Beanie Up with the Stroke Foundation for an outdoor DIY this winter!

29 Jun 2022

Good news! You can stay cosy making one of our latest Resene DIY projects this winter, and support the Stroke Foundation at the same time.

For over 40 years, the Stroke Foundation has been here to save lives through stroke recovery and prevention in Aotearoa.

With 85% of the Stroke Foundation's services funded by individual donors, corporates, bequests and fundraising campaigns such as Beanie Up, they need your support to help thousands of stroke survivors and their whānau through one of the toughest times in their lives. 

Just last year, 9,500 strokes were experienced in New Zealand, with that number set to rise by 40% before the end of this decade. When people ‘Beanie Up’ with the foundation, they aren't simply raising vital funds for the Foundation and helping us battle this growing tidal wave of strokes, they are also helping raise awareness about New Zealand's single biggest cause of serious adult disability. 

Stay warm and Beanie Up for an outdoor DIY this winter! Beanie Up at www.stroke.org.nz. 

On a clear winter’s day try one of our favourite DIYs below:

Build an outdoor seat

Add some colour to your outdoor areas with a garden seat that both young and old will love. Paint a rainbow of colours or match with your house exterior colour. This bench seat will add a rainbow of colour to your outdoors in colours like Resene True Blue, Resene Wonderland, Resene Truffle, Resene Havoc, Resene Daredevil, Resene Putty, Resene Buttercup, Resene Clover and Resene Subzero.

Make a DIY windchime for your garden

Add some colour to trees in your garden and give making a DIY terracotta windchime a go. Kids in particular will have fun decorating these pots, and you’ll be able to hang them up to show off the colourful artwork it produces. It’s a great DIY if you have spare terracotta pots stacked in a shed with no current use. Breathe new life into them with Resene testpot paints.

Paint circular patterned painted pavers

Jazz up your outdoor areas with these easy-to-create painted pavers. A much more cost-effective option to tiles, painted pavers will easily give your courtyard or patio a touch of Moroccan or European charm. The tiles are painted in Resene House White and Resene Double Fuscous Grey.

To learn more and purchase a beanie, head to www.stroke.org.nz.  

Published: 29 Jun 2022