District 196 Community Education

Create a colorful paper-mache' pet, make a seahorse medallion out of clay, sculpt lizards, paint on canvas, learn to draw cartoon characters and even weave a pencil holder out of a plastic cup!

Draw African animals using line techniques to add details. Create silly cartoon characters, skyscrapers, squirrels and a beautiful landscape using perspective, shapes and patterns! Use drawing techniques that bring your art to life!

Design your own unique fashions and accessories using tissue paper, duct tape, yarn, fabric and more! Decoupage a small heart-shaped box to hold your favorite things, create a batik beach bag, design a fantasy shoe, make a duct tape sunglasses holder and make clay beads for a fancy bracelet. Paint a colorful canvas for your room. Invite your family to a fashion show on the last day to show off your creations!

Messy, gooey and slimy, can it get more intriguing? Mix paint with spaghetti to create slimy results, sculpt with gooey clay, make slime, invent garbage-loving creatures and even create snakes using slimy paper-mache'. Create amazing pieces of art while having big, messy fun.

Draw your favorite L.O.L. characters and pets. Sculpt your favorite L.O.L. pet in this fun camp. Bring your favorite characters along if you like!

If you love clay, this camp is for you! Pat, push, pull and mold clay into all kinds of 3-D objects. Learn about sculpting, color-mixing and decorative design. Even paint with clay! Use air dry and model magic clay. You will use molds and sculpting tools to create everything from animals to pots.

Gotta draw’em all! Learn how to paint a Pokémon trading card, create a custom Pokémon Fidget Spinner with Perler Beads and sculpt a Pikachu! Complete a project that you can take home each day. 

Design your own Fortnite skins, make a Perler Bead Ice King, and paint a llama pinata! Get messy using fun materials like paint and Perler Beads. Take home a new project each day to show your friends. 

These plants don’t need watering! Learn how to  draw a garden gnome, paint a cactus and sculpt a succulent. Create and get messy with paint and clay. Make and take home a new project each day.

Learn to weave a potholder and braid a bracelet. Even learn to weave on straws! Work with the new loop it yarn and/or loops, weaving looms, regular yarn and straws and more!