Registration is Open!

Registration is now open for our upcoming Mosaic Boxes on Monday, November 3rd at the Fremont Main Library.  This is an adults only class for those 17 and above. No children will be permitted to attend.  Please call 510-745-1401 to reserve your space.

Graffiti Art at Portola Valley Library

The tweens really enjoy this art class.  They are able to be creative and express their personalities in their art.  Look at the creative pieces in progress, as well as some end results!

Faux Pumpkin Design at Niles Library

A room filled with adults who were anxious to get started on the pumpkins today.  I loved their creativity, and the way they worked together as well to be sure everyone had the supplies they needed.  These adult programs are such a great way for women and men to socialize while learning a new skill, or just enjoying a craft time.  Each person left the program today very excited about what they created, and so happy to have a place to enjoy some craft time!

UPCOMING CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS

10/16 Graffitti Art 4:00 Portola Valley R
10/28 Owl Visors 3:30 Niles Library
10/29 Googly Eye Frames 3:30 Irvington
10/30 Googly Eye Frames 5-8 3:30 Portola Valley R
Candy Bar Friends and Mummy Cards Teens 4:30 R

11/12 Thankful Journals 3:30 Irvington Family
11/18 Tree of Thanks 3:30 Niles Family
11/20 Parachute Bracelets 4:00 Portola Valley R
11/22 Make Your Own Beads 3:30 Fremont Main 9-13 R

UPCOMING ADULT PROGRAMS

Oct. 14 @ Niles Library DYO Faux Pumpkin 1:30
Nov. 3 @ Fremont Main Mosaic Boxes 7:00pm R

Nov. 12 @ Irvington Family Thankful Journals 3:30
Nov. 18 @ Niles Family Thankful Trees 3:30
(these family programs are for all age groups, so bring a little one and have fun crafting together)

Dec. 17 @ Irvington Decorative Coasters 1:30

No children will be permitted to adult programs unless they are specified for families.

Faux Stained Glass

Very artistic people joined me at the Union City Library today to create Faux Stained Glass Art.  Their creativity in sketching out their designs was wonderful, and they all enjoyed this fun art time.  Look at the results.  You will see pieces that are very full of paint (this is the back of the piece) and those with the black lines showing and muted paint (the front of the piece).

Seasoned Folks and Tote Bags

The Ladies and Gentlemen at a Senior Center in East Palo Alto sure enjoyed being able to do some adult crafting today.  The East Palo Alto Library paid for me to bring the craft time, and they enjoyed every minute of it creating beautiful tote bags.  Look at the beautiful people, and their beautiful art pieces!

Duct Tape Notebooks at Fremont Main

Duct Tape and Tweens go so well together!!  Here, the tweens decorated notebooks with Duct Tape for school.  We had a lot of fun!  I enjoyed the giggling boys in class today, who decided I'm quite funny.  I liked their creativity.

Adult Rock Painting

This program was well received.  All the ladies (double the amount that usually come to a morning program) were very excited to get started on painting their rock.  I enjoyed watching them work diligently on their piece, while also encouraging their neighbor and sharing paint pallets.  Pet Rocks was very popular with the children, and the moms had asked for an adult type show.  Here are their creations-quite lovely!

Dry Erase Decorative Frames at the Fremont Main Library

Adults made dry erase frames at the Fremont Library tonight.  I was very pleased to see Mothers and daughters enjoy an evening together, as well as groups of friends spending time crafting together.  As you can see, their creativity flowed.

SEPTEMBER OFFERINGS AT A LIBRARY NEAR YOU!
9/3 Portola Valley Cooking with Tweens 4:00 9-13 years old R
9/8 Fremont Main Dry Erase Frames 7-8:30pm Adults ONLY R
9/17 Irvington Rock Art 10:15am Adults ONLY 
9/19 Fremont Duct Tape Notebooks 3:30 10-13 years old R
9/24 Irvington DYO Journals 3:30 9 and up (arrive early)

R means you need to register with that library

I'm looking forward to seeing you at a program soon! Please share with your friends, especially adults and seniors who may otherwise not hear about these free programs.

Graffiti Resist Art

The Tweens at the Castro Valley Library had a great time creating graffiti art, then using water to change the appearance of their piece.  The marker bled, filling their piece with color depending on how much they used. They also found that wherever there was crayon, the water left the color alone.  The parents liked this art as much as the children did, and were writing down the products and directions to continue it at home.

Roamin' Reptiles in Pacifica

The children enjoyed designing their wooden snakes today in Pacifica.  Lots of talk about different kinds of snakes, especially Rattle Snakes.  The children learned about them being cold-blooded and other science facts.  Then, we made habitats for their new friend to live in.