Jai

Art, Sewing and Design Teacher

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About Jai

Jai is a designer, sewing extraordinaire, and teacher. She's taught her craft to students young and old, and loves sharing her knowledge of design and sewing with others. She's also a mom to a creative and artistic 6 year-old girl who's both her muse and her inspiration!

Jai is vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.

Experiences

The Art of Science and the Science of Color

Where art and science collide in the most spectacular way! Kids will dive into the magic of colors, light, waves, and more, all while exploring how art and science beautifully overlap. 🎨🔬
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Weekdays, Weekends, School Breaks

Box Weaving Workshop

Discover the captivating art of box weaving in a hands-on Grasshopper Kids experience. Kids will transform ordinary boxes into stunning works of art using colorful yarn. Stimulate their creativity and problem-solving skills through the fascinating technique of weaving, while repurposing materials and building confidence along the way. Join us for an imaginative weaving adventure!
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Graphghan Crochet Workshop for Kids

Discover the magic of crochet with graphghans! Kids create beautiful designs using custom graph patterns to bring their imaginative ideas to life. Develop critical thinking, spatial awareness, and fine motor skills while crafting unique masterpieces. Join for an unforgettable adventure in the land of yarn!
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Weekdays, Weekends, School Breaks

Creative Hand Doodle Art Workshop

Explore the world of Hand Doodle Art. Unleash your creativity as you experiment with patterns, colors, and shapes. Create unique and mesmerizing hand doodles using markers, glue, construction paper, and scissors.
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Weekdays, Weekends, School Breaks

Custom Snow Globe Ornaments

The Custom Snow Globe Ornament experience is a fun and unique way to celebrate the Holiday season! Kids will create their own snow globe ornament using photos, art, and/or words of their choice. Ornaments can be personalized to reflect each child's own unique style and tastes. Carefully crafted with the utmost attention to detail by a most special family member, this season's holiday decor will be that much more special and meaningful.
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Sew Your Halloween Costume or Accessories!

Creep out your friends and family this Halloween with a one-of-a-kind costume crafted by you! This costume creation experience is the perfect way to bring out your inner artist, and design and sew a custom costume that’s sure to impress -- and spook! Refine you basic sewing and design skills to create a costume or accessories that are terrifyingly gorgeous for your Halloween night.
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Weekdays, Weekends, School Breaks

Stained Glass Wax Paper Painting

This crafty art experience is wonderful for kids who love to get creative with their materials and up-cycling, and learn something new. Stained Glass Painting with Wax Paper and Bottle Tops will give kids a chance to explore and express their artistic side using unconventional materials to create "traditional-style" artworks.
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Unicorn Horns and Art Extravaganza

This artful unicorns 🦄 experience is full of magic and fun for everyone! Kids will have a blast painting and bdazzling their own ceramic unicorn masterpieces, and/or create their very own DIY unicorn headbands. This hands-on activity encourages creative exploration and self-expression through the use of a variety of art supplies, a sprinkle of pixie dust and unicorn tail.
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Tie Dye Party!

Tie Dye Party is a wet and wild, outdoorsy way to express one's creativity and have a total blast! Kids will transform T-shirts and other white cotton clothing or accessories into vibrant and unique works of art. With so many different dyeing techniques and colors available, the possibilities are endless!
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Preschool Playdate!

This interactive experience is perfect for children 5 and under and includes a variety of engaging activities like drawing and coloring, singing nursery rhymes, and playing popular games like Red Light Green Light and Simon Says. Designed as a group experience for a minimum of 4, in this experience kids will connect with their friends and have a blast while learning important skills.
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Earth Day Party!

Earth Day Party! is a custom Grasshopper Kids experience to fully celebrate children and our beautiful planet! This unique experience will feature arts and crafts, games and activities that focus on Earth Day, recycling, and sustainability.
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Spray Bottle Paint Art and Water Adventure

Wet and wild for creative kids, sign up for Spray Bottle Paint Art and Water Adventure when the weather calls for some outdoor fun! This laughter-filled and creative activity is perfect for kids of all ages, and especially a hit with youngsters. With just a spray bottle and some paint, kids can explore their inner artist and transform a blank canvas into a masterpiece. Book with friends on a hot day and let the kids enjoy making abstract art with our mess-minimizing techniques. This one's a splash!
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Sewing Camp

Throughout this camp, your child will explore the wonderful world of sewing. A variety of materials, including plastic needles, burlap, and buttons, will be used to learn basic hand-sewing techniques.
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Arts and Crafts Camp

A camp featuring Teacher Jai's "greatest hits" experiences. Kids will have a fun week developing their fine motor skills as they cut, glue, draw, sew, and craft creative and accessible art projects.
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Sew your Own Purse and Matching Scrunchies

