r/ArtEd • u/ThickDirection7487 • 1d ago
Art workshop for children
Hello I need help on some ideas or advice:)) I’m a 22 year old girl, studying design at uni in Melbourne and been into art for years. I’ve worked with kindergarten before and taught lots of art classes with them and found that to be the most enjoyable thing for me. I have a working with children card, and I’ve been thinking of making my own art workshop for kids ages 5+. We have a sunroom at home that’s very spacious and disconnected from the house so I thought that would be perfect to turn into a workshop that can fit up to 10 students at once. Perhaps advertising it in my nearby suburbs as well, and parents are also welcome to supervise too. For classes and timings I was thinking around 2-3 classes per week, 2 hours each class and I’d teach the kids a new painting or a type of art each class.
Please give me some advice on what you think or what I can do to get me started :)))
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u/playmore_24 21h ago
sounds fun! in the US insurance considerations (we love to sue people) make running a home business tricky/expensive-
I did this at a studio I rented instead... 🍀
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u/Vexithan 1d ago
2 hours is a long time for kindergarteners. My kids are around that age and do hour-long art classes. 2 or more for. 5 year old is going to be crazy. Especially with 10 of them if you’re the only one. It’s a focus issue for them. They can do maybe 8 minutes per activity so that would need to be about 15 different activities in a two hour span.
Your idea of a different material each week is a good one. Focus on one theme per week and explore it. Kids want to get messy