Kids Culture 12.03.15
Gingerbread Houses
Families can work together to decorate gingerbread houses during four upcoming workshops at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. The museum will provide a variety of edible decorations for workshops on Saturday and Dec. 12 at 10 and 11 a.m.
The cost is $30 per house, which includes admission, or $20 per house for members. Reservations have been suggested. Due to space restrictions, the museum has asked that no more than two children work on each house. Those who are not able to fit a workshop into their schedules can reserve a gingerbread house kit and pick it up at the museum starting tomorrow.
Ready to Baby-Sit?
Future baby-sitters will have a chance on Saturday to learn what it takes to do the job well. A workshop for sixth through eighth graders will be held at the Montauk Library from 1 to 4 p.m. Kids who complete the course will get a certificate to prove they are ready for the responsibility of caring for younger children. Advance registration is required.
Mad Scientists Welcome
The Group for the East End will help second through sixth graders get in touch with their inner mad scientists on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Amagansett Library. Young scientists will make exploding lunch bags, milk rainbows, and experiment with dry ice. On Tuesday at the library, the same age group can practice some of the basics of computer coding at 4 p.m. Reservations are required for all programs.
Science and technology are also on the agenda at the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor and the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton this weekend. At SoFo, Melanie Meade will lead a program on wind energy for 3 to 5-year-olds and help them make their own wind-powered spinners. There is a $5 materials fee in addition to museum entry.
Aerodynamics and drag will be explored at John Jermain on Sunday as kids 7 and up make racecars using recycled materials and balloons. Advance registration is a must.
Melted Snowmen
The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton will lead 7 to 12-year-olds in a “melted snowman” ornament workshop on Tuesday at 4 p.m. At the East Hampton Library, also on Tuesday afternoon at 4, kids 4 and older can decorate holiday cupcakes.