Kids Culture 10.16.14

Jack-o-Lantern Time

And suddenly it’s pumpkin-carving time again. Carve them too soon and they’re rotten by Halloween. Wait too long and what’s the point? On Wednesday, the East Hampton Library will provide all the materials for a carving session for kids 4 and older from 4 to 5 p.m. That includes stencils and a “safety carving kit,” not to mention battery-operated tea lights to make it glow.

A Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons member will stop by the library next Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. to lead kindergartners through third graders in planting amaryllis bulbs. Advance registration is a must for both programs.

Birds of a Feather

How do birds stay warm in winter? How do they find food? Lindsey Rohrbach of the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton will answer those questions for kids 3 to 5 on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Morton National Wildlife Refuge in Noyac. Advance sign-up has been requested.

Adventureland and More!

There’s lots of fun on this week’s schedule for the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, including a bus trip to the Adventureland amusement park in Farmingdale on Saturday for kids 13 and older.

A bus will leave the library at 11 a.m. and return at 9:30 p.m. The cost for the trip, including the bus and all rides, is $20. Parents should send extra money with their kids for lunch, arcade games, and snacks. Advance registration and a signed permission slip are required.

Kids 13 and older can drop by the library to make scary box heads from Saturday through Oct. 25. On Sunday, a story time for kids 4 and older will include tea and treats, and on Monday there will be a “jam session” for young kids at 11 a.m. Those 7 and older can make glow-in-the-dark duct tape bags on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., and all ages have been invited to create kaleidoscopes on Friday, Oct. 24, at 4:30 p.m.

For a Blustery Day

Among the other activities for kids this week is a blustery day story and craft time at the Amagansett Library on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Sunday brings a cape-making workshop for first through third graders at 2 p.m. Kids might save those capes to wear on Friday, Oct. 24, at a family Halloween bash at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. The fun runs from 4 to 6 p.m. More details next week.