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Utica Zoo Hosting Family Monkey Painting Party
If you're home schooling, The Utica Zoo has art class covered. Even if you aren't handling the educational duties, it's a fun evening for the whole family with their Family Monkey Paint Party Friday night, May 22.
Similar to the popular "paint and sip parties," the event has each family member painting a monkey. When finished, the paintings will connect together to create a family of monkey representative of your family. Local artist and owner of BB Designs, Angela Johnson will lead the party with step by step instructions. As a side note, her company organizes paint parties of many varieties.
The paint party will be conducted using zoom and is recommended for age 6 and older. The session will take about an hour to complete. Registration is only $20 per family with the money being used for the animal at the Utica Zoo. You will need supplies here's the suggested list.
- 8×10 or larger canvas or canvas board per each family member painting
Small, Medium, Large Brushes
Paper towel or Rag
Cup of water
Paper plate or palette to put paint on
Acrylic or tempera paint
Recommended paint colors
- Paint Colors:
White
Black
blue
yellow
orange
tan (skin tone) dark brown green light brown
Other items you may want to consider are an easel, hair dryer, and smock. More info on the event is available at the Utica Zoo.org and here is where to register.
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