Art for Kids

KIDS ART TENT

Art education is truly a hands-on experience at the Arts Festival, where there’s lots to do under our Kids Art Tent. Design your own hacky-sack ball, create goofy googles, make scratch-off art, or just enjoy coloring pages. From 11 am to 2 pm on both Saturday and Sunday, kids of all ages can join in these fun, free activities. The Kids Art Tent is located on the front lawn of the Twentieth Century Club near the festival entrance. Other fun activities include:

Colonial-era Craft Activities
Our friends from Colonial Plantation in Ridley Creek State Park will help to recreate 18th-century Pennsylvania farm life with a bit of colonial craft making, including corn husk dolls. Don’t miss this fun and educational activity!

Color Your Own Arts Festival T-Shirt
Plus, participants will enjoy other creative activities, including adding color and their own personal touch to their own 2010 Lansdowne Arts Festival t-shirts ($3 each). Kids Art Tent activities are FREE and open to kids of all ages, however, a minimal cost of $3 will be charged per kids t-shirt.

ART CLASSES FOR KIDS

Fun and educational classes held on the grounds of the Arts Festival. There’s something to learn for students of all ages. Class size is limited, so register today!

SATURDAY

Paper Projects
Instructor: Jessica Eldredge
Saturday, September 11 • 1 pm – 2 pm
Cost: $5
Ages: 5 and up (adults welcome)
Come and play with color and pattern.We will use paper tomake a collage card, paper beads, or aminimobile. Families are encouraged to come and make things together!
Class limited to 12 students.

Plaster Casting
Instructor: Hilary Hutchison
Saturday, September 11 • 2 pm – 3 pm
Cost: $5
Ages: 10 and up (unless supervised by an adult)
This workshop will offer the opportunity for students to make a piece of cast cement wall art, using natural material impressions.
Class limited to 8 students.

SUNDAY

Beaded Necklace
Instructor: Liz Steele-Coats
Sunday, September 12 • Noon – 1 pm
Sunday, September 12 • 1 pm – 2 pm
Cost: $5
Ages: 9 to 18
Students will learn beading and manipulating of wire using looping techniques to create a flowered choker necklace. They will be using tiger tail jewelry wire, lobster claws and seed beads.
Classes limited to 10 students in each class.

Intro to Stained Glass
Instructor: Richard Prigg
Sunday, September 12 • 2 pm – 3 pm
Cost: $5
Ages: 11 and up (adults welcome)
Some of you know Rick as a painter of landscapes and seascapes, but he has also worked in the field of stained glass for over 25 years. Currently, Rick is the General Manager of Willet Hauser Architectural Glass, Inc., the oldest and largest stained glass studio in the country. Rick is looking forward to teaching kids the fun and beauty of creating stained glass projects. Students will have the opportunity to create a stained glass piece fromprecut glass.
Class limited to 9 students.

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