Hahndorf. Handmade. Handcrafted. Handpicked.
A kids and family guide to Hahndorf this September
This September, Hahndorf will celebrate their rich linage of artisan culture, over a month-long festival called Hahndorf. Handmade. Handcrafted. Handpicked with more than 250 intimate events and experiences in and around the Main Street of the historic village.
The program is filled with bespoke experiences for all ages and tastes, and we have your guide to all the family fun for you and your kiddos to enjoy!
BUILD YOUR OWN FAIRY KIT
This experience will have the fairies dancing in your garden in no time.
A take home kit with hand selected items we know the fairies will love and then some you’ve chosen yourself will ensure the kit you take home will leave you with a truly magical, one of a kind fairy garden.
This is a wonderful chance to discover the magic of fairy gardening and a chance to enjoy setting up your garden with family or friends.
No gardening experience required as the friendly fairy whispers in the store will be able to give you all the tips and tricks to ensure your garden will be set up in the best way to invite all the fairies in.
Price: $45 per kit + booking fee
For more information:
Phone: (08) 8388 7955
thefairygardenhahndorf@gmail.com
Buy tickets:
eventbrite.com.au/e/build-your-own-fairy-garden-kit-tickets
SOAP MAKING EXPERIENCE
Use your own creativity to make soap to take home.
The duration is 60 mins plus 60 mins setting time for your soap which will be hand wrapped and packaged for you to collect afterwards at our store.
Take home $50 worth of your own handmade soap.
Price: $75pp + booking fee
Buy tickets:
eventbrite.com.au/e/soap-making-experience-tickets
PERSONALISED COLLARS FOR YOUR FURRY FRIENDS
With a warming fire and friendly smiles Sebastian and the team welcome you to the Leathersmith and Bush Gallery, one of the longest trading businesses in Hahndorf.
You’ll get to make a dog collar from start to finish, cutting, sizing and embossing it, leaving with a unique personalised dog collar which will stand the test of time.
What’s included:
- Cutting a Dog collar from the raw material (vegetable tanned cow hide)
- Design and embossing with a range of specialized leathercraft tools.
- Professional instruction of equipment and procedure.
Price: $50pp + booking fee
For more information:
Phone: 08 8388 1095
hahndorf.leathersmith@gmail.com
Buy tickets:
eventbrite.com.au/e/personalised-collars-for-your-fury-friends-tickets
MONOPRINTING FOR KIDS WITH DEB TWINING
Let Deb Twining show you how to turn your drawings into these amazing multi-coloured monoprints.
It is super fun, quick and easy and you can make lots of them to take home. It is a simple printing technique that kids become obsessed with and do at home.
Price: $15pp + booking fee
For more information:
Phone: (08) 8388 7250
Email: contact@hahndorfacademy.org.au
Buy tickets:
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GINGERBREAD DIY (ICE YOUR OWN GINGERBREAD BOX)
For kids and adults alike, get creative and decorate your own gingerbread at Bean and Bikkie Co with their special icing box, which includes: 2 x 12cm gingerbread people, 1 bag of icing, assorted sprinkles and chocolate buttons.
Gingerbread DIY can happen onsite, assisted by helpful staff, whilst mum and dad can relax over coffee, cake or brunch.
If you don’t want to hang around, take the box home to enjoy with the whole family.
Mon-Sun 8am-3pm subject to table availability and seating capacity.
Price: $25pp + booking fee
For more information:
Buy tickets:
eventbrite.com.au/e/ice-your-own-gingerbread-box-tickets
HAHNDORF E-BIKE WINE & PRODUCE PEDAL
Get your adventure wheels on for this state-of-the-art e-bike tour!
Explore the Hahndorf Wine & Produce loop and visit a selection of local artisan producers including: Ambleside Distillers, Nepenthe and The Lane.
Sample each of their signature products (wine for the adults only, of course!!) and feel free to purchase your favourite items to take home, as all bikes have carry baskets.
For the month of September only, these tours will be hosted by Bike About Tours’ Jack Young – a biking legend from the Adelaide Hills! As a passionate local, with a wealth of knowledge about Hahndorf and the region you’re sure to learn a thing or two about the; wildlife, nature and of course all the delicious local produce.
Enjoy the clean Adelaide Hills country air as you peddle around the beautiful countryside surrounding Hahndorf.
The e-bikes make it all so easy to get around, so any biking level is welcome.
Thursday – Sunday at 9am & 1pm. The tours last approximately 3.5hours.
Price: $45pp + booking fee
For more information:
Phone: 08 8388 1000
Buy tickets:
eventbrite.com.au/e/hahndorf-e-bike-wine-produce-pedal-tickets
SWEET INDULGENCE
Ever dreamed about being locked inside a lolly shop?
If your answer is yes, then don’t miss the opportunity for you and up to 5 friends to have the sweet shop to yourselves.
For 20 minutes owners Deb and Steve will take you on a sweet trip around the world. Explore and taste a number of local and international favourites such as the very popular Hahndorf Sweets Fudge, South Australian made Raw Honeycomb, UFO’s, Edinburgh Castle Rock and the sourest sweet that they have found to date!
A taster bag hand-picked by Deb and Steve for your group means you’ll be able to continue the journey at home. Of course, you’ll be able to pick up a few of your favourites along the way too!
Price: $30pp + booking fee
For more information:
Phone: 08 8388 1404
Buy tickets:
eventbrite.com.au/e/sweet-indulgence-tickets
POM POM MAKING (FREE)
Come and make POM POMS at the Hahndorf Academy for our dementia awareness exhibition.
A POM POM craft table will be set up for daily POM POM making and you can also come and visit dementia awareness advocate Kirstin Egan on Thursdays 11am-12pm throughout September.
Price: Free
For more information:
Phone: 08 8388 7250
contact@hahndorfacademy.org.au
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