Children and Family Make and Take: Fantastical Creatures

Encounter fantastical creatures as you view Spirit Guides: Fantastical Creatures from the Workshop of Jacobo and María Ángeles on display throughout the living galleries of the Gardens. Use a self guided scavenger hunt to explore the joyful, fanciful and distinctively patterned animal sculptures inspired by the Zapotec calendar. Then try your hand at painting your own fantastical creature to take home with you.

Family Make and Take programs offer a space for children and their grownups to connect with natural materials and create together. These self-guided and self-paced programs are designed to provide a creative environment that sparks imagination. The Gardens provides the space and supplies. You and your family provide the ideas and creativity!

Program Location: During this program, you will spend time both indoors and outdoors. Most groups spend between 1 and 2 hours exploring the exhibit and completing their painting project.

Audience: Materials provided are appropriate for families with children ages 5 and up.

Program Fee: $25 per project fee non-members; $20 per project fee members. Each project fee includes one papier mache fantastical creature and access to paints and craft supplies to complete the project.

Registration Instructions: The number of project fees should equal to the number of fantastical creatures your group will be painting. You will be asked to the number of adults and children attending the program during the check out process.

Cancellations: Cancellations more than one week prior to a class are subject to a 15% cancellation fee. Cancellations with less than one week's notice are non-refundable.