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Learn to make your own colorful and creative crafts such as jewelry, paintings, and sculptures at crafts classes for kids in Chicago.

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New You Crafts! (Ages 5-11 + Adult Caregiver)

Evanston Art Center

It’s a brand-new year for resolutions and inspirations! Create New Year-inspired crafts with Samira Taher Kolb of Let's Craft It!  Create motivational wall pennants and adorable, glittery, good luck charms – encouraging us to kick off 2020 just right!  Price is for 1 child and 1 adult. $15 for additional child.

(83) All levels 5 - 11 years old
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All You Need is Love (Ages 5-11 + Adult Caregiver)

Evanston Art Center

Love is in the air. Create lovable crafts with Samira Taher Kolb of Let's Craft It! We'll make a heartwarming yarn wall hanging, and fun 3D pop-up cards that you can send to your friends and family.  Price is for one child and one adult. $15 for each additional child.

(83) All levels 5 - 11 years old
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Beating Those Winter Blues Crafts (5-11yrs + Caregiver)

Evanston Art Center

Beating Those Winter Blues Crafts Ages 5-11 + Adult Caregiver Bring some cheer to your cold, gray days by creating colorful and warm weather inspired crafts with Samira Taher Kolb of Let's Craft It! We'll make bright hot-air balloon sun-catchers, and colorful sea shell wind chimes. Spring is sure to hurry along with these vibrant crafts!  Price is for one child and one adult. $15 for each additional child.

(83) All levels 5 - 11 years old
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Kids’ Crafts

The Paintbrush

It’s been proven that early exposure to visual art and music promotes activity in the brain. Teaching children about art is a good idea because: Art helps children understand other school subjects much more clearly—from math and science, to language arts and geography.  Art nurtures inventiveness as it engages children in a process that aids in the development of self-esteem, self-discipline, cooperation, and self-motivation.  Participating...

(4) All levels 3 and older
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Winter Break Camp (Grades K-4)

Chicago Botanic Garden

Children in grades K – 4 can engage in exciting, hands-on outdoor activities while discovering the Garden in winter. They’ll investigate weather, explore seasonal adaptations of plants and animals, and dabble in art. Program Details: December 27, 2022: Snow Science  December 28, 2022: Winter Art  December 29, 2022: Exploring Evergreens December 30, 2022: Ice Experiments January 3, 2023:  Winter Celebrations January 4,...

(127) All levels 5 - 9 years old
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Printmaking: Discovering and Understanding

Seventh Green Circle @ Virtual Classroom

Full Course Name: Printmaking: Discovering and Understanding various techniques / camp Different techniques each day, these will be simple fun projects. Day 1: Nature printing (with leaves and flowers) Day 2: Monoprinting with Gelatin Day 3: Marbled Paper Day 4: Sun Printing Day 5: Relief Printing

All levels 8 - 15 years old
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$150

5 sessions

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Shoo-be-dooby-DIY-Shoes Workshop

The Paintbrush @ 2446 N Clark St, Chicago, IL

Grab a pair of white canvas sneakers (available at Michaels Craft Store) and head over to this unique workshop. Veteran Shoe-Decorator Stephanie Aaron joins us to help your kids custom design their own shoes for summer! 

(4) All levels 4 - 13 years old
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Papermaking & Printmaking (Ages 12-14)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Save that wrapping paper and don't throw out that junk mail! This camp will use “waste paper” to recycle into beautiful handmade papers. As their handmade paper dries, students will also discover a variety of contemporary printmaking techniques like relief printmaking and monotypes. Students should prepare for fun and a little mess!

(83) All levels 12 - 14 years old
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$370

5 sessions

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Adventure Land (Ages 6- 8)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Discover, castles in the skies, butterfly boats, and time-traveling animals! Kids are the grand inventors in Adventure Land! Students will use their imaginations to create unique worlds through painting, drawing, and 3D forms.  This camp will use surrealist paintings and children’s book illustrations as inspiration to spark their next big adventure!

