Sculpted Ornaments
Clay sculpture & mixed media

Get ready to sculpt holiday magic with vibrant ornaments that bring your imagination to life! Create stand alone characters or an ornament with hanging string ready for your tree.

Morning, 10-1pm:
Festive Sculptures
Create festive creatures like reindeer, elves, or mythical beings dressed in holiday gear. Learn simple and fun sculpting techniques to bring these characters to life with colorful clay!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Festive Ornaments
Craft personalised ornaments featuring your initials, pet portraits, detailed mythical beings or Christmas favourites! Learn how to sculpt detail and dimension to make something that stands out and adds a magical, personal touch to your room or holiday decor!

Festive Cartoon Portraits
Drawing & Watercolour

Celebrate the season with bright, festive portraits that capture personality and creativity! Perfect for gifting or decorating! Bring your imagination or use a photo of a friend, family member, or favourite character for inspiration.

Morning, 10-1pm:
Festive Watercolour Portraits
Kick off the day with stylised watercolor portraits! Begin by sketching facial proportions and exaggerating key features for a festive twist. Layer colors to create a vibrant, holiday-inspired background and add details that make your artwork pop.

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Caricatures (Drawing Focus)
End the day with lively caricatures, focusing on bold lines, exaggerated features, and expressive details. Use pencils and markers to add shading, colours and patterns that bring your artwork to life with humour and personality!

Pageant Floats & Holiday Cards
Sculpture, drawing, watercolour painting & mixed media

Get ready for a day full of holiday fun! Dive into the magic of mini parade floats and create sparkling holiday cards to share with friends and family.

Morning, 10-1pm:
Mini Christmas Pageant Floats
Kick off with a burst of creativity as you design your very own mini parade float inspired by the Adelaide Christmas Pageant! Using recycled materials, dream up a theme - whether it's Harry Potter, dinosaurs, pizza, or something totally wild! Build, paint, and decorate your float, making it as epic and festive as you can imagine!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Holiday Card Creations
Switch gears in the afternoon to craft holiday cards that shimmer and shine! With watercolours, collage, and glittery details, each card will be unique and super spesh! Whether your card is adorned with a your dog in a Christmas hat, a Roblox elf or Baby Yoda wrapped up in lights, your cards will speed joy and festive cheer to your pals and fam.

Brilliant Bunting & Banners
Drawing, watercolour painting & collage

Create your own portable art gallery and brighten any room with your own bunting and banner masterpieces, perfect for sharing your awesome artworks!

Morning, 10-1pm:
Brilliant Bunting
Explore colour and shape to create playful bunting flags full of energy. Use paint and collage to decorate classic triangle shapes with fun patterns and vibrant drawings!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Banners Galore
Create a bold, sophisticated banner design, then take it from the page to your wall! Master design principles, experiment with epic colour combos, and personalise with your name, a catchphrase, or even lyrics from your favourite song! Your banner will hang from a rod and string, and you can add extra flourishes like pom poms, beads and more, to make it pop!

Everlasting Gingerbread Houses
Sculpture, painting & mixed media

Build a magical gingerbread house that lasts forever, complete with a hidden treasure compartment!

Morning, afternoon, or full-day:
Work on your Everlasting Gingerbread House all day, or join for just the morning or afternoon, it’s up to you! Decorate your everlasting gingerbread house with paint, collage, and whimsical details. Choose a fun theme - traditional, spooky, Frozen, Minecraft, or more! Add a secret compartment under the roof for your holiday treats or precious things. You’ll even leave with a surprise to start your holiday stash!

Whatever part of the day you join us, every young artist will feel welcome and right at home! Between sessions, we’ll take a break for our usual relaxed, get-to-know-you games, giving new arrivals a chance to connect with the group and dive into the project with ease.

Comic Book Inventors 2.0
Drawing & illustration

Back by popular demand! Join us for a day all about cartoons & comics, with new challenges and fresh artwork outcomes. Whether you’re returning for round 2, or just love cartoons, this workshop has something for everyone!

Morning, 10-1pm:
Anime-Inspired Character Design
Create unique characters inspired by anime! Design expressive faces and compile them into a mini-zine (book), with each page showcasing different features and expressions you’ve mastered.

