• After enrolments have opened, please refer to the booking page for up-to-date workshop availability.
• For an overview of the December timetable, click HERE
• Bookings available from 7:30am Monday, November 9th 2026
• Each workshop runs for 90 minutes and costs $35

Descriptions for December 2026 School Holiday Workshops

A String Art Christmas (6 to 12 years)
At fist glance, Christmas and string may not seem to fit. On closer inspection, as patterns begin to appear, Christmas will become stringy and fun. First, we'll give you the tools to create your own line art, then the 2-D will become 3-D as we create some beautiful stringy art for Christmas.

Battle Maps: River Crossing (8 to 14 years)
Have you ever wanted to build your own battlefield from scratch? In this workshop, you won’t just play the game, you’ll design it. Create a detailed tabletop terrain base complete with a strategic river and a custom bridge that could decide the outcome of the battle. Learn how layout, distance, and positioning change the way a game unfolds, then put your map to the test. Strategy, creativity, and hands-on building, this is next-level tabletop gaming.

Beat the Clock: Gravity Games (6 to 12 years)
Tick, tock… the countdown is on! Are you ready to put gravity to the test? In this action-packed STEM workshop, students will take on a series of exciting challenges where speed, skill, and science collide. Experiment with ramps, drops, and gravity-defying contraptions as you race against the clock to complete challenges of your own design. Can you outsmart gravity, master momentum, and beat the timer? With plenty of hands-on experiments, creative problem-solving, and friendly competition, this workshop is guaranteed to get brains ticking and imaginations rolling.

Christmas Sparkle Art (6 to 12 years)
Make your Christmas sparkle with this festive mixed-media art workshop! Design and paint a dazzling chandelier or Christmas tree on canvas, using acrylic paints and a variety of mixed-media techniques to add colour, texture and shimmer. Finish your masterpiece with twinkling LED lights to create a magical Christmas artwork that sparkles both day and night!

*Edible Engineering: Christmas Challenge (6 to 12 years)
Ready to build something deliciously impressive? This Christmas, we're mixing festive fun with a sprinkle of engineering and a whole lot of tasty creativity! Students will put their design skills to the test as they construct towers, bridges, and festive creations using edible building materials. Discover the science behind strong structures, experiment with balance, stability, and connections, and see just how much weight your sweet creations can handle. Will your masterpiece stand tall, or will it crumble under pressure? There's only one way to find out! Get ready to think, build, test, and perhaps sneak a little taste along the way!

#Elfie Christmas Cartooning (5 to 10 years)
Santa’s elves are busy getting ready for Christmas, but there’s always time to stop for an #elfie! In this fun and festive portrait workshop, explore the art of drawing people and faces, learning tips and tricks to capture expressions, features and personalities. Whether your style is cute, serious or downright silly, you’ll create your very own painted #elfie portrait that looks surprisingly like you! You’ll also take home handy drawing tip sheets to keep practising your portrait skills.

Geology in a Jar (5 to 10 years)
Come and journey to the centre of the Earth in this workshop for anyone who ROCKS! If a picture is worth 1000 words, I wonder what the world could tell us? We'll discover the makeup of our mantle, uncover the layers history under our feet, excavate some samples, and learn about minerals such as obsidian, diamond, gold, and so much more.

Gotta Catch Em' All! (5 to 10 years)
If you want to be the very best, you need to have the right materials. If you want to catch 'em all, you need to think about all the angles. Come along to design and build a catching contraption for our favourite little pocket monsters. Once you have mastery of the machine, you will have everything you need to catch more!

Lego Lab: Bobo Clause (6 to 12 years)
It's time to get back into the lab and experiment with Lego robotics. This time we'll be taking our Lego NXT robots to the North Pole in a workshop that is sure to bring the traditional idea of Christmas into the future. Can robots be a useful addition to Santa's workshop? Come along and find out. It's about time working in the lab was fun!

Lego Magic: Building Christmas (6 to 12 years)
Take your brick building to another level as we get festive with Lego this Christmas. We'll learn about selecting just the right block for the situation and building within the bigger picture. Whether you are a beginner with Lego or a black-belt builder, you will leave with new ideas for use with your own Lego collections as well as a Lego decoration for your tree at home.

Light & Shadow: Cyanotype Prints (8 to 14 years)
The cyanotype process uses sunlight to capture a shadow in print, producing a unique beautiful blue image. In this workshop you’ll use the process to print on a variety of surfaces including paper and cloth. Print your individual designs to take home with you.

Magicians Christmas Crackers (6 to 12 years)
Justin the Great is back and he's gone festive in this magical workshop. If you want to get into the Christmas spirit and learn a little bit of Christmas magic, this is the workshop for you! You'll learn tricks to wow the Christmas lunch crowd, practice jokes that will have the family in stitches, and pack a very special cracker to take home. The real trick will be to have it last until Christmas!

Marbelling Magic: Paper & Clay (6 to 12 years)
Discover the ancient art of paper marbling and explore the magic of swirling colours and patterns! Learn how inks and paints are floated on water, then transferred onto paper to create beautiful, one-of-a-kind designs. Next, explore marbling with clay, combining, rolling and mixing colours to create the same fascinating swirly effects. Use your new skills to make a colourful marbled trinket tray, and take home your own collection of amazing marbled papers. It's a wonderfully creative and hands-on workshop that's lots of fun!

Mermaid Tails & Magical Whales (4 to 7 years)
Dive into a magical underwater world where mermaids swim, whales sing and ocean creatures come out to play! In this imaginative workshop, you'll craft your very own puppets and bring their underwater adventures to life through storytelling and creative play. With shimmering tails, colourful fins and a sprinkle of magical potions, you'll create enchanting ocean tales that lead to happily ever after!

