Art / Crafts

Get crafty and show off your art skills in this monthly program for 9-12 year olds. New project each month! This month: 4 Season Handprints. Registration is required.

Are you ready to get crafty and create your own accordion style book? Have fun dreaming up your own story as you bring your book to life with vibrant stickers, journaling quotes, crayons and markers. You are encouraged to share your book with the rest of the group at the end of the program, but it is not required. This event is for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.

Join the first Saturday of each month between 9 am – 12 pm for free in-person Kids Workshops. While supplies last.

Stop by the Youth Department at Sump for a fun craft! Supplies will be available (while they last) for one hour for this self-guided activity. Community Helpers from the Police and Fire Departments will be joining.

Make a Pantograph, a tool to help enlarge or shrink an image. Ever wonder how they make HUGE murals or tiny dollhouse-size paintings? Now you can try it!

Drop in and build a hand drum using everyday household items.

Turn a watering can into a colorful gnome flower pot and then fill it with a Spider plant and an Alligator plant.

Join the first Saturday of each month between 9 am – 12 pm for free in-person Kids Workshops. While supplies last.

Join the first Saturday of each month between 9 am – 12 pm for free in-person Kids Workshops. While supplies last.

Join the first Saturday of each month between 9 am – 12 pm for free in-person Kids Workshops. While supplies last.

Join the first Saturday of each month between 9 am – 12 pm for free in-person Kids Workshops. While supplies last.

In this workshop you will learn how to design and decorate do-it-yourself stickers. Use markers to experiment with layering light and dark color combinations to add details to your sticker designs. You will have so much fun making stickers in the sun that you will want to share your new DIY sticker hack with others!

In this workshop you will explore the use of various materials, colors and drawing techniques to create a bookmark. Choose a word or phrase that sparks inspiration and ignites imagination as you make your mark on the world through art. This workshop is a drop-in style workshop. Seats are limited and are first come first serve. Location: Arrival Plaza at The RiverFront Park. The workshop will take place near the entrance of the Kiewit Luminarium

Learn to paint the beautiful Nebraska native pollinator flowers that are sprinkled throughout the RiverFront park. While painting you will learn basic water techniques such as: controlling water (wet on wet, wet on dry), blending, and how to paint from observation. Overall, we will have fun, unwind, and enjoy native pollinator flowers. All levels welcome. No experience necessary. This workshop is a drop-in style workshop. Seats are limited and are first come first serve. Location: RiverFront Park at the Arrival Plaza outside of Kiewit Luminarium

Let’s take a closer look at the Plants in the park and our Farmer’s Market finds…..fruits & veggies and any other fun treasures we discover. Through close observation (with the help of a magnifying glass) we will play with Oil Pastels, Chalk Pastels and watercolor pencils to appreciate the beauty of Nature’s design. All materials included. This workshop is a drop-in style workshop. Seats are limited and are first come first serve. Location: RiverFront Park at the Arrival Plaza outside of Kiewit Luminarium