Council Director Community and Recreation Services Melanie Smith said this Spring program featured previous popular activities for younger kids, while offering new workshops to cater to older tweens and teens and their divergent interests. “Children living on the Coast have a huge selection of activities to choose from, delivered by our regional gallery, libraries, leisure centres, environmental and youth services teams, with the majority being free or affordably priced,” she said. “We have amazing art tutors in our libraries, where kids can discover their inner artist through drawing Harajuku Fashion, Aussie icons like Bubble O’Bill or painting their own Squishmallow portrait.
“We also have papier-mache mask making, Mandala painting on silk, and Halloween jewellery and tote bag workshops. “Tween tech-obsessed kids will love Mario Kart switch gaming or our Ozobots robotics experience. “Teens will love Dungeons and Dragons, Skateboard Deck Art, Warhammer – Mordheim! fantasy miniatures, and using the library’s iPads and Cricut machine to personalise their own t-shirt.
“For our animal lovers we have two amazing projects they can get involved with, Pet Pals and the Platy-project Kayak Tour. “Platy-project is a community platypus survey event, where kids can explore Ourimbah Creek by kayak to learn more about where this elusive creature lives,” Smith said. Other activities include the Pet Pal workshops at Council’s Charmhaven animal care facility on Octob.