Most of these programs are scheduled on an annual basis at the Toledo Council and the Ann Arbor Camp Crawford location, but I am always willing to add a session if the dates don’t work for your group. I am able to teach a wide range of fine arts related programs not listed please inquire if interested.
Contact me with any questions or to set up a class. leslee.jagodzinski@gmail.com
JUNIORS
BADGE WORKSHOPS
Architecture Badge Workshop
Have fun while learning about famous architects and their styles. Think about types of buildings you might want to design if you were an architect! Design a model of an outdoor garden, sculpture or theme garden using found objects, like fabric, paper or moss. Complete six activities and earn the Architecture Badge! Price of the badge is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
Art in the Home Badge Workshop-My Dream Room
Explore the basics of interior design! Learn about different styles of furniture, wall coverings, and color schemer, then design your own “Dream Room” and then make a mockette (model) of your design. Use your creativity to create a wall hanging that can be used in your room at home. Please bring an old shoe box for the “Dream Room” model. Complete six activities and earn the Art in the Home Badge! Price of the badge is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
Art in 3-D Badge Workshop
Discuss famous artists and their 3-D works of art and what made their artwork outstanding. Work together with other girls to create a group sculpture and afterwards use modeling clay to design your own sculpture through molding and carving clay. Finish up by making an origami sculpture or create a colorful mobile. Complete six activities and earn the Art in 3-D Badge! Price of the badge is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
Drawing and Painting Badge Workshop – Acrylic Painting
Focus on acrylic paint while earning your Drawing and Painting badge. Learn the basics color mixing and abstract design. Get creative experimental techniques instead of paint brushes! Work on real canvas, like the famous artists and make plenty of your own Masterpieces! Complete six activities and earn the Drawing and Painting Badge! Price of the badge is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
Prints and Graphics Badge Workshop
Get ready; get set…rub, stamp, and stencil! Make handmade note cards, stationary and wrapping paper. Learn how to make strong graphic designs using line, shape, and positive/negative space. Pick your favorite design to finish for display at home. Complete six activities and earn the Prints and Graphics Badge! Price of the badge is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
Outdoor Creativity Badge Workshop
Explore a number of different ways to be inspired by nature’s beauty outdoors. We’ll meet at Toledo Botanical Gardens and take a brief garden tour, eat a brown bag lunch, then return to the Little House for a series of environmentally inspired art projects, such as garden ornaments, flower pressing, hand-made paper with seeds inside to plant later and more! Girls will study famous art also inspired by nature and write a haiku about their experience. Complete six activities and earn the Outdoor Creativity Badge! Price of the badge is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes) and bring a brown bag lunch!
3 Hours $11.00 per girl Min: 12
NEW! Jewelers Badge Workshop
Spend time making fabulous jewelry while earning your Jeweler’s Badge. Make several pieces of jewelry from seashells, suede and even hemp! Everyday objects such as paper and clay will be used to make beads. To finish the workshop by making your own jewelry box to store your stuff in! Come have fun and learn new ways to make jewelry. Complete six activities and earn the Jewelers’ Badge! Price of the badge is included in the price of the workshop!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
Visual Arts Badge Workshop
While focusing on painting, girls will learn how all art has rules and follows patterns, and that understanding these things will help them appreciate art and improve their own artwork. We will explore painting through several different projects, such as a color wheel, a painting showing emotion and movement, black and white designs, and more! Great for those with little experience and those who are serious about art! Come have fun and leave the mess behind! Complete six activities and earn the Visual Arts Badge! Price of the badge is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
NEW! Toymaker Badge Workshop
Not only are toys fun to play with, but fun to learn about! Spend an afternoon making toys, such as a stuffed animal or spinning top. Learn about toys from different countries and then make something you’ve learned about. Get creative and make a mini doll house out of an old shoe box, or make a toy out of junk! One girl’s trash can become another girl’s toy! Complete six activities and earn the Toymaker Badge! Price of the badge is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)! Each girl should bring an old shoe box and a gently used toy to donate to a charity.
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
BROWNIE
TRY-ITS
“Puppets, Dolls, and Plays” Try-it
Experience an explosion of puppets while completing four Puppets, Dolls, and Plays Try-It activities. Embark on a puppet making journey and make your own finger puppets, yarn dolls, paper bag puppets, and mock marionettes! A mini-puppet show will be held at the end of the class and then the puppets get to go home with you for more fun! Dress for creativity (paint clothes)! Please bring an old sock, mitten or knit glove. Price of try-it is included in the price of the workshop.
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
"Colors and Shapes” Try-It
Learn about the world of art through four Colors and Shapes Try-It activities. Make your own stencil stamps to create greeting cards or wrapping paper. Make mobiles into works of art that can tell a story. Other fun activities will include making your own dough and weaving colorful paper mats. Create colorful artwork while completing four try-it activities and earn your Colors and Shapes Try-It. Price of try-it is included in the price of the workshop.
Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
“Numbers and Shapes” Try-It
Start the class with a lesson in problem solving using the Chinese tangram to create a number of different pictures. Make a cat or other cool creatures using Origami the Japanese art of folding paper. Make some “paper magic” with German paper Mobius strips, or make a jigsaw puzzle. Use logic and creativity to complete four try-it activities and earn your Numbers and Shapes Try-It. Price of try-it is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
“Movers” Try-it
Get moving with these unique and fun art projects that utilize nature’s best form of locomotion ~ wind! Together we will create a world of movement with individual creativity and a little elbow grease. Girls will create four different movable works of art, like festive pinwheels, colorful windsocks, lunch bag kites and more. Have fun and complete four try-it activities and earn your Movers Try-It Price of try-it is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
“Building Art” Try-it
Imagine our world 100 years from now, and sketch a picture of what a building might look like in the future. Work on a group project to create a perfect neighborhood map. Make a building out of paper or design a perfect meeting place for you and your friends. Use your imagination and work through four Building Art Try-It activities with help from troop leaders to assist the girls in beginning to see the world through different eyes. Price of try-it is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity! Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
“Art to Wear” Try-it
Create your own funky or fancy T-shirt using lots of creativity and a little elbow grease! Sketch a design for a unique shirt and then transfer your ideas to a T-shirt. Paints, fabric markers, beads, ribbons, and more will all be used in the birth of your shirt. You’ll get a chance to paint each others faces, make masks, and even bracelets to complete your Try-It requirements. Bring your camera and pose together for an outrageous troop portrait. Please bring your own white T-Shirt and leave with a work of art! Price of try-it is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
2 ½ Hours $10.00 per girl Min: 12
NEW! Creative Composing Try-It
Put on your thinking hats because we are going to making lots of creative things, while completing the requirements for this Try-It! Creative writing will be explored as girls compose a unique poem. We’ll break out the paints and create an amazing painting! Girls will work in teams and make their own songs and a mini plays, which will then be performed for everyone. Get a taste of many different art forms such as painting, writing, and acting, while building a sense of pride for your own artistic talents and the ability to work with others to create wonderful performance art! Bring your cameras to capture memories of your performances! Price of try-it is included in the price of the workshop. Dress for creativity (paint clothes)!
INTEREST PROJECT PATCHES - Ages 11-17
New! Artistic Crafts Interest Project Workshop
Spend the afternoon learning about many awesome types of crafts! Set a goal for yourself, then through exploration of many types’ crafts such as, printmaking, jewelry making, clay, and stenciling, create wonderful craft items to take home and display and enjoy! We’ll learn the tools used with each and learn how craftswoman from the community make a living selling their crafts. Learn to use a variety of different crafts as a creative outlet and fun in the process. All supplies and IPA patch are included.
4 hours $20.00 /girl Min. 10
New! Folk Arts Interest Project Workshop
Step back in time and explore traditional folk tales from many regions around the world and famous folklorist. We’ll write our own fairy and folk tales and some written by famous authors. Design beadwork or ornamental jewelry by exploring different weights of threads, knots and jewelry of different cultures. Paint using techniques specific to folk art traditions around the world. By exploring folk tales and folk arts, we’ll get a better understanding and appreciation of cultures around the world. All supplies and IPA patch are included.
4 hours $20.00 /girl Min. 10
New! Just Jewelry Interest Project Workshop
Jewelry has been used for centuries as a way to express creativity. Start the workshop by designing and sketching several pieces of jewelry you’d like to create and later use the jewelry making skills learned to create your own original jewelry. We’ll work together to make a tool box of jewelry making supplies and tools that you can use to make jewelry at home. Get creative and express your ideas while making jewelry for yourself and others. We’ll use polymer clay, beads, and found objects, such as buttons, shells and more! All supplies and IPA patch are included.
4 hours $20.00 /girl Min. 10
New! Paper Works Interest Project Workshop
Paper is an amazing material. There are many ways to use paper to create wonderful things with your imagination. You can make your own paper and make a scrapbook for your poetry or drawings. Learn how to use the ancient arts of paper cutting (kerigami) and folding (origami) to create awesome art. Use the decorative technique of decoupage to add magazine pictures to a box or other item. Each girl should bring an old magazine that can be cut up and shared. All supplies and IPA patch are included.
4 hours $20.00 /girl Min. 10
New! Textile Arts Interest Project Workshop
From fibers to finished fabric, we’ll explore the world of textile arts. By examining several different types of fabric we’ll learn what makes each unique and special, later we’ll take samples and make a scrapbook of fabrics.. Natural dyes will be experimented with to dye fabric and threads. Textile arts of quilting and weaving will also be researched and experimented with. All supplies and IPA patch are included.
4 hours $20.00 /girl Min. 10
New! Visual Arts Interest Project Workshop
Visual arts are a vital to enrich your life. Through drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking we’ll develop your visual arts skills. Paint a composition that expresses your feelings or a use a subject of your own idea. Make a print block and create a series of prints of your own design. Sculpt the human form using an armature (wire frame). At the end of the session you’ll have the information and skills to create your own “home studio” and may continue you works of art at home. All supplies and IPA patch are included.
4 hours $20.00 /girl Min. 10