The Make N’ Take Room will be in use for private parties during this entire time window! Please plan your visit or reservation inquiry accordingly.

Join us for a free community party, Daytime Mardi Gras, at The Scrap Exchange on Sunday, March 2nd, from 1-5pm, rain or shine!

Enjoy live music from the Bulltown Strutters brass band, playing your New Orleans favorites, and join in the second line parades with shoe-box floats for kids (and adults too!).

Food trucks and drinks, including beer, will be available.

Kids can make and take their own shoe-box floats, and adults can get creative at the crafting and costuming booths - bling up for Mardi Gras night!

Come as you are, or form a Krewe with friends, family, or coworkers, pick a theme, and dress up!

Catch Mongo getting their Make N' Take on down at the @durhamcentralpark Food Truck Rodeo this Sunday Feb. 23rd from 12-4! 🤠

Get the kiddos out of the house, grab some snacks, and make a craft with us. It's going to be a beautiful day! See you there!

Join us for an enchanting afternoon of Halloween magic at Morrisville Boo Bash! Bring your little goblins, ghosts, and superheroes for an afternoon filled with laughter, treats, and spooky surprises. We will have candy stations, a costume parade, a Halloween themed Scrap Exchange, photo booths, face painting, and much more!

Join all of us at Boxyard for an afternoon and evening of Halloween fun! We’ll have trick-or-treating throughout Boxyard, Drag Story Hour, a costume contest, a Monster Mash Dance Party with DJ John J, and a magician, and so much more! For the Monster Managers (aka Adults), RTP Uncorked and Lagoon will have Halloween drink specials just for you.

When you arrive, be sure to stop by the Info Table to get your Boxyard Trick-or-Treat Bingo Card. When you complete the whole card, kids will receive a special Boxyard prize!

The Eno River Association is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1966 with a mission to protect the natural, cultural and historic resources of the Eno River basin in northern Durham and Orange counties.

The Association has protected over 7,400 acres of natural and working lands and has helped create six local, state, and regional nature parks, including Eno River State Park, Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, West Point on the Eno City Park, Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve, the Confluence Natural Area, and Little River Regional Park. The Association continues to acquire land and secure easements, as well as provide stewardship, education programs, original research, and publications.

The Association’s largest annual outreach event is the Festival for the Eno – which has drawn tens of thousands of folks to the shaded banks of the Eno River each Independence Day weekend since 1980 with an eclectic, raucous, and immersive offering of performances, demonstrations, activities, and workshops celebrating the people and places of the Eno River.

The Eno River Association is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1966 with a mission to protect the natural, cultural and historic resources of the Eno River basin in northern Durham and Orange counties.

The Association has protected over 7,400 acres of natural and working lands and has helped create six local, state, and regional nature parks, including Eno River State Park, Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, West Point on the Eno City Park, Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve, the Confluence Natural Area, and Little River Regional Park. The Association continues to acquire land and secure easements, as well as provide stewardship, education programs, original research, and publications.

The Association’s largest annual outreach event is the Festival for the Eno – which has drawn tens of thousands of folks to the shaded banks of the Eno River each Independence Day weekend since 1980 with an eclectic, raucous, and immersive offering of performances, demonstrations, activities, and workshops celebrating the people and places of the Eno River.

The Children’s Saturday Matinee series presents one-hour performances specially curated to ignite and inspire children’s imaginations. The Scrap will be at the FREE Kids’ Party that follows each matinee at the Landing of the Bryan Center, complete with live music, face painting, and more.

Children's Festival features lots of fun and educational activities that encourage learning and trying new things during the summer. Activities include bubble play area, bubble bumper balls, inflatables, caricatures, backyard bass, giant building blocks, sensory tent, Scrap Exchange Make-n-Take program, magic shows, fitness classes, and more!

Who can make the most impressive PUPPET or CHARACTER with Reuse Materials?

Registered teams and individual Make-Off contestants will have the ENTIRETY of the Scrap Reuse Center at their disposal for materials! On-site maker stations will be equipped with glue guns, scissors, and other essential tools.

Participants will have a timed window to collect their materials and make their creation. Spectators, hecklers, and loved ones are invited to roam the store and watch the crafting in action. Celebrity judges will determine the best individual and team creation, followed by a celebratory showcase!

Winners will receive a trophy, a $100 Scrap gift card, and Lakewood Prize Pack.

Want to participate w/o the pressure of crafting in front of a crowd? We got you. Starting May 18th, we will have Make-Off Take-Home Kits for sale at the Reuse Center! Follow the instructions inside the bag and turn it in as early as June 4th for customer voting.

The Beaver Queen Pageant is Durham’s own special mix of folly, pageantry, and humor. Contestants take on beaver personalities: Fur Pelton John, the Beave Whisperer, and Furrabella-Conchita Carramba. As with every Beauty Queen Pageant, the contestants introduce themselves in their wetlands ready wear, showcase their unique talent, and participate in an interview in their finest evening wear. Beav Aldrin, the 2014 Queen, performed an aerial routine on silks. Furrah Gnawsett-Major, the 2012 Queen, played the Star Wars theme on the clarinet while hula hooping.

The Beaver Lodge 1504 organized a formal pageant in April 2005 to celebrate a successful community effort by the Duke Park neighborhood to stop the NC Department of Transportation from eradicating a den of beavers that had taken up residence in wetlands north of I-85. Now, the Beaver Queen Pageant serves as a fundraiser for the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association (ECWA).

Kick-off your Weekend of Art in Hillsborough with us at May’s Last Fridays Makers Market on the Old Orange County Courthouse lawn, and craft a mask for Saturday’s (6/1) Handmade Parade!

Use Oddly Perfect's provided fabric (or bring your own) to create your own Beaver Tail for the 20th Anniversary Beaver Queen Pageant on June 1st!

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In this workshop, participants will be led through a process to create the beginning of an intuitive abstract embroidery project! Playful, adventurous elements of making art, 3 basic embroidery stitches, how to incorporate beads, and how to stay present through the process will be emphasized. All materials will be provided.

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In this workshop you will learn how to make yarn from T-shirts and old sheets. The instructor will also review how to get started on crochet, knitted, and braided projects with your yarn. All materials provided, but if you have some old T-shirts and sheets to bring please do so. When we're done you'll go home with several balls of yarn!

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Participants will learn the basics of knitting and how to turn those basics into a knitted square (dishcloth, washcloth, coaster, etc.) as well as basic stitches (knit and purl), how to start and finish a piece (casting on and casting off), and how to read a knitting pattern. Knitting needles and yarn will be provided, and students can take these home at the end of the class. No experience required, this class is aimed at folks who have never knit before.