Funshops...

Henna Funshop, with Sonali & Joy Karim
Not ready to get a real tattoo? Come to our henna funshop for a temporary tattoo! Henna has been used since ancient India to decorate the body, usually the hands and feet, with intricate designs and patterns. Henna is also used in many other cultures around the world to decorate the body. Henna is natural and safe and designs wash out completely in a few weeks.

Musical Jam
Spend three hours jamming with Doug Smith. Doug plays guitar and sings and has been recognized as a songwriter by the VH1 Song of the Year contest. Join him for an informal jam session playing songs old and new.

Running
Doug Smith will give an introduction to running as an excellent way to stay fit in a non-competitive and supportive environment. This will be followed by a stretching session and then a group run around the neighborhood of the hotel. All ages and abilities are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Have fun with Jessica!
Come make paper airplanes, hug buttons, bracelets out of knots, blow bubbles and some other fun stuff too. This funshop will be for ALL ages, so come unwind and have a blast! Jessica Harmon is 15, lives in Arkansas and loves to crochet, listen to music, talk to friends, give hugs, make jewelry, wear crazy clothes, is currently reading about Robert Kennedy and thinks he was an amazing guy, will play pretty much any board game, loves to travel and thinks that you are the age that you act.

Make Your Own Lip Balm
Buzz on in and learn how to make your own lip balm with herbalist Alicia North of North Star Botanicals. Common ingredients like pure beeswax, vegetable oils, herbs, honey and pure essential oils are combined to make healthy “food” for your skin. It’s easy to do and a fun way to re-discover how our ancestors cared for themselves before the invention of CVS. From the naturally vibrant, ruby red hues of Mint-O-Lips to the intoxicatingly sweet Choc-O-Lips, we'll experiment with our own recipes as we learn about the different qualities of the materials used to custom blend for specific needs. Alicia is a native of the beautiful Northwest Hills of Connecticut where she resides with her husband Mark, their youngest son Alex and a host of furred and feathered family.

Konichiwa!
Come celebrate all things Japanese with Duncan Lovejoy! We'll have mangas to read and anime to watch. Try your hand at drawing manga or characters. Try origami. Drink some green tea! Play Yu-Gi-Oh! or Pokemon. We'll have pocki and edamame and other snacks. Come share what you love about the wonderful world of Japan!
Duncan loves all things Japanese: clothing, food, art, writing, history, and culture. He especially enjoys manga and anime---Japanese comics and cartoons---and YuGiOh! He's looking forward to visiting Japan in two years.

Photography with Michael Greenspan
Do you like to take pictures? Have you ever wished your pictures looked more like the ones you've seen in magazines or galleries? Come learn a bit about what makes a photograph interesting or eye-catching, and how you can improve your photographic eye. Please bring your own camera - digital cameras are ideal, but ordinary 35mm cameras are fine too, including disposable ones if you don't have a camera of your own. If you have a camera with a special lens or anything of that nature, feel free to bring it as well! If you bring a camera that has settings or features that you haven't tried, or don't really know what they are, please also bring the manual so we can help you figure them out! We'll talk a little bit about what makes a good photograph, and then you'll have the opportunity to take some pictures, and then share them with each other and talk about what you were thinking when you took them. Come ready to talk about and play with photography! Michael lives in the Boston area and is excited to be at his first unschooling gathering ever. He considers himself an unschooler even though he was conventionally schooled clear through college, and plans to unschool his own kids someday.

Comedy Improvisational Skills With Kate Ritter
No, it's not like standup comedy. Improv is PLAY – you can have fun and not be concerned with being correct? Improv helps actors create characters, develop scenes, and perform before an audience in a confident manner. This is for you if you're interested in acting, public speaking, and interpersonal relationships. All levels welcome! You'll be laughing, and quite accidentally, developing cooperation, narrative, and timing skills. You'll also learn how to set up an environment and handle yourself on stage without a script. So whether you intend on getting on stage or not, join us. We have a lot of fun. What! No script? - YES!

Wilderness Living with Gabriel Erde-Cohen
Ever wish you could get out of the car or walk out of your house and know that you would be totally fine? the first steps towards self reliance can be found in wilderness survival and wilderness living. you are invited to join me in collaboratively exploring the wild in ourselves and in the world around us as we learn to see the earth as a part of ourselves, and ourselves as a part of the earth. Focalized by Gabriel Erde-Cohen, unschooler, traveler, farmer, cattle-hand, circus-designer, forest-dweller, earth-educator permaculturalist, catalyst, and mentor in sustainable and wild living, to urban, suburban and rural people.

Other Confirmed Funshops

Artist Trading Card Making and Trading

Diversity in Unschooling

Science and Math Games

Playdough

From Attachment Parenting to Radical Unschooling

Beading