Winter Camp, Pre-K
2019-12-23, 2019-12-30 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Winter Wonder Art Camp! Come join us as we explore the world through our own eyes.
Pre-K camp activities may be related to K-6th grader projects, while being age and skill-level appropriate.

Closed
2019-12-24 - 2019-12-25, 2020-01-01 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States

Winter Camp, K-6th grade- Rooms
2019-12-26 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Winter Wonder Art Camp! Come join us as we explore the world through our own eyes.
Wooden houses will be provided for architects to design their own space!

Winter Camp, K-6th grade- Clay and Sculpture
2019-12-27 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Winter Wonder Art Camp! Come join us as we explore the world through our own eyes.
From bowls to critters we’ll have a day of building in three-dimensions.

Winter Camp, K-6th grade- Witches and Wizards
2019-12-30 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Winter Wonder Art Camp! Come join us as we explore the world through our own eyes.
We’ll have a day of magic, potion making, wands and spell books!

Winter Camp, K-6th grade- Critters & Friends
2019-12-31 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Winter Wonder Art Camp! Come join us as we explore the world through our own eyes.
For the love of wildlife! We’ll sculpt, paint and decorate our magnificent creatures to be adored by all who look their way.

Winter Camp, K-6th grade- Superheroes
2020-01-02 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Winter Wonder Art Camp! Come join us as we explore the world through our own eyes.
We’ll explore superheroes in artistic form, from character building to scenes. This will be a superhero that comes to life!

Winter Camp, K-6th grade- Science Lab
2020-01-03 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Winter Wonder Art Camp! Come join us as we explore the world through our own eyes.
We’ll experiment with several ingredients to make slime, sand and whatever else our young scientists can desire.

Visiting Artist
2020-01-20 08:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
We’ll be working with a visiting artist! Details TBA.

Drop off between 8am and 9am. Wear clothes that can get dirty and comfortable shoes. Bring a water bottle and a nut-free snack. If your child is staying past noon, please also send a nut-free lunch and a second snack.

Sign up options:

8/9am-12pm, $52
8/9am-3pm, $89
8/9am-6pm, $125

Wonder Challenge, STEM Game Races
2020-02-17 08:00 - 18:00 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
We’ll be working with STEM Game Races again but this time with stories! This will be an interactive, engaging and high-energy story telling day. Students will work together in groups to make connections, think creatively and solve problems that arise.

Drop off between 8am and 9am. Wear clothes that can get dirty and comfortable shoes. Bring a water bottle and a nut-free snack. If your child is staying past noon, please also send a nut-free lunch and a second snack.

Sign up options:

8/9am-12pm, $52
8/9am-3pm, $89
8/9am-6pm, $125

All Things Green
2020-03-17 08:00 - 18:00 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
We’re trying our luck, with all things green!

Drop off between 8am and 9am. Wear clothes that can get dirty and comfortable shoes. Bring a water bottle and a nut-free snack. If your child is staying past noon, please also send a nut-free lunch and a second snack.

Sign up options:

8/9am-12pm, $52
8/9am-3pm, $89
8/9am-6pm, $125

Spring Break
2020-03-23 - 2020-03-27 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Our camps offer enrichment with loads of fun! We encourage our campers to embrace challenges and turn mistakes into masterpieces. By building creative confidence we hope to leave a lasting impact of creativity in each camper.

Our morning begins with our themed projects and the afternoon opens up to our Makers Space where the camper leads the way.

Schedule:

Monday, March 23- Creatures of the Sea – We’ll deep sea dive and explore the many wonders under the sea. Once we’ve found our favorite creature, we’ll bring it to life with a variety of tools and materials.
Tuesday, March 24- STEAM Challenge – There’s a lot of problem solving behind every piece of art or act of science. Campers will be challenged with games, projects and puzzles as they perfect their creative ability to complete a design.
Wednesday, March 25- Draw, Paint and Sculpt – Campers will develop their artistic skills and self-expression by combining, drawing, painting and sculpture into a multi-media masterpiece.
Thursday, March 26- Terrariums – Campers will learn about eco-systems of small plants and design their own mini terrarium. We’ll provide gravel, rocks, dirt and plants, and they’ll make a couple tiny friends to live inside their terrarium.

