Mini World Builders: Kids Art Workshop

What if your child could design their own world, exactly how they imagine it? In this one-hour workshop led by MGB Resident Artist Kat Colella, kids will decorate a personal keepsake box, fill it with kinetic sand and miniature figures, and create a calming, imaginative space that's entirely theirs to take home.

✨ What We'll Create Together

1 Decorate Your Box

Each child gets their own personal-sized box. Using donated paint markers, they'll decorate the outside to reflect their imagination — no two boxes will look alike!

2 Explore the Sand

We'll pour tan and green kinetic sand into the ocean-blue base. Kids get to shape, mold, and arrange the landscape of their world.

3 Build Your World

Choose from a collection of miniature figures and objects to populate their scene. Forests, animals, people, structures — it's up to them!

🌿 More than just art — it's a wellness tool

This workshop is inspired by sand tray therapy, a research-backed technique used by child therapists to help kids process emotions, feel in control, and build self-expression. Kat will open with a gentle group conversation about how playing with sand can help us feel calm and grounded — and remind every child that in their world, there's no right or wrong way to create.

🎁 Everything Included in Your $15 Ticket:

📦Personal keepsake box with lid

🟤Tan kinetic sand

🟢Green kinetic sand

🦒Miniature figures & objects

🖊️Paint markers for decorating

👩‍🎨Artist-led instruction

Every child leaves with their completed sandbox world: box, sand, miniatures, and all. It becomes a sensory play station they can return to at home whenever they need a calming, creative outlet.

📋 Event Details

📅Date: April 25, 2026

🕙Time:10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

📍Location:My Good Brain · 2785 Truxtun Rd, Suite 202, San Diego, CA 92106 (Liberty Station)

👧Ages:4 – 10 years old

🎟️Price:$15 per child (all materials included)

⏱️Duration:1 hour

👨‍👩‍👧Parents:Welcome to stay and watch, or drop off and explore Liberty Station!

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Kat is a Resident Artist at My Good Brain with a passion for using art to support children's emotional wellbeing. She designed this workshop to give kids a hands-on, therapeutic creative experience, rooted in the principles of sand tray therapy but adapted for a playful group setting. Expect lots of encouragement, zero judgment, and a whole lot of imagination.

About My Good Brain

My Good Brain (MGB) is a San Diego-based arts nonprofit dedicated to youth mental wellness through art and play. Located at Liberty Station, MGB creates accessible, joyful programming that helps children and families build emotional resilience, self-expression, and a lifelong love of creativity. Our workshops, events, and community programs are rooted in the belief that when young people feel seen and supported through art, they thrive — and that the adults around them thrive too.

Founded by Dr. Danessa Mayo, licensed clinical psychologist and visual artist, MGB brings together mental health expertise and creative practice to offer something truly unique: a space where making art is an act of wellness.

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