Play with clay!

Don’t know what to do when the children are home for the holidays? Take them to the Museum of the Moving Image for a Claymation workshop, running from Dec. 22 through Jan. 1, 2013.

Children 9 years old and up can create their own claymation monster figure and learn all about how to create a stop-action film. The workshop culminates in a screening of the children’s short videos.

Claymation workshop at the museum, Dec. 22 through Jan. 1, 2013 at 2:45 and 3:45 pm. Admission is $10; $5 for family members. Tickets may be reserved in advance. No workshop on Dec. 25.

Museum of the Moving Image [36-01 35th Ave. in Astoria, (718) 777–6888; www.movingimage.us].