In this interactive children’s workshop, you transform bio-waste such as coffee grounds and casein into biodegradable “ground treasures.” You will get hands-on experience making and shaping your own flower seed bombs, using cookie cutters and a hydraulic press.

The creations are then dried in a drying oven and can be taken home at the end of the day to plant in your garden. If you don’t have a garden, you can plant them somewhere outside or give them away as a small gift.

Through a creative, hands-on process, you will learn about circularity, material use, and the impact of waste. The workshop combines sustainability with making and experimenting, and encourages environmental awareness, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

Please note: your work needs to dry in the drying oven and can be collected at the end of the day. It is helpful to bring your own container to transport your “ground treasure.”

From Waste to Wonder offers various interactive workshops in which children learn in a playful and practical way to see waste and sustainability differently. Guided through a structured process, they actively work on making recipes, shaping toys, and revaluing bio-waste as a valuable raw material. In doing so, they discover the life cycle of materials and learn to understand the impact of waste. Instead of passive learning, the focus is on doing, making, and experimenting. This stimulates creativity, problem-solving skills, and a sustainable mindset. Children become makers and innovators, proud of their creations and more connected to their environment.

Jamie van Duuren is a product designer with a passion for sustainability and social impact. She specializes in biodesign and alternative materials and explores environmentally friendly solutions through hands-on experiments. Her goal is to inspire the next generation through creativity and environmental awareness.