10/08/2026
✨🎨🧑🎨Teens in our afterschool drop-in program have been getting some creative energy out with some super cool activities. This week, they painted pumpkins and gourds generously donated by , and made some fuse bead flags and beaded bracelets. It is so fun to watch their unique styles come out.
As it is spooky season, we have some ghoulishly fun crafts planned, but we need your help! If you have any old clothing that the teens can transform into costumes, please contact our Youth Program Coordinator at [email protected]. Thank you!
Image description: 1. A long rectangular table covered in white paper sitting in a room with gray carpet, displaying several painted pumpkins and white paper plates holding various colors of paint. Red painted handprints and the letters "ASS" written in red paint mark the center of the table. Black chairs line the left side of the table, while two small, light green wooden chairs sit on the right side. A pink and blue child's easel stands in the background on the right. 2. Two decorated pumpkins resting on blue and white patterned paper plates on a round gray table. The smaller pumpkin on the left is painted glossy black with silver and orange glitter on top and a red stem. The larger pumpkin on the right is painted half glossy black and half bright pink with matching pink glitter on the pink side and a long, unpainted brown stem. 3. Several colorful plastic fuse bead creations resting on a flat white surface. A clear square pegboard in the upper right holds a circular design featuring a yellow and orange background with purple shapes, while a fused design of a black retro television with a blue and red screen sits in the upper left. Below these are various small rectangular flag designs, including a blue, purple, and pink flag, a blue, pink, and white flag, and three smaller striped rectangles. A white cord bracelet with blue and purple beads lies on the left side.
