¶ xDays
Welcome to xHain's Workshop Weekend!
We offer workshops and events, for adults and children, from Thursday to Sunday and in several languages.
Some workshops require a fee for materials, but donations are always welcome.
💡 workshop
🎪 event
🎈 suited for children (accompanied by at least one parent)
¶ THURSDAY (2025-09-25)
¶ 18:00 🎪 Pizza & hack&tell - Lobby
Let's have pizza together. We prepare the dough and you bring your favourite topping. While we do a little hack&tell, including previews for the upcoming workshops.
¶ FRIDAY (2025-09-26)
¶ 16:00 💡 PLA recycling workshop - Lobby (de/en) 🎈
Welcome to the world of RECYCLING 
we will be melting PLA with different heating machines to crate new thing like bowls, plates, figures... this workshop suits children as well as adults. Everybody who is interested in colours, textures and intuitive creations will find their new passion.
Host: Eva (@paleva:x-hain.de)
¶ 17:00 💡 Inkscape for laser cutting - Scubar (en)
Get an introduction to vector graphics and the open source software Inkscape. You will learn the basic tools to create files, suited for laser cutters.
Host: Richard (@richard:x-hain.de)
¶ 18:00 💡 Making masks with Gonzalo - Lobby (en/de/fr/es) 🎈
We will explore some possibilities of mask making in theory and praxis. We can discus in collective how to bring this mask making thing to the next level.
Host: Gonzalo (@gonzalo:x-hain.de)
¶ 18:30 💡 Crochet with Núria & Alice - Textiles (en/es) 🎈
Saw yarnbombing on the street and wanted to do some too? Have yarn at home and don´t know where to start? Learn the basics of crochet with us, we´ll go through 2 or 3 basic stitches and have some small projects you can do on the spot. Join us whether you have or don´t have experience crocheting!
We will have written handouts and 2 hosts teaching, suited for different kinds of learning abilities. Everyone is welcome.
We will also have materials and tools in place, but feel free to bring your own if you have any.
Host: Núria (@airunie:x-hain.de)
¶ 19:30 🎪 Spieleabend·Game Night - Lobby
Tonight a horde of two to twenty players gathers in xHain for card and tabletop games: From obscure playing cards with a transparent deck to rolling the dice to fight a zombie attack and much more. Sounds interesting? Bring yours, let's play!
Matrix channel: #spieleabend:x-hain.de
Host: Wolle (@wolle:x-hain.de)
¶ SATURDAY (2025-09-27)
¶ 11:00 💡 Soldering workshop for kids - Lobby (de/en/fr) 🎈
Come one and all and learn to melt metals together to make flashy lights. Beginner kits will be available, and eden will teach (kid-friendly) usage with microcontrollers if there is interest, no experience required, but all skill levels are welcome! (kids – with an adult supervising and a kid who knows how to handle hot items safely – solder is hot!)
Host: eden (@ravepuppy:x-hain.de), ember (@ember:skji.org) & Claire (@claire:x-hain.de)
¶ 13:30 💡 E-textiles - Lobby (en/de) 🎈
Come sew your own circuit! Learn how to make a soft circuit that lights up an LED. No experience necessary, all materials provided. Suitable for kids 10 and up (bring a grown up). In English, aber Deutsch ist auch möglich.
Host: Astrid (@disastrid:x-hain.de)
¶ 14:00 💡 3D-Printing for Leather embossing - Textile (en) 🎈
Come for an exploration into creating your own custom leather stamps. We'll talk about the process of turning a digital design into a 3D-printed stamp and how to use it on leather, as well as the advantages and limitations of 3D-printed plastic as a medium for stamps.
Host: Ange (@ange_dhom:x-hain.de)
¶ 15:30 💡 Python for 3D Design - Lobby (en)
Is visually designing 3D models too easy and not painful enough? In this workshop we'll cover how to use SolidPython, a Python library, for 3D modeling in OpenSCAD. Along the way we'll also touch on the BOSL library (which supercharges OpenSCAD's basic components) and see if we can generate 3D object code using LLMs.
For attendees, basic knowledge of OpenSCAD and Python would be helpful but not essential.
Host: Alex (@alexcg:x-hain.de)
¶ 16:00 💡 Build your synthesizer - Electronics (en)
A follow up to her popular lecture "How to Build a Digital Music Synthesizer", Tina Belmont provides a kit for you to build a digital music synthesizer completely out of off the shelf components from AliExpress, and then we all sit together and build them.
Knowledge of soldering required.
Children under 16 only allowed with adult supervision.
Price for kits is 30€ for members, 40€ for non-members, a special low price just for this event!
Later, bring your synth to SoftEgg Labs (Tina's home office) down the street for the DIY synth jam session at 8pm!
Host: Tina (@softegg:x-hain.de)
¶ 17:00 💡 3D surface finish - Lobby (en)
Host: Akın (@akin:x-hain.de)
¶ 18:15 💡 3D-print stronger, not heavier - Lobby (en)
Host: Akın (@akin:x-hain.de)
¶ 20:00 🎪 Glow-in-the-dark table tennis tournament - Kadiner Straße
Come and win the nightly house cup!
Registration on side, award ceremony on Sunday's bruch
Host: Richard (@richard:x-hain.de)
¶ 20:00 🎪 DIY Synth Jam - SoftEgg Labs
Bring your DIY synth from the workshop, or your other DIY homemade synth equipment for a DIY jam session down the street at SoftEgg Labs (Tina's Office). All skill levels welcome.
Host: Tina (@softegg:x-hain.de)
¶ 22:00 🎪 Scubar diving - Scubar
Host: Akın (@akin:x-hain.de)
¶ SUNDAY (2025-09-28)
¶ 11:00 🎪 Sunday brunch - Lobby
Let's have brunch together!
¶ 12:00 💡 Laser cutting - LaserLab (en)
Host: Debbie ()
¶ Locations
Lobby, Textiles, Hobelhöhle, Scubar
xHain hack+makespace · Grünberger Str. 16 · 10243 Berlin
SoftEgg Labs
Kadiner Str. 20 · 10243 Berlin
Just down the street (north) from X-Hain, a ground level office on the right (east) side of the street. Window has a door in it that should be very obvious that the jam session is there.
Table tennis
Kadiner Str. 11 · 10243 Berlin