Events
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Peter Reynolds Dot Day
Dot Day was so much fun, we’re doing it again! Inspired by Peter H. Reynolds’ beloved book The Dot, this time we’re putting a personal spin on it—literally! Kids will use a silhouette of their own handprint as the starting point for a one-of-a-kind piece of art. Because what better way to celebrate creativity and…
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Pasta Porcupine
This craft will really stick with you. Who knew dry spaghetti could make such perfect porcupine quills? Push dry spaghetti strands into clay to create these prickly but adorable little creatures, giving those little hand muscles a great workout, too!
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Exploring Music
Wednesdays are for wiggles, giggles, and grooves! Kerry combines music, movement, and playful activities to help your little one find their rhythm—and maybe teach you a new dance move or two. Join us from 10-10:45 am.
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Fall Foliage
Kids get to play Mother Nature for the day! Sticks glued to a backing board become the trunks and branches, and then it’s time to decorate. Tissue squares, dot markers, or jewel-toned fabric can transform their little trees into colorful creations that are completely their own.
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Tuesday Studio
Leaf Printing - Fall is the perfect time to turn nature into art! In this week’s Studio, kids will gently brush paint onto the back of a leaf, where the veins are most prominent, then press it onto paper to reveal a beautiful print. Try different leaves, overlap shapes, and see what happens when you…
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Tuesday Studio
Rolling Eyeballs - Drop paint-covered “eyeballs” into a bin, then shake, shake, SHAKE! As the eyes roll, tumble, and bounce across the paper, they leave behind a wild crisscross of lines, almost like a tangled spiderweb. Then for the finishing touch, glue on a creepy-crawly spider.
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Jack-o-Lanterns
Is yours spooky? Silly? Surprised? Slightly grumpy because someone woke it from its pumpkin patch nap? Kids can glue their very own orange paper gourd onto a textured black background and then give it a face that’s entirely their own. No pumpkin-carving tools required—just glue, creativity, and a lot of Halloween spirit!
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Pablo Picasso Faces
What if a face didn’t have to look… well, like a face? That’s part of what made Pablo Picasso, our Artist of the Month, such a revolutionary artist. He looked at familiar things, like faces, and broke them apart, rearranged them and put them back together in unexpected ways.
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Tuesday Studio
Pablo Picasso 3D Faces - Inspired by the wild, wonderfully wonky faces of our Artist of the Month Pablo Picasso, kids can create their own 3D characters by mixing and matching a collection of eyes, noses, mouths and other features. Choose your shapes, decorate both sides, then notch the pieces together and—voilà!—you’ve got a freestanding…
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Ed Emberley Pumpkins on a Fence
Five little pumpkins, sitting on a gate… Except these pumpkins are made with your fingerprints! Inspired by illustrator Ed Emberley, our Artist of the Month, kids can turn simple fingerprint dots into a spooky Halloween scene on Friday. Add a few lines, give each pumpkin a jack-o-lantern face, and voilà—a whole pumpkin patch made by…
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Oil Pastel Moths
Butterflies get all the glory, but moths are pretty fascinating, too. There are more than 160,000 known species of moths, and they come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and patterns. Some even use camouflage to disappear right before your eyes.