Friday, March 27- The World of Insects – We’ll be bugging out with campers as we explore the life of various insects. After they’ve earned their entomology badges they’ll go on to make their very own insects with recycled materials and modeling clay.

Camp activities begin at about 9am, though you are welcome to drop-off from 8am. Kids will have free time to draw, paint, play games and explore the Studio before 9am, as well as between projects during the day.

Comfortable clothes and shoes are recommended, as well as having something warm to wear in the backyard. We’ll have snack breaks in the morning and afternoon, so please send snacks and a water bottle with your child.

If they’re staying after 12:00pm, send a lunch, too. No food with nuts, please.

Sign up options:

Pick up at 12pm, $52 per day (or if you sign up for all 5 days, the discounted price is $225)*
Pick up at 3pm, $89 per day (or if you sign up for all 5 days, the discounted price is $395)*
Pick up at 6pm, $125 per day (or if you sign up for all 5 days, the discounted price is $525)*

*To get the full week discount, select payment options 4, 5 or 6.

Cooking Day
2020-04-10 08:00 - 18:00 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
We’ll be working with food! Details so come.

Drop off between 8am and 9am. Wear clothes that can get dirty and comfortable shoes. Bring a water bottle and a nut-free snack. If your child is staying past noon, please also send a nut-free lunch and a second snack.

Sign up options:

8/9am-12pm, $52
8/9am-3pm, $89
8/9am-6pm, $125

Drawing Techniques, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 1)
2020-05-04 10:00 - 10:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Let’s get into some drawing basics this May with Mr. Sam from MM Studio! He’ll cover basic contour and shape, shading technique, color, gesture, and then, to cap it all off, people and portraiture!
This five week course is great for children grades 3-6. Each session meets once a week for 40 minutes, and there will be (VERY LIGHT) homework between sessions. Easy breezy, but lots of fun, and tons of learning!
Skills we’ll develop include:

Contour drawing
Shading
Color
How to draw a person
Self-portraiture

Materials you’ll need (not supplied by Magical Minds):

Pencils
Colored pencils
Pencil sharpener
Erasers
Tissue
Sketchbook or plain paper
Sharpie marker or black crayola

Dates, times and price:

Mondays, May 4-June 1, 10-10:40am, or
$35 for all 5 sessions

Make Your Own Coloring Pages, ages 5-12
2020-05-04 11:00 - 11:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Every get bored of your coloring books? Well guess what—we can make our own! In this single-session class we’ll talk about composition, shape, and contour and fill an entire page with cute drawings of our own design. By the end of the session, we’ll have a page all ready to get colored with marker, crayon, colored pencil—your choice.
Materials (not supplied by Magical Minds):

White paper
Pencil sharpener
Black marker or pen

Dates, times and price

Monday, May 4, 11-11:40am
$12 for 1 session

Weaving, ages 6-12, 5 wks (group 1)
2020-05-04 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
This 5 week course will guide you through the basics of weaving. We will go from making our own loom to ‘dressing’ (preparing) it, weaving, taking our piece off the loom and hanging it!
Skills you’ll learn include:

Making a loom
Weaving
Decorating woven art

Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

10” by 12” cardboard piece plus two strips for top and bottom
Exacto knife or scissors
Ruler
Yarn (different colors/sizes/textures are ok and welcome!)
Plastic needle
Masking tape/Scotch tape
Twigs or popsicle sticks
Pencil

Dates, times and price:

Mondays, May 4-June 1, 12-12:30pm
$32 for all 5 sessions

Drawing Techniques, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 2)
2020-05-04 13:00 - 13:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Let’s get into some drawing basics this May with Mr. Sam from MM Studio! He’ll cover basic contour and shape, shading technique, color, gesture, and then, to cap it all off, people and portraiture!
This five week course is great for children grades 3-6. Each session meets once a week for 40 minutes, and there will be (VERY LIGHT) homework between sessions. Easy breezy, but lots of fun, and tons of learning!
Skills we’ll develop include:

