Arts and Crafts
From workshops to craft fairs, gallery shows and local festivals, there are many arts & crafts activities for families to enjoy across Toronto and the GTA.
Light It Up: An East Toronto Lantern Celebration
Celebrate the Spring Equinox and fill the sky with lanterns at Light It Up: An East Toronto Lantern Celebration, presented by East End Arts, Shadowland Theatre and Workman Arts. There are free weekly lantern-making workshops at the Crescent Town Club and St Matthew’s Clubhouse March 1-20 (free registration required), or you
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Ontario Place – Lumière: The Art of Light
Ontario Place hosts Lumière: The Art of Light (formerly Winter Light Exhibition), an annual art event that transforms Trillium Park, along the shore of Lake Ontario. This free light exhibition allows visitors to experience art developed by Ontario artists utilizing innovation, light and discovery to celebrate the change of seasons
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Downtown Yonge BIA: ILLUMINITE
Experience the glow of ILLUMINITE, hosted by Downtown Yonge BIA, where you can discover captivating light installations brightening Yonge Street as a celebration of light, art, and togetherness. This year’s theme is Making Connections, transforming the winter landscape into a vibrant and interactive experience. Downtown Yonge BIA: ILLUMINITE Date: February
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LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Toronto: Creativity Academy Event
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Toronto hosts an all-new Creativity Academy Event, where LEGO creativity never ends! Families can stretch their imagination, creativity and LEGO-building potential with one-of-a-kind LEGO activities, including learning cool tips and tricks from LDC Master Model Builders, looking out for hidden LEGO fun facts, building a cool photo
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Winter Stations Design Competition
The Winter Stations Design Competition displays temporary public art installations from Canadian and international winners, celebrating Toronto’s winter waterfront landscape with this year’s theme: “Dawn”. Starting on Family Day and finishing up at the end of March Break, the interactive pieces incorporate the existing lifeguard towers in the east-end Beach
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Home Depot: Free Kids Workshops
Home Depot Free Kids Workshops are a fun way to spend a Saturday morning at your local hardware store! Kids between the ages of 4-12 years can hammer and glue to create an exciting new woodworking craft project (with parental supervision). Note: Pre-registration is now required, which usually starts on
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Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit
The popular walk-through Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit is back, with over 600,000 cubit feet of Van Gogh’s spectacular works illuminated by giant projections. Be immersed in Van Gogh’s works from his sunny landscapes and night scenes to his portraits and still life, including works Les Mangeurs de Pommes de Terre
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