April Classes at The Golden Button

March 19, 2015 | goldenbuttonshop

Tuesday

*Art Exploration Class

Tuesdays from 1:00 to 2:30 PM

April 7, 14, 21 and 28th

Lots of Art for Kids age 6 and up!! This class is perfect for kids who have ½ a day or learn from home! We will focus on creating art while allowing children to make a plan, problem solve and try new materials. This class is meant for exploration and growing! Each session children will find new and fun materials to create with!

Cost: $75 plus $20 supply fee

*Little Kids Art

Tuesdays from 3:00 PM-4:00 ish

April 7, 14, 21, and 28th

Little children have fun exploring different art mediums and creating Spring art! All materials are safe and appropriate for little hands! All ages are welcome. Parents, grandparents, babysitters are encouraged to join! Class is appropriate for all ages.

Cost: $65 plus $14

*Kids Machine Sewing Class on Tuesdays (Beginner to advanced beginner)

Tuesdays: from 4:30 to 5:15 PM

April 7, 14, 21, and 28th

Learn (or continue to learn) all about sewing with your machine and a little hand sewing! Create fun projects! Bring your machine and your manual. We will be creating lots of fun projects!

Cost: $65 plus $20 covers all supply fees.

Wednesdays:

*Little Kids Art

Wednesdays from 11:00 PM-12:00 ish

April 8, 15, 22 and 29^th

Cost: $65 plus $14

*Kids Mixed Medium Art Classes (ages 6 and up!)

Wednesdays from 5:30 PM-6:30 PM

April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29^th

For children who want to learn more art and sculpture! We will create great art!!!! Found object art, textured paintings and mixed medium sculpture. Ages 6 and up please!!!!

Cost: $80 plus $20 supply fee (covers all 5 classes!)

Thursdays

* Adult Machine Sewing Class

Thursdays from 11:00 – 12:00PM

April 9, 16, 23 and 30th

Create some easy sewing machines projects to learn how to sew on your machine!!! Please bring your machine and manual!!! We will supply the thread and fabric.

Cost is $65 plus $20 supply fee!

*Thursdays Machine Sewing

Thursdays from 4:00 – 4:45 PM

April 9, 16, 23, and 30

Learn (or continue to learn) all about sewing with your machine and a little hand sewing! Create fun projects!

Cost is $65 plus $20 supply fee!

*Hand Sewing

Thursdays from 5:00 to 5:45 PM

April 9, 16, 23, 30

Spring Hand Sewing class!!!!!!!!!! Make super awesome flowers and then use them in some awesome projects!

Cost: $65 plus $14 supply fee

Friday

*Hand Sewing

Fridays from 4:30 to 5:15 PM

April 10, 17, 24 and May 1st

Spring Hand Sewing class!!!!!!!!!! Make super awesome flowers and then use them in some awesome projects!

Cost: $65 plus $14 supply fee

*Fridays in March: Springy Art

Fridays from 5:30-6:30 PM

April 10, 17, 24 and May 1st

Springy Art! Friday nights in March create Spring Art!!!! All sorts of fun materials!!!! Paint, cut, trace, transfer, glue and let your imagination run wild! Make a super awesome flower or tree sculpture!!!! Create a Spring Environment and a giant 3-D painting! SOOO much fun!

Cost is $65 plus $16 supply fee

Call (203) 910-9948

email: info@goldenbuttonshop.com

or message us here or on Facebook to save a spot!

Make a Haunted House

October 2, 2014 | goldenbuttonshop

Hello there!!!

We will be open on Monday, October 13th from 10-4 PM you can stop in anytime to create a awesome spooky Haunted House!

Cost is $20 per house… Covers all supplies!

You can also create a Pumpkin Painting for $10 or a special deal….

1 haunted house and 1 pumpkin painting= $25 for both!!!!!

If your can’t make it on October 13th…

You can create a Haunted House and/or a Pumpkin Painting

Saturday, October 18th from 11-1 PM

Saturday, October 25th from 12-5 PM

or Sunday, October 26th from 11-1 PM

(or during drop in art on Mondays or Fridays)

Theres also still time to sign up for Halloween Cooking Class on October 18th from 3-5 PM

Don’t forget we moved to Woodbury and we are open for classes, workshops, birthdays, parties and Drop in times!

THE GRAND OPENING

September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 | goldenbuttonshop

Here are some favorite photos of this week.

And….. Just a reminder……………… GRAND OPENING! This Saturday between 1 and 5!

Just getting ready for our Grand Opening this Saturday! Stop by for snacks, a giveaway, a cooking demo from Eat. Play. Live, to sign up for a class and to say hi and do some art making! Can’t wait! You still have time to book a party at a discounted rate! Book by Saturday and get 50% off your base rate!

Below are some photos from our Wednesday Little Kids Art Class ( contact us if you would like to join!) We also have another Little Kids Class on Mondays at 11 AM!

Tomorrow is our Paint and Cocktail class! So visit our classes and workshop pages to pick out a class!

Classes and Workshops

April 26, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

The Golden Button will be closed on April 27th… We will be at The Earth Day Celebration at Hollow Park in Woodbury and then we will be closed April 28th till we reopen on May 8th! So stop in tomorrow for last minute items!

(If you would like to sign up for a class during this time…. feel free to call and leave a message or email us at goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com We will have very limited phone and email access…but we will be sure to respond in a timely manner!)

