Learn a new skill and relax with a fun class!
At Scrappy Elephant, you’ll find a range of art classes for all ages. From weekly toddler art and story time to adult only classes, there’s something for everyone. Learn watercolor techniques, try your hand at mosaics, improve your crochet skills, and so much more. There’s never been a better time to learn a new skill at an affordable cost.
Interested in teaching a class at Scrappy Elephant? Email us at info@scrappyelephant.com for the class form.
Gift Cards
Want to give the gift of a new skill? Purchase a gift card in store or call us at a (434) 207-2106 to purchase over the phone for the creatives in your life to put toward a Scrappy Elephant class!
Scholarships
Available for ALL classes. Please fill out the form below with all the required information and our team will be in touch.
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Rising costs of all the essentials has made it hard to find money for extra things like classes. But art is good for our mental health and shouldn’t be unattainable. If you would like to donate to our scholarship fund, please hit the button below.
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Needle Felted Sloth
Let's make a sloth! Join Ari (they/them) to learn how to make a cute and fuzzy little sloth using a specialized notched needle to sculpt dyed wool. You’ll learn to create three-dimensional forms and add details and how to use wire armatures to support your figure. Then, pose your sloth however you'd like. You’ll come away with a mini sloth, as well as a felting mat and needle of your own to keep.
This project is perfect for continuing felting students who want to add some new skills to their toolbox, as well as for first time needle felters who are up for a challenge.
ages 12 and up
$40
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Slow Stitch - A Gentle, Meditative Approach to Hand Sewing
This session is a laid back, beginner friendly Introduction to Slow Stitching.
Slow stitching is a relaxing stitching practice which focuses on the PROCESS rather than perfection or a specific finished product. Yet, in my experience, results are beautiful and unique pieces of art that show the makers hand.
Slow Stitching can be a great way to reset, reduce stress or simply explore your own creativity.
We will explore the nature of slow stitching , several basic stitches, a bit about color, texture and how to select fabrics that enhance the meditative practice. These are guidelines to get started - there are no rules or patterns.
Start where you are: Beginners …those with sewing/embroidery experience …those seeking relaxation and a fun way to “calm the chaos” and get grounded. All are welcome. Anyone can do this!
Age 18 +
$15
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Learn to Knit
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it!
ages 12 and up
$25
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Fabric Mosaics: Create Your Own Kinusaiga Art
Bring your imagination and a love for color to this cozy, no-sew fabric art class! Using the Japanese technique of Kinusaiga, you’ll craft a 9” x 9” art panel from foam board and fabric scraps—turning leftover textiles into something beautiful. The studio will provide a variety of fabrics to choose from, but participants are also encouraged to bring their own special scraps or meaningful pieces to incorporate into their design. You’ll leave with a finished piece ready to hang and a newfound appreciation for fabric as an artistic medium.
ages 16 and up
$30
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Macrame Plant Holders
Join us for a fun and creative workshop where you’ll design and make your very own macramé plant hanger! Using soft cotton rope, natural wooden beads, and sturdy wooden rings, you’ll learn how to create beautiful knotted patterns that turn simple materials into a stylish home for your favorite plant.
Whether you’re a seasoned macramé maker or have never tied a single knot before, this class is designed for all skill levels. We’ll guide you step-by-step through the process, so you can relax, enjoy the experience, and leave feeling accomplished.
Each participant will head home with a finished plant hanger, ready to display with a fresh new plant just in time for spring. Bring your friends, kids, partner, parents — or come solo and make new connections. It’s the perfect way to welcome the season with creativity and a little greenery!
$45
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Fabric Mosaics: Create Your Own Kinusaiga Art
Bring your imagination and a love for color to this cozy, no-sew fabric art class! Using the Japanese technique of Kinusaiga, you’ll craft a 9” x 9” art panel from foam board and fabric scraps—turning leftover textiles into something beautiful. The studio will provide a variety of fabrics to choose from, but participants are also encouraged to bring their own special scraps or meaningful pieces to incorporate into their design. You’ll leave with a finished piece ready to hang and a newfound appreciation for fabric as an artistic medium.
ages 16 and up
$30
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Learn to Knit
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it!
ages 12 and up
$25
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Knitting 102
Join Emma in furthering your knitting journey! This class is perfect if you have taken Emma’s beginner knitting class or you’re trying to remember what you’ve learned years ago. We will learn how to purl, cast off and may get into patterns!
ages 12 and up, previous knitting experience required
$25
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Needle Felted Opossums
Join Ari (they/them) to learn how to make a soft little possum figure using a specialized notched needle to sculpt dyed wool. You’ll learn to create three-dimensional forms and add details, and you’ll develop the foundational skills to continue needle felting at home. You’ll come away with a possum to keep or give as a gift, as well as a felting mat and needle of your own.
