Kids Culture 10.13.16
Night Songs and Lavender
An herb farm tour, a story time and nature walk, an evening search for nocturnal insects, a full moon hike, and a vegan potluck. There’s a lot for families to do this week at the South Fork Natural History Museum.
On Saturday at 10:30 a.m., Ashley Oliver will lead families on a visit to the Peconic River Herb Farm in Calverton. The cost is $5. At the same time back at the museum’s Bridgehampton property, Eleni Nikolopoulos will read a story about the sounds of nature before taking young and old on a walk in the Vineyard Field to listen to the music of the outdoors.
Then on Saturday at 6:30 p.m., Crystal Possehl will be the guide as families listen for the last of the season’s nocturnal insects and trap and release a variety of them as they learn about their diversity. A full moon hike on Saturday will set out from the museum at 7:30 p.m.
On Wednesday, the museum will team up with the Wellness Foundation for a family potluck at 6 p.m. that will include plant-based food demonstration. People have been asked to take a vegan dish — that means no meat, dairy, or eggs — and can share in a vegan dessert prepared by the foundation’s Maude Muto. A $5 donation will support the museum and the Wellness Foundation’s W Kids program. Advance sign-up has been requested for all museum programs.
Spooktacular!
Families with young children will want to head to the Southampton Arts Center’s Spooktacular Haunted House on the early side, when the frights are of the tamer variety. The haunted house, which opens on Friday, Oct. 21, will feature “seven rooms of horror” for ages 8 and up, but the lights will be kept on for the first hour each day for families with young children.
Starting next week and through Halloween, the haunted house will be open on Friday and Saturdays from 5 to 10 p.m., from 3 to 7 on Oct. 23, 5 to 8 on Oct. 27, 4 to 9 on Oct. 30, and 4 to 7 on Oct. 31. The center is also looking to scare up volunteers to help with setup and to play spooky characters. Those interested have been asked to email [email protected]. Admission is $5.
A Sweet Treat
At the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Saturday, Nounos Creamery of Southampton will be giving out fresh fruit and yogurt parfaits for free to museum-goers. Admission is $12; members get in free.
Pumpkins and Paper
Paper sculptures and pumpkin pillows are on the schedule this week at the East Hampton Library. Tomorrow, kids will learn special paper-folding techniques and then make a three-dimensional work of art at 3:30 p.m. On Wednesday, they will make and decorate huggable pumpkin sculptures at 4 p.m. Both programs are for children 4 and older; advance registration has been requested.
Cupcakes Gone Batty
Cupcakes will be on the menu on Saturday afternoon at the Montauk Library, which will have Halloween cupcake decorating sessions at 2 for kids 4 to 9 and at 3 for kids 10 and up. Supplies are limited and advance registration is a must.
’Tis the Season
Looking ahead to the winter holidays, members of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons will be at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor on Wednesday at 4 p.m. to plant amaryllis bulbs with children 5 and older. They will share tips on caring for the bulbs as they grow and send each child home with a plant of his or her own.