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Cake, presents & paint

An art party at the cabin, or at your place.

A cozy, screen-free birthday at the log-cabin studio or in your own home. The birthday kid picks the project, everyone makes real art, then it's cake and presents.

Ages 6-13 About 1.5 hours At the cabin or your home All supplies included
Children painting small wooden boxes along a long table at a birthday party, with a Happy Birthday balloon in the corner. Happy birthday!
Two girls smiling beside a birthday cake with a number 8 candle.
The log-cabin studio set up for a class, with paint sets and paper along a long table and children's art on the log walls.
How it works

Simple, start to finish

About an hour and a half, all set up and run by Christine. You bring the cake and the guests. Christine handles the rest, at the cabin or at your place.

1

Pick the project

The birthday child chooses the medium and subject - their favourite animal, a cartoon character, anything.

2

Make art1 hr

A guided, hands-on art project everyone makes together. Each kid takes their creation home.

3

Cake & presents30 min

Wind down with cake and presents once the art is done.

Flexible scheduling, booked to suit your family.
What's included

Everything but the cake

A custom project

Chosen by the birthday child - their medium, their subject.

All supplies

Every material for the project is provided. Nothing to buy or bring.

Goodie bags

An art-themed goodie bag for every guest to take home.

Take-home art

Each child leaves with the piece they made that day.

Choose a theme

Pick the perfect project

The birthday child picks one. Every theme is hands-on, beginner friendly, and ends with art to take home!

Landscape Painting

Paint a colourful landscape or seascape in acrylics on stretched canvas.

Pottery

Build coiled pots, pinch pots and clay sculptures with self-hardening clay.

Self Portraits

Learn to draw the face in proportion, then paint a portrait on canvas.

Watercolour

Wet-on-wet, dry brush and salt techniques to create watercolour paintings.

Cartooning

Turn stick figures into 3D characters and draw your own cartoons.

Animation

Create an animated flipbook using simple animation concepts.

Jewelry

Make a keychain, necklace, bracelet or earrings - plus a painted box to keep them in.

Mask-making

Craft one-of-a-kind masks from foam, felt, feathers, shells and more.

Something else?

Don't see what they're dreaming of? We'll customize a project around it.

Email to discuss →
Children painting small wooden boxes at a table of glitter jars and paint cups while a young woman helps.
the set-up
Children around a crowded craft table holding up the hand puppets they made.
A lino-cut print of a bird in flight over bright watercolour washes.

Let's plan a party.

Email Christine to book a date, talk through the art project and subject, and get current pricing. She'll reply to you directly.

jttacabin@gmail.com

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