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Field Trips and Party Activities in Ephrata PA

    Lancaster County things to do
    We offer workshops and field trips to groups of all ages

    Field Trips - SPRING 2025

    Art of Recycle offers a variety of fun learning activities as part of our field trip programs for students, seniors and our special needs community. We are regularly adding new activities, check back often to see what’s happening.



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    Art of Recycle is a magical wonderland of fun and activities

    Use the button above to reserve a day to bring your classroom students or summer camp attendees on a field trip! 


    Crafting activities are best suited for children 4 years and up.

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    Kids crafts in Lancaster Pa

    Pre-K and Up - All Ages

    Middle and High School and Adult Activities

    Middle and High School and Adult Activities

    Bring imagination to life with AoR's children activities for ages 3 and up.


    Perfect crafts enjoyed by everyone.

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    Middle and High School and Adult Activities

    Middle and High School and Adult Activities

    Middle and High School and Adult Activities

    AoR has the tools to teach curious and growing minds about how art works with fun activities.

    Ages 14 and up.

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    Pre-K to Elementary School Activities

    Art activities for seniors Ephrata Pa Lancaster County

    YARN PAINTING

    Simple and fun tactile craft activity for young crafters. Perfect activity for children ages 3-6.


    $10 per crafter.

    Free art workshops Lancaster PA

    PAPER MAKING

    Learn how paper is made with natural  plant fibers. This is a messy craft, but worth the joy it brings to both young children and adults.

    Ages 3 and up.

    $10 per crafter.

    MINI GARDENS

    MINI GARDENS

    Mini gardens in a tea cup. Little trinkets, plants and moss to decorate creates hours of entertainment.

    Ages 3 and up.


    $10 per crafter.

    GYOTAKU

    I SPY UNDER THE SEA

    MINI GARDENS

    Learn the japanese art of Fish Printing on rice paper and learn why fish printing is important. Paint an ocean scene with water colors and add your fish print with lifelike ocean rubber stamps. 


    Great craft for ages 3 and up.

    $10 per crafter.

    I SPY UNDER THE SEA

    I SPY UNDER THE SEA

    I SPY UNDER THE SEA

    I spy with my little eyes and my little hands, lots of things from under the sea. From sharks teeth to ocean coral, AoR has a touch museum for curious ocean lovers. Play an I Spy game inside our Under the Sea Crafting Room. Paint with sea sponges and craft with sea shells.

    This activity is perfect for 3 and up.


    $10 per crafter.

    Recycled Fabric Pumpkin

    SCRAP FABRIC FRUIT

    I SPY UNDER THE SEA

    I SPY UNDER THE SEA

    Simple crafts made from recycled materials are great for youth clubs that are earning badges in recycling. Using scrap fabrics to create small indoor window flags is a great idea for a recycling craft. Flowers for spring, strawberries for summer, pumpkins for fall, and snowmen for winter.


    Pre-k and up

    $5 per crafter

    GRANDMA’S BUTTON BOX

    GRANDMA’S BUTTON BOX

    GRANDMA’S BUTTON BOX

    Each crafter is given a small tin of buttons that are made from different materials. We will read the button box book that tells about the different types of buttons in Grandma’s button box. There will be a button craft after we explore the buttons. Each child takes their button box home with them.

    Ages 4 years and up.

    $10 per crafter

    STORY WEAVING

    GRANDMA’S BUTTON BOX

    GRANDMA’S BUTTON BOX

    Learn how to make your own loom out of a styrofoam bowl or paper plate. Listen to the story of the garden spider and how it uses its web to catch things, what falls in its web and why it takes its web down everyday while you weave your very  own story.

    Suited for children five years and up.

    $10 per crafter.

    TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS

    GRANDMA’S BUTTON BOX

    TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS

    Make a flower or an entire bouquet of flowers from handmade papers and tissue paper. All sorts of bright colors and fun assortment of patterned papers to craft your flowers with. 


    Fun craft for 5 years and up. No glue involved.

    $10 per crafter.

    MOSAICS

    TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS

    Stepping stone or wall art, mosaics can be beautiful masterpieces created by children as young as five years old.


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    $10 PER CRAFTER

    Crafts for kids Ephrata pa Lancaster County

    ROBOT CRAFT

    Beep, Ping. Making robots is what's popular. AoR has the tools and the materials to educate young minds in the crafts of recycling odd objects to make fun creations with electronic and battery operated parts.


    Ages five and up.

    $10 PER CRAFTER

    3D SCULPTED ART

    Sculpting a 3D sandy beach with a sticky paste and coloring it with powders and glitters. Sea shells are added into the paste before drying with a heat gun.


    Ages five and up

    $10 PER CRAFTER

    Elementary School to Middle School Activities AND BEYOND

    FOSSIL IMPRESSIONS

    BUNNY RACES and PET POPPERS

    BUNNY RACES and PET POPPERS

    Fossils and Art! We will be exploring a collection of fossils, discussing how fossils are formed, examining the type of creatures found embedded in rock and making impressions out of dough and coffee grounds. 


    This is a great experience and educational art project for all ages who love dinosaurs.


    $10 PER CRAFTER

    BUNNY RACES and PET POPPERS

    BUNNY RACES and PET POPPERS

    BUNNY RACES and PET POPPERS

    Create a wind-up bunnies from paper, bottle caps and rubber bands. Pet poppers are made from a cup and a  balloon, using spring action to propel Pom-Poms across the table.

    All  Ages.


    This is a great STEM class, teaching children about motion.


