Thank you for supporting our studio!

All art factory visits and programs are suspended during the Ontario wide lock down. We continue to provide art factory at home rentals, monthly subscriptions and more in our online shop. We appreciate your business!

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination.”
– Albert Einstein

art is play!

come create with us!

ART FACTORY AT HOME- FREE EXTRA DAY (read on). One

DINO DIG! We’ve levelled up our Art Factory at H

DINO DIG! We’ve levelled up our Art Factory at Home Dino Dig with our new dino skeletons embedded in plaster. Children will become archeologists for the day as they dig in to uncover the fossils.

Play can continue with the dinos, clay and sand. The bin provided can be used to set up a dino wash station, you even have the option to include paint.

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What pairs perfectly with playdough? Our handcraft

What pairs perfectly with playdough? Our handcrafted masher!

This is a favourite tool to mash up ingredients for mudpies and more. At the studio children love to use it with chalk, the end bits of dry tempera paint, dandelions and herbs, and playdough.

Each masher is made in-studio by Peter. They are available online in the sensory and Art materials section of our shop.

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As promised here’s Christina’s super simple pl

As promised here’s Christina’s super simple playdough recipe! You’ll want to save this post.

Enjoy- and if you give her invitation to play a try we’d love to see pictures. Watch her IGTV video from yesterday to see ideas to extend and setup playdough play ❤️

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Feature Friday- invitation to play with playdough

Feature Friday- invitation to play with playdough & forged materials.. Christina leads the Baby Basquiat and Frida’s Friends programs here at CAF. Watch her invitation to play with playdough and forged materials and share with us if you try it yourself! We’ll post her playdough recipe soon!

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Tune in tomorrow for a fun play invitation setup f

Tune in tomorrow for a fun play invitation setup from Christina - leader of our Baby Basquiats and Frida’s Friends programs!

THANK YOU! Our giveaway post garnered such overwhe

THANK YOU! Our giveaway post garnered such overwhelming support, positive messages and kind wishes that it left us feeling so tremendously grateful for the community that surrounds us.

We are so deeply appreciative for the outpouring of love we received. Thank you! Thank you for every like. Thank you for every lovely comment and photo. Thank you for renting a bin. Thank you for purchasing a shop item. Thank you for buying into our sometimes wild crazy ideas and letting us play and explore new ones.

I could not have imagined this year but I am deeply humbled by all of it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

xoxoxo
Melissa

P.S we will announce the winner tomorrow morning in a comment and in our Instagram stories. 😊

Testimonial Tuesday. “I’m not kidding, the mon

Testimonial Tuesday. “I’m not kidding, the monkeys became a part of our family for the day we had the mudpie bin. My son took “his” to nap with him, and my daughter had to have a formal goodbye in the morning before they were placed on the porch. Later that day she was sitting forlorn and I asked why, her response was “I just really miss the monkeys” with a sigh. Those little monkeys are priceless.”

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