Beginning and returning students welcome!
Ages 12 and up
$35
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Needle Felted Owls
Join Ari (they/them) to learn how to make a soft little owl figure using a specialized notched needle to sculpt dyed wool. You’ll learn to create three-dimensional forms and add details, and you’ll develop the foundational skills to continue needle felting at home. You’ll come away with an owl to keep or give as a gift, as well as a felting mat and needle of your own.
Ages 12 and up
$35
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Learn to Knit
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it!
ages 12 and up
$25
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Needle Felted Mushrooms for Beginners
Join Ari (they/them) for a beginner-level felting class. Learn how to make soft and colorful mushroom decorations using a specialized barbed needle to sculpt beautiful dyed wool. You’ll learn to create three-dimensional forms and add details, and you’ll develop the foundational skills to continue needle felting at home. You’ll come away with one or more completed mushrooms to keep or give as a gift.
Ages 12 and up
$30
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Fabric Mosaics: Create Your Own Kinusaiga Art
Bring your imagination and a love for color to this cozy, no-sew fabric art class! Using the Japanese technique of Kinusaiga, you’ll craft a 9” x 9” art panel from foam board and fabric scraps—turning leftover textiles into something beautiful. The studio will provide a variety of fabrics to choose from, but participants are also encouraged to bring their own special scraps or meaningful pieces to incorporate into their design. You’ll leave with a finished piece ready to hang and a newfound appreciation for fabric as an artistic medium.
ages 16 and up
$30
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Learn to Knit
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it!
ages 12 and up
$25
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Crochet a Heart
Join Emma as she teaches you how to crochet an adorable little 3D heart.
Basic crochet knowledge required
Ages 25 and up
$25
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Learn to Knit
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it!
ages 12 and up
$25
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Needle Felted Veggies
Join Ari (they/them) for a fun felting class. Learn how to make soft and colorful veggie decorations using a specialized barbed needle to sculpt dyed wool. You’ll learn to create three-dimensional forms and add details, and you’ll develop the foundational skills to continue needle felting at home. You’ll come away with one or more completed veggies to keep or give as a gift, as well as a felting mat and needle to keep.
Beginners and intermediate students are welcome!
ages 12 and up
$35
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Butterfly and Moth Pins
Join Ari (they/them) for a fun felting class. Learn how to make a butterfly or moth pin using a specialized barbed needle to apply dyed wool to your choice of felt base. Make your insect realistic or fantastical, whatever you like! You’ll develop foundational needle felting skills, and leave class with one or more completed pins to keep or give as gifts.
Beginners and returning students welcome!
ages 12 and up
$35
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Learn to Knit
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it!
ages 12 and up
$25
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Wintry Felted Soaps
Join Ari (they/them) to learn a wet felting process for making colorful scrubby soaps covered in soft wool, a perfect present for the holidays. They’re like a washcloth and a soap in one! You’ll learn how to add optional sparkle with Angelina fibers and how to needle felt details like swirls and snowflakes. You’ll come away with at least two completed soaps, as well as all the knowledge you’ll need to make more on your own.
