Arts this weekend, for kids

All day

• Inspired Art Classes, Kits, Workshops & Experiences

  Art classes and workshops teach creative techniques, with in-studio projects such as Acrylic Pour Painting and take-home art kits; classes suit all ages and skill levels.

  Inspired Artisan Market & Studio, Estes Park

  For kids and families

  ArtsPrice varies

• Museum Exhibition | Colorado Community Threads: Reflections on Place and People.

  Textile artists from across Colorado share perspectives on the state’s history, places and sense of community.

  Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising, Fort Collins

  For families

  ArtsFree

• Museum Exhibition | Kimono Matters: Materiality and Making

  An exhibition examines how kimono materials have shaped the garment’s place in fashion history and why it still matters today.

  Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising, Fort Collins

  For families

  ArtsFree

8 a.m.

• NoCo Veteran Creative Arts Showcase

  An exhibition honoring Northern Colorado veterans’ art opens with a guest presentation and continues as a gallery display.

  Student Commons, Greeley

  For families, until 5 p.m.

  Nightlife

10 a.m.

• Art & Access: New Directions in Prints and Multiples

  Museum of Art | Fort Collins

  For families

  Festivals

• Stay and Play

  Glenn A. Jones, M.D. Memorial Library in Milliken

  For babies, toddlers, preschoolers and kids, until 11 a.m.

  ArtsFree

11 a.m.

• Mini Clay Wheel Workshop

  A small-group workshop offers a chance to try a mini pottery wheel and make bowls, which can later be glazed or painted.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 1:30 p.m.

  Arts$55

• Painting Technique Class: Cozy Morning Mug

  An instructor-led ceramic painting session explores new techniques as participants personalize a Cozy Morning mug.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 1 p.m.

  Arts$35

• Painting Technique Class: Crafty Chica Oaxacan Mug

  An instructor-led, step-by-step painting class offers a chance to explore techniques and personalize an Oaxacan mug.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 1 p.m.

  Arts

• Little Crafters

  Little crafters and their grown-ups make a hands-on craft together.

  Farr Regional Library, Greeley

  For preschoolers and families, until 11:30 a.m.

  ArtsFree

1 p.m.

• Painting Technique Class: Cozy Morning Mug

  An instructor-led ceramic painting session explores new techniques as participants personalize a Cozy Morning mug.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 3 p.m.

  Arts$35

2 p.m.

• Clay Class: Coil or Pebble Bowls

  An instructor-guided clay class makes coil or pebble bowls, which participants can paint after bisque firing.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts

• Clay hand-building - Cute Sheep

  A hands-on clay hand-building class for all skill levels lets participants create a sheep to paint or glaze after firing.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts$45

• Clay hand-building - Earrings and necklace

  A hands-on clay hand-building class for all skill levels creates custom earrings and a necklace, with painting or glazing after firing.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts$45

• Clay Hand-building Workshop - Mushroom House

  A guided clay workshop uses hand molding and slab rolling to make clay mushrooms, with painting available the same day or after firing.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts

• Painting Technique Class: Crafty Chica Oaxacan Mug

  An instructor-led painting class explores techniques as participants personalize an Oaxacan mug.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts

3 p.m.

• Beyond the Classroom: Fall Fox Ornaments

  Kids make and decorate a fox-themed ornament in an enrichment session featuring arts, crafts and STEM activities.

  Centennial Park Library, Greeley

  For kids, until 4 p.m.

  ArtsFree

4:30 p.m.

• Friday Live Music: Marty Astry

  Marty Astry performs live music.

  Snowy Peaks Winery, Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 6:30 p.m.

  ArtsFree

5 p.m.

• Bad Luck Club

  Guests can get tarot readings, mini color lash extensions and custom charms, try woodland drinks, and play a game to catch good luck and dodge bad omens.

  Tadpoles Boba, Fort Collins

  For families, until 8 p.m.

  HolidayFree

6 p.m.

• Paint Your Own Autumn Frog

  A workshop for beginners to paint two small autumn frogs, with instruction and materials provided.

  Petrichor Collective Studios, Fort Collins

  For families, until 8 p.m.

  Holiday$26

7 p.m.

• UAP: Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (A Circus Story Out of This World)

  A family-friendly circus show follows an unidentified aerial phenomenon arriving at a circus, with aerial silks, trapeze, flow arts and acrobatics.

  Fort Collins Circus Center

  For families, until 9 p.m.

  Arts$30 Adults/ $15 Youth

• Open Mic/ Open Floor Night

  Community members can perform short, family-friendly acts or watch, with a silent auction fundraiser and refreshments.

  Front Range Classical Ballet Academy, 3501 S. Mason Unit #1, Fort Collins

  For families, until 9 p.m.

  MusicFree

All day

• Inspired Art Classes, Kits, Workshops & Experiences

  Art classes and workshops teach creative techniques, with in-studio projects such as Acrylic Pour Painting and take-home art kits; classes suit all ages and skill levels.

  Inspired Artisan Market & Studio, Estes Park

  For kids and families

  ArtsPrice varies

• Guided Tours of the 1879 Avery House

  A volunteer docent leads visitors through furnished rooms and shares stories of the Avery family, household workers and the home’s role in Fort Collins history.

  Poudre Landmarks Foundation, Inc., Fort Collins

  For families

  History

• Museum Exhibition | Colorado Community Threads: Reflections on Place and People.

