s exhibitions, after which we’ll gather in the lecture hall to try doing with our hands. Gather your crew in a workshop and come work with your hands, and at the same time refresh your thoughts. Let’s try new and inspiring handicrafts, in which even the clumsiest one succeeds.

Select the content of the workshop

Embroidery bag
In the bag, you move objects from one place to another or keep unfinished craft projects. In the workshop, the bag is embroidered with a colourful canvas letter, which you can continue by embroidering according to your enthusiasm. It was previously believed that embroidering objects protected the object and its owner from the evil eye. There are two sizes of bags, small and large. 

Dream catcher
The original purpose of a dream catcher is to filter out nightmares and thoughts, letting through good dreams and thoughts. Nightmares are grabbed by the catcher’s net and flow down to the ground through the feathers. What kind of dreams would you like to see? If only they would be grabbed by a self-made dream catcher and bring you a refreshing night’s sleep as well.
   
Wire sculpture
In Finland we say, “twisting iron wire”, when we mean that the matter needs to be explained simply. Thin iron wire is flexible and can be used to draw a variety of images. The workshop uses ready-made drawings to twist the sculpture, but you can also draw the picture yourself. The bent iron wire drawing is planted on a wooden stand to decorate your desk.   

Craft tasting
Duration: 2 hours  
For who: Adults, work crews or teams, works well as part of a recreation day or vacation 
Participants: minimum of 13 persons, max 25 persons 
Price: 18 €/person on Tue-Fri. 23€/person on Sat-Sun. Minimum fee on weekdays 250€, on weekends 300€. 
Included in the price is tour in the exhibition, guide and workshop with materials. 
When: Craft tasting can be held on Tue-Fri between 9 am to 7 pm. 
Booking: https://www.lyyti.in/Tyopajat 

Group workshop

It is fun to do crafts with your own familiar group! In the group, you too can get excited about new crafts. In the workshop, you delve into working with some material or technique with a small group. The workshop includes a brief tour of the museum’s permanent exhibition, guidance in the workshop, and materials.

A tour of the atmospheric permanent exhibition opens a window into the world and life of women of the past. Young woman’s portfolio included handicrafts and skills that were showcased before marriage by making dowries. But what was all under the woman’s skirt?  

1.5 hours are set aside for hand-making. Gather your group and spend a unique birthday party or hanging out together at the museum. The group workshop is also well-suited as a start to bachelorette party, where the workshop ends with sparkling wine.  

Select the content of the workshop

Mini textile 
In the workshop, you will learn how to use the mini weave frame in many ways. In a finished warp we try the Kelim technique, where a gap is left between the colour areas. Kelim is a general textile used by nomads, using wool yarns dyed in natural colours as a warp.    
Mini textiles can be used as jewellery or doll house textiles. In the workshop you will also learn how to create a warp in which no warps yarn has to be hidden in the finished woven textile. The mini frame is a great hand tool to take with you.  

Small leather purse
Leather is a natural material that offers an alternative to the plastic problem of our time. Leather is a by-product of the meat industry, so it is ecological to utilize that part of the animal as well. We use modified cowhide in Finland. When working on a small purse, you will learn useful tanned leather processing techniques: cutting, sewing, edge polishing, shaping and dyeing. The tanned leather patinates beautifully in use even without dyeing. In the purse, you can keep for example, jewellery or wired or wireless headphones.   

Wall himmeli mobile
Finnish himmeli mobile is usually made from rye straw and is hung on the ceiling to ensure next year’s harvest. Wall mobile made of black or white plastic straws and iron wire is easy to store and keep dust-free. In a wall mobile, one can outline the head of an animal, make it as a trophy, or make geometric shapes such as diamond halves. In the workshop, you will also learn how to assemble the octahedron of a traditional mobile central unit, i.e. an eight-sided facet.  

Group workshop
Duration: 2 hours  
For who: Adults 
Participants: minimum of 8 persons, max 12 persons 
Price: 23 €/person on Tue-Fri, 28€/person on Sat-Sun. Minimum fee on weekdays 200€, on weekends 250€. 
Included in the price is tour in the exhibition, guide and workshop with materials. 
When: Group workshop can be held on Tue-Fri between 11 am to 7 pm or Sat-Sun between 11 am to 5:30 pm
Booking: www.lyyti.in/Tyopajat 

Birthday party workshop for children

Want to offer your child a memorable and personal birthday party? Celebrate in the museum!

In the Craft Museum of Finland, you can organize unique birthday parties for your child. Birthday parties are best suited for children aged 6 to 12 and the recommended group size is up to 10 people. There must be at least one adult responsible for the children at the party.

During Children's Workshop birthday party we will take a turn at the museum's exhibitions, exploring the tidbits of the exhibition and celebrate birthday with crafts. A jewellery, a player, a coat rack or some other handcraft is produced in the workshop. Children will go home with something they made with their own hands. Children's parents can visit the museum's exhibitions free of charge during the party.

Birthday parties at the Workshop are organized during the museum's opening hours Tue-Sun from 11 am to 6 pm, duration of the party is 2h.

Birthday party workshop for children
Duration: 2 hours
For who: 6-12 year old children 
Participants: max 12 children
Price: 150€ on Tue-Fri, 225€ on weekends
Included in the price is tour in the exhibition, guide and workshop with materials. 
When: Birthday party workshop can be held on Tue-Fri between 9 am to 7 pm or Sat-Sun between 11 am to 5:30 pm
Booking: https://www.lyyti.in/Pajasynttarivaraus