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PAMA @ Home brings art, culture and historical exploration home with a variety of easy fun filled activities for all ages. 

Using simple materials, PAMA is happy to provide easy step-by-step instructions for art activities, games or fun things to do while at home. Our archive holds over 100 fun activities to try. All activities are downloadable in PDF.

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Puffy Paint Landscapes: Be inspired by the unique mediums and mountain landscapes of the artist Simon Hughes and make a DIY puffy paint landscape.

Fish Ice Painting: View the transforming landscapes and photographs of the waterfront in the online Morphology exhibition as you create your own under water scene.

Tree Printmaking: Learn about relief printmaking and design a tree print just in time for spring.

Flying STEAM Windsock: Discover how a windsock works and make your own.

Upcycled Tin Can Planters: Find out why Brampton is known as "Flower City" and create an upcycled tin can planter.

March Family Friendly Activities

Zen Patterned Snowshoe - Snowshoes leave unique patterns in the snow. Get inspired by different winter prints and create your own zen snowshoe patterned artwork.

Snowboarder Collage - Create your own art inspired by winter sports and the scenes of a snowy winter. 

January and February Family Friendly Activities

Family Quilts - Quilts not only keep you warm but can help with telling a story. Tell the story of your own family with a mixed media quilt collage.

DIY Fascinators - Visit the Our Voices, Our Journeys: Black Communities in Peel online exhibition to discover a rich cultural history. In almost every photo from the North Peel Community Church congregation, you will see women wearing beautiful hats at worship services and formal events. Follow along with the DIY step-by-step instructions to create your own fascinator inspired by the exhibition.

Home for the Holidays (Winter Break Activities)

Abstract Icebergs - Explore layers of colour and make your own Simon Hughes inspired abstract icebergs. 

Crafty Nutcrackers - Create your own crafty nutcrackers from toilet paper tubes.

Mitten Wreath - Use mittens for more than just keeping your fingers warm with a mitten wreath.

Snow Globe Scenes - Design a scenic winter snow globe.

Snow Painting - Bring colours and creativity outdoors with homemade paint to use on snow.

Fall Family Fun

Poppy Pinwheels: Create a poppy pinwheel as a sign of remembrance. 

Haunted Paper Lanterns: Get into the Halloween spirit with your own spooky haunted paper lanterns.

Watercolour Webs: Learn amazing watercolour techniques to create art with spooky spiders in a watercolour web.

Coffee Filter Leaves: Explore the colours of the fall season as you use them to decorate your own leaves made from coffee filters.

Paper Pumpkins: Get inspired by the fall and Thanksgiving season as you create a paper pumpkin.

Leaf Creatures: Use your imagination and bring nature to life as you create characters from leaves.

Nature Printmaking: Let's get into the fall spirit by creating art inspired by the new season.

Fall Harvest: Explore fall vegetables as you create your own crops to harvest.

National Pride Week

Sketch it Friday - Finger Print Portraits
Your fingerprint is unique to you, no one has one like it, just like your personality. Express yourself along the trail of a fingerprint and let your own personal story shine through.

Patriotic Agamographs
Explore two different perspectives with one work of art as you create your own flag inspired agamograph.

Family Heritage Mobile
While we are all Canadian, our roots come from all around the world. As we Celebrate Canada, we celebrate who we are as individuals and where we came from.

Canada Day Decor
Celebrate Canada Day as you make your own paper wreath to decorate your door.

Maple Leaf Masterpieces
Get ready for Canada Day as you create your own maple leaf masterpieces to showcase your pride!

Back to Nature

Seed Bombs
Spread the love and some flowers as you create your own seed bombs to leave wildflowers wherever you go.

Summer Sunflowers
Start the summer season by celebrating all that is bright and beautiful, like your own woven sunflower.

Sun, Moon & Stars

Sketch it - Summer Solstice Suns
It's almost the start of Summer and the sun is out! Transform a simple circle into a variety of summer suns to celebrate the solstice.

The Man in the Moon
For centuries, stories have talked about the relationship between the sun and moon. Use your imagination to draw your own man in the moon inspired by traditional tales.

Phases of the Moon
Look up at the moon and watch as it changes throughout the month. From a small sliver to full and bright, create your own moon journal to track the moon's progression and bring it to life with a phases garland.

Watercolour Constellations
Explore the stars and appreciate how small we all are in the bigger picture.

Solar System
Get out and into the universe as you explore the planets and create your own mini-solar system.

Expressions in Abstraction