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Charles M. Schulz Museum

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Charles M. Schulz Museum


2301 Hardies Lane
Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Upcoming Classes and Camps

The Schulz Museum is excited to offer in-person. See below for classes and registration information.

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June 2023

LEGO Animation 1 (Grades 1-3)

Monday, June 5, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, June 9, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Build sets and characters with LEGOs to create a short LEGO stop-motion movie using iPads. Work in groups to add special effects, voices, and music!
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Eco-Art Explosion (Grades 4-6)

Monday, June 5, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, June 9, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Mix science and art and learn how to take care of the Earth through eco-friendly activities. Make a bumblebee bath, bug hotel, plantable paper, and a hanging garden. Experiment with sun, wind, and rain and create art with upcycled materials. Snoopy says, “Keep it clean, keep it green!”
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Summer Science (Grades 1-3)

Monday, June 5, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, June 9, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Delve into summer science by baking solar s’mores, building the ultimate bug catcher, and cooling down with a day of hands-on water exploration and play.
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Digital Art and Photography (Grades 4-6)

Monday, June 5, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, June 9, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Experiment with digital photography and photo mix-ups, mash-ups, and editing. Create computer animation, draw and design with iPad apps, and delve into the world of 3D digital sculpting.
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Acting for Peanuts 1 (Grades 1-3)

Monday, June 12, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, June 16, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Explore theater arts while bringing Peanuts characters and stories to life on the Schulz Museum’s stage! Learn stage terminology, dive into script reading and writing, play classic and new improv games, and wrap it up by acting in a mini-performance based on Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strips.
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Tinkering Lab (Grades 4-6)

Monday, June 12, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, June 16, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Make it move with simple machines and basic robotics. Build a simple brush bot, play with circuits, build bridges and buildings, and see what other clever creations you can make, including various crazy catapults.
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Ready, Set, Dough! (Grades 1-3)

Monday, June 12, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, June 16, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Mix and make playdough, bouncing balls, and super slime. Plus, learn the science of combining substances for some yummy and unexpected results, including applesauce oobleck, bread in a bag, and more
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Acting for Peanuts 2 (Grades 4-6)

Monday, June 12, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, June 16, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Explore theater arts while bringing Peanuts characters and stories to life on the Schulz Museum’s stage! Learn stage terminology, dive into script reading and writing, play classic and new improv games, and wrap it up by acting in a mini-performance based on Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strips.
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Outdoor Art and Adventure (Grades 1-3)

Monday, June 19, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, June 23, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Get up, go, and create! Keep moving all week with outdoor games and art activities. Make a colored-salt labyrinth, mold a marble mosaic, paint with fly swatters and sticks, and enjoy other fun, hands-on, outdoor eco-crafts
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Under the Sea Ocean Art (Grades 4-6)

Monday, June 19, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, June 23, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Discover the colorful life in our oceans and learn how to draw, color, and paint sea animals, corals, and plants. Join artist Barbara Golden and learn sketching, outlining, and coloring with different media, including watercolors, colored pencils, and markers.
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Take Flight (Grades 1-3)

Monday, June 19, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, June 23, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Summer is the perfect time for flying kites, as long as they don’t get stuck in the Kite-Eating Tree! Take off with a variety of flight-inspired projects. Make and fly kites and airplanes, discover what it takes to launch a rocket, play with parachutes, and so much more!
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Camp Freeze 1 (Grades 1-3)

Monday, June 26, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, June 30, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Keep cool this summer by growing crystals, making ice cream in a bag, mixing snow slime and snowball soap, and exploring other cool and creative projects. Plus, ice skate Monday through Thursday at Snoopy’s Home Ice!
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Camp Freeze 4 (Grades 4-6)

Monday, June 26, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, June 30, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Keep cool this summer by growing a crystal tree, making ice cream in a bag, and a sparkling winter luminary. Also, explore other cool and creative projects and ice skate Monday through Thursday at Snoopy’s Home Ice!
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JULY 2023