  Textile artists from across Colorado share perspectives on the state’s history, places and sense of community.

  Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising, Fort Collins

  For families

  ArtsFree

• Museum Exhibition | Kimono Matters: Materiality and Making

  An exhibition examines how kimono materials have shaped the garment’s place in fashion history and why it still matters today.

  Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising, Fort Collins

  For families

  ArtsFree

10 a.m.

• Creative Colorado Tablesetting/Scaping

  A judged tablescaping competition features decorative dining tables themed around national parks, monuments and historic sites, plus a silent auction.

  Ember at Estes Park resort

  For kids and families, until 5 p.m.

  Arts$10

• Art & Access: New Directions in Prints and Multiples

  Museum of Art | Fort Collins

  For families

  Festivals

• PopUp Library @ Briggsdale Community Library Craft Fair

  The PopUp Library offers a stamp at a craft fair featuring antiques, crafts and a bake sale.

  Outreach/Mobile Services, Weld County

  For families, until 2 p.m.

  ArtsFree

10:30 a.m.

• Paint Your Own Autumn Frog

  A beginner-friendly class where participants paint two mini frogs.

  Makers Mercantile & Studio, Greeley

  For families, until 12:30 p.m.

  Arts$27

11 a.m.

• Mini Clay Wheel Workshop

  A small-group workshop offers a chance to try a mini pottery wheel and make bowls, which can later be glazed or painted.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 1:30 p.m.

  Arts$55

• Painting Technique Class: Cozy Morning Mug

  An instructor-led ceramic painting session explores new techniques as participants personalize a Cozy Morning mug.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 1 p.m.

  Arts$35

• Painting Technique Class: Crafty Chica Oaxacan Mug

  An instructor-led, step-by-step painting class offers a chance to explore techniques and personalize an Oaxacan mug.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 1 p.m.

  Arts

• Global Tales: Mandarin

  A Mandarin-and-English children's storytime features music and hands-on crafts, welcoming all ages and people interested in Chinese culture.

  Council Tree Library, Fort Collins

  For babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kids and families, until noon

  StorytimeFree

noon

• Kimono Matters: Curator's Gallery Tour

  A curator leads a behind-the-scenes tour of the kimono exhibition, discussing its research, installation and materials.

  Avenir Museum of Design & Merchandising, Fort Collins

  For kids, until 1 p.m.

  Arts

1 p.m.

• Family History Book Club with Prickle Magic

  A partner-read book club explores family history through Prickle Magic, then visits a honey store’s immersive hive room.

  Sheala Dawn Henke, Fort Collins

  For families, until 3:30 p.m.

  Arts

• Family Art Exploration

  Families can try watercolor resist, wooden ornaments and air-clay gnomes in an all-ages art activity.

  Wellington

  For kids and families

  Arts

2 p.m.

• Clay Class: Coil or Pebble Bowls

  An instructor-guided clay class makes coil or pebble bowls, which participants can paint after bisque firing.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts

• Clay hand-building - Earrings and necklace

  A hands-on clay hand-building class for all skill levels creates custom earrings and a necklace, with painting or glazing after firing.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts$45

• Clay Hand-building Workshop - Mushroom House

  A guided clay workshop uses hand molding and slab rolling to make clay mushrooms, with painting available the same day or after firing.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts

• Painting Technique Class: Crafty Chica Oaxacan Mug

  An instructor-led painting class explores techniques as participants personalize an Oaxacan mug.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts

5 p.m.

• Flourish Holiday Market & Fundraiser for Realities For Children

  A holiday market offers shopping from local artists, jewelers and retailers, plus face painting, to raise funds for Realities For Children.

  Opera Galleria, Fort Collins

  For families, until 9 p.m.

  HolidayFree

7 p.m.

• UAP: Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (A Circus Story Out of This World)

  A family-friendly circus show follows an unidentified aerial phenomenon arriving at a circus, with aerial silks, trapeze, flow arts and acrobatics.

  Fort Collins Circus Center

  For families, until 9 p.m.

  Arts$30 Adults/ $15 Youth

All day

• Inspired Art Classes, Kits, Workshops & Experiences

  Art classes and workshops teach creative techniques, with in-studio projects such as Acrylic Pour Painting and take-home art kits; classes suit all ages and skill levels.

  Inspired Artisan Market & Studio, Estes Park

  For kids and families

  ArtsPrice varies

• Guided Tours of the 1879 Avery House

  A volunteer docent leads visitors through furnished rooms and shares stories of the Avery family, household workers and the home’s role in Fort Collins history.

  Poudre Landmarks Foundation, Inc., Fort Collins

  For families

  History

10 a.m.

• Art & Access: New Directions in Prints and Multiples

  Museum of Art | Fort Collins

  For families

  Festivals

1 p.m.

• Painting Technique Class: Cozy Morning Mug

  An instructor-led ceramic painting session explores new techniques as participants personalize a Cozy Morning mug.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 3 p.m.

  Arts$35

• Sourdough 101 Workshop

  A partly hands-on sourdough workshop covers starter care and bread and discard recipes, with demonstrations, samples and an unbaked loaf to take home.

  Farm Fusion, Fort Collins

  For families

  Classes

2 p.m.

• Painting Technique Class: Crafty Chica Oaxacan Mug

  An instructor-led painting class explores techniques as participants personalize an Oaxacan mug.

  Creativity Cabin Estes Park

  For kids and families, until 4 p.m.

  Arts