Kids Herbal Workshop Series
This monthly series is perfect for kids who love to explore, create, and learn. Each month, we'll dive into a different healing herb, and kids will get hands-on experience with foraging, growing and making their own herbal goodies such as first aid kits, teas, glycerites, infused honeys, and more!
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Sign up for multiple different classes in the series and receive a discount!
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Upcoming Classes
Spooky Herbal Treats
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Instructor: Kathleen Ratteree, Sweet Willow
Date: Wednesday, Oct 22, 6-8pm
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Cost: $45.00 per student
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In this class we will break out those cauldrons and brew up some delicious (and healthy!) herbal Halloween treats! Kids will make “Doom balls,” (Zoom Balls with a spooky twist), herbal lollipops, and herbal chocolate smores, with marshmallows made with real marshmallow root! Perfect accompaniments for family pumpkin carving time,trick or treating, or a fall bonfire. Happy Samhain (Halloween)!
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Sweetness and Light:
Making Holiday Gifts with Honey and Beeswax
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Instructor: Kathleen Ratteree
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Date: Wednesday, November 12, 6-8 pm
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Cost: $45.00 per student
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The holidays are just around the corner – in this class kids will make some sweet homemade gifts to show their loved ones how much they care about them! Discover the many healing uses of beeswax and local honey while making simple candles and herbal honey infusions to create beautiful, memorable, and nourishing gifts. The hardest part is not to eat them before giving them away!
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Spice and Everything Nice: Holiday Cookies Workshop
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Instructor: Kathleen Ratteree
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Date: Wednesday, December 3, 6-8pm
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Cost: $45.00 per student
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Using traditional, warming winter herbs like clove, fennel, and cinnamon, kids will craft some cookie treats that also help boost the immune system and improve digestion and circulation – all good things for the coldest, darkest time of the year.
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Herbal Sock Baths and other Kids
DIY Bath and Body Products
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Instructor: Kathleen Ratteree
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Date: Wednesday, January 7, 6-8 pm
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Cost: $45.00 per student
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Kids will make their own body products in this fun and easy workshop. Make bath time extra special with an herbal sock bath! Kids will love choosing their own combinations of herbs to make their own sock bath. And for those kids who resist bath time, perhaps this craft will help coax them into the tub! Kids will also learn to make their own salves. Kids will also learn about different bath salts and how they can help relieve sore muscles and relax overactive minds and bodies. Makes great gifts too! Our skin is highly absorbent; these topical herbal applications provide a wonderful chance for nourishing the skin and body with the healing properties of herbs.
Note to participants: Please bring a clean sock (or two) of your choosing!
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Sourdough Bread Baking with Kids!
Photo credit: Kathleen Ratteree
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Instructor: Kathleen Ratteree
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Date: Wednesday, February 18, 6-8pm
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​Cost: $45.00 per student
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Baking with kids can be a delightful and educational experience, especially when it involves sourdough bread making! Its not just about baking bread (which is wonderfully nourishing in itself); it’s about instilling a love for cooking and an appreciation for the science behind it.
The art of sourdough bread making offers a perfect blend of science and creativity, making it an excellent activity for young minds.
This fun workshop provides a foundation for lifelong skills and memories. All kids will get to take home their own "bread pet" (sourdough starter) to take care of.
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The Sweetness of Bitters: Getting Kids
To Take Herbal Bitters
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Instructor: Kathleen Ratteree
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Date: Wednesday, March 4, 6 -8 pm​
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​Cost: $45.00 per student
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Mary Poppins said, "Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." But sometimes we need that bitter flavor to get the job done. When the taste buds in our tongues detect the bitter flavors of herbs like dandelion root, burdock, yellow dock, bitter orange, elecampane and chamomile, signals are sent via the nervous system to the brain and then to the gut that trigger digestion. Bitters also serve up a good dose of prebiotics and help maintain healthy bowel function. But convincing kids to take them? Challenging, to say the least. The solution? Mask the bitter taste with a tastier bitter such as dark chocolate!
In this class we will meet some amazing bitter herbs that help alleviate constipation (a very common issue in children), stimulate appetite, calm nervous tummies, and wake up sluggish digestion after long, cold winter. We will explore simple, tasty, effective ways to get our bitters -we will make an oxymel (a kind of honey / vinegar syrup), an electuary (an herbal honey paste), and a delicious herbal hot cocoa!
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Herbs for Healthy Moon Cycles
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Instructor: Kathleen Ratteree
Date: Monday, April 13, 6-8pm
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Cost: $45.00 per student
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Ages: Open for any age, focusing on 8-21 yrs
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This class is specially created for young women who are about to begin or who have recently begun their menstrual cycles. We will learn about herbs that support a healthy, balanced menstrual cycle.
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We will make herbal recipes to alleviate the more common discomforts like, cramps, bloating, irritability, and acne. We will learn about traditional herbs and foods that have been used for ages for their nourishing, hormone-balancing, and pain-soothing properties.
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Please Eat the Dandelions: Weeds You Can Eat
Instructor: Kathleen Ratteree
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 6 -8 pm​
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Cost: $45.00 per student
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Purslane, garlic mustard, lambs quarters, chickweed, stinging nettle, mullein, dandelion, wild amaranth, plantain… Though they can ruthlessly invade flower beds and vegetable gardens, what we call “weeds” are wonderful in other ways. Packed with nutrition and flavor, these amazing and resilient plants are full of surprises.
Instead of burning or spraying your abundance of these plants, repurpose them into dandelion tea, amaranth seed polenta, chickweed pesto, or nettle lasagna. In this class we will learn the health benefits of these plants and make delicious and healing recipes with them. You'll never look at weeds in the same way!
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Past Classes
Back To School Herbal First Aid Kit
Instructor: Kathleen Ratteree, Sweet Willow
Date: Monday Sept 8, 6-8pm
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Cost: $45.00 per student
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Hey, kids! Grab your favorite adult as we kick off our first Kids Herbal Workshop of the school year!
We will be making our very own first aid kits to handle life’s spills and stresses. A little help from a well-stocked first aid kit can help you and your family make it through life’s rough and tumble moments!
In this class we cover our favorite healing herbs and learn about their amazing antiseptic, astringent, soothing, and pain-easing qualities. We will make simple but effective herbal preparations from salves to tinctures. Using the herbal tips and preparations in this class will be a wonderful way to stay healthy and strong this year!
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Class cost covers first aid kit materials and supplemental fact cards.