Butterfly Sponge Painting
April 25–29
Tackle sponge-paint butterfly art one of two ways: Dip butterfly-shaped sponges into paint and print away. Or squeeze paint into a pattern on the sponge, then press. Same project, different process!
Beaded Butterfly Feeder
Saturday, April 27
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Brightly colored butterflies can be a welcome addition to your garden, not only because of their beauty but also because of their usefulness in pollinating flowers. Support the butterflies in your yard by mixing mashed fruit with a bit of water. This allows them to easily feed using their tongue-like mouth part, called a proboscis.
Make a butterfly feeder to hang in your yard by stringing colorful beads (that will attract butterflies) and attaching them to a base.
Guide Dogs Visit the Museum
Saturday, April 27, 11:00 am
Join Guide Dogs for the Blind - San Luis Obispo Puppy Raisers to meet puppies in training of all ages. Find out what’s involved with being a puppy raiser. Have you ever wondered how a dog knows when to cross a street safely? Or get its partner safely to work? Come find out!
Visit the Museum for free!
Munching Caterpillar
April 18–22
Create a fuzzy caterpillar on a munched leaf!
Colorful Paint-dot Butterfly
April 11–15
Fill in a butterfly outline by “dotting” with paint pens.
Butterfly Squish Art
April 4–8
Decorate one half of a butterfly template with paint, then fold it in half and press. Open and notice both sides will match!
Bunny Food
March 28–April 1
Bunnies love to eat carrots. Paint a carrot garden using your fingertips dipped in orange paint.
Scrape Art Bunny
Saturday, March 23
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Squirt drops of paint onto a bunny cutout. Using a scraper tool, spread the paint to make a lively Spring-colored design. Add a fluffy tail.
Visit the Museum for free!
Fluffy Chicks
March 21–25
Dip a bath loofah into yellow paint and print a fluffy yellow chick. Add eyes, a beak and skinny little legs.
Shamrock Suncatcher
March 14–18
Adhere green glitter and paper between two layers of sticky contact paper, then cut it into a shamrock shape. Hang your suncatcher in a window and you will see beautiful shades of green shining through.
Fun Fizzing Treasure Rocks
Saturday, March 9
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Baking soda + vinegar can be fun to mix! Why? Because together they make carbonic acid, which is unstable and breaks apart into separate carbon dioxide and water, resulting in bubbles.
What will YOU find in your baking soda “treasure” rock after you pour a bit of vinegar on it?
March 7 – 11 Blarney Stone
A Blarney Stone is a block of limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle in Ireland. Legend has it that the stone gives the gift of “gab" to those who kiss it.
Paint and decorate your own Blarney Stone.
3D Construction Paper Strip Rainbow
March 1–4
Curve and glue strips of rainbow paper onto a cardstock base. Add fluffy clouds on each end of the rainbow.
Make a red, lighted, paper Chinese lantern. Red lanterns symbolize reunion and honor, and are hung on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Chinese New Year.
Glue small pieces of tissue paper onto branches to create a pretty bouquet of cherry blossoms.
Visit the Museum for free!
Gung Hay Fat Choy/Happy New Year! Use a paper plate to make a Bolang Gu to play in celebration of the Chinese New Year.
The Lunar New Year marks the beginning of the traditional Chinese calendar, and is based on the orbit of the moon. Each year is represented by one of twelve zodiac signs. This year’s zodiac animal is a dragon! Make a colorful paper dragon puppet you can control using wooden dowels.
The Central Coast Autism Spectrum Center will be hosting an activity in The Studio this month! Combine science and art by making Fizzing Heart Art using vinegar, baking soda and food coloring. Join us!
Personalize a Valentine’s bookmark by adding thumbprint hearts!
This is a free event celebrating LGBTQIA+ families with young children on the Central Coast. Come play!
Sponsored by Growing Together: an LGBTQ+ Fund held at the Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County.
Glue newspaper hearts — onto a sheet of vibrant red paper — in the shape of a heart.
Melting Snowman
Saturday, January 27, 2024
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Create a melting snowman out of paper and glue. Add a glowing nose!
Fingerprint Rain Drops
January 25 – 29
Create a rainstorm by dipping your finger into blue paint and printing falling rain drops onto a sweet winter scene.
Visit the Museum for free!
Sock Snowball
January 18 – 22
Stuff “fluff” into the toe of a sock and give your snowball a silly snowman face.
Let it “Snow”
Saturday, January 13, 2024
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
We’ll be experimenting with a new “snow” recipe! Will a combination of hair conditioner and baking soda REALLY make fluffy “snow?” Let’s find out together!
Sparkly Winter Scene
January 11 – 15
Paint blue and white swirls of snowflakes on your paper and add some salty sparkles!
This is a free event celebrating LGBTQIA+ families with young children on the Central Coast. Come play!
Sponsored by Growing Together: an LGBTQ+ Fund held at the Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County.
