Tag: 8 – 12 (Big Kids)

After-school art workshop at Strawberry Park Elementary School for grades 3-6 featuring social emotional learning, self-compassion practices, breathing techniques for nervous system regulation, and creative painting with various materials.

Give your child the gift of creative expression and emotional wellness! This special after-school workshop is designed specifically for students in 3rd through 6th grade, combining the joy of art with essential life skills.In this engaging 1 hour and 45 minute session, young artists will discover how creativity and mindfulness work together to support their well-being. Through guided activities, students will learn valuable self-compassion practices and breathing techniques that help them manage stress and regulate their emotions—skills they can use both in and out of the classroom. The creative portion features an exciting painting project using a variety of materials, allowing kids to explore different textures, colors, and techniques while expressing themselves freely. Our supportive environment encourages experimentation, self-discovery, and fun! This workshop is perfect for parents looking to enrich their child’s after-school experience with both artistic and social-emotional learning.

The Craft Extravaganza is back for the spring with three exciting specialized workshops to learn new arts and crafts skills and have fun creating! Each event focuses on a different art medium and will result in a fun product that kids can take home and display proudly or give away as a gift.

First up, paint and sip! Paint along with a guided tutorial to learn how to create a beautiful nature scene and play with different color combinations and types of paint.

Who: 3rd – 8th Graders

What: Join us for a fun evening of crafts, snacks and more!

When: Wednesday, February 11 – 6 PM to 8 PM

Where: Howelsen Ice Arena – Upstairs Community Room

Cost: $30

Advanced registration is requested.

Paint and Sip at The Commons

A Fundraiser for Steamboat Dance Theatre

56 7th Street, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487

February 1 | 2:00-4:00pm

Come paint with us step by step as we have a fundraiser for Steamboat Dance Theatre. Ticket price includes all painting supplies, one raffle ticket, and happy hour specials at The Commons. Come paint with us and enter to win special prizes.

Paintings take about two hours and is a step by step instruction.

Please arrive a few minutes early to check-in.

Colorado New Play Festival will be helping kids gain confidence and explore their creativity during the Youth Storytelling program, Wednesdays Jan 14- March 26 at the Boys & Girls Club. The program is open to all 4th-7th graders. Free for BGC members, $25 for non-members.
At the end of the program, selected stories will be performed by professional actors.
To register, contact Kelly at klanders@bgcnec.org.

Thursdays, January 22 – February 12, 3:45pm – 5:45pm

Instructor: Sterling Smith

Cost: $390, includes instructor fee and clay and glaze materials (max. 15lbs clay per child)

Age: 8 and up

Kids love to play in the mud! In this class, they will learn how to wedge and center their clay on the wheel and then proceed to the fun and messy throwing process of creating cylinders, cups, bowls and possibly plates, depending on progress during class. Students will also learn to trim their pots on the wheel when the clay has stiffened to “leather hard” stage. They will then decorate and glaze their work over the course of several weeks. All pieces will be fired to 2150 degrees Fahrenheit for functional use in the home and kitchen.