Unleash your inner artist as every brushstroke brings your imagination to life. Perfect for young creators who want to discover the joy of painting and play with color, shape, and texture. Step-by-step guidance will help you build confidence as you design your own amazing masterpieces.

Create your own storybook. Learn how to develop exciting characters, come up with a fun plot, and write a short, simple story with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Bring your tale to life with pictures by using your imagination to illustrate the characters and scenes. We’ll bind our books, and by the end of the class, you’ll have a complete storybook of your own, filled with both words and colorful drawings that show off your creativity and storytelling skills.

Cast spells, summon creatures, and use magical objects to defeat your opponents. Get an introduction or review of the basics of Magic: The Gathering, the world’s most popular trading card game. We will do a draft where everyone will pick cards and then use those decks to play each other. If you have your own cards, you can bring them, but we won’t be trading—the focus will be on gameplay. Beginners and experienced players are welcome. Magic is easy to learn, difficult to master!

Become a nature explorer as you ignite your creativity. Get outside, play, and discover local habitats through visual arts, music, and performance. Record your discoveries in your nature journal and walk away as a confident naturalist, ready to observe, interact with your surroundings, and notice the wonders in your own backyard.

Spend a week cooking your own tasty Latin American inspired meals. From everyday favorites like tortilla de patatas (Spanish omelette) and arroz con pollo (chicken and rice) to empanadas (sweet or savory filled pastry), arepas (cheese stuffed corncake), and a tres leches cake (creamy spongecake). You’ll build skills—including knife safety, using the oven, staying organized, and working with others—while making thoughtful choices about balanced, creative meals. By the end, you’ll feel more confident, independent, and ready to explore new flavors on your own.

Crack codes, solve riddles, and think outside the box during this mind-bending week. Challenge your mind and test your wits with cooperative, pattern recognition, and strategy games. Teamwork and communication will be key as our week culminates with a field trip to an escape room right here in Arlington.

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Craft your way through the world of Minecraft in this hands-on class—no computer screen required. Learn how to draw your favorite mobs (characters) by sketching basic shapes and adding the distinctive pixelated details of Minecraft’s signature style. Make a colorful, Minecraft-inspired mask you can wear—whether it’s a Creeper’s face, Steve, or your favorite Minecraft animal. Transform cardboard into cool tools, like swords and pickaxes, that can be used for pretend play or displayed as part of your Minecraft collection.

Become a part of a Minecraft community and help create a spectacular city for future residents. Build, budget, and furnish your dream home, launch a marketing campaign for your own business, and shape the city’s future as a council member—your vote truly matters! You’ll discover how math, economics, and community-building drive urban success, all while having a blast in the Minecraft world.

Unlock your creativity and become a Minecraft mastermind by engineering your own interactive escape room. Discover the secrets of redstone, Minecraft’s powerful circuit system, to build traps, locks, and hidden mechanisms. Design devious challenges and clever contraptions that will keep players guessing at every turn. Along the way, you’ll test your creations, collaborate with teammates, and fine-tune your designs—just like a professional engineer.

Create your own magical works of art—in miniature! Using a variety of techniques, design miniature 3D sculptures, drawings, and paintings. Whether you dream up a magical creature, or a secret garden, this open-studio class gives you the freedom to choose what you want to create using a huge selection of supplies.

Use paint, pencil, marker, clay, and collage to create art that’s all about you. Experiment with realistic and abstract styles while designing self-portraits inspired by your interests and imagination. Projects include clay portraits, bold cubist faces, playful collages, and selfie artwork that drops you into a favorite scene. Mix materials, get creative, and see yourself in a whole new way.