Christmas Ornament Workshops in Bangkok for Teams and Families

If you love Christmas activities and are also looking for unique, handmade Christmas ornaments made in Thailand, you can check out our collection, the inspiration behind our workshop!

We have over 100 handmade cotton designs, crafted in Chiang Rai, starting from just THB 159

Everything below is for the people who want to make them. A Christmas ornament workshop with Macrame by Nicha, whether that is you and a friend, a family, an office of thirty, or a booth at an event with hundreds of people passing through.

What happens in a Christmas ornament workshop

Two hours. One to fifty guests. Ages six to ninety nine. Everything is provided and you take home what you make.

No experience is needed and most people arrive with none. You choose a project, you choose your colours, and you are walked through the knots one at a time until the piece is finished.

Children from six years old can join. A grown up comes with them and can either craft alongside or just watch, at no cost.

Price depends on the set up rather than on a fixed rate. An entry level session starts at around THB 500 per guest and runs up to about THB 2,000 for the larger projects and the more elaborate formats.

Self directed workshops, from THB 200 per set

Not every group needs a teacher standing at the front, and not every budget stretches to one.

A self directed workshop is a prepared set with everything needed for one ornament, and instructions, so people work at their own pace. It suits event booths, guest activities, school groups and anything where people drift in and out rather than sit down together for two hours.

Sets start at THB 200, for example the Mister Jack snowman, which is the easiest of the projects and the one most people finish first time.

What you can make: wreaths, snowmen, baubles, reindeer and candy canes

There are over sixty designs to choose from and twenty rope colours, so two people sitting next to each other rarely finish with the same thing.

The two most popular projects, both of which you can also see finished in our shop:

The Christmas Wreath. The classic, and the one most people pick first. See the finished version, Christmas Wreath.

The snowman. Simple shapes, good for children and for anyone who has never knotted anything. See Mister Jack the Snowman.

What is on the table: cotton, rattan, wooden beads and bells

Everything you work with is the same material we use in production, not a craft kit bought in for the occasion.

Cotton rope in twenty colours, including the metallic reds, greens, silvers and golds that only come out in December.

Wooden beads in red, brown and natural, in several sizes.

Silver and gold bells, and tiger shaped bells for anyone who wants something less predictable.

Wooden rings, which become the frame of a wreath or the face of an animal.

Ribbons in red, green, silver, gold, pink, blue and mixed colours.

If you want the longer argument for why we work in cotton and rattan rather than plastic, we set it out here: handmade Christmas ornaments, and how to tell.

Team building and activities for major events

We propose team building and activities for major events.

We come to you. Hotel function room, office, embassy, exhibition hall or shop floor, we bring the materials, the tables kit and the facilitation, and we set up around your schedule rather than ours.

Some of the places we have run Christmas and craft workshops:

• Park Hyatt Bangkok, for the festive season. There is a short mention of our part in it in Prestige.
• ASAI Hotels, part of the Dusit Thani group, and a number of other five star hotels in Bangkok.
• Chopard, MCM, Loro Piana and Stolen Store, as in store and client facing activities.
• The NST Fair at IMPACT, running a booth with continuous public sessions.
• The Embassy of the United States in Bangkok.
• The Goethe Institut, over two days.

Group sizes run from a table of five to a booth that turns over hundreds of people across a day. Tell us the headcount, the room and how long you have, and we will tell you which projects fit.

Who makes the ornaments when it is not a workshop

Macrame by Nicha designs and makes its own handmade cotton craft in Thailand. Every piece is knotted by hand by Akha women in Asha village, Mae Yao district, Chiang Rai, through our Akha Ma-De social program, running since 2021.

Nicha is an Akha designer from Chiang Rai, and the workshop projects are simplified versions of pieces the village already makes. That is why a two hour session produces something that looks like a product rather than a craft exercise.

Prefer the finished ornament? Shop the collection

Not everyone wants to spend the afternoon making one, and that is fine. The same designs, finished by the women who make them for a living, start at THB 159.

If you are choosing between shops, our guide to where to buy Christmas ornaments in Bangkok and across Thailand lists twenty venues with prices, including the ones that are not us.

How to arrange a workshop

Workshops run on request rather than to a published timetable, which means we can usually fit around your date instead of asking you to fit around ours.

Information we need for a quotation

• Company name:
• Workshop type (corporate, event, team building, guest workshop, etc.):
• Event theme:
• Exact dates and times:
• Number of participants:
• Participant age group:
• Location:
• Budget per person:

Send us those eight lines and we can come back with a real proposal rather than a list of questions.

Our full workshop page has the other formats we run through the year: Macrame by Nicha workshops.

Christmas workshop questions

How long is a Christmas ornament workshop?

Two hours. Longer formats are possible for events, and we have run two day sessions, for example at the Goethe Institut.

How many people can join?

One to fifty guests in a normal session. For fairs and exhibitions we run a rolling booth that can take several hundred people across a day.

What age is it suitable for?

Six to ninety nine. Children under twelve come with an adult, and that adult can either join in or watch at no cost.

Do I need any experience?

No. It is beginner friendly and most guests have never done macrame before.

What does it cost?

A taught session starts at around THB 500 per guest and runs up to about THB 2,000 depending on the project and the set up. Self directed sets start at THB 200. Corporate and event bookings are quoted on the brief.

What is a self directed workshop?

A prepared set with the materials for one ornament and instructions, so guests work at their own pace without a facilitator. Sets start at THB 200, for example the Mister Jack snowman. It works well for event booths and guest activities.

Do you come to our office or venue?

Yes. We bring the materials and run the session at your hotel, office, embassy or exhibition stand.

What do we take home?

Whatever you make. The finished ornament is yours, and it is the same cotton and rattan we use in the pieces we sell.

Do you run workshops outside December?

Yes. Christmas is the busiest season, but we run macrame workshops through the year in other formats.