Want to learn a Renaissance skill? Are you a global nomad at heart, trapped in too modern of a world? Then take a World Adventure with me at www.urbanomad.org
I teach DIY classes through Zoom or in-person on international crafts, languages, art, music, sewing, writing, parties, dance, travel, and nature. Want to learn a new Renaissance skill? Or to increase your life satisfaction and live more authentically? Want to get your kids unplugged? Check out some of my DIY projects at www.urbanomad.org or ask me about my classes.
The key is to keep things simple. I’ve taught people of all ages and abilities and have a knack for getting people who think they can’t learn things to learn! And I’m all about DIY while on a super tiny budget.
Level 2 – Simple clothes like skirts and dresses, knit shirts without buttons or collars
Level 3 – Flamenco skirts and costumes
MUSIC
Guitar chords
Ukulele chords
Singing all styles of music while accompanying yourself (or others)
Music for children
Foreign songs
PARTY PLANNING
Need ideas for a theme party? DIY and on a budget? These are just some of the ones I’ve had for children and adults:
Pirate treasure hunts
Neon glow parties (including painting objects and making murals that glow under black lights
Single room Haunted Houses (I’ve done more than 10 in my classroom at school, w/entrance fees)
Escape rooms at home
Alice in Wonderland
Dragon hunting parties
Tropical tiki parties
Moroccan parties
Vintage old time photo parties
Cocktail and mocktail making competitions
Farm to table dinner and drink competitions
At home Carnival
COSTUMES
Mermaid and pirate
Six-armed Shiva, the Indian god
A Greek sphinx
A shaman
An Alice in Wonderland caterpillar
Medusa
Peacock
Spider
Flamenco long-tailed “bata de cola” dress (it wasn’t a costume, though–I used it in performances! And I cheated to make one for my daughter that also worked for a performance together!)
Wedding dress
ART
Seurat-style and Van Gogh-style paintings
Clay sculpting (animals, flowers, sea creatures)
Fake fossils from clay
Gyotaku Japanese fish silhouette ink paintings
Jewelry (necklaces, bracelets, arm cuffs)
Nature art
Underwater photo shoot (not easy, but I can give you tips!)
DANCE
Basic flamenco moves to choreograph a simple dance.
NATURE & BUTTERFLIES
Every summer since Covid, I’ve raised dozens of monarch butterflies from scratch (eggs). And this year my students and I saved dozens of mourning cloak butterflies that were trying to crawl into our classrooms to make cocoons! Students were stepping on them so we made special habitat signs.
UNDERWATER PHOTOS
It’s not easy to hold your breath and pose underwater…but photos and tips to come!