Build on your basic crochet skills in this intermediate-level pumpkin workshop. Explore stitch variations to create texture and structure while learning shaping methods, even seaming, and controlled gathering techniques. Bring your pumpkin to life with added texture, colorful accents, and optional leaves for a festive fall finish. Read More
Beginner Crochet Pumpkins
Learn to crochet a simple pumpkin in this beginner-friendly program. Create a foundation chain, work rows to form a rectangle, and seam the piece into a tube. Shape the project by gathering both ends, adding stuffing, and wrapping yarn to create ridges. Finish your pumpkin with a small stem and optional details to make it… Read More
Prehistoric Wildlife, Mass Extinction, Fossils
Travel through 540+ million years of Earth's history and discover the incredible diversity of ancient wildlife! Explore iconic creatures like dinosaurs, trilobites, and Ice Age mammals that once roamed ancient Kankakee County. Learn what makes a fossil a fossil, uncover the secrets of Earth's mass extinctions, and explore whether we may be living through one… Read More
Rise and Thrive: Sourdough Basics
Discover the art of sourdough baking in this hands-on, beginner-friendly program. Lacey of Dough Girls will provide the confidence and skills needed to begin your sourdough journey! Receive a live starter, starter maintenance instructions, mix a loaf to proof at home and complete a shaped loaf to bake at home. Remember to bring a small… Read More
Halloween Zombie Slime Lab
Get ready to crunch, stretch, and swirl! Join us for a Halloween Zombie themed slime where kids get to mix up their own colorful, crunchy slime to take home. With step-by-step guidance and plenty of add-ins like glitter, scents, and colors kids can create a slime that's totally spooky. After it is created, we will… Read More
Pumpkin Cake Decorating
Decorate a pumpkin-themed cake that is almost too cute to eat! Ms. Bailey will help participants learn basic cake decorating techniques while frosting, decorating, and adding festive fall details to create their own delicious masterpiece. Kids will have fun expressing their creativity as they decorate a cake to take home and enjoy with family. All… Read More
Covered Bridge Festival
Join us on a trip to Bridgeton, IN to explore one of the best Covered Bridge Festivals in the area. Participants will be in for a day full of shopping, arts and crafts, delicious food, and some beautiful Fall foliage. Shopping utility carts are welcome on the bus, to stock up for yourself or loved… Read More
Kids & Grandparents Holiday Pumpkins
Let's decorate festive, unique pumpkins for the holidays! For your own home or a pre-holiday gift! Join our friendly group as you or your grandchild(ren) pick out their own real pumpkin! Then your family can nestle down at a table with treats and craft supplies! You don't want to miss this night to make some… Read More
Leafy Lanterns
Celebrate the beauty of fall with a fun and festive program for preschoolers! They'll turn leafy treasures into a glowing Fall lantern, a perfect seasonal decoration to take home and enjoy. This activity encourages observation, creativity, and a love for the outdoors. This is a drop off program. Child must be toilet independent. Read More
Gourd Gains
Fall into a unique, full-body fitness program Led by instructor Kathleen, Gourd Gains swaps traditional weights with gourds and pumpkins! This seasonal workout blends functional strength training, cardio bursts, and core conditioning using naturally weighted gourds that challenge your balance, grip, and coordination in new ways. Participants will take home two gourds and one pumpkin.… Read More