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Collaborative Comic Book Creation
Join a group comic project where each student crafts a unique page of the story! With new themes and prompts, start with the first and last panels provided, then learn composition techniques and storytelling devices as you let your imagination guide the rest! Together, these pages will create a collaborative comic book to take home and share!

Garden of Imagination: Painted Pots & Paper Plants
Painting, sculpture & mixed media

Create a colourful, low-maintenance mini-garden! In the morning, paint vibrant pots with intricate designs, and in the afternoon, craft twisting, vibrant paper plants that bring colour to any space!

Morning, 10-1pm:
Painted Pots
Decorate a terracotta pot with bold colours and patterns using acrylic paint and Posca pens. Explore repeated shapes and motifs to make something truly unique and eye-catching!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Paper Plants
Craft paper plants that can twist, bend, or dangle with flair! Use varied materials to make your plant decorative or daring—like a leafy succulent with striped leaves or a toothy Venus flytrap ready to chomp!

Pop & Reveal Painting Day
Painting & mixed media

Dive into a day of bold colour, layered textures, and unique compositions! In the morning, experiment with repetition to transform simple shapes into vibrant, pop-art-inspired canvases. Then, reveal images using a unique negative space technique that adds depth and intrigue to your artwork. This day focuses on art elements and design principles in action, letting each artist create bold, exciting pieces!

Morning, 10-1pm:
Repetition Pop Canvas
Choose a fun, iconic shape - like an eye, lightning bolt, or beating heart - and repeat it all over your canvas in different sizes and bold colours to form a pop art showstopper! By varying shape, colour, size, and placement, you’ll create a trippy, painted design that’s full of energy and visual interest. This project is all about visual rhythm and contrast, and making something totally unique that bursts with personality!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Negative Space Painting
Create a hidden masterpiece with a unique technique! Build a bold, eye-catching, colourful base layer with gradients and striking shapes, then “reveal” your own animal, creature, or scene by painting around it, letting your design emerge from the background. Add Posca marker details to bring it fully to life. This technique is not only fun but will push your creative boundaries, teaching you to build layers and add depth to your paintings like never before!

Spooky Houses & Ghostly Gadgets
Sculpture, drawing & illustration

Join us for fun, spooky creativity, where young artists will build eerie mini haunted houses with hidden secrets in the morning, and design ghost-catching devices inspired by Rube Goldberg’s wacky chain reactions in the afternoon. This day develops storytelling, design, and problem-solving, creating artworks filled with mystery and imagination!

Morning, 10-1pm:
Haunted House Mini Sculptures
Build your own haunted house full of hidden surprises! Your mini-sculpture will be constructed of matchboxes. Inside each, a room filled with mysterious objects, eerie details and curious treasures. Imagine what lies behind each “closed door” in this miniature world!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Ghost-Catching Machine Drawings
Design a ghost-catching contraption inspired by a Rube Goldberg machine—where each part sets off the next in a fun chain reaction! Imagine pressing a button that triggers a spring-loaded boxing glove, which punches a ball down a spiral ramp, eventually leading to your ghost trap snapping shut on your target! It’s all about being as silly and spooky as you want, with gears, dominoes, and details galore to bring your ghost-catching device to life!

Mystical Watercolours
Watercolour, drawing & mixed media

Step into a day of mystical creativity, where we’ll explore drawing, watercolour, and mixed media techniques inspired by intriguing still life objects like skulls, hourglasses, and twisting plants. Young artists will sharpen their observation skills, experiment with watercolour effects, and enjoy messy, painty fun as they create striking pieces capturing their point of view.

Morning, 10-1pm:
Drawing Challenges & Technique Exploration
Start the day with drawing games and watercolour challenges focused on our mystical still life setup. This session is all about learning and experimenting, as we play with different techniques. The result? An exciting suite of studies that capture these mystical objects from different angles, textures, and perspectives.

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Warhol-Inspired Still Life Painting
Inspired by the bold colours and tones in Andy Warhol’s “Skull” series, we’ll work on a detailed watercolour piece adding line work in pen for the final touches. This session emphasises layering, shading, and creative colour to build atmosphere and depth, exploring mood and expression. With each brushstroke, students will see how tone and vibrant accents can bring their subject to life.

Musical Inventors: Instrument Sculptures & Band Posters
Sculpture, drawing, watercolour & mixed media

A day of musical invention and creative design! In the morning we’ll make imaginative instrument sculptures inspired by real instruments from around the world. In the afternoon, switch gears to design an epic band poster featuring your instrument or a band—one you love or one you invent. Don’t miss a beat—come jam with us!

