Kids Culture 12.04.14
Gingerbread Story at CMEE
The smell of gingerbread will be in the air at the Children’s Museum of the East End this weekend. Tomorrow, during the museum’s monthly Pizza and Pajama Night, kids will listen to “Maisy Makes Gingerbread” by Lucy Cousins and then learn how to make it themselves. The program is $10, free for members. Reservations are also being taken for gingerbread house decorating workshops on Saturday and Dec. 13 at 10 and 11 a.m. The cost is $30 per house, $20 for members. (Houses are built in advance.)
Global Holidays in Song
Robin Greenstein and Stuart Marcus will sing songs in half a dozen languages to celebrate almost as many winter holidays during a family concert at the Amagansett Library on Saturday at 2 p.m. Audience participation will be encouraged, and percussion instruments will be provided. The library has requested advance registration.
Hands-On at the Library
It will be all holidays all the time at the East Hampton Library this week, with a bookmaking workshop thrown in the mix to give kids a chance to make a gift with their own hands. There’s a story time and craft session on Tuesday at 4 p.m. for ages 4 to 6 and a snowman craft workshop on Wednesday at 4 for kids 4 and up. Miss Lori will sing songs of the season with little ones up to age 3 on Friday, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m., and at 3:30 p.m. that day, children 4 and older can try their hands at accordion books, pop-ups, and more from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Advanced registration is requested for all programs.
Fold, Tape, and Paddle at the Y
A cardboard boat regatta for families at the Y.M.C.A.-East Hampton RECenter tomorrow night at 6:30 will have teams of three to six people building and attempting to paddle boats made only from cardboard and duct tape.
Materials, as well as pizza, will be supplied by the Y. Boats, which must have four sides and a bottom, are to be constructed at the event, but can be planned out in advance. And here’s a wrinkle: No cutting tools will be allowed. When the boat-building is done, each team will designate a member to try to paddle it from one end of the pool to the other. Teams can register with Norma Bushman by phone at the RECenter or by emailing [email protected].
On Sunday, the children in the Y.M.C.A.’s cultural arts classes will present “A Trip to the North Pole” in the East Hampton High School auditorium at 2 p.m. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased in advance at the Y or at the door.
Web of Life
“Did you know that there is a chain connecting you to a worm?” the South Fork Natural History Museum asks. Young scientists 6 to 10 years old can explore the surprising connections found in the food web during a program at the museum on Saturday at 10 a.m. with Crystal Possehl. Participants will help lay out a food web connecting the living things on the South Fork and will finish by dissecting an owl pellet to find out what owls eat. The program carries a $6 materials fee; admission to the museum for nonmember children 3 to 12 is $5. Reservations are required.
“Angelina” Readerina
Katharine Holabird, the creator of the “Angelina Ballerina” series about the adventures of a dancing mouse girl and her friends, will read from one of her books on Saturday at 11 a.m. at BookHampton in East Hampton. Tutus are not required, but will be welcomed. Also on Saturday, at 10:30 a.m., Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor will host a holiday story time for kids 4 and older.