Kids Culture 10.08.15

CMEE’s 10th

The Children’s Museum of the East End will celebrate its 10th — that’s right, 10th — birthday with a big party on Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon. Rockets, mini golf, drip painting, lava lamps, food, games, and music are promised for the free event. The museum is on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton.

Fall Festival

An inflatable slide, face painting, and a petting zoo are in store for families who attend the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter’s fall festival on Saturday. The fun will be going on from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gingerbread Lane center.

The Man Behind Eloise

Hilary Knight, a children’s book author and illustrator whose titles include the “Eloise” series and some 50 other books, will sign copies on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at the East Hampton Library. Mr. Knight, who lives in East Hampton, also brought to life such classics as “Where’s Wallace,” by several decades a seek-and-find precursor to the “Where’s Waldo” series.

In other children’s happenings at the library this week, “Planes” will be shown this afternoon at 4:30. Next week’s family movie, at the same time, will be “Maya the Bee.” A squirrel story and craft time is planned for Tuesday at 4 p.m. for kids 4 to 6. On Wednesday from 5 to 6:45 p.m., in honor of the new “Goosebumps” movie, the library will screen episodes of the “Goosebumps” series for kids in grades six through eight.

A music and movement program for babies up to age 3 will be offered on Friday, Oct. 16, from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

Witches and Pumpkins

Wild witches and playful pumpkins will swoop into the Montauk Library on Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m. Kids will be guided through paper-folding and collage techniques to create their own giant Halloween characters. Advance registration with the children’s room has been requested.