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Winter Holiday Sessions
Craft classes will be planned individually if you have a group you would like to get together. Call to schedule.
Boredom Busters -- after Christmas
January
Project choice open to student input (See last year's projects below)
Ornaments, Stamped Holiday Cards & Wrapping and more
We will decorate satin, plastic and/or glass ornaments, and print some great holiday items made special with your personal touch. Then you may choose from "Pick Your Projects" as described below.
Christmas Gifts and Decorations
(No horse riding as the ground is too wet and the horses too muddy, sorry)
Sessions scheduled depending on interest
For ages 6 and up
Cal to schedule some holiday fun!
Cal to schedule some holiday fun!
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Parent & Young Child Art Time for pre-schoolers and early grades (you schedule by appointment)
(50 cent to $1 materials fee per ornament depending on type and size.)
You are welcome to bring some of your own plain satin and glass balls to decorate.
Old painted glass balls can be recycled.
Have a parent soak the old ornament in full-strength bleach for several minutes to remove the paint. Then rinse in warm sudsy water. If any color is left inside, use a Q-tip to remove it.
I have paint T-shirts to wear over your clothes, or you may bring your own paint smock, or wear clothes that won't matter if they get stained with printer's ink.
Printing and card products provided. You may bring your own one-color gift bags, boxes and ribbon to print on or purchase some from me.
Learn how to design and create your own print for cards, bags, boxes and ribbon.
Suggestion: bring a T-shirt to decorate for a brother or sister, a scarf to decorate for mom, a cloth bag, pillowcase, or cloth placemats. NOTE: cotton cloth works best and new items should be washed.
These projects will be followed by your choices from "Pick Your Projects" as described below.
($1-2 materials fee for each clay item made--depends on size. Salt dough is free.)
Hand Sculpted Ornaments plus Tin Punch and Foil Embossing
Kids love to work with clay and don't get many opportunities. We have air dry clay and oven bake polymer clay, in addition to salt dough.
PICK YOUR PROJECTS
After you have finished the main project for the day, you may make the following as time permits:
These projects will be followed by your choices from "Pick Your Projects" as described below.
Tin punch is a fun project for kids of all ages who love to use a hammer and nails. You may bring your own hammer. We will design your own picture and to put on a lid, metal sheet, or a pie tin. You may choose to decorate it with ribbon around the edge and color in the picture. Lids and the metal sheets make great tree ornaments. Pie tins are nice to hang on the wall. (50 cent to $1 materials fee per ornament depending on size.) If you want to put your picture on a pie tin, you must BRING YOUR OWN.
Tin punch and foil embossing (no charge)
Shrinky Dink ornaments (25 cents each)
Acrylic Beaded necklaces ($1-2 materials fee)
Acrylic Beaded bracelets ($1 materials fee)
Sterling silver necklace with beads and/or charms (necklaces $10 - $14 depending on length, handmade European lampwork beads $1.00 each, and metal charms $1.50 each)
Leather bracelet with beads and charms ($5 and up)
Paint a glass bottle or vase (no charge)
To make a unique, personalized vase, bring your own glass bottle or a plain glass vase (you can get them at the dollar store) to paint.
Nature items as scenes, wreaths, and decorations (no charge)
Pom Pom, Pipe Cleaner & Felt Ornaments (no charge)
Glass Ornaments -- Paint, fill or glue decorations on a glass ball (you are welcome to bring something small that you like to fill the glass ball--tinsel, sand & shells, a picture, etc).
Satin Ornaments -- Pin jewelry, ric rac, ribbon and other fun decor on satin balls (you are welcome to bring your own nick knacks to pin and glue on the satin balls to personalize your own).
There is a materials fee of 50 cents for the glass balls and 25-50 cents for the satin balls.
You are welcome to bring some of your own plain satin and glass balls to decorate.
Old painted glass balls can be recycled. Soak the old ornament in full-strength bleach for several minutes to remove the paint. Then rinse in warm sudsy water. If any color is left inside, use a Q-tip to remove it.
Winter Holiday Projects
January 3-D Nature, Eco-Friendly, and Recycled Projects
Children love to build. They will learn to use materials and techniques that will teach dexterity skills and require critical thinking while they put together imaginative creations.
January Painting plus Collage Fun with tissue paper, tape, markers, paint, chalk and more
Also, save and recycle some of your Christmas wrapping paper and scraps of other designs. We will have fun creating imaginative pictures with these recycled materials and others that I have. This is a great project to look at things in a new and artistic way!
SPRING
Spring Break/Easter * * Edible Stained Glass Cookies ($1 materials fee and you will bring ingredients to make your own refrigerator dough)
You will learn about the beauty of stained glass and make a tissue collage window decoration or foil design, then make your own edible stained glass cookies. Bring a foil or parchment lined cookie baking sheet.
Cheryl Brown (209) 551-2308 art4u.chb@gmail.com
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