Does your child want to learn woodworking? Let the Woodworking Bus teach them how! The January/Feburary on-site Woodworking classes are booking now. Workshops take place at Side Street Projects’ Pasadena headquarters—the only mobile & sustainable community art center in the US. Tuition is $195 per child. New and returning students welcome.

- HOME SCHOOL SESSION 3 - 6 Mondays, 10:30am - 12:30pm Jan 4 - Feb 8 (2010) SOLD OUT

- AFTER SCHOOL SESSION 2 - 6 Fridays, 4pm - 6pm Jan 8 - Feb 12 (2010) Only 4 Spots Left!

What is the Woodworking Bus? Since 1997, over 15,000 kids in LA County have thrived aboard our Woodworking Buses — mobile wood shops on renovated transit buses where kids age 5-11 learn about art & design using only hand tools, raw materials, and their imagination. The Woodworking Bus has 10 height-adjustable workstations custom made for children. Each station is equipped with hand saws, hand drills, screwdrivers, supplies and materials: everything needed to create a multitude of projects using white pine as the primary material. There are two artist-teachers per bus, providing a 5:1 student/teacher ratio at all times.

Our goal is to teach children how to use tools safely, effectively and (ultimately) independent of adult assistance. Kids make a variety of projects that increase in complexity as they progress through the program. They accumulate a working knowledge of techniques like as sanding, sawing, shaping, drilling, setting screws, using clamps, hammering, and incising. After only a few sessions on the bus, kids are confident and competent enough to create projects of their own unique design. This is the program’s ultimate goal.

Appropriate for elementary and middle school students. Classes are mixed age groups. The program is challenging, but allows kids to progress at their own pace, regardless of experience. Children must be at least 5 years old. Closed toed shoes required. For safety and insurance reasons, parents are not allowed on the bus during class times, but may observe from the rear emergency exit door. Kids must be on time for all classes, especially the first day.

student designed projects by 2nd & 3rd graders (from left)