Home Depot Kids Workshops continue
Home Depot’s free monthly Kids Workshops remain a community driver and soft sales funnel — these builds boost goodwill, build early brand loyalty, and give staff low‑stakes chances to lead and coach. Stores can use workshops to practice customer coaching and cross‑selling to families. (womansworld.com)
Home Depot schedules in‑store Kids Workshops for the first Saturday of every month, running roughly 9 a.m.–12 p.m. local time, and individual project kits average about 30 minutes to build. (homedepot.com) Workshops are targeted to children ages 5–12 and include all materials plus a kid‑sized Home Depot apron, a collectible project pin and a certificate of completion while supplies last. (homedepot.com) The program began in 1997 and moved to virtual delivery in 2020 during the pandemic, during which The Home Depot Foundation donated more than 1.6 million workshop kits to community groups and nonprofits before in‑store workshops resumed May 7, 2022. (corporate.homedepot.com) Home Depot reported operating 2,317 retail stores and roughly 500,000 associates at the end of fiscal 2021, which implies—based on the company’s monthly in‑store schedule—a calculated maximum of about 27,804 monthly store workshops per year if every store hosted each month (2,317 stores × 12 months). (prnewswire.com) Store associates serve as Workshop Captains and Home Depot highlights that the workshops and supplemental online sessions are developed and led by store associates and industry experts, giving employees recurring opportunities to demonstrate tool safety, step‑by‑step coaching and public‑facing product knowledge. (homedepot.com) Home Depot’s registration cadence and rewards include online sign‑ups (registration windows typically open the Monday after each monthly workshop) and milestone “I Did It!” pins for repeat participants at markers such as 1st, 10th, 50th and 100th builds. (womansworld.com)
