GeniusMobile - Circuit Town Project

We have hands-on, project-based lessons for grades K-8 via our GeniusMobile.

Reuse Warehouse

Amazing items for sale at greatly reduced prices. Our Warehouse is full of treasures!

Maker Education

In class and after school enrichment at your site or ours.

Community Events

We bring hands-on projects to community events, like this compressed air rocket launcher we brought to the Capital Airshow Launchpad area. (Can you spot the rocket in the air?)

More Art, Less Waste Program

ReCreate provides Waste Reduction education to over 10,000 students annually.

We mesh high tech materials with "junk" - reuse items from local businesses, to stretch our programs to more students.

Founded in 2008, nonprofit ReCreate works with businesses and individuals in the region to divert clean usable but unwanted items. With these items, ReCreate provides hands-on educational programs and strives to make creative expression accessible to all.

Education program: ReCreate brings hands-on exploration of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning to schools throughout the greater Sacramento region. By integrating high-tech tools with reuse materials, we provide low-cost, high-impact learning and enrichment programs to the students of our region, one classroom at a time. Our learning programs span from preschool through high school. ReCreate believes that building interest in STEAM nurtures a more vibrant community, and creates a stronger future workforce. ReCreate also provides Sort Smart and Recycle Right waste reduction education to schools in the region.

ReCreate Craft Thrift Store and Studio: Located at 6827 Lonetree Blvd #105, in Rocklin, The ReCreate Craft Thrift (Creative Reuse) Store and Studio are open to the public Tuesdays - Sundays. By working with individuals and businesses, Each year, ReCreate diverts approximately 65 tons of unwanted but perfectly usable items from entering the landfill. These items are sold far below current market prices, helping to make creative expression accessible to all. Additionally, proceeds from our store and studio help us bring programs to more schools in the region.

Art and Maker Studio

The Art and Maker Studio is ReCreate’s airy, spacious home base. We host birthday parties, field trips, kids’ workshops, as well as classes for adults. We also offer studio time by reservation or drop-in for artists and crafters of all ages. We supply the super cool diverted materials, you supply the creativity!

Education

ReCreate is home to the GeniusMobile. It is a STEAM maker education program on wheels bringing hands-on project-based learning to schools in our region. We also host Family STEAM Nights!

Additionally, each year we bring Sort Smart, Recycle Right waste reduction education to 10,000 local students. Our pre-school and kindergarten visits, as well as the field trips we host at our Art and Maker Studio, also promote the “3 R’s”: reduce, reuse, recycle.

Craft Thrift Store

ReCreate collects perfectly good, incredibly cool—but no longer needed—materials from local businesses and sells them to artists, crafters, sewers, knitters, costume-makers, artists, and anyone with a project. Our goods are so inspiring you may never walk into another commercial art supply store again—especially since our prices are so very low!

Community Events

Look for our colorful, can’t-miss-it ReCreate van or GeniusMobile at fairs, festivals, and special events held by local businesses such as IKEA or Whole Foods. We set up a table, provide materials (diverted, of course) and tools for a free, on-the-spot art-making experience. Armed with glue guns, good humor, and boundless creativity, our fun facilitators can bring out the artistic genius in anyone. Be sure to stop by!