Get Crafty at Hart House

A sneak peek of our Shibori Tie Dye workshop! We’ll be providing bandanas to dye in the Hart House Quad this Thursday, from 11am to 1pm.

For the first Get Crafty of the 2024-2025 academic year, we will be running a button-making craft station with the Hart House Ambassadors. We will be in the Hart House Quad on September 12th, 11AM - 3PM to celebrate the new Fall opening of Xplore Hart House.

We’re so excited for our acrylic painting special event this Saturday! 🎨🖌️

Join us on Saturday, February 25th from 4-6pm in the Music Room at Hart House to create your own acrylic painting. Please register for this event using the link in our bio. All materials will be provided free of charge.

Hart House Get Crafty Presents… Get Crafty Saturdays!!

Join us for these three special weekend events this semester!

• Acrylic painting on Saturday, February 25th from 4-6pm in the Music Room at Hart House.
• Knitting and crochet on Saturday, March 18th from 4-6pm in the Bickersteth Room at Hart House.
• Creating your own Zoetrope on Saturday, April 1st from 4-6pm in the Debates Room at Hart House.

Please register for each of these events using the link in our bio. Each event is free for students. We’re so excited to see you there!

Introducing…Get Crafty Saturdays!!!

The Hart House Get Crafty team will be hosting three Saturday tutorials over this semester! Our first tutorial is acrylic painting using canvas on Saturday, February 25th in the Music Room at Hart House. We are so excited for you to join us at this event! Please sign up using the registration link in our bio.

This week Get Crafty will be collaborating with to decorate cookies for Valentine’s Day! Join us in the Reading Room at Hart House tomorrow, Thursday February 16th from 11am-1pm.

Feeling overwhelmed with exams coming up? Let’s make some essential oils in roller ball bottles to de-stress before exams! Make your own signature essential oil scent to take with you anywhere with these awesome roller ball bottles. Bring your friends this Thursday, December 1st for the last Get Crafty tutorial of 2022!

Taking a relaxing bath is an awesome way to escape from the cold weather and de-stress before exam season!

Join us on Thursday, November 24th from 11am-1pm in the Reading Room at Hart House to make lotion bars and bath bombs for yourself or for a gift! 🫧🧼🛁

This event is drop in and all materials will be provided.

This Thursday Hart House Get Crafty and the Art Committee will be collaborating on this week’s tutorial! Join our team along with the amazing Hart House Art Committee group in making DIY gift bags and tags for the holidays, birthdays, and any other special occasion! 🛍🎁🏷

This event is drop in on Thursday, November 17th from 11am-1pm in the Hart House Reading Room. All materials are provided.

Enjoying reading week so far? 📚

Join us this week on Thursday, November 10th to make watercolour bookmarks or any watercolour art you have in mind!

This event is drop in from 11am-1pm and all materials will be provided free of charge.

This Thursday we’ll be making friendship bracelets! 🧵

Join us in the Hart House Reading Room from 11am-1pm on Thursday, November 3rd. This event is drop in and all materials will be provided.

Who’s excited for Halloween?! 🎃👻

Do you have your costume picked out yet? Let’s make Halloween headbands for a simple and festive costume! Using headbands we will create easy to wear cat ears, witches’ hats, or any spooky addition to your Halloween costume!

Join us on Thursday, October 27th at Hart House in the Reading Room from 11am-1pm.

Get Crafty and will be teaching a Cempasuchil Marigold paper flower making workshop! Join us on Wednesday, October 26th from 11:30am-1:30pm in the Map Room at Hart House to make your own handcrafted paper marigolds!

This event is drop in and all materials will be provided.

Next week is Indigenous Education Week!
Join Hart House, First Nations House, and Dia De Los Mu***os Collective for a week of exciting events!
Read the post above and check out the Hart House website for a more detailed description of each event.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of those class readings? Let’s make watercolour bookmarks! Join us in the Hart House Reading Room on Thursday, October 20th from 11am-1pm. Stop by on Thursday and make an awesome bookmark to help with school readings or just some fun weekend reading!

This event is drop in, there is no registration required. All materials will be provided.

Hart House Get Crafty and Día de los Mu***os Collective]] will be teaching our Get Crafty activity tomorrow in the Reading Room at Hart House. You will learn how to make your own papel picado to add to the ofrenda that Día de los Mu***os Collective]] has made here at Hart House! Join us for this fun activity to celebrate Día De Los Mu***os (Day of the Dead). This event is drop in from 11am-3pm tomorrow (Thursday, October 13th).

The image above was created by the Día de los Mu***os Collective]] team!

