Spooky crafts, Halloween workshop

The Alternative Market & Creative Hub is hosting a Halloween craft workshop on Thursday 29 October, and it's open to all ages, so it works as a family thing or just a solo afternoon. The whole session is built around two specific projects: charm bracelets and witches bells.

If you're not familiar with witches bells, they're a bit of a folk tradition — basically a bell hung over a door to clear the energy of anyone who walks through. You'll be putting one together from scratch, and alongside that, you'll make a charm bracelet to take home. Both are the kind of things you can keep wearing or hanging long after the Halloween season has passed, rather than something that gets binned on the 1st of November.

Because it's open to all ages, it's a good one to bring the kids along to, or to do with a group of friends if you're in the mood for a bit of making. You don't need to be an experienced crafter to get stuck in; the focus is on the process of putting the pieces together, so you'll leave with something finished regardless of where you're starting from.

It all goes down at The Alternative Market & Creative Hub in Hastings on Thursday 29 October. For more details and to see what else they've got coming up, you can check their events page at amch-hastings.co.uk/events.