Shared Experience Centres
Trying new activities couldn’t be easier. Sign up for a Shared Experience Centre and learn how to perform magic tricks, bust a Jackie Chan move, or try your hand at creating your very own cartoon… the possibilities are truly
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Planned activities:
Magic for Everyone
Eric Leclerc, two time Canadian magic champion from Orleans will teach you the art of magic. Come spend 45 minutes with Eric and learn 3 amazing magic tricks sure to amaze all of your friends!
Circus School
Come learn the circus arts with Mini Cirque. We dare you not to laugh!
Flavor Factory Dance Spot
Come learn urban dance and street styles from some of Ottawa’s most knowledgeable and skilled instructors! Try Soul Train/70′s Funk, Breakin/Hip Hop, House, Zumba, Groove, 80′s & 90′s Party Dances.
Radical Science
Unique assortment of entertaining and educational hands-on science experiences like playing with polymers, bubbly potions, crazy chemistry and more!
Create a Masterpiece
Let 4Cats Arts Studio guide you in the creation of your very own masterpiece. Workshops include watercolour painting, a Sculpey project, Sumi-e painting and wood panel painting.
Sport Stacking Canada
Come experience the incredible energy of sport stacking relays and games… fun for the WHOLE family!
Fundamentals of Cartooning
Sheree Bradford-Lea is a freelance Ottawa cartoonist and mixed media artist. She is also the editorial cartoonist for the Winchester Press, and teaches creative cartooning classes and workshops.
There will be a variety of cartooning topics, such as: how cartoons make us happy and make us think, how to create single panel cartoons and comic strips, different kinds of cartoons, drawing and writing cartoons, and how to start creating cartoons. Suitable for all ages!
Creative Writing Exercises
Sean Zio is a writer and poet who loves bringing the joy of writing and story-telling to kids and adults alike. He has run creative-writing classes for all ages for the City of Ottawa and currently runs an open-membership, weekly creative-writing workshop in Old Ottawa South called The Creative Writing Play Date.
Ages 4-7 A Fairy Tale According to You
Re-write a fairy tale so that it is the one you want to read before bed. With parents in charge of writing the words and kids in charge of drawing the pictures, make a unique storybook together as a family to be read again and again.Ages 8-10 Warriors & Dragons
Embark upon a fantastic adventure as a family. With parents designing a warrior and kids designing a dragon, the final battle will only happen if you work together and the eventual winner will be up to you.Ages 11-14 Your Cartoon, My Story
Inspired by Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, this workshop features collaborative drawing and writing games that will culminate in a cartoon record of a family story. No need to be a great artist. Stick men welcome.
Stop-Motion Animation
Learn how to create your own stop-motion animation movies!
Stampin’ Up!
Join Stampin’ Up! demonstrators and make your own kind of creative!
Family Martial Arts
A safe environment to learn some basics from the experts at Team Bushido MMA Fitness Center
Family Yoga
Yoga is a great activity for families to do together. Come learn some yoga poses that you can take home with you. Move your body to feel great!