Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA)
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"Let the kids get messy and leave the clean up to someone else"
I went to MOCHA with my 4 and 7 year old boys today and we had such a wonderful time. We dropped in at their open studio. It's a small art studio, but the set up was perfect for kids under 10. We spent about 2 hours creating art together. The open studio is set up with various art stations centering around a particular theme. Today the theme was prehistoric times. The kids got to get very messy with clay. They project was to create fossils and there were plastic dinos, shells, leaves, and bones to make fossils with. My boys got really excited about the clay and I was glad to not have to deal with the clean up at the end. There is also a waiting wall with different types of brushes and instruments that kids can paint their masterpiece with. I loved that the painting wall made it possible for the kids to be really messy with their painting. It was nice to not have to intervene with "be careful". Something I find myself doing a lot of when I am creating art with them at home because we have wall to wall carpeting all over our house.
There were some other projects - recycled white plastic and foam to assemble the skeleton of an animal and materials to create a mask and amulet. For younger siblings who aren't interested in creating art, there are some wooden blocks and a little playhouse.
The staff was very friendly, but really took a back seat and allowed parents and kids to explore on their own. The fee to use the open studio for kids is 7 and adults is 3. At least one adult must stay with kids, so factor that into the cost.
The art gallery upstairs is free to peruse. It's very informal, but there are some really great pieces created by some very talented children. There is a reading area and a magnetic marble run to amuse the kids. My boys could hung out here quite happily for half and hour. I wouldn't make a special trip to see the gallery, but it's fun to pop in if your near by.
MOCHA also offers all day art summer camps and classes for kids age 6 and up. We summer camp in operation and the kids looked like they were having a wonderful time. They were creating some fantastic works of art. We were admiring their Egyptian mummy tombs, and golden clay goblets.
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"Fun with Art"
The Museum of Children's Art in downtown Oakland is more then a museum. It is a center for hand's on artmaking fun. Children ages 18 months to 12 years can have a heap of fun painting, building, gluing, and constructing. They have weekly rotating projects where kids can dig in, get messy and be inventive. Great time for everyone.
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