Workshops

@puzzling.pals: Build Your Own Plush

Unleash your imagination and create your own one-of-a-kind stuffed animal! In this hands-on workshop led by @puzzling.pals, participants will upcycle parts from various stuffed toys to design entirely new plush creations. Using sewing techniques and creative assembly, you’ll mix and match heads and bodies, and personalize to craft a whimsical new friend that’s uniquely yours.

Arvada: Saturday, April 26th, 9 AM - 12 PM

Forest Finds and Creative Minds

In this engaging, hands-on workshop, young artists will create both 2D and 3D artwork using a variety of natural materials.

Participants will explore unique techniques such as tea painting and pressed flower sticker making while also experimenting with sculpture processes like assemblage, working with clay, and binding materials around a balloon mold.

Inspired by the textures, colors, and forms found in nature, children will learn how to work with natural and found materials in creative and intentional ways.

Littleton: Sunday, April 27th, 10 AM - 12 PM

Mosaics: Bright Bits and Bold Designs

Participants will explore different approaches to arranging their mosaic elements, whether intuitively or with a more structured design, while considering the relationships between colors, shapes, textures, and patterns.

With access to a diverse selection of natural, manmade, and repurposed materials, children will make creative decisions about composition and design, developing their artistic eye and problem-solving skills. As they place and secure their pieces, they will practice fine motor coordination and spatial awareness while experimenting with visual balance and contrast.

Littleton: Saturday, May 10th, 9:30 AM - 12 PM
Arvada: Saturday, May 17th, 9:30 AM - 12 PM

Wild Dyes: Print, Tie, and Transform

Uncover the vibrant possibilities of natural color in this hands-on workshop that explores eco printing and fabric dyeing with flowers, herbs, berries, and more.

Participants will experiment with techniques like tie dye, eco printing, bleach drawing, and fabric markers to create one-of-a-kind textile art.

Along the way, you’ll learn how to create natural dye baths, manipulate color with rinses, and use folding and tying to develop bold patterns.

Littleton: Saturday, May 24th, 9:30 AM - 12 PM
Arvada: Sunday, May 25th, 9:30 AM - 12 PM

Bound to Create: A Bookmaking Workshop

Give your young artist the chance to create something truly their own—from cover to cover!

In this engaging bookmaking workshop, participants will design and build a one-of-a-kind book using colorful papers, textured materials, and creative binding techniques.

Whether it becomes a sketchbook, journal, or a place to tell their own stories, each book will reflect their personality and artistic voice.

Littleton: Saturday, June 7th, 9:30 AM - 12 PM
Arvada: Sunday, June 15th, 9:30 AM - 12 PM

ICONIC: Mixed Media Heads with Big Personality

In this one-of-a-kind workshop, young artists will design and build their own bold, expressive character sculpture using a life-sized styrofoam head as their canvas.

From start to finish, they’ll transform a simple form into a showstopping 3D artwork that reflects their unique imagination and personality.

Using layered materials like tissue paper, patterned napkins, and Mod Podge, artists will build texture and depth. They can paint using vibrant techniques like stamping, stenciling, and custom brushwork before diving into fiber arts to create wild hairstyles, headwear, and accessories. Pom-poms, beads, felt, and fabric all come into play as each artist sculpts and styles their “ICON” from head to… head!

Arvada: Saturday, June 21st, 10:00 AM - 12 PM
Littleton: Sunday, June 22nd, 10:00 AM - 12 PM