Stay Warm. Get Creative. Make Something.

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan. 6, 2011 - The Winter II 2011 Session of art and craft classes at award-winning Wishcraft in Chicago starts January 24th, 2011.  The schedule includes perennial cold-weather favorites (sewing for kids and adults,  green-crafting, crochet and knitting for kids), and lots of new choices for little kids, big kids and adults.  Classes meet 8 times over the course of 9 weeks (classes are suspended on holidays so that no one has to miss a class.)   Highlights of the January 24th-March 25th, 2011 schedule include:

-Super-Hero Handiwork, crafting for guys ages 5+ on Thursday afternoons at 5pm.
-NEW Action!, collaborative film-making for kids 7+ on Thursdays at 345pm.
-NEW Epic Yarn, crochet & knitting for kids 7+ on Tuesdays at 5pm.
-Second-level sewing classes for kids include Ecosew on Wednesdays at 5pm and It's Sew Easy, Too on Mondays 5pm.
-Introductory sewing for kids 7+  in It's Sew Easy, Mondays at 345pm and Fridays at 5pm, and Betsy Floss on Tuesdays 345pm.
-Playdate Fridays (most Fridays at 1030am), exploratory art for pipsqueaks 1.5-5 years and a parent/caregiver.
-and adult weekday classes include I Never Learned to Sew on Wednesdays at 7pm and Ooh Baby Baby on Fridays 1130am.

Complete class descriptions can be found on the Wishcraft website.  Registration for Wishcraft programs can be done online, by email or phone, or in person.  Pre-registration is required.

The workshop is located at 2312 W. Roscoe St. 1.5 blocks east of Western Ave.    For additional information about Wishcraft see http://web.me.com/wishcraft/Site/wishcraft.html, or contact Candice Blansett-Cummins at 773.348.WISH.

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Wishcraft offers seriously unordinary art & craft classes, environmentally considerate birthday parties and confidence-building camps for children, teens and adults in Roscoe Village/Lakeview. Wishcraft hosts fabulous parties for children and grown-ups, including custom-designed activities to complement the interests of the guests. Every birthday, baby and bridal party is an individualized, memorable event. Many projects include recycled or natural materials, making a celebration a gift to the earth and the guests.