Kids Culture 12.08.16

Magic and Magnets

The Amagansett Library has invited fifth through eighth graders to play or learn to play the game Magic the Gathering on Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. 

Kids 8 to 12 who are looking for the right gift for a family member or friend could make it themselves during a magnet picture frame workshop on Monday from 3:30 to 4:30 at the library. Advance registration is requested for both programs. 

Sundaes on Sunday

Camp SoulGrow and John’s Drive-In in Montauk will team up on Sunday to offer an afternoon of window painting and ice cream sundaes for kids 7 and up. The fun is free, but registration is requested in advance by emailing [email protected]. 

“Water Princess”

The book “Water Princess” will come to life during story time with its author, Susan Verde, at BookHampton on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Ms. Verde’s picture book is based on the childhood story of Georgie Badiel, a supermodel, and tells of a young girl from an African village who walks a long way every day to bring water to her family.

Wreaths, Writing, Bath Bombs

Holidays go hand-in-hand with glitter, and kids ages 4 and up will have plenty of glittery materials to use in making festive wreaths at the East Hampton Library tomorrow from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. On Saturday teens will get crafty decorating coffee mugs with nail polish from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. For creative high school students, the library has planned a teen writing and drawing group on Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m., when they can exchange ideas and work from writing prompts. Teens have been invited to make origami ornaments for the first Christmas tree in the new young adult room on Monday from 4 to 5:30 p.m.  Students in grades six through eight can make their own fizzy bath bombs, perfect for holiday gifts or to keep for themselves, on Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. Next Thursday, the advanced dancers of the Creative Dance Center will perform the “Santa’s Workshop” ballet, from 4 to 5 p.m. The show is for ages 3 and up and is free.  The library will also host an all-ages reading of Billy Baldwin’s latest book, “The Cookie that Saved Christmas,” complete with a Christmas cookie decorating activity, on Friday, Dec. 16, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Later that day, high school students are invited to the library after hours to watch “Home Alone” at 5 p.m. 

Winter Basketball

The East Hampton Town Parks and Recreation Department is running Saturday basketball sessions for kids in kindergarten through eighth grades at the John M. Marshall Elementary and Amagansett Schools. 

At John Marshall third and fourth graders will play from 8:30 to 10 a.m., fifth and sixth graders play from 10 to 11:30 a.m., and seventh and eighth graders have the gym from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. At the Amagansett School kindergarten and first will play from 10 to 11 a.m., second graders play from 11 a.m. to noon, and a session for third through eighth grade girls will be held from noon to 1 p.m. The program runs Saturdays through March 4, with some days off during school holidays. The cost is $45 per child and registration can be done at the Parks and Recreation Department behind Town Hall or at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center.

Gifts and More

Children in kindergarten and up have been invited to the Montauk Library on Saturday from 2 to 3 p.m. to make handmade holiday gifts, including painted nutcrackers, gifts-in-a-jar, or a beach-themed holiday ornament. Registration is required because space is limited. The library will also screen the holiday movie “The Polar Express” on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Popcorn and other refreshments will be served.

For the Birds

At the South Fork Natural History Museum, families will use seeds, suet, and dried fruit, to make bird-friendly tree decorations on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Take a shoebox to transport the ornaments home. There is a $3 materials fee per child, and advance registration is requested.