Let’s tie dye! Join us outside in the quad at Hart House on Thursday, October 6th from 11am-1pm to tie-dye some handkerchiefs. All materials will be provided. This event is drop in and open to all students. Bring your friends for a fun afternoon of Indigo tie-dye!

Join us on Thursday, September 29th in the Hart House Reading Room from 11am-1pm. This session is drop in and there is no registration required. We will be following along a video by guest artist, Jenny Blackbird who will teach us to make beautiful beaded orange shirts for Orange Shirt Day. See you on Thursday!

Join us on Thursday, September 29th in the Hart House Reading Room drop in from 11am-1pm. We will be following along a video from guest artist, Jenny Blackbird to make beautiful beaded orange shirts for Orange Shirt Day. See you on Thursday!

Get Crafty and Drop-in and De-stress invite you to join us at our button making station as part of Xplore Hart House! You’ll have the chance to make awesome DIY buttons using magazines, collage, glitter, your own drawing, and more!

Button making machines and button supplies will be provided for free. No prior experience is required.

Join us for Xplore Hart House on Thursday, September 22nd 11am-3:30pm at the Hart House Quad.

Welcome back to Get Crafty! We are so excited for a great year of craft tutorials! Join us this Thursday, September 15th at Hart House in the Reading Room from 11am-1pm to make DIY journals! Remember to bring your friends and journal ideas!

Welcome back to Get Crafty! Check out our weekly schedule for posts and in person tutorials this year! Every Tuesday we will be posting a Tasty Tuesday cooking reel on Instagram for easy cooking tutorials at home. Join us in person every Thursday from 11am-1pm at Hart House in the Reading Room for a craft tutorial beginning on Thursday, September 15th! Check back on Instagram every Friday this year for a creative at home craft tutorial Instagram reel. We are so excited for this year! Let’s Get Crafty!

Come to our first IN PERSON EVENT in 2 years!

📍Join us in the HART HOUSE READING ROOM on the main floor of Hart House THIS THURSDAY from 11am-1pm (drop in)! Registration is not required.

Painting terracotta pots and planting seeds which you will be able to take home with you! 🪴
Materials will be provided free of charge.

Also, feel free to stop by the East Common Room on the first floor of Hart House on the same day to check out the plant sale! 🪴

Bring your friends and be ready to make new ones! We are excited to see you there!

Don’t forget your UCheck. For those who are not University of Toronto students, please complete the visitor self-assessment before arriving to campus. Masks must be worn throughout the duration of the event.

Come to our first IN PERSON EVENT in 2 years!
📍Join us in the HART HOUSE READING ROOM on the main floor of Hart House on Thursday, March 31st from 11am-1pm (drop in)! Registration is not required.

Painting terracotta pots and planting seeds which you will be able to take home with you! 🪴
Materials will be provided free of charge.

Also, feel free to stop by the East Common Room on the first floor of Hart House on the same day to check out the plant sale! 🪴

Bring your friends and be ready to meet new ones! We are excited to see you there!

Comment below your music recommendations for our playlist to listen to during the event! 🎶

• Please complete your Ucheck before arriving
• Masks must be worn throughout the duration of the event

Banana Bananas Week! 🍌

Join us on Instagram today, Thursday, and Friday for banana themed craft videos and tutorials! 🍌

Watercolour painting is a great way to get in touch with your emotions and to ground yourself amid a hectic school and work week.

Join us on IG Live this Thursday February 17th from 3PM - 4PM to practice your watercolour skills!

Materials
- Watercolour Paint
- Watercolour Paper (or any paper you have on hand)
- Paint Brushes
- Tape
- Water

Over at Get Crafty, we're gearing up for another sewing tutorial! Join us on IG Live this Thursday, February 3 at 3PM - 4PM to learn how to make your own hand-sewn scrunchies!

Materials
- Fabric
- Hair Tie
- Sewing Needle
- Sewing Thread
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Bottle (this will help during the sewing process)

Join us tomorrow on IG live with to make a DIY microwaveable heating pad! 🪡🧵

Materials:
• Fabric
• Needle and thread
• Uncooked rice or lentils

Get Crafty is wishing you all a fantastic semester and an epic giveaway contest!🎉

It’s easy just follow these two steps:
• Follow our Instagram account and tell your friends
• Complete the short form, “Get Crafty Giveaway Contest” linked in our bio

Prizes include:
• Acrylic pen set
• Watercolour kit
• Embroidery kit

Rules and conditions apply. Details found in the contest form.*

Our watercolour series is back for the new year! Join us on IG Live on Thursday January 20th at 3 pm- 4pm to learn how to make your own Watercolour Letter art!

Materials
- Watercolour paints
- Watercolour paper
- Paintbrushes
- Water containers
- Frisket or white crayon
- Paper towel or Kleenex