Art Enrichment

I am currently teaching art enrichment at a local school! Here are some photos of the artwork the children are creating! The trees and branches were drawn with sticks and paint!

Girl Scouts: One Point Perspective

Girl scouts had a special drawing class this week at The Golden Button. The focus was on perspective and shading. These drawings were created using a vanishing point on the horizon line. The girls used pencils, charcoal, pastels, colored pencils, watercolors and focused on shadows and blending.

Pysanky, Needle Felting, Adult Painting and Earth Day!

April 24, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

Okay, Lets try this again….

Pysanky Egg Decorating Class

At The Golden Button with Marcus Klimm has been rescheduled to

Thursday, May 23rd from 6:30 to about 9 or 9:30PM

Cost is $30 (which includes all supplies) We know its a little late for Easter but Pysanky is so much fun and once you learn it you can create beautiful eggs for ever!!! This class is for Teens and Adults. Please email, message or call to save a space!!!

The Golden Button offers Adult Painting Classes and Needle Felting.

Stop by The Golden Button on Friday nights for some Adult Painting Classes with Miss Kate. You do not need to know how to paint. Come, relax and have fun and Kate Gorham, owner of The Golden Button, will guide you though your painting. Bring a friend and have a nice adult night out! Classes cost $25 per night and run from 7-9 PM (Sign up for one or sign up for all 4 for $75!!!!)

On Friday, May 10th: Learn how to paint a beautiful landscape, Friday May 17th: Learn how to paint a bird or owl, Friday, May 24th: Learn how to paint your favorite flower and Friday May 31st: Learn how to paint an animal.

Space is limited! Cost covers all supplies! You will bring home a finished piece and have a lot of fun!

The Golden Button also offers Needle Felting Classes with Rachel Gerowe, of Red Barn Originals. Learn how to create a beautiful sculpture out of wool! Thursday, May 16^th from 6:30- 9:00 PM, Rachel will teach you how to create a Frog with special barbed needles. And Sunday May, 19^th , from 2-4 PM Learn how to make a Flower Fairy. Cost for either class is $35. (Save $5 if you bring your own barbed needles and foam.)

Space is limited call (203) 910-9948, email goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com or visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/thegoldenbutton to leave a message and hold a space! Find more information at http://www.goldenbuttonshop.com. The Golden Button is located at 600 South Britain Rd. Southbury, CT

The Golden Button will be at Earth Day this Saturday!!! So swing by the Hollow Park in Woodbury! Our Shop will be closed for the day! We will also be on vacation till May 8th! Sorry for any inconvenience.

Drop in Art!

April 18, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

Hey there!

Today and tomorrow and Sunday we have drop in art! You can come over anytime between noon and 5 PM to create a beautiful masterpiece. 3 Projects to pick from!!! Cost is $12 per project. All ages are welcome. Wear old clothes!

Thursday, April 18th

Friday, April 19th

Sunday, April 21

(and Next Thursday and Friday too!)

Paint a Masterpiece on a canvas

Build a 3-d Sculpture

Make a Mixed Medium Masterpiece!

(We also have a few little houses left over from another project to decorate)

We have been pretty busy with lots of classes and workshops.. Be sure to visit us to see what we have going on and check out our Facebook page for updates! The Golden Button will be at the Earth Day Celebration in Woodbury on April 27th at Earth Day.

May Classes!

April 13, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

May Classes and Events

May classes and workshops!!

Mother’s Day Gift Making (DROP IN)

Bring your children to create beautiful one of a kind gifts for Mother’s Day! Cost is $12 per gift. Stop in between 12 and 5 PM on the following days to create garden stones, tea cups or mugs for your aunts, mothers, grandmas, nanas and other loves ones.

Wednesday, May 8

Thursday, May 9

Friday, May 10

Saturday, May 11

Mother’s Day Party

Sunday, May 12^th

From 2-4 PM

Create a beautiful painting with your mom!!! Enjoy some tea, snacks and treats! Everyone will get a canvas and paints and we will guide you through a beautiful spring painting!

Cost is $28 for one adult and one child/or teen.

(Add $10 per additional child)

Little Kids Art

Thursdays from 1-1:45

May 9, 16, 23 and 30th

Ages 3-5

Children art classes…

Projects include nature art, toad houses, and designing, planting and decorating mini gardens.

Cost is $55 plus $15 supply fee

Mommy and Mini Class

Fridays are Mommy and Mini class 11:30 to12:15 Everyone is welcome… All Activities are appropriate for baby, todders, and little ones. (All materials are non toxic and safe for love bugs) You are welcome to bring a booster seat or just sit with your little one. We will explore lots of colors and textures with fun and safe materials! A little messy but a lot of fun!

Cost is $50 for 4 weeks

May 9, 16, 23 and 30th

Friday Afternoons Open Art (DROP IN)

Drop in for open artwork! All ages can explore different art mediums and styles each week. Drop in anytime between 1-5 PM. $14 per child!

Adult Paint

Come and paint a picture with Miss Kate! You do not need to know how to paint. Come, relax and have fun. Bring a friend and have a drink! Mom’s night out!

BYOB each week 7-9 PM

Friday, May 10^th: Learn how to paint a beautiful landscape

Friday May 17^th: Learn how to paint a bird or owl

Friday, May 24^th: Learn how to paint your favorite flower

Friday May 31^st: Learn how to paint an animal.

Cost is $25 per night. (Sign up for one or sign up for all 4 for $75!!!!)

Space is limited! Cost covers all supplies!