Build-a-Bear Workshop at the Pacific View Mall in Ventura (CLOSED)

BUILD-A-BEAR VENTURA HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS, I BELIEVE IN 2019

Build-a-Bear Workshop opened a location at the Pacific View Mall, 3301 East Main Street, Space 1024, Ventura in September 2016. Hours 10am to 9pm Monday through Saturday and noon to 6pm on Sunday.

Build-a-Bear offers kids to selected a stuffed animal from over 30 in stock (and not just bears), stuff them, outfit them, accessorize them, give them a heart, sounds and scents, name them and take them home. Quite an enjoyable experience for the younger set.

Visit www.buildabear.com/shopping/storefinder/storeDetail.jsp?storeNumber=344 for more information.

Young Art Lessons Children's Art Store and Studio at The Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks (Closed)

Young Art Lessons closed their store at The Oaks in Fall 2018.

Young Art Lessons, the children's art store and studio, is located at The Oaks Mall, offering "drop in" art lessons seven days a week.

Instructors promote each student's individual style and creativity offering techniques in the use of oil pastel, watercolor, acrylic, and colored pencil, while assisting the children to achieve a completed composition to take home at the end of the lesson.

Parents are able to select from a variety of class time lengths ranging from 15 minutes to multiple hours, depending on their shopping, dining or theatre plans at The Oaks. Students may choose from a variety of compositions including animals, still life, landscapes, floral, and cartooning using Young Art's quality products.

Classes start at $12.95 for 15 minutes, $19.95 for 30 minutes, and $29.95 for 1 hour. The studio offers multi class discount passes along with birthday parties. All art materials are provided courtesy of Young Art.

For more information call 805-795-9400 or visit www.youngartusa.co. Hours: Mon. - Sat. 10am-9pm, Sunday: 11am-7pm

Gull Wings Children's Museum - Oxnard (Closed)

NEWS: Gull Wings closed its Oxnard location on January 10, 2016 to focus on procuring a new location.

Gull Wings Children's Museum opened in 1988 and has dozens of fun, interactive, educational exhibits geared towards ages 2 to 12. There is a tidepool, fire engine, emergency room, ambulance, space station, astronaut room, live animals, mineral/fossil room, camp-out area, an actual car, toddler area, western area, recording room, reading room and the list goes on!

Gull Wings was located at 418 W. Fourth Street, Oxnard.  For more information on future plans for the museum and how to help visit www.gullwings.org or call 805.483.3005.

Skatelab Museum and Skate Park - Simi Valley (Closed)

AFTER 21 YEARS, SKATELAB HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS AT THIS LOCATION AT 4226 VALLEY FAIR STREET, SIMI VALLEY.

However, Skatelab founder/owner Scott Radinsky posted on 1/6/19 that a new Skatelab location will be coming soon. Check for updates at www.facebook.com/Skatelab.

Skatelab has a large indoor skate park that your kids will love.  It is located at 4226 Valley Fair Street, Simi Valley. Visit www.skatelab.com or call 805.578.0040 for more information. They offer skateboarding classes on Saturdays and Sundays  for beginners and novices too!

Read more about the amazing Skatelab Skateboard Museum!