The perfect experience for kids who want to learn to sew and create their own unique and stylish look! Kids will get instruction in setting up and using a sewing machine, designing patterns, and cutting and pinning fabrics and fasteners to sew into a small purse with matching scrunchie. It's a fun and easy way to learn a new skill, while also expressing one's sense of fashion and one-of-a-kind style!
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Create your Own Scratch Art

Kids will explore all the possibilities of the rainbow using crayons, paint, paper, and toothpicks. A magical experience that always surprises kids in how it turns out, this one will let them fully unleash their inner artist to create something as unique and beautiful as they are.
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Bean Art

Bean Art is a creative, interactive, and zany experience that encourages kids to explore their artistic side! With a combination of beans, glue, paint, imagination, ingenuity and card stock, kids will create one-of-a-kind works of art they'll feel accomplished and proud of.
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Salt Painting Experience

A salty, creative, crafty and fun experience for kids! They'll have a blast expressing themselves through art while exploring a new and exciting medium. Using black card stock, salt, glue and bright colored dyes, kids will create beautiful and unique works of art.
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Crafting and Textiles for Young Kids

A multi-week series at school featuring Teacher Jai's "greatest hits" mixed-media art and design experiences, tailored for children ages 4-8. Kids will have fun every week developing their planning, prepping, making and fine motor skills as they cut, glue, draw, sew, and craft a diverse set of creative and accessible projects.
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Create your Own Box Aquarium

Create your Own Box Aquarium is a creative and crafty kids experience that will have them diving into the depths of their imagination. Kids will design and build their own unique aquariums out of boxes by cutting, assembling, drawing and gluing fish, shells, seaweed, sea creatures, and all they can think of to decorate their seascape 🐠💦
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The Runway Project

An unforgettable experience or series for the young fashionistx in your life! This experience offers a unique combination of activities that will cultivating creative and self-expression in fashion-curious kids. They'll get the opportunity to create their own fashion show production, learning to sew and express their individual style throughout. With a comprehensive focus on fashion, creativity, and style... let the show begin!
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Spring Wardrobe Design Series

This series is perfect for creative kids interested in fashion and sewing! Through fun and interactive weekly experiences, kids can learn to sew skirts, tanks and shorts, and accessories that will liven up their outfit stylings this Spring.
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Sewing Machine Basics 4-Part Series

4-part series will take beginner to intermediate sewers to next level. Learn threading, bobbin winding, stitch length/width, & troubleshooting. Explore more advanced techniques: buttonholes, zippers, free-motion stitching. By end, have knowledge & confidence to tackle any project. Projects included.
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Sew a Heart-Felt Keychain

Kids will learn hand sewing and beading techniques to create multiple heart keychains as gifts or to keep for themselves! This experience is especially fun with a group! 💕
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Tutu Design School

This experience is for anyone who likes wearing tutus! Join Teacher Jai on a magical experience creating a custom tutu that’s just as unique as you are. During this epic journey, kids will learn how to design, cut and sew their very own tutus. Upon tutu completion, kids will receive a certificate from tutu design school and a magical wand to match their tutus and sparkling personalities!
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4-Week Hand Sewing Series

Throughout this learning series, your child will explore the wonderful world of sewing. A variety of materials, including plastic needles, burlap, and buttons, will be used to learn basic hand-sewing techniques.
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Sew and Paint Embroidery Canvas

This experience will expose kids to the art of embroidery, allowing them to express themselves through paint and stitching, all while creating a everlasting and unique piece of art.
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Testimonials

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Arts and Crafts Camp
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Bay Area
Grasshopper is such a great initiative. The kids had a great time, the teacher came across very energetic, professional and in charge. Would highly recommend and use again!
Karen O
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Tutu Design School
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Bay Area
Jai was such a pleasure and fit right into the party. She was like one of the family. The kids adored her...I would take a sewing lesson with her!
Danielle S
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Tutu Design School
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Bay Area
My girls made tutus with Jai! First, they got to color and design their “dream” tutu. Jai helped them choose colors and measure and bring the design to life. Jai was even kind enough to sew a mini tutu for their baby sister and used the extra material to quickly sew veils. My daughters, 4 and 6, were thrilled. They are really proud of the tutus that they made with Jai.
Jamiee R
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Create your Own Box Aquarium
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Bay Area
We loved our "Create Your Own Aquarium" session with Teacher Jai. Jai created such an engaging, exciting, and comfortable environment for our preschool-aged son. He was completely engaged for the full two hours, and we watched his confidence, focus, and pride grow throughout the session. Later, he told us that the highlight of his day was his time with Teacher Jai - a big compliment coming from a four-year-old! The session and logistics were a breeze, making it easy for us parents, and it was delightful to listen in on all of the learning and laughter. It was an excellent experience for us all, and we can't wait for our next session in the 4-week series!
Sarah G