Solstice Mandala Making: Mindful Paper Crafting

Solstice Mandala Making: Mindful Paper Crafting

Sam invites you to join us for a morning of soft celebration, sinking into rhythms of creative repetition. This hands-on workshop lets you design your very own paper mandalas, using paper punches in all sorts of shapes and sizes and a dimensional layering technique… circles, petals, hexagons, and more! 

Mandalas are geometric patterns that represent the universe, symbolizing wholeness, and the cyclical nature of life. They also mirror the summer solar energy, as the Sun, a central core that radiates outward with the Sun’s rays. Meditating on or creating a mandala during a solstice can harness the energy of that moment, and help plug you into into Earth's natural rhythms. Mandalas mirror the solar energy that radiates outward, like rays from the Sun. Happening on Father’s Day, as a nice way to honor the bright and activating influence of the divine masculine in your life. 

As you layer paper pieces, the pattern of the mandala slowly reveals itself, like a cyclical puzzle coming together. It’s a calming, mindful activity that can be simple or intricately detailed. It can be perfectly symmetrical or a wild burst of chaotic collaged layers. 

You’ll have access to over 20 giant coffee table books to hunt for textures and colors to upcycle, as well as cardstock and foam adhesive pieces to add dimension to your designs. You’ll have glue pens, glue dots, glue sticks… tweezers, teeny scissors, and all sorts of helpful tools to make your mandala dreams come true. 

Best part? You can take home extra paper supplies so you can keep crafting those mandalas long after the workshop ends!

What to expect:

-Over 25 paper punches to create funky shapes and designs

-A library of over 20 art books to upcycle paper and cardstock galore

-Make you mandala three dimensional with foam adhesive tape

-Special glues to keep things tidy while you work your magic

-Make as many mandalas as your heart desires during the workshop, in any size up to 12”

-Take home extra paper supplies to keep crafting at home

-A super chill, sensory-filled creative experience from start to finish!

Come spend a soft summer morning creating with us!

This offering is donation-based. 

PARKING: All guests are asked to park in Guest Parking located on Davis Avenue unless they have ADA needs. Please do not park in the main courtyard as this is reserved for tenants of the Davis-Linden Building. YOUR VEHICLE COULD BE TOWED IF YOU PARK IN THE COURTYARD WITHOUT EXPLICIT PERMISSION. Please see the parking instructions here for more details: https://templeoftherebelgoddess.com/temple-location

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Temple of the Rebel Goddess

Solstice Mandala Making: Mindful Paper Crafting is taking place at Temple of the Rebel Goddess, which is located at 400 Linden Ave in Dayton. Temple of the Rebel Goddess - We are a multi-faith spiritual & community center with offerings to pursue embodiment, art, and various wisdom traditions.