This is a NEW CLASS, so we are working on photos, but your teacher, Mrs. Warwick, (art teacher extraordinaire) is in the photos. Just look at her! You know this class will be delightful! Oh, and FYI:BOYS love this class too!

Inspired by the kawaii art movement and the Pop Mart blind box craze, Kawaii Art Mart is a week-long creative adventure where students design, craft, and curate their own collection of cute trinkets, wearables, and collectibles. This version of the class is designed specifically for grades 4-7, with age-appropriate techniques and challenges that keep older students creatively stretched and socially comfortable with their peers.

The centerpiece project is a DIY claw machine, but for this age group, it is a genuine mechanical build. Students engineer a working crank-and-pulley grabbing mechanism, design the machine case, wire up LED lighting, and fill it with their handmade creations. Throughout the week, they also create detailed clay figures, layered shrinky dink keychains, custom-pressed buttons, beaded accessories, hand-stamped shopping bags, and decorated tote bags.

The entrepreneurship component goes further too. Students develop a brand identity for their shop, create cohesive product lines, set prices, design signage and packaging, and think about how to attract customers. On showcase day, parents browse and “shop” at the students’ stores and try the claw machines.

Every project connects back to a real art form or design concept, from Japanese kawaii culture and iconography to stamp-making, printmaking, and the fundamentals of running a small business.

Grades 4 – 7

June 8 – 12