We ran Make It / Take It in Brooklyn in January and it was a super-fun success — now Curious Jane is heading out west to run a MITI in Marin, where we’ll have a new summer camp location this … Continue reading
We’re running summer camp in 16 locations around the country this summer — !!! WOW. We’re busy! Busy staffing, promoting the programs and running workshops and special events that introduce Curious Jane to families in the cities where we’ll be … Continue reading
We cut up our collection of temporary tattoos and combined them with neon dyes made from grocery store variety food coloring (of course we also threw in a little glitter and a handful of Sharpies too). Et voila! We came … Continue reading
Girls get their DIY on in Gowanus! Workshops, crafts, music, snacks and more!… Continue reading
Join us for our first MITI on MLK Day — school is out and we are making! Continue reading
Sage and I layered felt hearts, cinched them at the bottom with a few stitches and attached them to elastic wristbands and barrettes. The perfect accessory for the day!
This past summer, we had the chance to submit a project how-to from both our Curious Jane and Blue Tree girls, to be included in Kiki magazine’s Feb/March issue. And it has hit the newsstands! Continue reading
One of our most loyal and enthusiastic Curious Jane girls, Anya, 7, took our Wired 101 Workshop last month. She enjoyed the Circuit Card project so much that she took it to the next level by making a bunch of her holiday greeting cards into light-up Circuit Cards! We’re so impressed with her ingenuity and D.I.Y. Holiday spirit. Go Anya! Continue reading
I spotted this idea in a crafty book and made a simple version with the girls. So fun! Great starter-sewing project. Perfect holiday gift for mom. And useful to block out the early morning light on weekends. Continue reading
We have had a bunch of great after-school classes happening this semester, and the girls are doing tons of amazing projects. Here, our after-school instructors give us some of the highlights! Continue reading
Samantha Razook Murphy is the founder of Curious Jane and Blue Tree. She was inspired to create these unique programs to give her girls, and all girls, a chance to be creative and inventive in a high-energy, collaborative and gender-affirming space.
She loves designing, tinkering and figuring out. Samantha is the mother of two girls and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She holds her BA from Yale and Masters in Industrial Design from Pratt. In her spare time she coaches volleyball and rides her bike around Brooklyn.