Let Kristin “Kiki” Heidbreder inspire you to find your inner artist with her “Crafty Chassis,” a mobile arts and crafts truck established in 2018.

The Chassis delivers arts & crafts supplies and unique arts and crafts experiences either outside the truck, weather permitting or inside depending on the nature of the event.

Interestingly, Crafty Chassis’ model of art experiences can be facilitated remotely by shipping supplies and guiding the experience via video.

Crafty Chassis specializes in bringing a hands-on DIY art experience to:

• Corporate Events, including team building, leadership, retreats, offsites, Lunchtime Do Good for Stress Relief, and other social impact programs;
• Private Parties, including birthdays, weddings, bar/batmitzvahs, company parties, family reunions and more;
• Community Festivals & Art Markets, either as a vendor offering experiences for reasonable prices or as flat fee provider to serve a set number of people.

Kiki believes that art is therapy. Her passion is to create a thriving sustainable business in the arts that will also support other artists and non-profits in the community both locally and globally.

She wants to bring art to as many people as possible so they can find the artist within, connect with peers, and do good in the world.

She donates up to 10% of sales for certain events to organization that support arts for underserved youth. She offers a specail Lunchtime Do Good Stress Break where everyone creates art kits for underserved youith.

Yet study after study shows the positive impact of giving creative space and time to expand our thinking. Creativity plays a vital role in mental health and well being by allowing participants to express emotions that may be difficult to articulate through words alone.

Engaging in creative activities can serve as a form of meditation to reduce stress and promote relaxation. Creativity encourages exploration and self-reflection and boosts self esteem. Most importantly when peers are creative together there is an opportunity for social interaction to reduce feelings of isolation and build a sense of community.

But we all tend to make excuses about why we don’t have time to play with paint, glue guns, and creative tools. In fact we also incorporate recycled, reclaimed and natural materials into our projects to promote sustainability. It’s easy to complain about the hassle of going to the nearest hobby store, spending a fortune on art supplies that you’ll probably only use once, and then what? By the time that you get all that done, your team or peers have lost interest in the idea that sparked the effort in the first place.