
Mario Paper Crafting Art Club: Imagination, Creativity & Friendship
Prepare to be amazed as you watch your differently-wired kiddo make real friends, explore this unique content, grow under the guidance of this expert mentor, and be seen in all their glory!
Why Take This Course?
Does your child love Mario and love to craft? This weekly class brings those two passions together in the most delightful way! Each week, students will bring a new Mario-themed character to life using only paper, imagination, and a few basic supplies. From iconic favorites like Mario and Bowser to silly surprises like George Washingtoad, every session is filled with laughter, creativity, and connection.
What to Expect:
Each week, students will receive a brand-new printable template to create a Mario character entirely out of paper. With step-by-step guidance, even beginners will feel confident and successful. Students are encouraged to suggest future characters and share their creations at the end of class, building community and self-expression along the way.
This class combines multiple learning styles:
🎧 Auditory: Step-by-step verbal instructions
👀 Visual: Visual examples of the week’s project
✍️ Reading/Writing: Following templates and written directions
🧑🤝🧑 Social: Sharing and discussing favorite Mario characters
🎮 Game-Based: Themed crafting with creative twists
Why Parents Love It:
Builds fine motor skills and artistic confidence
Encourages focus, patience, and self-expression
Fosters social connection through shared interests
Gives kids a sense of pride in what they’ve made
Turns screen-time into creativity time!
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Does your child love Mario and love to craft? This weekly class brings those two passions together in the most delightful way! Each week, students will bring a new Mario-themed character to life using only paper, imagination, and a few basic supplies. From iconic favorites like Mario and Bowser to silly surprises like George Washingtoad, every session is filled with laughter, creativity, and connection.
What to Expect:
Each week, students will receive a brand-new printable template to create a Mario character entirely out of paper. With step-by-step guidance, even beginners will feel confident and successful. Students are encouraged to suggest future characters and share their creations at the end of class, building community and self-expression along the way.
This class combines multiple learning styles:
🎧 Auditory: Step-by-step verbal instructions
👀 Visual: Visual examples of the week’s project
✍️ Reading/Writing: Following templates and written directions
🧑🤝🧑 Social: Sharing and discussing favorite Mario characters
🎮 Game-Based: Themed crafting with creative twistsWhy Parents Love It:
Builds fine motor skills and artistic confidence
Encourages focus, patience, and self-expression
Fosters social connection through shared interests
Gives kids a sense of pride in what they’ve made
Turns screen-time into creativity time!
What to Bring:
The printable PDF (provided before class)
Construction paper or paper to color
Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
Scissors (grown-up help may be needed!)
Glue or glue stick
A creative spirit and love for Mario!
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Bonus Benefit:
Students practice listening and following instructions in a fun, stress-free environment—building skills that translate to improved classroom focus and executive function! -
What to Bring:
The printable PDF (provided before class)
Construction paper or paper to color
Crayons, markers, or colored pencils
Scissors (grown-up help may be needed!)
Glue or glue stick
A creative spirit and love for Mario!
Ages:
Class size: Maximum- 8 Students
Meets: 1x per week
Level: All
Price: $
Our Promise To You
Satisfaction Guarantee: If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses:
Payment Plan: Let us know in the first 24 hours and we’ll immediately stop all payments. After that, no worries! Tell us anytime, and we’ll stop future payments after a 30-day processing period.
Paid in Full: You can switch to another class of equal value or get a credit for the remaining balance for future classes.
We can offer you a 100% satisfaction guarantee because we know what we do works for hundreds of other families—and we know it will work for your family, too!
We’re taking all the risk because you’re getting over $2000 in bonuses when you sign up, and you could cancel the class and keep all the bonuses.
My promise to you.
-Mr. Sam
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What Our Parents Say…
Meet Your Mentor
Jenny C. (Ms. Jenny)
Hi! I love to teach classes that are fun and promote discussion and creativity. In all of my classes I mix critical thinking with out of the box thinking so that the kids learn something brand new! I find the best way to do this is by using books, video games, trivia and other interactive components to keep them engaged and wanting to learn.
