Chicago parents and kids looking for fun, free weekend activities can visit Chicagoland Lakeshore Learning stores on Saturdays in August for themed children's craft activities. Lakeshore Learning stores will provide guests with all the necessary materials and supplies, and kids will learn how to make new kinds of creative crafts.
Children ages 3 and up can participate in these free craft activities, and each event takes place on a Saturday between 11:00 a.m. and 3 p.m.
August free children's craft activities
On Saturday, August 1, 2009, kids can drop by Lakeshore Learning to make personalized Friendship Frames from art supplies like craft sticks, yarn, paint, buttons, and other craft materials. The store suggests that children use the completed frames to display a photograph of a favorite friend.
On Saturday, August 8, 2009, children can set sail for Lakeshore Learning to build fun craft boats that really float. Along with learning about properties of floatation, kids will also have the creative fun of decorating their seacrafts.
On Saturday, August 15, 2009, kids can visit Lakeshore Learning to make a fun summer friend – a crawlin' crab figure – from craft supplies like pipe stems, a bowl, googly eyes, and macaroni.
On Saturday, August 22, 2009, children can start preparing for the end of summer by creating a colorful Back-to-School Bell to use to "ring in the new school year." Once kids learn how to use a jingle bell, a cup, and other art materials to make this bell, they will be able to craft other personalized bells for any occasion.
On Saturday, August 29, 2009, kids can continue to get ready for school to start up again by coming to Lakeshore Learning to make a cute desktop nameplace, decorated with collage materials like stick-on gems.
Lakeshore Learning stores in Chicago
Use the online store locator to discover which Chicagoland Lakeshore Learning Store location is nearest home.
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