April

Every April vacation the Nature Museum offers programming for children ages 6-12. Here are our offerings for 2008!

The Museum is open from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM every day during April vacation.

Fairies: Making Magic in the Forest & Garden - Ages 6-8
Date: Monday, April 21
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Place: Meet at The Nature Museum
Cost: Members $15; Non-members $20
• Pre-registration required

Join us for a delightful day of magic. Garden and forest fairies are fanciful and fun and we'll spend the day honoring their cheery personalities and their connections to the Earth. Throughout the day, we'll go on fairy hunts, build fairy houses, and design fairy boats.

Earth Day Exploration - Ages 6-10
Date: Tuesday, April 22
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Place: Meet at The Nature Museum
Cost: Members $15; Non-Members $20
• Pre-registration required

Discover the diversity of wild animals living throughout the earth as we celebrate Earth Day together. We'll play outdoor games, make crafts, go on a special tour of the museum's collections, explore our local habitats and compare them to habitats around the world.

Pioneer Skills - Ages 8-12
Date: Wednesday, April 23
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Place: Meet at The Nature Museum
Cost: Members $20; Non-Members $25 (lunch included)
• Pre-registration required

Step back in time and learn skills that could help you survive in the woods. Learn how to tie knots and build something useful or maybe win a race; build a campfire and cook your lunch on it; learn pocket knife safety and make a woodland character. You will want to wear long pants and boots and outerwear appropriate for the day’s weather. Also, bring a pocketknife with a sharp blade and a signed permission slip from your folks to use it. Camp limited to 10 participants.

Daring Camp Day for Girls - Ages 6-10
Date: Thursday, April 24
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Place: Meet at The Nature Museum
Cost: Members $20; Non-Members $25
• Pre-registration required

The Daring Camp for Girls is loosely based on the book “The Daring Book for Girls” by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz which has been described as “the can-do, how-to manual for enthusiastic, unfettered adventure”. We will have a full week of this camp in August for 9-12 year olds. Camp limited to 10.