Afterschool Acting for Peanuts Presents: A Sally Brown Christmas (Grades 3-6)
Spend 12 weeks exploring theater arts, then perform in the world premiere of A Sally Brown Christmas on the Schulz Museum’s stage!
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Shadow Box Holiday Happy Hour
This event is SOLD OUT. Adults 21+, don’t miss this fun DIY holiday gift event! Learn how to transform a flat Peanuts holiday image into a layered paper shadow box while enjoying local drinks.
Thanksgiving Break Camps for Kids
Half-day and full-day classes are available in art, animation, cartooning, and more.
Fall Flavors (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Get into the fall spirit with tasty treats and creative crafts! Make pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, scarecrow crunch mix, personal no-bake pumpkin pies, and more. Instructor: Angelica Blancas-Mims
Art and Nature: Endangered Animals (Grades 4-6)
Spend three mornings learning to draw endangered animals with artist Barbara Golden. From sea otters to endangered wolves, learn to draw, shade, and add color to your creations. Then show them off in a class art show!
Museum Mondays for Little Ones: Giving Thanks
On the last Monday of the month, enjoy stories, crafts, and activities designed for children ages 1-5 and their caregivers. This month, give thanks for friends and family by making turkey handprint cards, pumpkin playdough, beaded corn on the cob, and more.
Camp Cool (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. While the weather outside is frightful, have fun with hot chocolate and a movie in the Museum Theater at the coolest camp yet! Also, decorate a graham cracker candy house with ice cream cone evergreen trees! Instructor: Gabrielle DeSio
Advanced LEGO Animation (Grades 4-6)
Spend two afternoons building sets with LEGOs and working in small groups to create your own stop-motion movie with green screens, sound effects, titles, and credits. Instructor: Mike Marquez
Autumn Art and Animals (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Search for Snoopy, Woodstock, and their feathered friends all over the Schulz Museum in the exhibition Here Come the Beagle Scouts! Then, make mini animal crafts to take home, including a feathery owl ornament. Instructor: Angelica Blancas-Mims
Fall into STEAM (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Calling all scientists! Spend the afternoon exploring fall-themed STEAM activities: make pumpkin volcanoes, create ghost rockets, build with candy corn, and more! Instructor: Gabrielle DeSio
How to ‘Toon Wild Winter (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Join cartoonist and master maze-maker Joe Wos and learn to draw penguins, polar bears, and reindeer in a winter wonderland from your imagination! Wos is the Emmy Award-winning host of Cartoon Academy on PBS and the creator of the internationally syndicated feature MazeToons.
Cartoon Academy Master Class (Grades 4-6)
Get your pencils ready for a crash course in cartooning! Focus on developing characters, emotions, relationships, and storytelling through images with cartoonist and master maze-maker Joe Wos. Wos is the Emmy Award-winning host of Cartoon Academy on PBS and the creator of the internationally syndicated feature MazeToons.
LEGO Animation (Grades K-3)
This class is SOLD OUT. Click here to join the waitlist. Build sets with LEGOs and work in small groups to create your own stop-motion movie with sound effects, titles, and credits. Instructor: Mike Marquez
Family Fun Weekend
Join cartoonist and storyteller Joe Wos for live performances and cartoon workshops.
Kids Night at the Museum
Kids Night at the Museum: Stories with Snoopy! Drop kids off for after-hours fun, including pizza dinner, games, crafts, and cartooning.
Gingerbread Doghouse Workshops
Assemble and decorate Snoopy’s doghouse out of gingerbread, complete with a marshmallow Snoopy on top! Registration required.
Second Saturday Cartoonist: James Burks
Meet, watch, and talk to cartoonist, author, and illustrator James Burks, creator of the series Agent 9 and Bird & Squirrel.
Winter Break Camps for Kids
Half-day and full-day classes are available in art, cartooning, animation, hands-on science, and more.
Holiday Gift-Making (Grades K-6)
Have fun making handmade gifts for your family and friends! Mix creamsicle sugar scrub and lavender bath soak, make and frame masterpieces, and decorate colorful cards. Instructor: Jessica Ruskin
LEGO Animation 1 (Grades 1-3)
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*)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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. Museum! Design your own stamp and letterbox. Experience art, cartooning, animation, and the Schulz Museum after dark!
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!
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!
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.
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!
