Celebrate Spring with Alpacas! Our First Annual Alpaca Spring Fling will be Saturday April 2, 2022 from 1 to 5pm! Lots of activities for the kids, Easter Egg Hunt at 3pm! Make a Nesting Heart! Make a pot and plant seeds! Games! Pony Cart Rides! (If the weather requires, we’ll reschedule — check back for updates or call Jean at 419 560-0780)
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Summer Workshop Schedule
Summer workshops will be held at Shady Lane Alpaca Farm 3073 Gass Road Lexington Oh 44904. Call Jean McClintock @ 419-560-0780 or email jsmcclintock@mac.com to reserve your spot. May 16, 2021 Steamed Buns/Spring Roll Workshop Make steamed buns and spring rolls from scratch, in the Phillipine style, and load them up with delicious meat and veggies! You will see how to make the dough, prepare the filling and how to cook them properly. Cost for the class is $25 per person, includes all materials and plenty to eat. May 23, 2021 Blacksmith Workshops Beginner class from 12:30-3:30pm You will learn about
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Beginning Blacksmith Workshop
Sunday, July 26, 2020 12:30 PM. You will use a gas forge to make a hook for a hanging planter, and another special item. All materials are provided. Please wear cotton clothes and closed-toe shoes, you will be working with red-hot metal! In order to work safely, we limit the class to 6 participants. This class is prerequisite to the Intermediate class which follows at 3:30pm. You can sign up for both classes, each have a separate fee. Cost $55.00 per student, including all materials. To reserve your space, call Jean at (419) 560-0780.
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Spring 2018 Workshops
Make a Gourd Easter Basket – March 11, 2018 2 PM Learn how to select and clean your gourd,sketch your design, cut and prepare your gourd for wood-burning or paint. COST: $25.00 includes all materials for the class. Note: for and additional $10, you can make a needle felted bunny to go with your Easter Basket Register by 3/9/18 Nuno Felting Class – May 13, 2018 2 PM Learn how to make a unique scarf using silk material and alpaca fiber with some help from bubble wrap and a swim noodle.. This class is a lot of fun and you
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Autumn Fiber Festival – Saturday Oct 14 9am-5pm
Come and see us at this year’s Autumn Fiber Festival at the Ashland County Fairgrounds! Local fiber producers, craftspeople and artists come together to display and sell their wares and demonstrate their craft. For details, see www.autumnfiberfestival.com
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Fall Workshop Schedule
Alpaca Ornaments and Essential Oils – October 29, 2017 Learn how to turn alpaca fiber into fun ornaments for the Holidays. Plus you’ll learn about different essential oils and how to use them with the ornaments that you make. COST: $10.00 includes all materials for the class. Register by 10/27/17 Needle Felting with Alpaca Fiber – November 26, 2017 Learn how to needle felt on clothing, make a penguin and an ornament. All materials are furnished for the class and you’ll learn how to use felting needles and fiber to make wonderful gifts for you and your family. COST:
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Alpaca Farm Days
Open House September 30 and October 1, 2017 Stop by the farm and see our alpacas, and other beasts Saturday September 30 from noon to 6 pm; or Sunday October 1, from 1pm to 6 pm. The farm store will be open with Halloween crafts, alpaca goods, antiques, hand-made jewelry, gourds and gourd craft, and imported crafts from Mexico, Peru, and around the world. We have pumpkins and ornamental squash for sale. Refreshments and door prizes!
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Holiday Open House Hours 2016
The Shady Lane Farm Store will be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays thru Dec 18, 2016. Fridays and Saturdays 9-6; Sundays 1-6. Our new farm store will be open with Christmas crafts, alpaca goods, antiques, hand-made jewelry, gourds and gourd craft, and imported crafts from Mexico, Peru, and around the world. See our alpacas, emus, and other beasts! Find unique, one of kind Christmas gifts!
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Alpaca Farm Days Open House
September 24-25, 2016 Saturday12- 6 p.m. , Sunday 1-5 p.m. We’ve moved! Stop by our new location and see our alpacas, goats, and other beasts. The new farm store will be open with Halloween crafts, alpaca goods, antiques, hand-made jewelry, gourds and gourd craft, and imported crafts from Mexico, Peru, and around the world. We have pumpkins and ornamental squash for sale. Refreshments and door prizes!
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Farm Science Review 2016
September 20, 21, 22, 2016 at Molly Caren Ag Center, London, OH. 8am to 5pm Tues and Weds; 8am to 4pm Thursday Come and see us at the Farm Science Review! We will have new alpaca goods, gourd crafts, hand made jewelry, and unique Halloween crafts. Stop by and visit! We’re in the Arts and Crafts Tent (space 71) at the northwest corner of the of the grounds.