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Discover shortcuts, formulas and cheap tricks, for drawing cartoons at this unique party. Animator/cartoonist, Gene Hamm, will teach an introductory cartooning class to you and your friends. You’ll spend the hour learning about basic shapes and the cartoon head and face, and you’ll be drawing before you know it. Kids who are already drawing their own cartoon faces should bring them along to work on in the class. If your friends bring a picture of their favorite cartoon character, Gene can show them how it is drawn.

This is a great party for older kids and tweens, and any child who loves to draw! Instructor, Gene Hamm has worked on several Hollywood cartoons, music videos and video games. He is on leave from teaching animation at Academy of Art University in San Francisco to promote his own animated feature film, The Dream Hat, which he has just completed.

Each guest will receive cartooning worksheets, and the birthday child will be presented with an autographed DVD of Gene’s complete course, Cartooning: Shortcuts, Formulas & Cheap Tricks. After this one hour class, you and your guests will have 30 minutes for cake and presents.

Recommended Age: 7 years and up

Maximum Number of Children: 12 (11 guests plus birthday child)

Cost: $200 (Deposit of $50 at booking)

Times Available: Saturdays: 2 pm to 3:30 pm
Weekdays: Afternoons by request

Total time in party room is 2 1/2 hours. You will have 30 minutes set-up, one hour of cartooning with Gene, 30 minutes for cake and presents, and 30 minutes for clean-up after guests leave.

Early Work Toy Station will provide use of our beautifully painted party room, banquet tables and chairs, as well as a latex helium balloon for each guest and a special mylar balloon and photo button for the birthday child. Our refrigerator and freezer are available, and we will provide garbage bags (and dispose of them) to make your clean-up a breeze!

You will need to provide THREE 6 ft. disposable tablecloths, plates, cups, utensils, favors and refreshments. We suggest cake and juice boxes, but finger food and pizza are fine, too.

Please remind your guests to be on time, so they don’t miss any of the cartooning class, which begins promptly at the designated start time of the party!

Remember to ask about our Birthday Wish List Program before you send out your invitations!