Art in the Park for Kids

Art in the Park for Kids

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

It is so much fun for kids to engage in some creative expression! Vegreville and Area Parent Link Centre partnered with Vegreville Centennial Library to present Art in the Park outside the library on August 16.

Support Coordinator for PLC, Tasha Homeniuk said the theme for this year’s Art in the Park was Glitter so every craft the children did in this program had glitter in it. There was also an activity where kids could tie-dye a t-shirt, a blouse, socks, hat, or they could do it on whatever item they chose to do it on. PLC has some t-shirts but they invited the kids to bring something. As well, there was ice-cube painting with glitter, glitter bombs with shooting glitter, glued pieces of paper, hammer glittering, and they had a chance to make bath bombs.

Homeniuk said her station was called ‘Making Bath Bombs’ and she felt this helped kids learn to take turns, what each ingredient did where she told them this item they were putting in will make their bath colorful, this is the item which will make it smell really good or this is the one which will make the water feel really soft. “At my station, we talked about senses and they got to go home with a really nice bath bomb. The children were able to take a lot of fun things home with them from participating at the other stations too. This program teaches color recognition and develops their fine motor skills. Despite the cold weather, the kids are smiling and you can tell they are having a lot of fun,” Homeniuk added.