Outdoor Art and Adventure Mini (Grades Pre-K and K)

Monday, July 3, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, July 7, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Get up, go, and create! Keep moving all week with outdoor games and art activities. Explore labyrinths and mosaics, paint with fly swatters and sticks, and enjoy other fun, hands-on, outdoor eco-crafts. Designed for ages 3-5. Children must be able to use the bathroom independently
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Wizarding Ways and Magical Creatures (Grades 1-3)

Monday, July 3, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, July 7, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Wave your magic wand and learn to make milk disappear, push coins through solid objects, and conjure candles to float. Spend a week mixing potions and bringing magical creatures to life by making unicorn and bird marionettes and other crafty creatures to take home.
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Peanuts and Kids Cook (Grades 1-3)

Monday, July 3, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, July 7, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Have a deliciously fun week cooking treats the Peanuts Gang loves to eat. Make pizza four ways, Charlie brownies, an edible bird’s nest for Woodstock, and see how many savory snacks you can skewer on a stick!
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iPad Gaming and Coding (Grades 4-6)

Monday, July 3, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, July 7, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Learn the basics of coding through hands-on coding projects and games. Design your own digital characters and backgrounds and learn how to add them to your own video game.
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Dinosaur Doodles (Grades 1-3)

Monday, July 10, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, July 14, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Draw dangerous dinosaurs, including terrible T-Rexes, bold Brontosauruses, and viscous Velociraptors. Join professional cartoonist, maze-maker, and storyteller Joe Wos for a week of storytelling, guided drawing lessons, and hands-on fun with more teeth!
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Advanced LEGO Animation (Grades 4-6)

Monday, July 10, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, July 14, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Build sets and characters with LEGOs to create a short LEGO stop-motion movie using iPads. Learn story structure and character development, and how to add lights, cameras, and green screen technology. No prior experience required.
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Beagle Scouts Camp Out (Grades 1-3)

Monday, July 10, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, July 14, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Go on a camp adventure with scavenger hunts and nature expeditions around the Museum grounds. Make a star-gazing telescope and a DIY flashlight, create an animal tracks guidebook, and end with roasted s’more on a stick!
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Cartooning Myths and Monsters (Grades 4-6)

Monday, July 10, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, July 14, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Take an adventure in cartooning with Greek myths, monsters, and lively drawing instruction from cartoonist, maze-maker, and storyteller Joe Wos. Learn to draw fantastical creatures like a mighty Minotaur and mystical Medusa. Mash them up with unicorns and Bigfoot, and mix and match monstrous features like twisty horns to create your own crazy cryptid characters!
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Summer Science Mini (Grades Pre-K and K)

Monday, July 17, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, July 21, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Explore the night sky, water play, the science of bugs, and all things summer. Launch water rockets, make art using the sun, sculpt a river to sailboats, create mini volcanoes, and mix super sand slime! Designed for ages 3-5. Children must be able to use the bathroom independently.
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LEGO Animation 2 (Grades 1-3)

Monday, July 17, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, July 21, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Build sets and characters with LEGOs to create a short LEGO stop-motion movie using iPads. Work in groups to add special effects, voices, and music! Enrollment in LEGO Animation 1 is not required.
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Art Lab (Grades 1-3)

Monday, July 17, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, July 21, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Get messy mixing art and science. Make scratch-and-sniff paints, sculpt homemade clay, and create masterpieces with fizzing ice cubes and some surprising chemical reactions! Also, learn the science behind animation and make marble diffusion art.
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Peanuts, Pizza, Pasta—Let’s Cook! (Grades 4-6)

Monday, July 17, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, July 21, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Make the Peanuts Gang’s favorite foods, including pizza several different ways and Snoopy’s puppy chow. From savory to sweet, learn to make a variety of delicious meals and treats to enjoy all week
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Camp Freeze 2 (Grades 1-3)

