District 196 Community Education

Get silly and celebrate April Fool's Day by creating some unbelievably hilarious craft pranks that are sure to tickle your funny bone!

Design and sculpt a sugar skull inspired by skeletons from Disney's hit movie, Coco! Listen to favorite Coco songs while using clay, paint, sequins and more.

Color your world with happiness! Build self-esteem, gain social skills, make new friends and create adorable, colorful masterpieces. Create 3-D creations and get messy with fingerpaint and even use a special spin-art technique to make the cutest, most colorful artwork ever seen.

Hip, hip, hooray, it's Dino Day! Explore several different mediums while tearing, gluing and more. It's dino-riffic!

Are you looking for that perfect gift for a special someone? Learn about the ancient craft of wet felting and its uses. Create an ornament to keep or give away as a gift. Soap and water are used during the process of wet felting, so creating may get a little messy. Natural animal wools that contain lanolin may be used. Project supplies provided. Felting is a great family activity! Supply fee of $5 payable to instructor.

Create snowman-themed art using a variety of different art materials. Create corncob pipes, button noses and oh, so much more out of Model Magic® clay, paint, and air-dry clay. Look at Frosty go!

Get a head start on the holidays with fun homemade gifts! Paint a fancy gingerbread house on canvas board, sculpt a silly snowman, create a mosaic evergreen tree and more. Great gifts for friends, family or keep for yourself!

Get zooming and create a painting inspired by the ever-popular Hot Wheels® toys.

Learn to draw an adorable labradoodle puppy and then paint it on a real canvas board. What could be more cute?

Enjoy many artistic, mess-making moments while creating marvelous masterpieces! Paint, sculpt, scribble and giggle while discovering mess-making at its very best.

Come sculpt with air-dry clay and Model Magic®. Create a llama sculpture that feels as fuzzy as it looks. No llama has been lovelier!

Create an adorable snowman, an ornament inspired by that famous reindeer with the red nose and much more. Visit four craft stations, each with a different ornament to make!

Calling all unicorn lovers! Create a sparkly unicorn sculpture using clay, paint, glitter and more. Best of all, do it while wearing your pajamas!

Celebrate the holidays creating a masterpiece with your child! Follow easy step-by-step instructions as you and your child create matching portraits of the most famous reindeer of all.

Paint an adorable gingerbread house with a special twist that couldn't be sweeter! Use concoctions of art materials mixed with super secret ingredients so your painting smells as yummy as it looks.

Get messy while celebrating the cheerful chill of winter. Paint a cute birch tree scene complete with falling snow and a silly reindeer. It's a snow palooza!

Nothing says "I love you" like a homemade gift! Show your favorite Valentine how they are loved with a jumbo sized Hershey's Kiss® made out of clay.