Workshop #4, Term 4, 2023 The library recently weeded a box of texts that had seen better days, and instead of them becoming landfill, the CRE8 Lab students upcycled them into beautiful folded book art. These book angels are a simple and relaxing craft, and the results are stunning. Even better, they can do double…
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CRE8 Lab: Magazine Bowls
Workshop #1, Term 4, 2023 Cre8 Lab Workshops are off to a great start this term with students creating bowls from magazine pages. This was a great introduction to upcycling, and the students were amazed with how sturdy a thin strip of paper can become! They folded, glued, coiled and then ever-so-slowly shaped their bowls…
Cre8 Lab Workshop #1 Mechanical Insects
Term 4, 2022 Cre8 Lab has a brand-new home in our refurbished Potter Library! The Technology Workshop is a dedicated space for our older students to design and create in, and to kick off our Term 4 workshops, we reflected this theme. The students upcycled old computer parts and electrical components into some truly unique…
Cre8 Lab Workshops Term 4, 2022
Commencing in Week 3, Term 4 – In the new Technology Workshop! Check out the short video below to see what we have coming up in Cre8 Lab next term! Sign on sheets will be available from week 1 at the Level 1 counter in the library.
Make-Up Caddy
Our first Cre8 Lab tutorial is a Make-up Caddy, made out of toilet rolls and a shoebox lid. Watch the tutorial below and follow the step by step process of creating a make-up caddy for you or for someone special. Most of the items you will need will be things that you will already have…
Flower Art
Create a Flower Art wall hanging for your bedroom wall using things that you can find in your garden, and bits and pieces from home. Follow the steps pointed out in this short presentation. Please send us pictures of your masterpiece so we can upload them to this page, or on our library instagram account….
Kitty planters
Week 5 20th February 2018 The students in the McAuley Makerspace are now onto their 3 project for the year. They are making Kitty Planters out of recycled 2 litre milk Bottles. Both the top and the bottom of the milk bottle is used, creating a self watering pot for a small plant. Here are…
Computer Bugs
Prototypes A couple of the prototypes ready for the Computer Bug activities in the McAuley MakerSpace next term. The students will be using discarded computer parts, wire and watch parts/cogs to create a wonderful fantasy bug. From This To This