    $10 PER CRAFTER

    OCEAN SUN CATCHERS

    BUNNY RACES and PET POPPERS

    Botanical Relief in Plaster

    Make an ocean themed suncatcher from colorful tumbled glass, glass tiles, and sparkling beads. Hang it in a window or outside. Lots of Sparkle!


    Students learn about tying knots and making tools to string beads on elastic.


    11 yrs and up


    $10 PER CRAFTER

    Botanical Relief in Plaster

    Botanical Relief in Plaster

    Botanical Relief in Plaster

    Learn how to use modeling clay as a mold to press live flowers into. Then pour quick drying plaster into the mold to create a raised 3D image of the flowers. After the plaster sets, see how watercolor paints enhance the 3D botanical relief. 


    3 HR CLASS

    11 yrs and up


    $15 PER CRAFTER

    Wire Art

    Botanical Relief in Plaster

    Kinetic Wall Art

    Learn about the different types and thicknesses of bendable wire, while crafting a wire art sculpture to hang in your window or garden. Learn how to easily twist wire for fun effects, and add beads for extra sparckle.


    11 yrs and up


    $10 PER CRAFTER

    Kinetic Wall Art

    Botanical Relief in Plaster

    Kinetic Wall Art

    Learn about simple kinetic art using disks and pulleys. After drawing and coloring repeating patterns onto the disks, we can watch how the designs and colors blend together in different patterns by pulling the ends of the attached pulley system.

    3 HR CLASS

    Fun learning experience for 11 yrs +


    $15 PER CRAFTER




    Quilling Art

    Felt Painting

    Quilling Art

    The art of rolling paper strips into beautiful 3D sculptures. Sticky backed forms are available for young beginner artists, while specialty tools are available for artists who are interested in learning the full scope of Quilling.


    11 yrs and up


    $10 PER CRAFTER

    SUMINAGASHI

    Felt Painting

    Quilling Art

    Paper marbling with non-toxic inks.

    Learn the art of suminagashi, creating beautiful patterns in a pan of water and transferring the patterns onto paper.


    Beautiful art project for all ages.


    $10 PER CRAFTER

    Felt Painting

    Felt Painting

    Felt Painting

    Paint with wool roving onto a pre-felted wool background. This project uses sharp needles. A three year old child created this painting of three sheep with the assistance and supervision of his parent. This project would require a 1 to 2 ratio of parent/staff per child if participants are ages 9 yrs and under.


    Fantastic project for older s

    Paint with wool roving onto a pre-felted wool background. This project uses sharp needles. A three year old child created this painting of three sheep with the assistance and supervision of his parent. This project would require a 1 to 2 ratio of parent/staff per child if participants are ages 9 yrs and under.


    Fantastic project for older students and adults. All ages w/supervision for little crafters.


    $15 PER CRAFTER


    Activities for Ages TWELVE and Up

    NO SEW GNOME

    WIZARDING WORLD

    WIZARDING WORLD

    A perfect craft for crafters of all ages. Make a gnome beanie from a silk sack and plastic fill beads/polyfil. Gnomes can be decorated for any season.


    Hot glue is used to make his hat and attach his beard and nose and other accessories.


    ALL AGES


    $10 PER CRAFTER

    WIZARDING WORLD

    WIZARDING WORLD

    WIZARDING WORLD

    Pick up your train ticket and walk through the magical brick wall onto the platform and into the world of STEM magic. 


    Make a wand, learn a spell to make words appear from invisible ink. Craft an owl mobile, and other magical creatures.


    ALL AGES


    $10 PER CRAFTER

    LEAF PAINTING

    WIZARDING WORLD

    NAIL & STRING ART

    This is a great project to learn about tints and shades while experimenting with printing leaves on wooden canvases.


    Tints and shades is an introduction to the use of perspective in painting. The light and dark contrast creates a sense of depth in a design.


    AGES 11 and UP


    $10 PER CRAFTER

    NAIL & STRING ART

    NAIL & STRING ART

    NAIL & STRING ART

    Learn the art of nail and string on wood. Create a simple vase or a design of your own using small nails and yarn, string, or twine to create a piece of three dimensional art.


    Ages 11 and up.


    $10  PER  CRAFTER

    LINO CUT ART

    NAIL & STRING ART

    LINO CUT ART

    Hand cut your own printing block and press your design onto paper or fabric. 


    Involves the use of sharp cutting tools.

    Ages 14 and up.


    $10  PER CRAFTER

    MANDALA ART

    NAIL & STRING ART

    LINO CUT ART

    Learn the details that go into creating mandala art.

    This craft is great for youths and adults looking for interested in the art of design.


    Ages 11 and up.


    $10  PER  CRAFTER

    HANGING FLORAL WEAVE

    HANGING FLORAL WEAVE

    HANGING FLORAL WEAVE

    Macrame’ combined with loom weaving creating beautiful floral weaves with yarns of all thicknesses and texture. 


    This craft is best suited for older teens and adults. It involves complicated knots and patience.


    3 HR  CLASS

    $15  PER  CRAFTER

    CREEPY ART DOLLS

    HANGING FLORAL WEAVE

    HANGING FLORAL WEAVE

    Imagine all of the weird things you can find to transform an ordinary porcelain doll into a creepy or unusual creation.


    Creepy Art Doll workshops aren’t for the faint of heart. This craft is best for older teens and adults because of glass parts, sharp metal, wire cutting tools and other cutting tools.


    $10  PER  CRAFTER

    Art for kids Ephrata PA

    IMAGINE

    HANGING FLORAL WEAVE

    IMAGINE

    Lots more crafting activities coming your way.

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