Winter workshops
As companies enter the closing out of another great year, it’s time to celebrate the holidays, thank one another, and wind down for the winter. Whether your firm has chosen to mark the end of the calendar year with a holiday party, feierabend, or other, it’s clear that these activities are also prime opportunities for team building. This year, Plantclub held a series of workshops centering team building activities, including a winter workshop that brought employees (a la Plantclub) closer to nature.
Workshops. There is no downside to a workshop. It brings coworkers together in fun, creative, and playful environments and stimulates conversation across teams in a company. Employees get to relax and exercise their creativity and employers get to express their gratitude, it’s a win-win. It all falls under employee benefits which as we’ve discussed before is integral to any successful enterprise.
Following the success of our previous workshops, we’ve kept the ball rolling with a winter-themed workshop, offered to our Rainforest members as a membership perk, that taught participants how to create their own DIY Christmas wreath.
The workshop gave participants a fun and relaxed break from the work-day.
How to make a wreath
Decorative holiday wreaths offer an assortment of different ways to be styled such as hanging on doors or laying as a table setting with a candle in the middle.
In our wreath making workshops, participants got to take a relaxing and fun break from work while building and styling their own natural wreaths. A straw wreath and pine greenery were used as a base for participants to work from. Although the same materials were offered to all participants, no two wreaths turned out alike. Some even brought in the extra creative steps of using their own materials.
Follow along to our workshop instructions below to make your very own holiday wreath:
1. Create Bunches. Start off with bunching organic materials like pine, eucalyptus and berry cuttings together and securing at the base with string or wire.
2. Secure to wreath. Once bunches of greenery are made, tie them onto the wreath-base with wire.
3. Repeat the process. Continue by creating new bunches and securing them in front of previous ones. This step is to be repeated until a complete circle is made.
4. Decorate. After the wreath is secured all around, add your own flair with decorations like baubles, dried fruit, and stars.
The final product
Employees showed their creativity and individuality through the process of the workshop, incorporated their own personalities to create unique wreaths all around, and got to take home a lovely new natural centerpiece full of memories. This is one example of the wonderful products of team building exercises. Even through the simple work perk of offering DIY workshops, employee morale is improved, bonds of trust are made, and employers get to celebrate their team in a fun way.
With the success of Plantclub’s first workshops and 2023 just on the horizon, we’re looking ahead to a new year full of bringing you the best opportunities for employee benefits and having a little more nature in everyday life. So stick around, there’s always more to come.
Interested in a plant-themed workshop for your team? Contact us to book your seasonal workshop.
The possibilities for decorating your wreath are endless!
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