Contour drawing
Shading
Color
How to draw a person
Self-portraiture

Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

Pencils
Colored pencils
Pencil sharpener
Erasers
Tissue
Sketchbook or plain paper
Sharpie marker or black crayola

Dates, times and price:

Mondays, May 4-June 1, 1-1:40pm
$35 for all 5 sessions

Weaving, ages 6-12, 5 wks (group 2)
2020-05-04 14:00 - 14:30 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
This 5 week course will guide you through the basics of weaving. We will go from making our own loom to ‘dressing’ (preparing) it, weaving, taking our piece off the loom and hanging it!
Skills you’ll learn include:

Making a loom
Weaving
Decorating woven art

Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

10” by 12” cardboard piece plus two strips for top and bottom
Exacto knife or scissors
Ruler
Yarn (different colors/sizes/textures are ok and welcome!)
Plastic needle
Masking tape/Scotch tape
Twigs or popsicle sticks
Pencil

Dates, times and price:

Mondays, May 4-June 1, 2-2:30pm
$32 for all 5 sessions

Drawing and Painting, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 1)
2020-05-05 10:00 - 10:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Over 5 sessions, students will learn the basic of drawing and painting. Lessons include:

Breaking objects down into simple shapes
Perspective
Color wheels
Light and shadow
Blending watercolors
Mixing other media with watercolors
Proportions
Gesture drawings
Drawing faces

Materials needed (these are not supplied by Magical Minds):

Paper (ideally in a sketchbook, but computer paper also works)
Pencils
Eraser
Watercolors
Paintbrushes
Watercolor paper (computer paper also works)
Crayons and/or colored pencils and/or markers
Ruler

Dates, times and price:

Tuesdays, May 5-June 2, 10:00-10:40am
$35 for all 5 sessions

Kitchen Art, ages 5-12
2020-05-05 12:00 - 12:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Let’s illustrate! In this single session class we’ll be choosing a fruit or vegetable together to make a contour drawing of, and then coloring it in with crosshatching and colored pencils to decorate our kitchen!
Materials (not supplied by Magical Minds):

White paper
Colored pencils
Pencil sharpener
Black marker or pen

Date, times, price:

Tuesday, May 5, 12-12:40pm
$12 for 1 session

Drawing and Painting, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 2)
2020-05-05 13:00 - 13:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Over 5 sessions, students will learn the basic of drawing and painting. Lessons include:

Breaking objects down into simple shapes
Perspective
Color wheels
Light and shadow
Blending watercolors
Mixing other media with watercolors
Proportions
Gesture drawings
Drawing faces

Materials needed (these are not supplied by Magical Minds):

Paper (ideally in a sketchbook, but computer paper also works)
Pencils
Eraser
Watercolors
Paintbrushes
Watercolor paper (computer paper also works)
Crayons and/or colored pencils and/or markers
Ruler

Dates, times and price:

Tuesdays, May 5-June 2, 1:00-1:40pm
$35 for all 5 sessions

Tissue Box TV, ages 6-12
2020-05-05 14:00 - 14:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Follow along with Ms. Lindsay as we transform an ordinary tissue box into a magic TV that switches to any channel out imaginations come up with! In this single session lesson we will use our tissue box as a stencil to measure out three squares for the sides that will be decorated with crazy patterns. We will also create a special square for the screen, where we can change out the channels whenever we want with special cut out papers.
Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

Tissue box (square preferred, but rectangle is fine)
Four sheets of paper (white or color) – if box is big add two more sheets of paper
Pencil
Markers
Crayons
Scissors
Tape

Dates, time and price:

Tuesdays, May 5, 12, 19, 26 or June 2, 2-2:40pm
$12 for 1 session

Butterfly on a Log, ages 5-10
2020-05-05 15:00 - 15:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Follow along with Ms. Lindsay as we turn a paper towel tube into a log for a butterfly to relax on next to a flower. In this single session lesson, first we will learn how to draw lines for the texture of wood, and color our paper to wrap around the tube. Then we will create and color the butterfly and flower with our favorite colors!
Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

