# Cookie Plates & Cocoa Mugs Painting Workshop > Event for families in the Virginia Beach–Chesapeake–Norfolk area (VA / NC). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Sat, Dec 12 (+1 more date) · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM - Where: Norfolk Botanical Garden (Baker Hall Visitor Center), 6700 Azalea Garden Rd, Norfolk, VA 23518 - Ages: Recommended for ages 3+ with some chaperone assistance - Price: Members $14/child; not-yet members $22/child and $20/adult - Organizer: Norfolk Botanical Garden - Official page: https://norfolkbotanicalgarden.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/cookie-plates-and-cocoa-mugs-painting-workshop--listing-22ab65a3e547f8726381aa96 ## About Before the holidays, children paint a ceramic 7-inch cookie plate and a 10-ounce cocoa mug, ready for leaving cookies out for Santa or giving as a gift. Sessions run at 10 am and noon on both days, plus 2 pm on Saturday and 3 pm on Sunday, in a Baker Hall Visitor Center classroom at Norfolk Botanical Garden. It is recommended for ages 3 and up with some chaperone assistance. Children and adult chaperones all need registered tickets, and adults who want their own set register a child ticket. Daytime garden admission is included; the evening Garden of Lights is not. ## Similar picks in Virginia Beach - [Holiday Nature Ornaments Workshop](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/holiday-nature-ornaments-workshop--listing-b5ea989785230ab6bd26833f) — Sat, Dec 19 · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Norfolk Botanical Garden (Baker Hall Visitor Center) · From $20 · checked Oct 24. Children combine natural items with craft supplies to make a set of nature-inspired ornaments for the family tree. The class is in a Baker Hall Visitor Center classroom at… - [Ballet Virginia's The Nutcracker at the Sandler Center](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/ballet-virginia-s-the-nutcracker-at-the-sandler-center--listing-952e35c3c22c15fba38ecbb7) — Fri, Dec 11 (+2 more dates) · 7:30 PM · Sandler Center for the Performing Arts · Paid · checked Oct 24. Ballet Virginia's Nutcracker brings a cast of more than 100 dancers, led by Ballet Virginia's professional company, to the Sandler Center stage, with Tchaikovsky's score played… - [PB&J: Jingle Bell Jam at the Ferguson Center](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/pb-and-j-jingle-bell-jam-at-the-ferguson-center--listing-20d347f0e982c303add022e5) — Sat, Dec 5 · 3:00 PM · Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News · Paid · checked Oct 24. The Newport News performance of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra's holiday family concert for young children, conducted by Helen Martell. In the PB&J family series, Santa Claus… - [Virginia Regional Ballet's The Nutcracker at the Ferguson Center](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/virginia-regional-ballet-s-the-nutcracker-at-the-ferguson-center--listing-220920a4c3ec4c2d5be5aa8b) — Sat, Dec 19 (+1 more date) · 2:00 PM · Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News · From $36 · checked Oct 24. Virginia Regional Ballet performs The Nutcracker with live music from the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra at the Ferguson Center for the Arts on the weekend before Christmas… - [PB&J: Jingle Bell Jam with the Virginia Symphony](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/pb-and-j-jingle-bell-jam-with-the-virginia-symphony--listing-bbed158e4b18f6454c12bdf5) — Sat, Dec 19 · 3:00 PM · Sandler Center for the Performing Arts · Paid · checked Oct 24. The Virginia Symphony Orchestra's holiday family concert for young children: an afternoon of seasonal music in which Santa Claus comes 'down the chimney' to join the orchestra on… - [A Merry Little Christmas Carol at the Wells Theatre](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/activities/a-merry-little-christmas-carol-at-the-wells-theatre--listing-eb8c1887656a209dbb606fe3) — Wed, Dec 2 (+9 more dates) · 7:30 PM · Wells Theatre, Norfolk · Paid · checked Oct 24. Virginia Stage Company's holiday production returns to the historic Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk. Mark Shanahan's adaptation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol, directed by… ## More for families - [This weekend in Virginia Beach](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Virginia Beach](https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/virginia-beach.md)