Fragrant holiday wreaths, handmade holiday ornaments, craft tables laden with crafting supplies and projects and staffed by friendly elves, holiday music and entertainment, hot apple cider and seasonal treats – all this and more are in store at the Annual Little Elves Workshop, December 15, 6-8pm at the City Park Main Lodge in Mount Shasta.
Twenty years ago, Pamela Newman, publisher of North State Parent, had a great idea. Her goal, as she raised a family and ran a regional magazine, has been to build communities throughout the North State, and to provide support to parents and children to thrive and succeed. In pursuit of this goal, she envisioned a fun way for families to come together for a day of holiday crafts and activities in December, to bond, meet and network with other families, creating wonderful memories together – and Little Elves Workshop was born.
Community partners create the magic
Community partners create the magicPamela and North State Parent partner with the Siskiyou County Resource Collaborative, First Five Siskiyou, Spring Hill Nursery, local caring service organizations and local businesses to come together and to magically transform the historic main lodge in Mount Shasta’s beautiful city park into a bustling and joyous workshop for kids and their parents to create and connect.
Steven Bryan, Director of the Siskiyou County Resource Collaborative, describes the Little Elves Workshop as an opportunity for people to get out and make new friends, building a support system. “If people are well-connected in the community, they can be more resilient,” he says.
Crafts for kids that parents will enjoy, too
Seven-year-old Sophie Wood says she “especially likes sewing flannel gingerbread ornaments, and I even learned how to sew last year while making them”. Parents enjoy creating a wreath from fragrant greenery collected by Spring Hill Nursery as much as their children. “I like gluing pinecones on the bottom of the wreaths” says nine-year-old Tim Colllins.
Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the holiday festivities. For questions, or if you would like to join us as an elf helper, donate crafting supplies or be one of our community partners and host an activity table, call 530-926-1287.
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