Kids Culture 04.21.16
Kids Culture 04.21.16
Painting When School’s Out
Kids can explore a range of mediums and indulge their creativity at the Parrish Art Museum during next week’s school break. The museum will offer workshops from Monday through Friday, April 29, for kids 4 and older covering Impressionist painting, sculpture, portrait painting, perspective drawing, and abstract painting. Classes run from 10 a.m. to noon for kids 4 to 6 and from 1 to 3 p.m. for kids 7 and older. The cost is $40 per class, $30 for members. Advance registration is required.
Spring Break: Options Aplenty
To recap other spring break options mentioned in detail in previous issues: LTV in Wainscott and the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor have spring break camps planned and the East Hampton Town Recreation Department will offer a free morning recreation program at the John M. Marshall Elementary School in East Hampton and the Montauk School.
The Bay Street musical theater camp is for ages 8 to 12 and will run all five days of the break from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the cost is $385 per child, and registration is with the theater. LTV’s design camp for ages 12 and up will give kids a chance to try their hands at skateboard deck design, cartooning, Polaroid photography, and button design. It meets Monday through next Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon and costs $150 per day or $500 for all four; registrations are being taken at 537-2777. The town program, for kids of any school district, will run from Tuesday through Friday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to noon. Sign-up can be done at the schools each morning of the program.
Lego, Barbie, and Bars of Soap
At the John Jermain Library in Sag Harbor, kite making, Legos, Barbies, and chickens will fill the schedule next week. Kids 7 and up will make newspaper kites on Monday at 11 a.m. On Tuesday, a Lego League for ages 5 and up gathers at the library at the same time, and on Wednesday at 11, it’ll be the Barbie Bunch for ages 3 and up.
The Cornell Cooperative Extension will explore the life cycle of chickens during a program on Friday, April 29, for ages 5 to 12. Advance registration is requested for that one and the kite program.
Over at the Amagansett Library, kids in first through third grade will make bars of soap on Saturday at 2 p.m. And well in time for Mother’s Day. Space is very limited and advance sign-up is a must.
Decorating Dog Treats at CMEE
Saturday is Pet Appreciation Day at the Children’s Museum of the East End. Visitors from the Southampton Animal Shelter will be on hand from 10 a.m. to noon. A dog treat decorating workshop runs from 10 to 10:45 a.m. for ages 3 to 6. The cost is $17 including museum admission; members pay $5.
Great Flicks for Children
There are movies galore on the schedule at the East Hampton Library this week. Today, it’s “Toy Story 2” at 4:30 p.m. “The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar” will be shown on Monday at 1 p.m. Next Thursday “Frozen” will blast in at 1 p.m. and “Monsters Inc.,” will be screened at 4:30. Teens have been invited to see a young-adult novel that has been adapted for the screen on Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Kids in sixth through eighth grades will be offered a taste of snacks from around the world during a program on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. On Friday, April 29, little ones 4 and up will make prints from vegetable stamps during a workshop from 1 to 2 p.m.