Paper Towel tube
Three sheets of white construction paper
Pencil
Markers
Crayons
Scissors
Tape

Dates, times and price:

Tuesday, May 5, 12, 19, 26 or June 2, 3-3:40pm
$12 for 1 session

Weaving, ages 6-12, 5 wks (group 3)
2020-05-06 10:00 - 10:30 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
This 5 week course will guide you through the basics of weaving. We will go from making our own loom to ‘dressing’ (preparing) it, weaving, taking our piece off the loom and hanging it!
Skills you’ll learn include:

Making a loom
Weaving
Decorating woven art

Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

10” by 12” cardboard piece plus two strips for top and bottom
Exacto knife or scissors
Ruler
Yarn (different colors/sizes/textures are ok and welcome!)
Plastic needle
Masking tape/Scotch tape
Twigs or popsicle sticks
Pencil

Dates, times and price:

Wednesdays, May 6-June 3, 10-10:30pm
$32 for all 5 sessions

Paint and Draw, ages 5-8
2020-05-06 11:00 - 11:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Follow along with Ms. Haj in this single lesson as we learn how to take simple lines to form a tree. We’ll then take paint or markers to bring our tree to life.
Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

Paper
Q-tips (if using paint)
Pencil
Markers
Cup of water
Paintbrush

Dates, times and price:

Wednesday, May 6, 13 or 20, 11:00-11:40 am
$12 for 1 session

Painting Techniques, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 1)
2020-05-06 12:00 - 12:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Begin mastering your painting techniques with watercolors and acrylic paint over 5 weeks of classes. Each week Ms Lindsay will teach new facets of how to use these paints so that young artists can paint landscapes, their favorite animals and more!
Techniques in this class include:

Shading with watercolors
Layering acrylics
Blending acrylics
Complimentary colors
Showing composition and movement
Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):
Watercolors
Acrylics
Water cup
Paintbrushes
Watercolor paper or white computer paper (for watercolors)
Canvas, foam core or white computer paper (for acrylics)
Pencil and eraser
Drying towel
White crayon
Cardboard tube
Q-tips
Black Sharpie or other black marker

Dates, times and price:

Wednesdays, May 6-June 3, 12-12:40pm
$35 for all 5 sessions

Weaving, ages 6-12, 5 wks (group 4)
2020-05-06 13:00 - 13:30 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
This 5 week course will guide you through the basics of weaving. We will go from making our own loom to ‘dressing’ (preparing) it, weaving, taking our piece off the loom and hanging it!
Skills you’ll learn include:

Making a loom
Weaving
Decorating woven art

Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

10” by 12” cardboard piece plus two strips for top and bottom
Exacto knife or scissors
Ruler
Yarn (different colors/sizes/textures are ok and welcome!)
Plastic needle
Masking tape/Scotch tape
Twigs or popsicle sticks
Pencil

Dates, times and price:

Wednesdays, May 6-June 3, 1-1:30pm
$32 for all 5 sessions

Painting Techniques, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 2)
2020-05-06 14:00 - 14:40 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Begin mastering your painting techniques with watercolors and acrylic paint over 5 weeks of classes. Each week Ms Lindsay will teach new facets of how to use these paints so that young artists can paint landscapes, their favorite animals and more!
Techniques in this class include:

Shading with watercolors
Layering acrylics
Blending acrylics
Complimentary colors
Showing composition and movement

Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

Watercolors
Acrylics
Water cup
Paintbrushes
Watercolor paper or white computer paper (for watercolors)
Canvas, foam core or white computer paper (for acrylics)
Pencil and eraser
Drying towel
White crayon
Cardboard tube
Q-tips
Black Sharpie or other black marker

Dates, times and price:

Wednesdays, May 6-June 3, 2-2:40pm
$35 for all 5 sessions
