FARMINGTON — Everyone’s Resource Depot at the University of Maine at Farmington has announced the schedule for its July arts and crafts workshops.
Workshops will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays during July. They are open to children of all ages. Each workshop will feature a variety of craft projects using scrap materials.
Children will be assisted by student workers from UMF’s Upward Bound program.
Topics for each session are:
• July 5 and 7: “Jungle Book” Characters
• July 12 and 14: Recycled Robots
• July 19 and 21: Noisemakers
• July 26 and 28: Under the Sea Projects
A small fee will be charged for materials and instruction.
The depot is offering help to those in the community who are planning summer programs for children. Many sample projects have been constructed, and a variety of inexpensive scrap materials will be available, such as leather pieces, an assortment of paper, fabric and yarn, wood turnings and blocks, boxes of all sizes, colorful foam pieces and beads.
The depot is housed in the Theodora J. Kalikow Education Center at UMF at the corner of High and Lincoln streets. Summer hours are from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Special openings at other times can be arranged.
FMI: 207-778-7150.
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