Make Something Sunday

A Program for Families

In a gallery an adult and child sit together at a table cluttered with small scraps of cut paper. The adult uses a pair of scissors to cut a small pieces of paper while the child watches. Behind them adults and children work at other tables.

Make Something Sunday is a monthly program that introduces new materials and ways of making art through informal hands-on workshops for kids 12 and under and their grownups.

Complementing Make Something Sunday is our Play Atelier, a pop-up space that extends opportunities for families to engage in open-ended, sensory and creative play. At the heart of the Play Atelier is a light cube that functions as a stage for experiments with colour and light. Various changing materials offer new and unexpected avenues for playful exploration.

Drop-in for half an hour or stay for two. No booking required. This program is offered free of charge.

Winter 2026

Pasta Maker Printshop
18 January, 2:00-4:00 pm

Get ready for a printmaking extravaganza! Cut bold foam shapes to create a printing plate of your own design, ink it up, and crank it through one of our pasta maker presses. We’ll be printing on custom-collaged paper to add a little extra magic to our prints.

Valentine GIF Jam
8 February, 2:00-4:00 pm

Bring your valentine ideas to life in a simple looping animation called a “GIF.” Colourful card and scissors are all you will need to create your own sweet handmade animation at one of our “animation stations.”

Felt World
15 March, 2:00-4:00 pm

Cut your own shapes from colourful felt to create a moveable, changeable felt board artwork.

Freestyle Weaving
19 April, 2:00-4:00 pm

Take an experimental approach to weaving with yarn, fabric strips, recycled materials and beads.

DIY Sketchbook
24 May, 2:00-4:00 pm

Make your own pocket-sized sketchbook. Decorate the cover with washi tape and collage and pick up a sketching pencil too!

Extend Your Visit

Owens Art Kit

Mini-making activities inspired by our exhibitions

A child plays with a colourful set of geometric blocks, stacked one on top of the other. The blocks are composed of light wood frames with translucent coloured insets in green, pink, blue, and yellow. There are various shapes, including rectangles, triangles, half-circles, and circles.

Play Atelier

Sensory and Creative Play Pop-up Space

A small wooden cradle-like bookshelf with a display of children’s picture books sits on a round red carpet.

Little Library

A collection of art books for young readers

Community programs like Make Something Sundays are made possible thanks to core funding from the Municipality of Tantramar and the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. Additional funding for Play Atelier was received from the Strategic Initiatives Fund (Art Wellness Component) of the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture.