Winter Break Camps for Kids
Half-day and full-day classes are available in art, cartooning, animation, hands-on science, and more.
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LEGO Animation 1 (Grades 1-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Work in groups to build sets and characters with LEGOs. Add sound effects and titles, and practice editing to make short stop-motion movies. Instructor: Mike Marquez
Little Elves Workshop (Grades TK-K*)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Our youngest campers, ages 4-6, will get crafty and creative while making DIY gifts! Mix creamsicle sugar scrubs and soothing bath soaks, pinch clay pots into jewelry holders, and make shrinky dink art keychains and ornaments. Instructor: Angelica Blancas-Mims *Children must be able to use the restroom independently
Advanced LEGO Animation (Grades 4-6)
Work in groups to build sets and characters with LEGOs. Add sound effects, green screens, and titles, and practice editing to make short stop-motion movies. Instructor: Mike Marquez
Kids Cook for the Holidays (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Mix, measure, and make seasonal snacks and treats. Make snowflake quesadillas, reindeer rollups, and a holiday snack mix in a jar to take home. Instructor: Sue Linder
The Great Outdoors (Grades K-3)
Take a hike through the Museum’s exhibition, Here Come the Beagle Scouts! Then make a light-up lantern and your own flashlight, and craft some creatures you might meet in the wild! Instructor: Michael Marquez
Reindeer Games (Grades K-3)
On Donnor, on Dixon! Spend an afternoon playing reindeer games like snowperson bowling and a candy cane scavenger hunt. Make reindeer chow, and craft a reindeer ornament to take home. Instructor: Michael Marquez
Winter STEAM Lab (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Explore hands-on winter-themed activities, from building snow structures to making your own winter storms and snowman slime. Instructor: Mike Marquez
Winter Wonderland (Grades TK-K*)
Children ages 4-6 will enjoy a morning of winter wonderland fun. Make waterless snow globes and sensory snow dough, and paint with marshmallows! Instructor: Angelica Blancas-Mims *Children must be able to use the restroom independently.
Arctic Animals (Grades K-3)
Journey to the arctic tundra and make a 3D polar bear, soft stuffed sock creature, and clay winter animal scene. Instructor: Sue Linder
Winter Watercolors (Grades 4-6)
Learn watercolor techniques and explore value and color mixing to paint a pointillist winter landscape, abstract salt paintings, and more. Instructor: Michael Marquez
Ice Age Art (Grades K-3)
Embark on a frosty adventure of creativity by playing with ice boats, making a frozen sensory bag, beading sparkling snowflakes, and enjoying other wintry cool projects! Instructor: Angelica Blancas-Mims
Flurries of Fun (Grades TK-K*)
Little ones, ages 4-6, will cozy up with homemade hot chocolate and a movie in the Museum Theater. Also, make a winter-weather bird house and feeder for Woodstock and decorate a graham cracker candy house to take home. Instructor: Sue Linder *Children must be able to use the restroom independently.
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!
Celebrate the New Year with crafts, an Up-Down Balloon Drop and Baby Balloon Drop at Noon, and a second Balloon Drop at 3:00 pm!
Game Day (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Get your game face on for a morning of team challenges! Discover who can build the tallest tower, explore the Museum with an iPad scavenger hunt, and make your own arcade game to take home. Instructor: Mike Marquez
Manga and Pokemon (Grades 4-6)
Spend two mornings learning to draw your favorite manga and Pokémon characters. Join professional artist Barbara Golden to practice sketching and shading with pencil lines, outlining with black ink, and adding color to your manga art.
Winter Science (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Discover the science of snow with an afternoon of winter-themed science activities! Make fizzy ice, popping snow, and super sparkling snow slime! Instructor: Mike Marquez
Fantasy Creatures and Worlds (Grades 4-6)
Spend two afternoons creating a world full of fantasy creatures like dragons, phoenixes, centaurs, and fantastic fairies with professional artist Barbara Golden. Learn basic drawing skills and coloring, blending, and shading to create your world with markers and watercolors.
Wild Winter (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Build a yeti home, make a winter gnome, and learn to draw some wacky and wild winter creatures. Instructor: Mike Marquez
LEGO Animation 2 (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Work in groups to build sets and characters with LEGOs. Add sound effects and titles, and practice editing to make short stop-motion movies. Instructor: Mike Marquez
Second Saturday Cartoonist: Eliza Reisfeld
Meet, watch, and talk to picture book and brand illustrator and animator Eliza Reisfeld, whose work includes the recent book My Zoo: A Book of Feelings.
Teen Night at the Museum: After-Hours Adventure
Drop off your teens (ages 10-15) for after-hours fun at the Schulz Museum, including pizza, games, and activities. Advance registration required.
6th Street Playhouse Presents: Holly Day and the Rainbow Road
The whole family is invited to a new original musical for young audiences! Enjoy the story of a young woman who experiences the joy and struggles of giving to her community. Tickets required.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Here Come the Beagle Scouts!
