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Real Tools @ Lakeview Park offers socially distanced workstations stocked with carpentry and craft tools, and a large range of materials to work with. Visitors can choose between making a specific project highlighted that day, or working on anything they chose to make with the tools and materials available.
Highlighted project for the week of October 26th: Build a Pumpkin Chucker for a Pompom. Use the power of simple machines to make a small object fly!
Join us to meet an animal, make a postcard, and have a dance party!
PlayDates, intended for children ages 2-5, include a visit with an animal, a maker activity, and a dance party.
Virtual PlayDates are on the first and third Thursdays of each month, and are for PlayHouse Everywhere Members only. Advance registration is required (via Zoom).
Live PlayDates are at Forest Park Nature Center; they are free for PlayHouse Everywhere Members and Forest Park Nature Center Members and $5 for non-members. Registration is required (via the Park District’s WebTrac system).
Registration link coming soon.
Real Tools @ Lakeview Park offers socially distanced workstations stocked with carpentry and craft tools, and a large range of materials to work with. Visitors can choose between making a specific project highlighted that day, or working on anything they chose to make with the tools and materials available.
Highlighted project for November 6-7: Create a Monster.
Join Play Therapists (and moms) Emily Hagman, LMSW, RPT and Meredith Messina, LCPC, RPT, for a workshop focusing on self care and ways to de-stress during this stressful time. Participants will receive a list of suggested supplies to gather before the workshop.
Must be a PlayHouse Everywhere member to participate – learn more here
Join us to meet a turtle and make a “Creature Sculpture”!
PlayDates, intended for children ages 2-5, include a visit with an animal, a maker activity, and a dance party.
Virtual PlayDates are on the first and third Thursdays of each month, via Zoom. Live PlayDates the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at Forest Park Nature Center.
All PlayDates are free for PlayHouse Everywhere Members and Forest Park Nature Center Members and $5 for non-members. Registration is required.
Real Tools @ Lakeview Park offers socially distanced workstations stocked with carpentry and craft tools, and a large range of materials to work with. Visitors can choose between making a specific project highlighted that day, or working on anything they chose to make with the tools and materials available.
Highlighted project for November 13-14: Design a spaceship to take you to Mars!
Join us to meet an animal, make a standing structure, and have a dance party!
PlayDates, intended for children ages 2-5, include a visit with an animal, a maker activity, and a dance party.
Virtual PlayDates are on the first and third Thursdays of each month, via Zoom. Live PlayDates the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at Forest Park Nature Center.
All PlayDates are free for PlayHouse Everywhere Members and Forest Park Nature Center Members and $5 for non-members. Registration is required.
Real Tools @ Lakeview Park offers socially distanced workstations stocked with carpentry and craft tools, and a large range of materials to work with. Visitors can choose between making a specific project highlighted that day, or working on anything they chose to make with the tools and materials available.
Highlighted project for November 20-21: Make something you can wear
Join Bob Streitmatter at Luthy Botanical Garden to make a wreath! Luthy wreath-making workshops are usually $30, but this special family workshop is exclusive for and free to PlayHouse Everywhere Members!
Advance Registration Required. Must be a PlayHouse Everywhere member to participate – learn more here.
Real Tools @ Lakeview Park offers socially distanced workstations stocked with carpentry and craft tools, and a large range of materials to work with. Visitors can choose between making a specific project highlighted that day, or working on anything they chose to make with the tools and materials available.
Highlighted project for November 27-28: Make a toy!