Neon Nature: Fireflies (6 to 12 years)
Explore the colourful world of glowing art! Create two canvas artworks filled with fireflies, then draw and paint a miniature canvas packed with tiny details. Take inspiration from the natural world, including glowing insects, coral reefs, mushrooms, plants and neon animals. Experiment with bright fluorescent paints, glowing vines and blacklight effects in our dark-room UV workshop. Charge your artwork in sunlight, then watch it come to life with a magical glow!

*Operation Christmas Cookies (5 to 10 years)
This is a workshop for industrious elves full of fun and mischief, making and tasting, with a delicious gift to take home. First- set the scene. We have received the supplies for our Christmas Cookies. Oh no!! Some of our ingredients have been stolen!!! Second- Some detective work is needed. Help us solve the case. Follow the clues to find cookies of all kinds and yummy treats to decorate them. We’ll package them up in your own decorated boxes ready to take home to your place for eating or gifting.

Paint & Stitch: Northern Lights (10 to 15 years)
Capture the magic of the Northern Lights in this beautiful mixed-media art workshop! Create your own 12-inch embroidery hoop artwork, painting fabric with the shimmering colours of the night sky. Learn a variety of embroidery stitches to add texture and intricate details to your glowing landscape. Take home your completed masterpiece, ready to hang and display!

Paint the World with Christmas (4 to 7 years)
Pick up your brushes, sponges, pipettes, stamps, dabbers and more, and get ready to paint the world in Christmas colours! Explore a wonderful variety of painting tools and techniques as you create festive artworks bursting with colour and creativity. Add a little shine, a sprinkle of sparkle and some twinkling lights to bring your Christmas creations to life. A classic art and craft workshop filled with festive fun and delightful surprises!

Postcards from Lapland (8 to 14 years)
Make a series of postcard sized artworks drawn and coloured with watercolours, soft pastels, inks and pencil as we imagine a visit to Lapland this December. You can expect a glow that lights up the sky in a magical way. There is a Christmas market lined with twinkling lights, reindeer, and lots of snow.

Santa Paws (4 to 7 years)
Calling all puppies and kittens who want to help Santa! Toys have gone missing! The reindeer have gone on holiday! It’s up to us to save the day. We will find the missing toys, guide Santa’s sleigh, and make sure Christmas is woof-y and purrrrfect!

Santa's Coding Crew (4 to 7 years)
Santa’s workshop needs a little tech magic this Christmas, and he’s calling for a crew of junior coders! If you are a problem solver, we need you to help Santa and his elves tackle festive challenges using coding, sequencing, patterns, logic, and creative thinking. There will be games to play, robots to instruct, presents to deliver, and plenty of Christmas cheer to go around. No coding experience needed.

Star Light, Star Bright (4 to 7 years)
Join in for a classic crafty workshop making bright shiny starry things. Starlight, wishes and sparkle. We'll draw and paint a starry starry canvas. Make a star bag tag for your backpack and a beaded starlight catcher to hang. Beautiful original things to take home.

*Starry Night Lolly Mosaic (6 to 12 years)
For those with a sweet tooth who love their art. Gaze into the Starry Night of Vincent Van Gough’s inspiring painting. Turn your attention to your palette- coloured lollies! On an edible base to create your own mosaic starry night masterpiece.

The Art of Tiny Things (10 to 15 years)
Make a series of miniature paintings and drawings on tiny canvases, magnifiers and fine-detail techniques. These include photo realistic drawing techniques, acrylic paint pens and watercolours.

The Dinosaurs Night Before Christmas (4 to 7 years)
‘Twas the night before Christmas, all was quiet, no chorus! Not a creature was stirring, not even a Brachiosaurus! The stockings were hung by the volcano with care, In hopes that Santa-Rex soon would be there. Come along to stomp, roar, craft, and prepare for Christmas the dinosaur way. A workshop millions of years in the making.

Up, Up, & Away: Flying Machines (4 to 7 years)
It's crazy to think that people can fly! Not under our own power, but in machines such as airplanes and helicopters. Where did it all start and where is it going? In this workshop, we will ponder the physics, make some machines, and have some flying fun.

* Gingerbread House Workshop $75 (Mon 21/12 @ 7pm) - Adults [Adults]
Join us for our annual Gingerbread House workshop, a fun evening of Christmas creativity and sugar! In this workshop, we will assemble a gourmet gingerbread house (no cooking required!), then decorate and wrap ready to take home. Will you choose a colour theme, a pattern, a chocolate theme, or another a house style? Bring your ideas with you and get ready to unleash your inner builder and lolly designer. Find more information about Gingerbread workshops HERE

* Gingerbread House Workshop $75 (Mon 21/12 @ 2pm) - Teens & Young Adults [Teens + Young Adults (13+)]
In this event we will assemble a gourmet gingerbread house (no cooking required!) and then decorate and wrap ready to take home. Will you choose a colour theme, a pattern, a chocolate theme, a house style? Bring your ideas with you and get ready to unleash your inner builder and lolly designer. Find more information about Gingerbread workshops HERE

* Gingerbread Workshop $75 (Tues 22/12 @ 3:30 & 6:30pm) - Family & Friend Groups [Groups - At least 1 adult per group]
We are excited to see the return of our Gingerbread House Family Workshop. Due to space restrictions, numbers for this workshop will be very limited and groups on a single booking need to be no more than 4 people. If you have more than 4, please book two spots. Each booking will make one Gingerbread house per group.Cost: $75 per group (up to 4 people per table) which includes everything you need to build, decorate and wrap one Gingerbread house. We recommend this event for families with children aged over 4 years. Please let us know the size of your family group upon booking this workshop. Find more information about Gingerbread workshops HERE