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Tropical Crops | Two Smart Dogs

Why scrapbook at home or at the mall? Pack your favorite scissors, glue that withstands humid climes, and a bathing suit and embark on a scrapbooking cruise to the Bahamas. The cruise crops are led by an experienced instructor and include page layout contests and prizes. You can bring your whole family or take some much needed time for yourself.

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Poppin’ Fresh Paper | Two Smart Dogs

Pop-up books delight children and intrigue adults. Explore the expressive possibilities of folded paper at Popular Kinetics Press, which offers this adult class in making pop-up structures. Your three-dimensional constructions can become books or remain sculptures. The class includes a slide presentation on the history of movable books.

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Float Your Boat | Two Smart Dogs

Partake in the ongoing design and construction of traditional small boats at the Arques School. Beginners first learn about using hand tools and joinery and may eventually become apprentices. The Saturday class is currently building Loon, a 20-foot lapstrake sailboat designed by the School’s Tuesday Design Class.
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Urban Clay | Jenny Gill

Brooklyn Museum

Five great places to see and make ceramics in New York City

1. The Metropolitan Museum
The Met has wonderful ceramics from nearly every civilization and time period. Don’t miss the contemporary Japanese ceramics in the Sackler wing upstairs or the small but excellent selection of American art pottery on the terrace above the cafe. More