Magical Minds Studio

Unicorn Drawing, ages 8-12
2020-06-15 10:00 - 10:40 (America/Chicago) | 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 use basic shapes to draw a unicorn, and a mix of markers and
crayons to bring it to life!Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

White Paper
Black Sharpie
#2 Pencil
Markers
Crayons

Price:

$15 for 1 session

K-6th grade Summer Camp- Witches & Wizards
2020-06-15 - 2020-06-19 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Always a popular week of camp! Send your Witches & Wizards to us and we’ll be sure to keep their minds and hands busy. From spells to slime, and a game of quidditch, we’ll make this a week they’ll never forget!

For campers staying past noon we’ll have a lunch break and then dive into choice-based activities which include fine arts, games and outside play.

Campers should wear clothes that can get dirty and comfortable shoes. Everyone should bring a water bottle and snack, as well as a lunch if you’re staying after 12:00 pm.

No food with nuts, please.

Early Bird sign up options (through March 1):

Pick up at 12pm, $47 per day (or if you sign up for all 5 days, the discounted price is $200)*
Pick up at 3pm, $80 per day (or if you sign up for all 5 days, the discounted price is $355)*
Pick up at 6pm, $112 per day (or if you sign up for all 5 days, the discounted price is $475)*

Regular sign up options (from March 2):

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.

K-6th grade Summer Camp- Music & Dance
2020-06-08 - 2020-06-12 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
Summer begins with great excitement and what better way to celebrate than with music and dancing! Our campers will be exploring music as we put together our playlist for the week. We’ll have instruments to play, dance moves to act out and costumes to make. At the end of the week we’ll record the students making, singing and dancing the 1st week of summer away!

For campers staying past noon we’ll have a lunch break and then dive into choice-based activities which include fine arts, games and outside play.

Campers should wear clothes that can get dirty and comfortable shoes. Everyone should bring a water bottle and snack, as well as a lunch if you’re staying after 12:00 pm.

No food with nuts, please.

Early Bird sign up options (through March 1):

Pick up at 12pm, $47 per day (or if you sign up for all 5 days, the discounted price is $200)*
Pick up at 3pm, $80 per day (or if you sign up for all 5 days, the discounted price is $355)*
Pick up at 6pm, $112 per day (or if you sign up for all 5 days, the discounted price is $475)*

Regular sign up options (from March 2):

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.

Kitchen Art, ages 5-12
2020-06-02 12:00 - 12:40 | Magical Minds Studio, 110 Madison St., Oak Park, IL, 60302, United States
**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

Dates, times, price:

Tuesday, June 2, 12-12:40pm
$12 for 1 session

Make Your Own Coloring Page, ages 5-12
2020-06-01 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, June 1, 11-11:40am
$12 for 1 session

Kitchen Art, ages 5-12
2020-05-26 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

Dates, times, price:

Tuesday, May 26, 12-12:40pm
$12 for 1 session

Make Your Own Coloring Page, ages 5-12
2020-05-25 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 25, 11-11:40am
$12 for 1 session

Kitchen Art, ages 5-12
2020-05-19 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

Dates, times, price:

Tuesday, May 19, 12-12:40pm
$12 for 1 session

Make Your Own Coloring Page, ages 5-12
2020-05-18 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 18, 11-11:40am
$12 for 1 session

Kitchen Art, ages 5-12
2020-05-12 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

Dates, times, price:

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

Make Your Own Coloring Page, ages 5-12
2020-05-11 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 11, 11-11:40am
$12 for 1 session

Finger Knitting Butterflies, ages 4-12
2020-05-08 16:00 - 16:30 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
Have you ever seen a butterfly made of yarn? In this single session lesson we will learn how to finger knit and make our very own colorful butterflies. Finger knitting is a great beginner’s guide into using our own bodies as machines to create amazing crafts.
Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

2 balls of yarn (different colors)
Pipe cleaners
Our fingers!

Dates, time and price:

Friday, May 8, 15, 22, 29 or June 5, 4-4:30pm
$10 for 1 session

Drawing and Painting, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 4)
2020-05-08 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.**
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:

Fridays, May 8-June 5, 3:00-3:40pm
$35 for all 5 sessions

Macrame Necklace, ages 4-12
2020-05-08 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.**
Painting rocks is always fun, but what if we could turn those rocks into jewelry or a keychain that you could carry with you? We are going to be using a technique called “macrame” to create a little home for our rocks, make sure you have some painted rocks before this single session lesson!
Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

1 painted rock
8 equal lengths of yarn or string
Scissors

Dates, time and price:

Friday, May 8, 15, 22, 29 or June 5, 2-2:40pm
$12 for 1 session

"Watercolor" Triptych, ages 5-12
2020-05-08 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.**
No watercolors? No problem! In this single-session class, we’ll explore ways of using colored pencils and blending to mimic a simple watercolor painting!
Material needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

White paper
Colored pencils
Pencil sharpener
Ruler
Black marker

Dates, time, price:

Friday, May 8, 15, 22, 29 or June 5, 12-12:40pm
$12 for 1 session

Drawing and Painting, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 3)
2020-05-08 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.**
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:

Fridays, May 8-June 5, 11:00-11:40am
$35 for all 5 sessions

Mini Journals, ages 4-12
2020-05-08 08:00 - 13:00 | Online via Zoom
**Our classes are taught via Zoom. Once you have signed up, we will email you the meeting information and password.**
In this single session class you will learn how to make your very own mini journal! Nothing is better than writing or drawing on a notebook you made by yourself. Once you know how to make them you can make as many as you want, think about all the different colors and details you could have!
Materials needed (not supplied by Magical Minds):

A piece of paper
Scissors
Colored pencils/markers to decorate

Dates, times and price:

Friday, May 8, 15, 22, 29 or June 5, 1-1:30pm
$10 for 1 session

Painting Techniques, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 4)
2020-05-07 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.**
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:

Thursdays, May 7-June 4, 3-3:40pm
$35 for all 5 sessions

Drawing Techniques, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 4)
2020-05-07 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.**
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:

Thursdays, May 7-June 4, 2-2:40pm
$35 for all 5 sessions

Painting Techniques, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 3)
2020-05-07 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.**
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:

Thursdays, May 7-June 4, 1-1:40pm
$35 for all 5 sessions

Drawing Techniques, ages 8-12, 5 wks (group 3)
2020-05-07 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.**
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:

Thursdays, May 7-June 4, 11-11:40am
$35 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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
