Leather & Tarpaulin Upcycling Workshop – Make your own eco-friendly items

Description

Treat your teams to an eco-friendly and creative activity: an upcycling workshop where each participant makes their own item from leather offcuts from French tanneries or recycled advertising banners. Trinket trays, key rings, wallets, glasses cases… everyone leaves with a unique accessory, made with their own hands.

Ideal for CSR team-building, a corporate evening, a trade fair or a pop-up shop, this workshop showcases your commitment to the circular economy. It can even give a new lease of life to your company’s kakemonos, banners and backdrops!

How it works: from waste to finished item in 5 steps

1. Selecting the leather or tarpaulins

It all starts with the material: leather offcuts from French tanneries, sorted specifically for the workshop, or your company’s tarpaulins (backdrops, kakemonos and banners that are no longer in use), collected from your premises. A varied colour palette and original textures for your creations.

2. Choosing the pattern

Participants choose the pattern for the item they are going to make. One pattern, one item.

3. Cutting with the press

Everyone cuts out the material themselves using the press, following the chosen pattern. A simple process, accessible to all.

4. Finishing and fastening

Participants finish their piece by hand, then choose their clasp: silver-plated, gold-plated or bronze-plated.

5. Personalisation

A final touch to make the piece unique, using a heated stamp (on leather only).

Items to make

• Trinket tray
• Spectacle case
• Leather or tarpaulin wallet
• Cable holder
• Bracelet
• Leather or tarpaulin key ring, cat-shaped key ring
• Luggage tag

Promotional formats

Large-scale

Ideal for your large-scale events (over 100 people for 4 hours): 2 entertainers, buffet and decorations, a choice of 3 designs, large die-cutting press. Approximately 30 seconds per item.

Medium format

The same concept with one host: buffet and decorations, a choice of two designs, large die-cut press. Approximately 2 minutes per item, up to 100 people over 4 hours.

Small format

Compact format without a buffet, ideal for an activation at a trade fair, pop-up shop, festival or boutique: one facilitator, one design of your choice. Approximately 2 minutes per item, up to 100 people over 4 hours.

Options and customisation

• Use of your own advertising hoardings, kakemonos or banners
• Customisation of items (please allow an additional 1 to 2 weeks’ notice)
• Choice of clasp: silver, gold or bronze

Why choose this upcycling workshop for your team-building event or corporate evening?

• A hands-on CSR activity: your teams transform waste into useful and sustainable items.
• Suitable for everyone: simple steps, no special skills required.
• A practical keepsake: each participant takes home the item they’ve made.
• Flexible: three formats tailored to your event, from trade fair activities to large-scale evening events.

General information

• Duration: formats designed for a 4-hour session
• Capacity: up to 100 people over 4 hours for small or medium-sized formats; larger numbers for the large format
• Venue: at your premises or your event venue, anywhere in France
• Notice period: ideally 1 to 3 weeks