Kids Create is a biannual day of workshops, music, activities, and refreshments just for kids from infant to age 10 and their parents and guardians. It’s free and open to the public, and is a great way to engage with your child through reading, writing, play, and dance.
A typical schedule for the day is as follows:
- Sign in from 9:45 to 10:00 a.m.
- Writing workshops from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
- Breakfast concert from 11:00 a.m to 12:00 noon.
- Self-guided activities in the children's area from 10:00 a.m. until we close at 3:00 p.m.
Our workshop hour features three kinds of workshops, seperated by age:
- Sing-a-Long (for children ages 0 to 3): Local musician and educator Gabrielle Pietrangelo teams up with a Kids Create facilitator to lead this fun and heartwarming sing-a-long story time.
- Ready to Read Poetry (for children ages 4 to 6): Participants in this workshop write collaborative poems and stories while practicing letter recognition, rhyming, and a variety of literary elements like onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, and others. Visual art making is often a component!
- Creative Writing Workshop (ages 7 to 10): Participants in this workshop write both independently and collaboratively, and sometimes read poems and stories as a means to inspire their own writing process. Workshop facilitators guide participants through a series of playful, fun, and interesting explorations of language. Participants leave with an original story or poem.
The next Kids Create will be on September 20, 2025 from 10am to 12pm and will center the theme of wellness.
We are particularly excited for this fall's Kids Create, as the theme comes from a special collaboration with UA Health Sciences' Wellness and Wonder family event. Kids Create will be one of seven stops featuring different wellness-related activities that explore health, humanities, wellbeing, and art. Learn more about Wellness and Wonder by visiting the event page.
Please note that you do not need to register for Wellness and Wonder to participate in Kids Create.