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, craft a Beagle Scout badge, create a little bonfire craft to take home, and build a miniature tent!
Girl Scouts Art and Adventure Sleepover
Brownies are invited to sleep over at the Charles M. Schulz Museum! Design your own stamp and letterbox. Experience art, cartooning, animation, and the Schulz Museum after dark!
Second Saturday Cartoonists: Bob Scott and Vicki Scott
Meet, watch, and talk to Bob Scott and Vicki Scott to celebrate their forthcoming graphic novel Molly and the Bear: Campers Beware, based on Bob Scott’s beloved comic strip Bear with Me.
Love and Peanuts Holiday Workshop (Grades 1-6)
Celebrate the month of love with hands-on crafts! Make a mini “warm puppy” kissing booth, a Sweet Babboo sweetheart tree, and more!
Love and Peanuts Happy Hour
Adults 21+ are invited to celebrate the month of love with Peanuts-themed crafts and wine tasting. Join Norene Cox, creator of partypinching.com, to make a mini “warm puppy” kissing booth, a Sweet Babboo sweetheart tree, and more.
Homeschool Day: Spring into STEAM
Engage in science, art challenges, and hands-on activities throughout the Schulz Museum. Engineer paper structures, practice basic coding, make Woodstock fly with magnets, and more! Also, ice skate at Snoopy’s Home Ice from 12:30–2:00 pm
Kids Night at the Museum
Drop your kids off for after-hours fun at the Schulz Museum, including pizza, games, crafts, and cartooning. Recommended for ages 5-10.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Letters of Love
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, make a watercolor hanging heart, craft a Snoopy and Woodstock love lantern, and bead a Valentine’s Day bracelet or necklace. It’s never too late to celebrate love!
Creating Camp Snoopy
Go behind the scenes to learn about making the new Peanuts animated series Camp Snoopy and The Snoopy Show (Apple TV+) with director Rob Boutilier and animator Gavin Freitas.
Max Fleischer’s ‘Superman’ Restored!
Join us for a Fleischer Studios Superman animation festival featuring Superman’s first animated appearance from the original 1940s series in newly restored color. Popcorn included!
Stop-Motion Animation Workshop
Join award-winning filmmaker, stop-motion animator, and artist Matthew Sandager to learn the art of stop-motion animation in a hands-on workshop for ages 8 and up.
OFFSITE: North Bay Science Discovery Day (Free!)
Explore over 50 family-friendly activities, including the science of animation at the Schulz Museum table, for FREE at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
Second Saturday Cartoonist: Matthew Sandager
Meet, watch, and talk to award-winning filmmaker, stop-motion animator, and artist Matthew Sandager, whose portfolio includes commissioned work for Sesame Street and New York Magazine.
Spring Break Classes for Kids
Learn cartooning, animation, art, ice skating, and more! Check back for a complete schedule closer to the date.
Inside the Mind of a Dog
Celebrate National Puppy Day with a free screening of the hit documentary Inside the Mind of a Dog and meet some real service dogs and puppies from Canine Companions.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Lucky for Friends!
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, build a rainbow from your own pot of gold, craft a pair of leprechaun-catching binoculars, and paint the perfect shamrock to take home!
Lessons from Peanuts: An Evening with Ann Patchett & Kate DiCamillo
Join award-winning authors Ann Patchett (Tom Lake, The Dutch House) and Kate DiCamillo (Because of Winn-Dixie) in conversation about what the Peanuts comic strip means to them and how it’s influenced their work, writing careers, and lives. Followed by a book signing. Doors open at 6:00 pm. For tickets, click here.
Second Saturday Cartoonist: Adam de Souza
Meet, watch, and talk to cartoonist Adam de Souza, creator of the award-winning comic Blind Alley, the new strip Brambles, and the recently released graphic novel The Gulf.
Cartoon-a-thon: Celebrate 25 years of Comics with Paige Braddock and Peanuts
Join the Museum and local Bay Area cartoonists to celebrate the work of Paige Braddock, chief creative officer at Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, and creator of the graphic novel series Jane’s World, and children’s book series Stinky Cecil and Peanut, Butter, and Crackers, with a talk and cartoon-a-thon.
Kids Night at the Museum
Drop your kids off for after-hours fun at the Schulz Museum, including pizza, games, crafts, and cartooning. Advance registration required.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Springtime and Sunshine
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, build a storm cloud, make a firefly suncatcher, and create a paper bag kite to fly in the wind.
Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins
Join Caitlin McGurk for a journey through the life and art of cartoonist Barbara Shermund, one of the first women cartoonists to work for The New Yorker, as detailed in McGurk’s new book, Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund. Books will be available for purchase and signing after the talk.
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Ready to Read with Joe Cool
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, create your own book, decorate a Peanuts bookmark, make Joe-Cool glasses, and more!
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Soaking in the Summer
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, craft your own jellyfish friend, create a watermelon fan to stay cool, and build an ocean in a bag!
