Clarkson Society of Women Engineer members will show the kids how to make simple lava lamps from common household ingredients. Using mason jars, oils, and food dies a colorful lava lamp will be made! In addition to making these lava lamps to take home, SWE will explain the chemistry behind how lava lamps work.

Create felt puppets using a variety of colors and materials to create your own creature. After creating puppets, visitors will perform a puppet show in the museum’s new puppet theater.

Make your own Encaustic (wax) painting and learn about the process of Encaustic painting using old candles and crayons to make beautiful works of art. Don't forget to layer and scrape the wax to get the desired effect you're working towards!

8 week after school club for grades 1 - 4. Each session will focus on a different reptile that the kids will have a chance to meet and hold. SUNY Potsdam biology students will be on-hand to help guide kids through the amazing world of these cold-blooded creatures. Parents drop-off and pick up.

This workshop focuses on playing with light and shadows to tell stories. Children will create their own shadow puppets and then use them to create a their own stories.

Animation Studio After school club for grades 5 & 6. Kids will experiment with stop-motion and digital animation by working on ipads in teams to explore this fun art medium. They will also create flip books, zoetropes and other forms of making moving images. Busing is available from Potsdam Middle School. Parent pick up. 8 […]

An introduction to the basics of theatre and performing. Children will be introduced to several theatre games and activities, which is a fun way to help them grow as young performers. They will work on acting and create short skits; they will also learn some basic rhythm, movement, and dance. Some theatre-related crafts will be […]

Visitors will experience first-hand how changing measurement ratio for slime effects the final product. Kids will leave with a material that bounces!

In collaboration with SUNY Potsdam's Gibson Gallery and St. Lawrence University's Brush Gallery's current exhibition "Sewn in Protest" we will learn about the Chilean Arpilleras. We will view some of the work on display at both museums and then make our own rendition of an Arpillera using felt, glue, and small 3D objects. We encourage […]

Come explore texture in our creative obstacle course. Walk a bubble wrap path, crawl through mystery mountain, and maneuver through laser beam river of ribbons.