September 28 from 10:30 till Noon at the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Discovery Center in Carlsbad will be the kickoff the this year’s efforts by members of the Real Santas United for Healthy Kids to teach children how to make their own holiday gifts from material grown or gathered in the garden, forest, seashore or from the kitchen. Another workshop is scheduled there for October 26. Both are open to the public.
It is all part of the Carlsbad based Sustainable Santa Foundation’s series of programs to help kids “Eat Real Food” and live a sustainable life style. Their Kids Art Smart Holiday Gifts program is intended to help kids focus on locally sourced resource creating a greener lifestyle and decreasing carbon footprints while bringing more “art and creativity to gifts which friends and family who receive them will treasure” says Sustainable Santa® who head the statewide effort.
The Santas will also be at the Corn Maze located at the Strawberry Fields at I-5 and Cannon Road each October weekend. The Santas also conduct special classes for kids groups, i.e. Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, etc.
To schedule a workshop, group leaders should contact Sustainable Santa at hrecknielsen@att.net.
