Painting classes for children
The experience
This volunteer program aims to provide community children with a space for learning, creativity, and fun through painting. Volunteers will share their knowledge through hands-on activities and interactive sessions, teaching basic techniques in drawing, painting, color mixing, and artistic expression.
What you offer
10 hours of help per week
Teaching Languages:
Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.
Music:
Perform to entertain guests, children or local communities.
Arts:
Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.
Additional fee required
Amount:
US$ 40
Per day
Fee pays for:
Benefits for travelers and Materials for volunteer activities
Description:
Volunteers will have to pay 40 dollars per day to cover the costs of materials such as paints, brushes, and canvases, and also to cover food expenses.
What you get
2 days off per week
Shared Dorm:
You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Breakfast:
You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch:
You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner:
You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry:
You can use our laundry room freely.
Certificate:
Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Basic Internet Access:
Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Requirements
Beginner English or Beginner Spanish
Between 18 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
The activities will be adapted to the different ages and abilities of the children, aiming that each participant can develop their imagination, creativity, concentration and self-confidence.
More than learning to paint, we seek that the children find in art a way to express themselves, discover their talents and enjoy a healthy space for living together.
Activities & Shift
Free drawing – Children draw what they imagine.
Learning colors – Mixing primary colors to create new colors.
Caribbean landscape painting – Sea, beach, animals, plants and landscapes of the community.
Painting with different materials – Brushes, sponges, fingers, leaves and other materials.
Animal painting – Fish, turtles, butterflies, birds and other animals.
Art with reusable materials – Creating figures and artworks using reusable materials.
Group painting – Creating a community mural.
Creative day – Each child creates their own work.
Art exhibition – Presenting the works created during the program.
Painting festival – Final activity where the children paint, share and showcase their talents.