Category Archives: Kids

For the good…

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Stop by the studio today to make a simple Valentine to give away! Its free to do and fun to make! We oen until 6pm.
The Conejo Valley Chapter of the Family Service Club will be passing out valentine cards for the third year in a row this year. Families with children of all ages will meet at various assisted-living homes to sing songs and pass out valentines to residents.

This year they will pass out cards at Sunrise at Woodranch in Simi, Mary Health of the Sick in Newbury Park, Brookedale in Camarillo, Hillcrest Royale Retirement Community in Thousand Oaks, and Fairwinds in West Hills.

I’m Happiest When I am Creating

Sunday, February 4, 2018

It doesn’t matter if I am organizing a drawer, hanging paintings, creating a flyer for business, making a collage for fun, adding a new element to the studio or making a meal for my family, I am happiest when I am creating.

When I think of it, I realize that for me, doing these things and anything else creative involves my being hands-on with my hands and my mind. I love to see what I am imagining in my mind come into physical form. On a deeper level I think my soul is humming happily along when I am doing it. It’s a way to be grounded in the present and a way to honor me.
I would guess that some form of creating from our hearts in a physical way makes us all a little happier and makes the world a little better too.

Brave.

Saturday, February 3, 2018

This week during Girls Club Strong class the girls focused on bravery and the how’s and why’s of it then made these awesome arrows to remind them that they are already brave in lots of ways.

Happy February!

Friday, February 2, 2018

Happy February!
We’ve got a great month planned for you.
Follow our daily instagram posts with the hashtag #createhearts featuring hearts of all varieties to inspire lovingness.
We have our usual open studio time, deal times and days, Messy Toddler Art Fun, Field Trip visits, Troop visits, Machine Sewing classes, Girls Club Strong Confidence Classes, A Pinspired Night, parents Night Out, M.A.T.E.S. Steam Night, Birthday Parties, a Spotlight on YARN and Oak Parks Super Saturday!
Let’s have a lovely time creating together.
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Creating…

Thursday, February 1, 2018

What a wow worthy field trip visit we had from White Oak Elementary 4th and 5th graders we had today. They created fictitious missions and early American Colonies in collaborative groups with impressive features and details, all with scraps of this and bits of that.
Impressive!

One more time…

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Shining last light on styrofoam, we think of packing peanuts and the hands on play that can ensue.
If you get a delivery of styrofoam or its alter ego -a corn starch based backing material (pictured here) is even better for curious science style fun. It can fuse together with water! Go on, explore…

Give me a hand.

Monday, January 29, 2018

All hands on deck!
Birthday party guests make cardboard emoji necklaces. Now this is how we like to see kids using their hands- making, painting, building, exploring and discovering.
Save technology hands on use for another day.
Kids need time like THIS to decompress and express!

Wisely…

Saturday, January 27, 2018

We had a great time with Daisy Troop 61024 who came to work on the Girl Scout creed-using their resources wisely.
They brought along empty Kleenex boxes that we converted into houses. This house has all the fixin’s including a tiny Styrofoam puppy who lives there.
Who needs flashy stuff when the imaginings you have come to life with the simplest of things.

Connection

Thursday, January 25, 2018

One of the wonderful things I note about time at CReATE is the organic connections that unfold with parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, aunts and uncles and nieces and nephews, cousins and friends and caregivers and carekids and strangers too. Personal connections are the greatest need and core we all seek. Having time together to just BE is a magical thing.

Happy!

Monday, January 22, 2018

When you can create anything why not create happy!