Morning, 10-1pm:
Invent Your Own Instrument
Build a totally wacky instrument sculpture from recycled materials, inspired by parts of trumpets, guitars, drums, or entirely new hybrids. Imagine the wild sounds it could make as you focus on form and expression!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Band Poster Design
Design a bold, custom poster featuring your invented instrument, a dream band, or your favourite, like Imagine Dragons, Chappell Roan, or Taylor Swift. Experiment with composition, colour, and different materials for an awesome poster to decorate your space!

Lo-Fi Animation Day
Drawing, flip books & paper-based animation

Unlock the wonder of animation—right at your fingertips! Using classic, hands-on techniques, creators will discover how to bring their drawings to life. Learn the basics of timing, movement, and animation in simple steps, giving you the power to make your drawings morph, transform, and come alive!

Morning, 10-1pm:
Flip Books & Thaumatropes
Kick off with the fundamentals of flip books and thaumatropes—where two images magically blend together! Animate scenes like a superhero’s transformation, a dragon taking flight, or an spectacular explosion, just by flipping or spinning paper. The thrill of seeing your drawings blend and move will feel like pure magic in action!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Phenakistoscopes
Dive into spinning animation with phenakistoscopes! Draw a sequence of images on a disk, showing steps of a movement, like a galloping unicorn, a blinking character, or a transforming alien. Then, watch your creation spring to life as you spin the disk and peek through the slits to see your animation loop continuously, just like a handmade GIF!

Radical Threads
Sewing, stencils & mixed media

Step into the world of bold, expressive textile art, inspired by the "Radical Textiles" exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Create your own punk themed felt badge and toe bag! This workshop empowers creators to make a statement, celebrating self-expression through art and fashion. Each session is packed with skills like simple stitching, colour layering and design, letting kids take home personalised treasures that express their creative flair.

Morning, 10-1pm:
Felt Badges
Craft your own edgy felt badges, perfect for pinning onto jackets, bags or hats! Design quirky icons, symbols or characters using felt with bright colours, bold shapes, and simple stitching techniques. Each badge becomes a mini artwork that captures your personality.

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Totally Totes
Turn a simple canvas tote into a wearable art piece! Inspired by punk aesthetics, bold patterns, and catchy phrases, you'll design and paint a tote bag that’s entirely your own. Learn layering, stencil work, and colour-blocking techniques to create a unique accessory that blends functionality with style.

Abstract Painting Adventures
Painting and mixed media

Embark on an artistic expedition into the vibrant world of abstract painting! This process-driven workshop lets young artists dive into a playful journey of mark-making, colour exploration, and creative decision-making. Leave with unique, expressive artworks that bring colour and excitement to your walls!

Morning, 10-1pm:
Bold Abstract Canvas Painting
Create a striking and dynamic abstract acrylic painting on canvas! Create your own paper shape templates and move them around your canvas to experiment and uncover your design. Layer bold colours and add your own personal touches to craft a punchy and expressive piece. This session is all about process and experimentation, letting each young artist's piece unfold in surprising ways!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Explorative Mixed Media paintings on paper
Ready to dive deeper into the world of abstraction? Start with mini studies to explore textures and marks, then move on to a larger artwork that’s all about discovery and experimentation. With tools for masking, peeling, and layering, young artists will uncover surprising effects as they let each stroke and choice reveal something new!

Optical Illusions Day
Drawing & collage

Get ready to bend reality with art that tricks the eye! This day of optical illusions will have young artists exploring mind-bending techniques in drawing and collage, where perspective, contrast, and shape come together to create mesmerising effects.

Morning, 10-1pm:
Op Art & Geometric Patterns
Explore the hypnotic world of Op Art, creating contrasting designs with geometric patterns that pop. Experiment with line, shape, and repetition to make your artwork seem to ripple, vibrate and even pop off the page!

Afternoon, 1-4pm:
Double-Take Collages & Warped Images
Create surreal artworks that blend reality with illusion! Start by combining two unexpected images, splicing them together to create a trippy, double-take piece that draws viewers in. Then, split an image in half, reconnecting its pieces by drawing dripping shapes or twisting staircases for a dreamlike finish. Bring your imagination to life with a surreal scape where reality and fantasy blur!