Explore expression through moving our bodies and the rhythm of music! This workshop is for participants in Kindergarten through Second Grade and a caregiver. The child participant and one caregiver are included in one ticket price. All materials will be provided. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member price, […]
Learn cake decorating techniques to create your own everlasting creation! Rather than frosting, participants will use spackle to create their designs. This workshop is for participants in Third through Fifth Grade. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member price, please use code MEMWORK$2. Membership will be verified when you […]
Nursery Sensory Play: Nature Sound Bottles Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to create a Nature Sound Bottle. Learners will use natural materials like sticks or pinecones to explore elements of sound and texture! This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support cognitive growth and give them an opportunity to […]
Join Hannah and Nora from 11:00 -11:45 am to learn basic gardening tips and tricks. This week, we will explore buds, shoots, and sprouts on a spring walk. Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor […]
Nursery Storytime: Mae Among the Stars Join us in the Nursery to explore Women's History Month through storytelling. This week, we will read Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed, learn about Mae Jemison and create our own star inspired artwork.
Experiment with dyes made of natural materials like shiso, turmeric, pokeberry, and avocado. Hand dye and make your own silk scarf to take home. All materials are provided. This is a workshop intended for the whole family. At least one caregiver must attend with their child(ren). Please purchase one ticket per attendee. Workshop cost is […]
Join artist Isaac Bower in MuseumLab for a pop-up exploration of the artist’s interactive sculpture system, Cojiform. Cojiform invites people of all ages and abilities to connect with their inner sculptor. Explore balance, form, pattern, positive and negative space, light and shadow. Cultivate persistence, focus, and creative delight! Bower’s sculpture system draws connection to the […]
Spend some of your April Fools' Day with us making a wacky magazine. Our collaborative magazine will include bizarre news stories, fun artwork, and more! This workshop is for participants in Sixth through Eighth Grade. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member price, please use code MEMWORK$2. Membership will […]
Create a zine all about you! Draw, collage, and use other art techniques to share your story. This workshop is for participants in Kindergarten through Second Grade and a caregiver. The child participant and one caregiver are included in one ticket price. All materials will be provided. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for […]
Join us for an ‘all behaviors welcome” sensory-friendly, and interactive concert full of whimsical opposites! This 45-minute concert, presented by Azure Family Concerts Pittsburgh and performed by musicians from Carnegie Mellon University, welcomes the audience to sit, stand, walk around, dance, and more.
Learn the technique of plastic casting, and make a cast of your hand to bring home! This workshop is for participants in Third through Fifth Grade. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member price, please use code MEMWORK$2. Membership will be verified when you visit. All materials will be […]
Facilitation for this workshop will be available in both English and Spanish. Explore color through a variety of mediums like paint and light! Create artwork to take home with you. This workshop is for participants in Kindergarten through Second Grade and a caregiver. The child participant and one caregiver are included in one ticket price. All materials […]
Nursery Sensory Play: Colorful Light Filters - Inspired by Kandinsky Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to create a colorful light filter - inspired by Wassily Kandinsky. Learners will have the opportunity to explore light make marks inspired by Kandinsky known for his unique use of bright colors and abstract shapes! This program is […]
Learn all about sewing machines, try your hand at embroidery, and create several small projects to test out and show off your new skills in this 3-day camp. Activities are designed for beginners, so all you need is an interest in trying something new! For youth in fourth through sixth grades. All materials are provided. […]
Join Hannah and Nora in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden. This week, we'll learn about foraging! Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play […]
Join us in MAKESHOP as we reuse and repurpose household materials into sculptures of all shapes and sizes. Find inspiration in the shapes, patterns, textures, and colors of everyday objects, then try various attachment methods to build your own creation.
Studio Storytime: Mix it Up! Join us in the Studio to explore color through story telling. This week, we will read Mix it Up! by Hervé Tullet, and try mixing our own colors!
Spring Break Family Workshop: Earth Day Design Challenge What can we do for the Earth? How do we take care of the Earth? You and your family will be asked to design a way to help the Earth. Through discussion and drawing you will focus on a problem, brainstorm solutions and prototype a tool or […]
Stop by the garden in the morning to see how it is changing! Use thermometers to measure the temperature of different objects and areas in the garden. What's the hottest thing you can find? What's the coldest?
Join printmaker Fiona Avocado in MAKESHOP for some experimental watercolor monotype printing. Create a drawing to screenprint on yardage as part of a collective piece, and/or make a print to take home.
Nursery Sensory Play: Shadow Puppets Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to create your own shadow puppet! Learners will use materials to explore how light passes through objects to make shadow patterns and can use items like paper, scissors, and popsicle sticks to design their own puppet! This program is designed with our youngest […]
Join Hannah and Nora in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden. Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor skills. This program […]
Create a more sustainable future using fabric scraps and sewing skills in MAKESHOP! How might you repurpose small pieces of fabric that might otherwise end up in a landfill? How can you use sewing techniques to mend fabric items?
Studio Storytime: Rainbow Weaver/Tejedora del Arcoiris Join us in the Studio to explore color through story telling. This week, we will read Rainbow Weaver/Tejedora del Arcoiris by Linda Elovitz Marshall, and create our own fiber arts!
UniSound will present its musical instrument petting zoo. Come try out the musical instruments and get answers to your musical questions.
Explore critters in the Children's Museum's own backyard! Participants will learn about bugs, birds, and more and make their own suet feeder to bring home. This is a workshop intended for the whole family. At least one caregiver must attend with their child(ren). Please purchase one ticket per attendee. Workshop cost is $5 per attendee. […]
Join us for a day of music with the Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra (TRYPO) for '412' Performance as part of the SYMcity Concert Series.
