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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. Call to schedule your field trip to our Ephrata location.
Use the button above to reserve a day to bring your classroom students or summer camp attendees on a field trip! Or call to book a kids birthday party or crafting event.
Crafting activities are best suited for children 4 years and up.
Our staff is not available for parties outside of Art of Recycle.
Bring imagination to life with AoR's children activities for ages 3 and up.
Perfect crafts enjoyed by everyone.
AoR has the tools to teach curious and growing minds about how art works with fun activities.
Ages 14 and up.
Simple and fun tactile craft activity for young crafters. Perfect activity for children ages 3-6.
$10 per crafter.
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 in a tea cup. Little trinkets, plants and moss to decorate creates hours of entertainment.
Ages 3 and up.
$10 per crafter.
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 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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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 a crafter.
Creating paper collage crafts with scraps of fun cut-outs. Learn about activities that re-use paper scraps to make art. Less waste equals more fun.
Ages five and up.
$10 a crafter
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 12 and up.
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.
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 12 and up.
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.
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.
Lots more crafting activities coming your way.
PRIVATE PARTIES AND FIELD TRIPS
A two hour event with a craft of your choices included. All materials for the craft is included in the booking price. Up to twenty crafters per event, Call us for a quote if you have a larger guest list. AoR provides an instructor who will teach a workshop during your event. Art of Recycle's STEAM Center has fantastic decor, but you may bring your own decorations to set up (no piñatas). AoR provides tables and chairs, you may bring table coverings for them. Art of Recycle does not provide food or beverages but you are welcome to bring food to your event. Art of Recycle does provide drinking water from our water cooler and our kitchen has a refrigerator and freezer to store food during your event. Our facility has three restrooms for you and your guests to use. Our facility is handicap accessible.
GENERAL EVENT FEES
Art of Recycle charges $200 for a basic two hour event with up to 20 guests. Parties include use of the Activity Room rented and the materials used to make each craft. Each crafting party is supervised and instructed by AoR staff members, but we encourage parents and/or teachers to be involved in making their child's experience an amazing one.
Do you need extended time? Art of Recycle can extend your time in half hour increments.
DEPOSIT
Art of Recycle requires a $100 non-refundable deposit in advance to secure your date. All remaining charges are due on the day of the event. The client must pay for the time booked even if the client uses Art of Recycle's services for less time. After confirming availability of the date with Art of Recycle through email or phone a completed contract and deposit must be submitted promptly and within three days or the Client runs the risk of losing that date. Art of Recycle accepts online payment through PayPal. Art of Recycle accepts MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover and cash on location. Art of Recycle does not accept private checks. Art of Recycle does not refund deposits made for events booked in our facility. Your deposit is a processing fee and prepping fee for your event.
INCLEMENT WEATHER
In the case of inclement weather, we can move the date of your event to a another suitable date without any additional fees.
LIABILITY STATEMENT
The client agrees to obey and to inform all guests to obey all rules set by Art of Recycle and our staff. No climbing, running, jumping, bullying, or foul language is permitted. Our facility is a crafting facility, not a gymnasium. Our floors are made of tile for easy clean up of crafting materials, they are not soft for falling on. Under no circumstance will Art of Recycle supervise children. Their behavior and safety is the client’s and/or parents’ responsibility only. The client agrees to pay for any accidents or injuries caused by client, guests or animals, and/or any damage to Art of Recycle's equipment, displays, tools or supplies caused by clients or guests.
EXTREME WORKING CONDITIONS
Art of Recycle has the right to ask you or your guests to leave Art of Recycle without refunding any monies if there are extreme adverse working conditions and the Client fails to remedy the situation after it has been brought to the Client’s attention. Adverse conditions included but not limited to: destructive, violent, or extreme inappropriate behavior of a child, adult or pet; illegal activities; or otherwise dangerous situations or conditions caused by the client or their guests. Art of Recycle does not refund deposits made for events booked in our facility. Your deposit is a processing fee and prepping fee for your event.
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