MakerSpace Open Studio

Description

Every Saturday and Sunday from 12pm-4pm check out what we're building, making, and creating in our Open Studio hours! NUMU's Open Studio offers visitors of all ages a hands-on opportunity to explore, discover and create. Ages 4+, All children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult.

Activity Descriptions
Nichos Boxes | May 20-21
Nichos are decorative mixed media shadow boxes. We'll be stamping aluminum foil, decorating and gluing to make a cute little shadow box that will turn your favorite things into art! Bring in a favorite object to put inside or create something new at NUMU.

Flying Mobiles | May 27-28
Decorate your yard for spring with a DIY bird wind mobile. We'll be embossing and decorating aluminum foil birds and hanging them so they can fly in a mobile. The shine of them might even keep birds out of your garden!

Moving Sculptures | June 3-4
Make a sculpture you can move! We'll be using wire and tissue paper to create beautiful, moveable, and pose-able sculptures.

Dot Art | June 10-11
We're going dotty this weekend! Join us to learn how to make pointillist style paintings using cotton swabs, watercolors, and imagination.

Sliding Aquariums | June 17-18
Celebrate Father's Day by going fishing...in an aquarium you made yourself! We'll be designing and decorating fish that slide back and forth in their cardboard aquariums.

Paint Fireworks | July 1-2
Celebrate the Fourth of July at NUMU where we'll be using straws and paint to make fireworks that pop!

Painting Ripples + Reflections | July 8-9
Create reflections with art! Use wax crayons to create the first layers of your lake and house. Then we'll fill in the rest of the painting with batiked watercolors, and collage windows and doors to create beautiful mixed media .

Ocean Mobiles | July 15-16
Learn about life in the ocean by creating a mobile. Each sea animal represents a level in the ocean and you'll learn a bit about what the ocean is like at that depth as you create a beautiful piece of art.

Clay Critters | July 22-23
What's your favorite animal? Experiment with sculpture, and make a menagerie of animals by sculpting just a few simple shapes.

Harry Potter's Birthday | July 29-30
It's that time of year again--and your Hogwarts letter has just arrived! Join us once more as we celebrate the Boy-Who-Lived--with arts and crafts! Make your own wand, create a dragon's egg and sit under the Sorting Hat as it tells you which Hogwarts house you will be joining.

Plant Fossil Tiles | August 5-6
Learn a new technique for preserving a plant forever--with clay! We will be pressing native plants into clay, choosing from local and native Californian plants.

Sandy Beach Paintings | August 12-13
Before you go back to school, have fun at the beach with art! We'll use paint and sand to create the perfect beach weather so that summer never has to end.

Black Light Velvet posters | August 19-20
Celebrate the Summer of Love at NUMU! We'll be using black light paint, wax crayons, and black velvet to recreate the famous posters from the 60s.

Paper Pups | August 26-27
Celebrate National Dog Day at NUMU, and create a dog of your own from a paper roll! Choose your favorite breed, from mastiff to chihuahua. Don't forget, only paper pups are allowed in the museum. Please celebrate National Dog Day with your pup outside on the civic center lawn!

*$5 Material Fee for kids | Museum Admission price applies to adults.
**No new entries to MakerSpace after 3:30pm.
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Museum Admission
FREE for members
$6 Seniors, military and students with valid ID
General Admission is $10

NUMU is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization tax ID 94-1619601
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More Info

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http://www.numulosgatos.org/makerspace-open-studio

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