Learn how to sew a simple plushie by hand. For ages 9-12. Registration required.

Please reserve a space for each child attending with a library card.

Learn how to make simple watercolor cards that you’ll enjoy making just as much as your friends and family will enjoy receiving. Using Creativebug, our arts and crafts online resource, we will create elegant motifs using watercolor and simple brushstrokes. Learn how to personalize your cards with a family photo and make photocopies to create an entire set of handmade cards. Finally, add that same personal touch to your envelopes by making an envelope liner using the same photocopied watercolor technique.
 

Monday, November 27, 2:30pm Watercolour cards & tags

Monday, December 4, 2:30pm Lettering and envelope liners

Registration required. Participants must be available for both events.

Shared supplies included, no experience necessary!

Explore your creative side with collage.  Cut, arrange, and glue pieces of paper, photographs, and fabric onto canvas.

Create an original artwork with professional artist Stephanie Browness. Get step by step instructions in real time as you create your own version of a pre-planned "Fall Flowers" themed acrylic on canvas work of art. All experience levels welcome. All supplies provided! Registration required - spaces are limited. 

Stephanie Browness is a painter and art instructor who has been teaching in Ottawa for 20 years. She has worked with all age groups and firmly believes that anyone can make art. Stephanie holds a BFA in fine arts from the University of Ottawa and Master's in art history from Carleton University. 

With special thanks for the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association (FOPLA) for generously funding this Centennial branch program.