Community creativity classes coming soon
Plymouth School District Community Education & Recreation is offering a variety of hands-on opportunities to enhance your creativity this autumn!
Herbal and Goat Milk Soap Making
This comprehensive class will cover myriad ways to add herbs as make moisturizing bars of goat milk soap.
Instructor: Linda Conroy of Moonwise Herbs
Details: 1-5pm Sat Sept 26 in Food Science & Ag Center
Fee: $71 until Sep 19, then $81
Instant Ukulele for Busy People - NEW
This online course will give you years of musical enjoyment, without needing private lessons! Learn basic chords and get playing along with your favorite songs right away using your own computer and instrument at home. For ages 13+
Instructor: Chords Are Key
Details: 6:30-9:30pm Thu Oct 1 online
Fee: $64 through Sept 21, then $74 (includes an online book, online recorded follow-up lessons, a recording of the class, and access to optional live periodic question-and-answer sessions)
Instant Guitar for Busy People - NEW
This online course will teach you basic chords to get you playing along with your favorite songs right away using your own instrument. This partly hands-on class will be held using Zoom. For ages 13+
Instructor: Chords Are Key
Details: 6:30-9:30pm Tue Sept 29 online
Fee: $64 through Sept 22, then $74 (includes an online book, online recorded follow-up lessons, a recording of the class, and optional live periodic question-and-answer sessions)
Sugar Cookie Decorating Workshop - NEW
Get ready to decorate Halloween-themed cookies! Participants will receive basic instructions and learn techniques for decorating cookies that will impress holiday guests, then put their new skills to the test decorating cookies to take home. For ages 14+
Instructor: Hartmans Bakery Plymouth
Details: 6-7pm Mon Oct 12 in PHS Room C105
Fee: $39 until Oct 5, then $49 (includes 6 cookies, frosting, spatula, & sprinkles)
Fall Watercolor Workshop
In this beginner-friendly watercolor workshop, you’ll learn simple watercolor techniques while creating a beautiful fall-inspired painting to take home. Explore color blending, layering, and loose brushstrokes as you capture the cozy colors of the season — warm pumpkins, crisp leaves, and golden autumn hues. Whether you’ve never picked up a paintbrush or you’ve painted before, this class is designed to be fun, encouraging, and easy to follow. Leave with a finished 8×10 watercolor painting, new skills, and a peaceful creative experience.
Instructor: Brittany of Living Watercolor Art
Details: 5:30-7:30pm Tue Oct 13 in the PHS Art Room
Fee: $39 through Oct 6, then $49 (includes all supplies)
Mini Pumpkin/Gourd - NEW
Unleash your autumn creativity by designing your very own Halloween or Thanksgiving centerpiece! Choose between a charming ghost gourd or a mini pumpkin and let the fun begin. We'll have everything you need, including instruction, gourds, glue, and an array of dried florals grown at Airy Point Farms. This activity is perfect for adults and for children ages 7 and up (with a parent present).
Instructor: Nicole Sippel of Airy Point Farms
Details: 6-7pm Wednesday Oct 14 in the PHS Food Science & Agriculture Center
Fee: $39 through Oct 7, then $49 (includes all supplies)
Herbal Gift Making Extravaganza
Create 8+ herbal preparations that you can gift to loved ones over the holidays.
Instructor: Linda Conroy of Moonwise Herbs
Details: 1-5pm Saturday Nov 21 in the PHS Food Science & Ag Center
Fee: $71 through Nov 12, then $81
How do I register?
- Online: If possible, please register online via MyRec. (You first will need to create a MyRec account, if you have not already done so; once we verify residency and approve the account, you can register for any of our offerings going forward.) You can pay online with a credit card, but please note that our processor charges a 3% fee; you can avoid the fee by selecting “Print a Pre-registration form” for your Checkout Method and then either mailing or bringing payment to our office. Your spot is not secured until we receive payment.
- In person: You can register in our office, where we will help set up your MyRec account and can accept cash, check, and credit cards. Park in the visitor lot in front of Plymouth High School, 125 S. Highland Ave., and enter Door 18 on the south end of the building. Our office is open 8am-4pm weekdays (closing at noon Fridays from June 12 through Aug. 21).
- By mail: While MyRec registration is preferred, you still can print a registration form to mail with a check to Community Ed & Rec, 125 S. Highland Ave., Plymouth WI 53073.
Learn more:
• Contact us at commedrec@plymouth.k12.wi.us or 920-892-5068.
• Visit our office on the south end of Plymouth High School (Door 18) between 8am and 4pm weekdays.
• Visit our Facebook page, where we share information regularly about our learning and wellness offerings for community members of all ages.
• Follow our Instagram feed to see some of the awesome things happening in Community Ed & Rec!