Monday, July 24, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, July 28, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Keep cool this summer by growing crystals, making ice cream in a bag, mixing snow slime and snowball soap, and exploring other cool and creative projects. Plus, ice skate Monday through Thursday at Snoopy’s Home Ice
LEARN MORE

Camp Freeze 5 (Grades 4-6)

Monday, July 24, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, July 28, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Keep cool this summer by growing a crystal tree, making ice cream in a bag, and a sparkling winter luminary. Also, explore other cool and creative projects and ice skate Monday through Thursday at Snoopy’s Home Ice!
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Let’s Get Drawing! (Grades 4-6)

Monday, July 31, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, August 4, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Join professional visiting YA graphic novelist Laura Lee Gulledge (Page by Paige, The Dark Matter of Mona Starr) and learn to draw and create your own short stories, comics, and ‘zines through collaborative comic creation, ARTnering as a group, and drawing games. Also, experiment with art-creating tools like Laura Lee’s favorite blue cartooning pencils.
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Manga and Anime (Grades 6 and up)

Monday, July 31, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, August 4, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Dive into the world of manga with artist Barbara Golden. Learn how to draw your favorite manga and anime characters, including eyes, hair, and bodies, as well as Chibi, Shoho, and Ghibli characters using pencils, ink, markers, and watercolor.
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Blast Off! (Grades 1-3)

Monday, July 31, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, August 4, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Blast off into a week of space exploration! Learn about planets, constellations, and comets through hands-on activities—create a nebula in a jar, design light-up constellations, build and test a space lander, and launch water rockets!
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Manga and Pokémon (Grades 4-6)

Monday, July 31, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, August 4, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Learn to draw your favorite manga and Pokémon characters, and tap into your imagination to make your own creations, too! Join artist Barbara Golden to practice sketching and shading with pencil lines, outlining with black ink, and adding color to your manga art.
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AUGUST 2023

Drawing from Nature (Grades 4-6)

Monday, August 7, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, August 11, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Draw animals, plants, and colorful scenes from nature with artist Barbara Golden. Take a visual journey through wild landscapes and have fun and apply techniques like sketching, shading, and coloring to draw bobcats, butterflies, and Bodega Bay seascapes.
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Camp Freeze 3 (Grades 1-3)

Monday, August 7, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, August 11, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Keep cool this summer by growing crystals, making ice cream in a bag, mixing snow slime and snowball soap, and exploring other cool and creative projects. Plus, ice skate Monday through Thursday at Snoopy’s Home Ice!
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Fantasy Creatures and Worlds (Grades 4-6)

Monday, August 7, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, August 11, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Create a world full of fantasy creatures like dragons, phoenixes, centaurs, and fantastic fairies with artist Barbara Golden. Learn basic drawing skills and coloring, blending, and shading to create your world with markers and watercolors.
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Camp Feeze Mini (Grades Pre-K and K)

Monday, August 14, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, August 18, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Enjoy our coolest camp ever! Create crystal snowflakes, watch hot chocolate erupt, excavate ice eggs, and take a sneak peek behind the scenes at Snoopy’s Home Ice. Designed for ages 3-5. Children must be able to use the bathroom independently.
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LEGO Animation 3 (Grades 1-3)

Monday, August 14, 2023 | 9:00 am–Friday, August 18, 2023 | 12:30 pm
Build sets and characters with LEGOs to create a short LEGO stop-motion movie using iPads. Work in groups to add special effects, voices, and music! Enrollment in LEGO Animation 1 or 2 is not required.
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Snoopy’s Safari (Grades 1-3)

Monday, August 14, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, August 18, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Join us for a weeklong safari adventure, from the desert to the jungle, and learn about the animals in these environments. Make a dessert terrarium, zebra slime, Snoopy ears and puppet, and more!
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iPad Movie-Making (Grades 4-6)

Monday, August 14, 2023 | 1:00 pm–Friday, August 18, 2023 | 4:30 pm
Make and edit your own mini-movies! Explore story structure, green screens, and how to create live-action adventures and bring your characters to life using 2D and stop-motion animation
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