Join us for a workshop with special guest Karen Toole of And Flowers to make Earth Day Spheres! Karen and her helpers will bring invasive vines that they removed from trees in Pittsburgh’s parks and show us how to wind and twist them into spheres. You can explore the texture of the vines, imagine new […]
Have your very own caricature portrait drawn by artist Sam Thong. He will sketch an expressive and unique picture of you that shares something special about your personality and what you like to do. In the Cafe from 1-5pm
In this workshop, we will explore a variety of mixed media materials and think about what it means to make a self-portrait! Participants will leave with their own piece of artwork. This workshop is for participants in Third through Fifth Grade. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member […]
Join us in the Studio and create a piece of wearable art by using repurposed materials!
Take your creativity outside and into the sunshine by checking out a Plein Air basket from the Studio. Choose from all natural watercolors, charcoal, and cyanotype and use your imagination to create something beautiful.
Join us in the Studio to experiment with natural watercolors! Explore what materials from nature can be used to create watercolor paints!
Nursery Sensory Play: Color Lab Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery for a color mixing lab! We will explore our primary colors - red, yellow, and blue, and try mixing new colors! Color wheels will be available to help us mix our favorite colors. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, […]
Studio Storytime: Bear Sees Colors Join us in the Studio to explore color through story telling. This week, we will read Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson, and create with natural pigments!
Step up to the mic and express yourself! Spoken word, music, poetry, dance and other forms of creative expression welcome. Tonight's featured artist is comedian Don Arner. To sign up to participate, please contact Cat Burton at cburton@pittsburghkids.org. Free to attend - please register at https://bit.ly/MLAB0420
Help us to explore the beauty of the natural world and create a large-scale sculpture with all natural materials in the Studio!
Get creative with the earth's natural paint and enjoy mud painting outside in the garden!
Use unusual, found materials to complete a surprise challenge! Family groups will work as teams on their projects. This is a workshop intended for the whole family. At least one caregiver must attend with their child(ren). Please purchase one ticket per attendee. Workshop cost is $5 per attendee. Purchase your tickets at this link. Workshop […]
Practice creative expression through poetry. Learn poetry techniques and write your own pieces! This workshop is for participants in Third through Fifth Grade. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member price, please use code MEMWORK$2. Membership will be verified when you visit. All materials will be provided. Purchase your […]
Dig deep into this soulful art with us in the Studio and create a visual poem, listen to spoken word, and explore a collection of written poems in our Studio Book Nook!
Nursery Sensory Play: Ribbon Dancers Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to create ribbon dancers! Explore different ribbon, yarn, and flagging tape materials to tie onto a small hoop, which can be held while we move and dance or move our bodies! This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to support […]
Join Hannah and Nora in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden. This week, we will plant potatoes! Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play […]
Join us in MAKESHOP as we explore the process of felting! Use friction, soap and water to create a non-woven fabric from sheep’s wool.
Studio Storytime: Planting a Rainbow Join us in the Studio to explore color through story telling. This week, we will read Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert, and create our own dream garden collages.
Would you like to learn new cartooning techniques? Do you have any to share? Come develop your skills with fellow cartoon lovers! This workshop is for participants in Sixth through Eighth Grade. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member price, please use code MEMWORK$2. Membership will be verified when […]
We are saying goodbye to our friend Shaun the Sheep in style with a Claymation Festival weekend. Join us in the studio to sculpt your own version of Shaun or come up with something new and make a short movie with your creation!
Make soap from plants! Learn which plants in our environment can be used to make simple soaps. Make your own detergent and test them out! This is a workshop intended for the whole family. At least one caregiver must attend with their child(ren). Please purchase one ticket per attendee. Workshop cost is $5 per attendee. […]
Join us for a special screening of the film, Shaun the Sheep: The Movie. Shaun, a mischievous and smart little sheep, decides to take a day off from the English farm where he lives and works… and gets a little more action than he bargained for.
Sculpt miniature versions of your favorite foods! Bring your clay creations home with you. This workshop is for participants in Kindergarten through Second Grade and a caregiver. The child participant and one caregiver are included in one ticket price. All materials will be provided. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive […]
Learn how to tie knots that are important for shelter building and camping! This workshop will be held outside in Buhl Community Park (or inside for inclement weather). This workshop is for participants in Third through Fifth Grade. Workshop cost is $10 for non-members or $8 for members. To receive the member price, please use […]
Nursery Sensory Play: Nature Stamping Join Aermine and Sabrina in the Nursery to explore how natural materials can be used as art tools! We will try using items from nature like moss and natural sponge to make our own stamps, explore texture, and paint. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, to […]
Join Hannah and Nora in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden. This week, we'll learn about the legume plant family (beans, peas). Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an […]
Join us in the Studio to explore the art of Suminagashi! Suminagashi, which translates to 'floating ink', is the traditional Japanese art practice of marbling paper. We will explore the process of floating ink onto water and transferring it on to paper!
Join us in MAKESHOP as we use hand drills to make holes in wood and drivers to drive screws. What motions make the tools work? How do screws help connect pieces of wood?
Studio Storytime: Green is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors Join us in the Studio to explore color through story telling. This week, we will read Green is a Chile Pepper by Roseanne Greenfield Thong, and make our own colorful creations.
Celebrate Remake Learning Day in the Studio with fabric scrap papermaking. Repurpose old clothing and fabric scraps into unique and beautiful paper!
Try out contact dying by hammering flowers and other natural materials onto paper and fabric! This is a workshop intended for the whole family. At least one caregiver must attend with their child(ren). Please purchase one ticket per attendee. Workshop cost is $5 per attendee. Purchase your tickets at this link. Workshop prices are subsidized […]
Join us in the Traveling Exhibit for a fun dance party with music from DJ Arie Cole from 11am-4pm!
