Event
Youth Art Workshops: Stuffie Making or Paint Experiments
Date
Monday, June 30, 2025
Event Details
Looking for a fun and creative way to spark your child’s imagination this summer? Our one-day youth workshops offer kids a chance to explore painting, drawing, and mixed media in the Art Center studios—no experience needed! Led by experienced teaching artists, these hands-on, two-hour workshops are the perfect way to engage imaginations and practice artistic skills.
Visit the museum after the workshop for more art inspiration! Admission is always free.
In this workshop, students will learn hand sewing skills and follow easy pattern-making instructions to make squishy stuffies spawned from their own imagination. Students will learn to sew bead embellishments and buttons onto their creations to create facial features and special details. At the end of the workshop, students will go home with a finished stuffed creation.
Get ready to learn creative new painting techniques in this fun workshop! Students will create textured paintings using everyday materials like bubble wrap, cardboard, dolls, and toy cars. Splatter painting and drip painting techniques will be explored—in addition, students will use homemade puffy paint to make dimensional paintings. If weather conditions allow, students will work on these projects outside.
Des Moines Art Center members receive a 20% discount on all classes, camps, and workshops! Become a member today.