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Craft Time

Location of Bear Creek Lake State Park in Virginia

Where

Bear Creek Lake State Park, 22 Bear Creek Lake Rd., Cumberland, VA 23040.
Acorn Loop Shelter

When

July 28, 2024. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Create your own Bear Creek Lake State Park souvenir while making memories. All materials are provided. The program fee is $2 per person or $6 for four people. Please pay the fee at the Park Office before coming to program and bring your receipt to the acorn shelter where we'll have the supplies ready.

July 7 we will have clay and some modeling tools. The clay will dry a light gray color suitable for coloring with markers or paint.

July 21 & 28: Fish Printing: Gyotaku (Japanese fish painting) was developed more than a century ago as a method of recording the size and species of a caught fish. Using paint, rollers and brushes participants will decorate a rubber fish replica and make their own print while learning the physical differences between fish species.

Nature Craft

Other details

Standard parking or admission fee applies: No.
Extra fee: $2/person; $6/four people.
Registration required: No.
Children welcome: Yes.
Phone: 804-492-4410
Email Address: BearCreek@dcr.virginia.gov