(83) All levels 6 - 8 years old
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$370

5 sessions

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Let it Grow (Ages 6- 8)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

From little seeds to full grown trees! This camp will focus on gardens, plants, and nature. Campers will experiment with natural materials, nature prints, landscape paintings, and more. They will explore and create as they become master gardeners!  Note: Weather permitting, some classes may be outside.

(83) All levels 6 - 8 years old
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$370

5 sessions

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Let it Grow (Ages 4-5)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

From little seeds to full grown trees! This camp will focus on gardens, plants, and nature. Campers will experiment with natural materials, nature prints, landscape paintings, and more. They will explore and create as they become master gardeners!  Note: Weather permitting, some classes may be outside.

(83) All levels 4 - 5 years old
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$370

5 sessions

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Intro to Printmaking (Ages 9-11)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Students will be introduced to the fun and creative art form of printmaking! Traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques like relief printmaking, monotypes, and gelli prints will be explored. Campers will experiment with various tools and equipment and dabble with collage.

(83) All levels 9 - 11 years old
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$370

6 sessions

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Experimenting in Collage (Ages 12-14)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Tear, cut and paste! Explore the expressive medium of collage. This camp will focus on different types and approaches to collage. Techniques and practices covered include photomontage, text collage, mixed-media painting, and more! Students are encouraged to experiment with multiple materials and media.

(83) All levels 12 - 14 years old
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$370

5 sessions

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Printmaking with Gelli Plates (Ages 9-13)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Gelli Plate Monoprinting is a fun and exciting way to make one-of-a-kind paintings on paper. Working in layers, students will learn to work with mark-making, stencils, masking, and collage. They will experiment and learn how to use the right paper to get the effects they desire to create a series of work.

(83) All levels 9 - 13 years old
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$200

5 sessions

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A Bug's Life (Ages 6- 8)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

The EAC will be a buzz with artistic entomologists! Through art, campers will explore and create projects inspired by different insects. They will look at different types of bugs, their habitats, and their jobs within the environment to create works of art.  Projects will experiment with a variety of materials for 2D and 3D art while simultaneously building new artistic skills. No real bugs will be used in this camp!

(83) All levels 6 - 8 years old
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$235

3 sessions

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Fun with Paper and Paint: Nature Collages (Ages 9-13)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Create abstract artworks based on themes of nature. Compose collages comprised of interesting papers such block-printed, marbled, and Japanese rice papers, including some collage papers we’ll create ourselves through different techniques! We then work on our collages with paint and/or leaves and flowers in a variety of ways, such as painting through stencils, printing with wood-blocks, and adhering plant material.

(83) Intermediate 9 - 13 years old
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$175

6 sessions

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Mindful Monday (Ages 6-8)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

What does “being mindful” mean? Mindfulness is the simple awareness of the present moment - slowing down and paying attention. Learn basic mindfulness techniques such as breathing, meditation, observation, and listening. Create art in a variety of media as a response to these practices. For example, we might make an abstract painting in response to a breathing meditation, or a colorful collage representing a peaceful place we’d like to go to....

(83) Beginner 6 - 8 years old
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$105

4 sessions

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3D Modeling and Printing Objects (Ages 9-14)

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Turn your imagination into reality through 3D printing! Learn the basics of 3D modeling software and 3D printers to create your very own objects. Students will take home 2-3 small printed objects of their own design, and the knowledge to use Tinkercad, a free software available online.  All Digital Media Department students have access to Maker Lab equipment during scheduled, monitored Open Studio hours throughout the term.

(83) All levels 9 - 14 years old
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$140

4 sessions

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Intro to Printmaking (Ages 11-16)

Evanston Art Center

Learn to create works of art in a fun environment using a variety of printmaking methods. Explore relief and screen-printing to create prints, and work on textiles that use expression, abstraction and realism.

(83) All levels 11 - 16 years old
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Baby Bird Story Book

One Strange Bird @ 2124 W Division St, Chicago, IL

Join us for a fun-filled morning of storytelling and art projects, where children up to four years of age can explore colors, numbers, and shapes. Parents can bond with their little ones while they express their creativity and learn in our art studio. Limited spots are available, so register online now!

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