My passion for critical thought stems from my degree in Philosophy. The integration of pop culture in my classes is rooted in a lifetime of toy collecting, video game playing, and during my time as a staff writer for an online comic book review site.
Over the past five years I have created community-based, pop-up craft classes for parents and children that integrate culture and thought, and I am excited about the opportunity to share these types of activities with my students! As a neurodivergent educator, I've poured my heart into creating classes that are inclusive, flexible, and designed to meet a wide range of learning needs.
My goal is to help every learner thrive, whether that means adapting lessons on the fly, incorporating favorite interests, or rethinking what “school” can look like. Together, we’ll learn, grow, and have fun while breaking away from outdated ideas of traditional education.
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Questions Asked By Fellow Parents
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4 KEY things:
1- A focus on the positive! We don’t focus on what students aren’t doing, we support what they are and we know the rest will come. We develop strengths, interests, and relationships. We build students up so they can build a better world! And do it with the new friends they make in our program!
2- Like-minded neurodivergent peers. Our asynchronous students need one another and YSA is a safe haven for these kiddos to connect around their asynchronies, quirks, and interests. We’re a place where they can be their authentic selves and make friends while doing so!
3- Passionate, masterful neurodivergent mentors who have walked the walk and can authentically validate and support your child with personal experience and care AND expertise as we all have advanced masters + degrees
4-Content your students care about taught in a way they love! We offer the courses they need to be taking, not the ones they’re required to take.
Come by and see for yourself!
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Please don’t confuse reactive “distance learning” and virtual enrichment programming. After all, a student who is completely fried from a boring zoom class is often quick to pick up a tablet or phone, right?
Our courses are not at all the same animal =)
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THIS IS A SATISFACTION GUARANTEE, so your child must attend the class in question to qualify.
If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses, here are your options:
1- 8-Week Courses Refund requests must be received up to 24 hours after the first course begins to do one of the following options:
Payment plan or Paid in full- 3 options: transfer to another course of the same price, get a 100% refund credit toward a future class, or get a 75% money-back to the original payment method.
2- 16+ Week CoursesThe deposit made at the time of enrollment is non-refundable. Cancellation options are:
Payment plan- Cancellation requests received up to 24 hours after the first course begins will stop any future payments. Any cancellation requests beyond that require a 30-day notice to stop the membership/billing.
Paid in full- Cancellation requests require a 30-day notice. The remaining balance at the end of the 30-day cancellation period can be used to transfer to another class or be converted to credit toward a future class.
Please read the description of each course before enrolling.
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We do! We have 3 kinds:
1- Word of mouth: 25% off- we know that the best way to reach new families is word of mouth. When you help another family enroll in a YSA class and they name you at checkout, you will get 25% off the cost of the course you’re currently enrolled in once they stay past the refund period. Note— this applies to all regular courses, BUT only applies to the first month of membership courses.
2- Multi-sibling: 10% off- We believe in supporting whole families and we are willing to put our money where our mouth is! When you sign-up 2 or more kiddos you will receive 10% off. Note— this does not apply to our membership courses.
3-Multi-course: 10% off- To fully serve your family, we hope to provide your child with all the courses they dream of taking! To make this more affordable, when you enroll in 3 or more classes, you will receive 10% off. Note— this does not apply to our membership courses.
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Of course!
As we like to say, if you’re on our site, you’re in the right place.
Our programming is for students who are not being supported or challenged enough in school.
If you have an asynchronous kiddo who you know has strengths and struggles, our courses are for your child.
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2e students experience such asynchronous development that it proves difficult to have hard age limits.
We often evaluate students on a case by case basis =)
Please email us and we’ll discuss: sam@youngscholarsacademy.org
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All of our programs are 100% virtual. This allows us to bring together the twice-exceptional/neurodivergent students of the world, connect them, and nurture them!
Your child may very well enter a 6-person class with 5 other students from 5 different states/countries!
Cool, right?