Hudson Community Services: Community Education, School Age Care, Summer Programs

This course is a step-by-step instructional painting class using acrylic paints. Your child will learn how to mix color, learn brushstroke techniques and paint using a palette knife. This course of paintings will include a polar bear, snowy winter trees, and the northern lights.

An exciting class for children and their parents, grandparents, or guardians where they can have fun learning about gardening and nature while creating fun craft projects. Planned projects include “Holiday Candle Surrounds,” “Landscape Designs - Fairy Gardens,” “Bead Creatures,” and “Bug Bites.” Participants should bring or wear an old shirt/clothes that can get dirty or possibly paint splattered. Class is open to youth ages 5-12 and an accompanying adult. Recommendation is at least one accompanying adult for every 2-3 children.

Pop Up Players has moved to Mondays! 5-week sessions start on Monday, October 2, 2023. Pop Up Players is an innovative, engaging theater experience for elementary students in grades K- 5. Do you know a child who can’t stop CREATING? Late-night pajama performances keeping you up? Singing and dancing in the grocery store? The family pet not keeping to the script? We have the solution! Join the Pop Up Players and be writers, set designers, actors, and producers of your own original play! Each Pop Up Players session has a new story created by the children. We work within the comfort level of each child and foster a love of theater, teamwork and performance. Each play will start from scratch and be a unique story that honors the time of year, the players participating, and all of their interests and expertise. Sign up for one session or more! Please send an after-school snack with your child. Pop Up Players has something for everyone, regardless of age. Our older players will help write the script, memorize lines and mentor the younger players. For our emerging readers, no need to read a script or memorize, we will make sure they shine! Performances will take place in the Willow River Auditorium, the last Monday of every session, at 5:00 PM.