Unlock your child’s creativity with START (Sustainable Textiles and Art): a hands-on, creativity-driven eco-design program that combines sustainability, upcycling, textile arts, and personal expression!
In this ECA, young designers learn how to transform everyday and discarded materials into purposeful, meaningful, and wearable art while developing artistic confidence, environmental awareness, and practical design skills.
Throughout the program, your children will experiment with various textile techniques, create accessories and artwork from reclaimed materials, and thoughtfully redesign or upcycle a clothing item of their choice. This ECA incorporates both hand stitching and guided introductory sewing machine use, presented in a safe, supportive, and exploration-based way.
The final week culminates in an Upcycled Fashion Showcase and Community Clothing Swap, celebrating creativity, confidence, and earth-friendly design values.
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🌍 Program Values
• Sustainability: using what we have, valuing resources
• Creative problem solving: seeing possibilities in unexpected materials
• Mindful making: slow, intentional, purposeful creation
• Community care: sharing, swapping, and gifting culture
• Confidence & artistic expression: every child is a designer
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🎯 Learning Outcomes
By the end of START, students will:
✔ Understand basic sustainability and upcycling concepts
✔ Gain confidence using textile materials and tools
✔ Learn hand-sewing and basic machine-sewing techniques
✔ Transform and personalize a wearable clothing item
✔ Practice design thinking and creative planning
✔ Present their work with voice, pride, and purpose
Schedule: Tuesdays, starting January 20th, from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Education Center
Transportation Included: N/A
Ages: 8-12
No of sessions: 8
Minimum Participants Required: 4
Maximum Participants: 12
Terms & Conditions:
Deadline for Sign-Up: Thursday, January 15th at 12 pm
Half-Term Break: No ECAs during the week of February 9th, as the Education Center will be closed.
Refund Policy: Families have up to 24 hours after the first class to withdraw and receive a refund for the remaining sessions. If they attended the first session, a one-time fee plus a 10% processing charge will be deducted from the total refund. After this 24-hour period, refunds will no longer be available.
All else in accordance with the Terms of Service
Unlock your child’s creativity with START (Sustainable Textiles and Art): a hands-on, creativity-driven eco-design program that combines sustainability, upcycling, textile arts, and personal expression!
In this ECA, young designers learn how to transform everyday and discarded materials into purposeful, meaningful, and wearable art while developing artistic confidence, environmental awareness, and practical design skills.
Throughout the program, your children will experiment with various textile techniques, create accessories and artwork from reclaimed materials, and thoughtfully redesign or upcycle a clothing item of their choice. This ECA incorporates both hand stitching and guided introductory sewing machine use, presented in a safe, supportive, and exploration-based way.
The final week culminates in an Upcycled Fashion Showcase and Community Clothing Swap, celebrating creativity, confidence, and earth-friendly design values.
⸻
🌍 Program Values
• Sustainability: using what we have, valuing resources
• Creative problem solving: seeing possibilities in unexpected materials
• Mindful making: slow, intentional, purposeful creation
• Community care: sharing, swapping, and gifting culture
• Confidence & artistic expression: every child is a designer
⸻
🎯 Learning Outcomes
By the end of START, students will:
✔ Understand basic sustainability and upcycling concepts
✔ Gain confidence using textile materials and tools
✔ Learn hand-sewing and basic machine-sewing techniques
✔ Transform and personalize a wearable clothing item
✔ Practice design thinking and creative planning
✔ Present their work with voice, pride, and purpose
Schedule: Tuesdays, starting January 20th, from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Education Center
Transportation Included: N/A
Ages: 8-12
No of sessions: 8
Minimum Participants Required: 4
Maximum Participants: 12
Terms & Conditions:
Deadline for Sign-Up: Thursday, January 15th at 12 pm
Half-Term Break: No ECAs during the week of February 9th, as the Education Center will be closed.
Refund Policy: Families have up to 24 hours after the first class to withdraw and receive a refund for the remaining sessions. If they attended the first session, a one-time fee plus a 10% processing charge will be deducted from the total refund. After this 24-hour period, refunds will no longer be available.
All else in accordance with the Terms of Service
