Kids age 5-10 get to paint and decorate their own dinosaur pencil holder, a practical art project that sends them back to class with something they actually made.
August 31 – August 31 · 4 PM · Olney Library
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Teens get hands-on instruction painting dinosaurs, turning a blank canvas into something they made themselves—part structured lesson, part low-pressure creative space.
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