In this hands-on, make-it-take-it papercraft program, award-winning artist, author and illustrator Linda Stephen will share step by step how to fold papers to make easy origami animals, flowers and baskets. This workshop is designed for beginners. Children should be accompanied by an adult. If you can fold a piece of paper neatly in half, you have the basic paper folding skills needed.
Materials provided.
About the instructor: Linda Stephen has taught origami to thousands of people ages 3 to 97. Her art is part of public and private collections around the world. She works with cities, schools and nonprofits to create collaborative community artworks involving hundreds of people. See her art in the award-winning picture book The Day We Went to the Park, available at Crete Public Library, local libraries and gift shops, or wherever books are sold. Buy a personalized signed copy of the book at the workshop.