Grid drawing is one of the best techniques for getting kids to feel confident about drawing! In this 8 week session our advanced students will learn how to draw the human face, learn about proportions and apply their skills about the value scale and shading techniques to reproduce a portrait from a photograph. Drawing takes a lot of practice,…
Join us for an exciting week at La Dee Da as campers become designers, learning the basics of fashion design including creating a mood board, sketching, and crafting their very own runway worthy fashion collection! Each camper will design and construct a true to size paper mache dress based on their personal style and other…
The last time we made Oobleck was during our Messy Toddler Tuesday Sensory Art Class. And guess who landed up playing with it the most? The Moms of course!!! What is Oobleck? Before we start let’s talk about just what oobleck is. Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid, a fancy term for a liquid whose viscosity changes…
Join us at La Dee Da for this exciting ceramic workshop. Children will enjoy getting to feel and work with clay. They will learn how to make “coils” which is one of the fundamentals of hand building with clay. With their new knowledge they will learn how to create a heart decoration. They will then…
There’s something so special and sweet about creating Valentines with your kiddos. It’s an annual tradition in our house and even though sometimes I wish I could just get myself to buy the store bought stuff and save all the trouble, (thanks Tarjay for all the cute cards) it’s one of those moments that I…
Let’s face it, when you think of art as a parent, what comes to mind? Messy paint brushes spills all over, splatter paint, children covered from head to toe in glitter, your house taken over by globs of paint everywhere! Am I right? How many times have you heard the benefits of letting children engage…
Toddler and bubbles go together like peanut butter (sun butter for a few) and jelly. The popular activity inspired this bubble themed 2nd birthday party for a sweet little girl! The tag line for this custom event was “Pop On Over for Bubbly Birthday Bash – Charlotte is Turning Two!” Today, I wanted to stop…
As most ideas behind La Dee Da’s programing, the idea for our brand new TINKER CLUB came directly from a need I saw, and a lack of quality programming around it in my area. My son Liam is naturally drawn to math, science, robotics and engineering (STEM). Perhaps, you have a little girl or boy…
Summers are magical, right? School is out, the days are long, and free time abounds. There are so many reasons parents send their kids to a camp; to mature, meet new friends, have fun, try out new activities and even just get some time out of the house! Summer camp is a special type of…
THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING You guys, I don’t know about your household, but as much as I dream about it being quiet and orderly and my children being perfect and the laundry and dishes being miraculously put away, my house is none of those things. I’m working at the studio in the mornings, we’re then…
