08/05/2026
❓"So what is the deal with the new Art Entrepreneurship for Kids class? I thought you were an environmental education business???"🧐
I am so glad that you asked here is some lore for you that led to the creation of this class...
🌍 For those who don't know my full story EcoElsa was not my first or only business venture. I know shocking 😱 When I was in college working toward being a Field Biologist (a long long time ago lol) I made art on the side for extra money. Nothing too fancy at the time, mostly paintings around Christmas and birthdays for a little extra money. I also had other entrepreneurship/business ideas but nothing I saw fully to fruition. Fast forward and I graduated with a degree in field biology and went into the Environmental Education field and fell in love with it, truly finding my calling ❤
🌱 From there I eventually started EcoElsa in 2018 and one of my first classes I created was Nature Art & Science, blending two of my passions into a class that has become an EcoElsa staple across ages from preschool classes to teacher workshops and all the ages in between. 🖌🔬
✨ In 2020 I was set to go full-time with EcoElsa and was in the process of creating an Etsy store to sell EcoElsa merchandise when the pandemic started. Unable to run classes I worked on the parts of the business I could still work on and opened the Etsy store as well as created more art and things to add into it than I had previously planned. Long story short the EcoElsa Community stepped up and helped keep the business running through purchasing from the Etsy store and eventually the other sites I sold my art on. Without this support keeping a cashflow and my spirits up, I don't know if EcoElsa LLC would have made it through the pandemic. I am forever grateful to the EcoElsa Community as well as friends and family for providing this support that allowed me to keep going. 💓
🎨 Since then, I have continued to make art on the side mostly for fun under the umbrella of the EcoElsa business and for a little extra money to put back into the business. I have learned a lot about selling online through multiple platforms in the last six years. However, the thing I kept coming back to as an educator was that doing this provided me with a great outlet for hands-on learning practicing different entrepreneurship skills and the art that did the best for me was something a kid could make. In fact, many of the sites I used were so easy a kid could use (with adult supervision of course).
💡 From there an idea for a new class took form and I have spent the last two years working on the side to refine and create a class that blended my three passions; art, entrepreneurship, and a little nature/science added in because it is an EcoElsa class afterall even if that isn't the main purpose of the class. 😜 I wouldn’t call it my opus as I still have a long career ahead of myself and am looking forward to making plenty of more classes in the future. 😅 However, making this class has certainly been a career highlight and I am excited to share it with you all starting this fall! This fall we will only be offering it at Star Academy with a limited number of class spots however I look forward to hopefully offering it at more sites spring of 2027! 🥹
To register for the fall class at Star Academy check out this link to their Co-op below!
https://www.homeschool-life.com/mn/star/
To check out our other fall homeschool class opportunities check out this link below!
https://ecoelsa.com/homeschool_classes/
To check out EcoElsa Art check out this link to our landing page for all the different platforms that we sell on!
https://ecoelsa.com/welcome_ecoelsa_art/
