2011 Art for Kids
FREE KIDS ART ACTIVITIES & CLASSES
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 picture frame, decorate a paper top hat, create a snap bracelet or learn how to weave with yarn and paper. 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 Cinch Sack
Plus, participants will enjoy other creative activities, including adding color and their own personal touch to their own 2011 Lansdowne Arts Festival Cinch Sack ($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 sack.
Free Make-and-Take Art Projects (Saturday and Sunday, 11 am – 2 pm)
Located in Kids Art Tent in the front of the Twentieth Century Club. Projects include make your own top hat, design your own frame, design your own snap bracelet and practice weaving.
Face Painting (Saturday, 11 am – 2 pm)
Located in Kids Art Tent in the front of the Twentieth Century Club.
Lansdowne Fire Company (Saturday, Noon – 2 pm)
Located on the driveway behind the Twentieth Century club. Children have a chance to meet some of Lansdowne’s firefighters and explore a fire engine.
ART CLASSES (Fee Required)
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. Register online today or print, complete, and mail in this form!
SATURDAY, 9/10
Making Stuff with Marty
Instructor: Martha von Rosenstiel
Saturday, September 10 • 11 am – Noon
Cost: $5
Ages: All ages (under 6 accompanied by adult only)
Join Marty and friends as they demonstrate the basic process for making stuff with trash. there will be an exhibition of things made from recycled materials and students will get to try their hand at paper folding to create bowls, picture frames and more. this class promotes a different way of looking at what we throw away.
Class limited to 10 students. REGISTER
Basic Beadweaving: Peyote Squared Bracelet Workshop
Instructor: Christine Ray
Saturday, September 10 • 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Cost: $10
Ages: 10 and up (adults welcome)
Learn the art of beadweaving with this simple peyote stitch bracelet. square seed beads build up quickly to make a fun fashion accessory. no previous bead weaving experience necessary.
Class size limited to 12 students. REGISTER
Intro to Stained Glass
Instructor: Richard Prigg
Saturday, September 10 • 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Cost: $15
Ages: 11 and up (adults welcome)
Students will have the opportunity to create a stained glass piece from pre-cut glass under the direction of Rick Prigg, General Manager of Willet Hauser architectural Glass, inc., the oldest and largest stained glass studio in the country.
Class size limited to 8 students. REGISTER
SUNDAY, 9/11
Loop Necklace
Instructor: Liz Steele Coats
Sunday, September 11 • 11 am – Noon
Cost: $5
Ages: 10 and up (adults welcome)
Students will learn basic jewelry-making techniques as they create original glass necklaces involving looping, crimping, and beading. REGISTER
Hodgepodge Collage
Instructor: Jessica Eldredge
Sunday, September 11 • Noon – 1:00 pm
Cost: $5
Ages: All ages (under 6 accompanied by adult only)
Come and try out a variety of collage projects from paper dolls to postcards. Have fun with cutting and pasting piles of colorful paper.
Class size limited to 10 students. REGISTER
Cluster Earrings
Instructor: Liz Steele Coats
Sunday, September 11 • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Cost: $5
Ages: 10 and up (adults welcome)
Learn to create glamorous sterling silver and gemstone cluster earrings as you bend, twist, and bead jewelry wire onto pierced earring hooks.
Class limited to 15 students. REGISTER
Sculpture Impression
Instructor: Hilary Hutchison
Sunday, September 11 • 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cost: $15
Ages: 8 and up (adults welcome)
Create a cement work of wall art using found objects.
Class size limit 15 students. REGISTER
Creative Drama Workshop
Instructor: Cathy Pregmon
Sunday, September 11 • 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Cost: FREE
Ages: 5 and up (must be accompanied by adult)
Please come ready to participate with your children as we enter a world of silliness and originality!
Class size limited to 30 students. REGISTER