If you have a preferred kind of soap you’d like to use, or have sensitive skin or allergies, please bring your own soap bars. Otherwise, scented soap bars and all other materials will be provided for you. Come prepared to get your hands wet and soapy in this class.
ages 12 and up
$30
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Fabric Mosaics: Create Your Own Kinusaiga Art
Bring your imagination and a love for color to this cozy, no-sew fabric art class! Using the Japanese technique of Kinusaiga, you’ll craft a 12” x 12” art panel from foam board and fabric scraps—turning leftover textiles into something beautiful. The studio will provide a variety of fabrics to choose from, but participants are also encouraged to bring their own special scraps or meaningful pieces to incorporate into their design. You’ll leave with a finished piece ready to hang and a newfound appreciation for fabric as an artistic medium.
ages 16 and up
$40
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Learn to Knit
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it!
ages 12 and up
$25
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Fantastic Fiber Arts
Students will learn the basics of weaving, finger knitting and embroidery to create a variety of fun and creative projects using yarn, string and other fibers. These fun crafts can easily be done at home too, and make a great activity for those upcoming winter days!
Ages 9-12
$150 for 6 Mondays
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Learn to Knit
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it!
ages 12 and up
$25
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Learn to Knit
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of knitting. No experience needed. Leave with a pair of knitting needles, the beginning of a scarf, and enough yarn to finish it!
ages 12 and up
$25
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Needle felted pumpkins, gourds and jack-o'-lanterns
Join Ari (they/them) to learn how to make a soft little pumpkin, gourd or jack-o’-lantern using a specialized notched needle to sculpt dyed wool. These are perfect for autumnal or Halloween decor. You’ll learn to create three-dimensional forms and add details, and you’ll develop the foundational skills to continue needle felting at home. You’ll come away with at least one pumpkin, gourd or jack-o'-lantern to keep or give as a gift, as well as a felting mat and needle of your own.
Beginners and returning students welcome!
ages 12 and up
$40
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Stick and Stitch Embroidery
Join Ari (they/them) to learn how to make and use a dissolvable stick-on pattern for embroidery.
We’ll start by drawing, tracing, or stenciling an image onto the stick-on stabilizer. Then we’ll go over the lines with embroidery stitches. Ari will teach a few basic stitches, or if you are an experienced embroiderer you can go with what you know! We will have some relaxed time for stitching, then get a hands-on demo of how the stabilizer dissolves so that you can do it on your own once your embroidery is finished. Small and simple patterns can be finished in class, and if you want to do something more complex you’ll be able to wrap it up at home.
Bring a washable cloth item you’d like to add some embroidery to, or use cloth provided by the instructor. If you have an image you’d like to trace and use for a pattern, bring that along too.
Beginners and intermediate embroiderers welcome!
ages 12 and up
$40
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Needle Felted Mothman
Let's make a cryptid! Join Ari (they/them) to learn how to make a cute and spooky little Mothman using a specialized notched needle to sculpt dyed wool. You’ll learn to create three-dimensional forms and add details, and you’ll develop the foundational skills to continue needle felting at home. You’ll come away with a mini Mothman to keep or give as a gift, as well as a felting mat and needle of your own. Beginners and returning students welcome!
ages 12 and up
$40
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Embroidery Stitch Sampler 1
Join Jennifer Perkinson for a class creating an embroidery sampler. A stitch sampler is a piece of fabric with a variety of stitches, often used for practice or reference. Those new to embroidery or wanting to practice and stitch with others are welcome. This is one of two October classes working on a stitch sampler. The classes will cover different stitches and can be taken individually or together. You’ll be provided with supplies needed for class and written instructions to take home for completing your project or future reference.
Ages 13 and up
$25
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Spooky Macrame Magnets
Come join us and make some festive decor for the spooky season! We will be using cotton rope to create a macrame ghost, jack o’ lantern, pumpkin, and/or bat. This simple project is perfect for those who have never done macrame as well as those more experienced. Everyone will have the opportunity to make multiple mini magnets to spruce up your decor for the fall season. Bring your friends, kids, partner, parents, and anyone for this workshop to get you in the Halloween mood!
ages 8 and up
$30
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Crochet for Beginners
Join Emma as she teaches you the basics of crochet. Leave with a crochet hook and a small crocheted washcloth.
$25
age 12 and up
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Crochet a Bunny
Join Emma as she teaches you how to make Tasha Gibb (@cosycrochetbytasha)’s Bunny pattern! This class will come with yarn, hooks and the paid pattern. You will be learning how to slip stitch, single crochet, decrease and increase! You will also learn Emma’s tricks and tips for stuffed animal making.
Ages 15 and up, basic crochet knowledge helpful
$100 for four classes every Wednesday night, September 3rd- 24th
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