Kids Culture 12.18.14
Part Nutcracker, Part Grinch
The young dancers of Studio 3 in Bridgehampton will present “Mixed Nuts,” a production that is part “The Nutcracker,” part “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” tomorrow and Saturday at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. The show includes ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, and other dance forms in an original holiday story with classic Christmas characters.
Performances are tomorrow at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 for children under 10 and senior citizens. They can be purchased at the door.
Vacation Camps and Workshops
Working parents who don’t have two weeks off for the holiday break like their kids do or those who just want to get the little ones out of the house over the long school break will find vacation camps and holiday-break workshops at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton, the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, Hampton Kids in East Hampton, and the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. Advance registration is required for all, because some will not run without sufficient enrollment and others will fill up quickly.
At the Y.M.C.A. in East Hampton, a full-day camp running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. will be offered for 5 to 12-year-olds on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Dec. 26, and again on Dec. 29, Dec. 30, and Jan. 2. The cost is $65 per day, per child, with discounts for additional days. All six sessions cost $355 per child. Camp forms are available on the Y’s website or at the center and must be filled out in advance of attendance.
At Hampton Kids on Daniel’s Hole Road, a kids club for ages 2 to 12 will be offered starting Monday and continuing every day through Jan. 2 with the exception of Christmas and New Year’s. Parents can enroll children in a half day from 9 a.m. to noon or from noon to 3 p.m., or a full day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program will be offered only in the morning on Saturday and Sunday. The cost is $100 per day including snacks, lunch, tokens, and use of the bounce house. A half day costs $40. Members pay $70 or $30. Siblings will receive a 10-percent discount.
At CMEE, a kids club for 4 to 6-year-olds will be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, Dec. 26, from 9:30 a.m. to noon, and again at the same time on Dec. 29 and 30 and Jan. 2. This drop-off program will include circle time, arts and crafts, science or cooking, snack time, and a story time. The cost is $55 per day or $45 for members and includes admission to the museum.
At the Parrish Art Museum, where classes always fill up quickly, there will be art workshops Dec. 29 through 31. Sessions for kids 4 to 6 will run from 10 a.m. to noon, and those for kids 7 and older will be from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $40, $30 for museum members.
Also at CMEE, kids 2 to 6 can make snow globes on Saturday at 10 a.m. following a reading of Wong Herbert Yee’s “Tracks in the Snow.” The workshop costs $20, $15 for members.
“How Santa Got His Job”
At the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre in Sag Harbor on Saturday, Nappy’s Puppets will present “How Santa Got His Job,” a show about all the things young Santa tried before he finally landed the job he has today. Shows are at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. and cost $12, $10 for members and grandparents, and $8 for children under 3 or each additional child.
Crafts, Crafts, Crafts
Snow, togetherness, giving, gingerbread. Programs at local libraries will focus on the things that make this time of year what it is.
At the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, kids can drop in all day tomorrow and Saturday to make handprint crafts. On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, the library will have all the materials needed for holiday gift labels.
Snow globes are on the agenda during a family program at the Amagansett Library on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. On Sunday at 2 p.m., kids in kindergarten through third grade can make a bead craft ornament to help them ring in the new year. The library will show the film “Mary Poppins” on Friday, Dec. 26, at 2 p.m. Snacks will be provided.
Children 4 and older will make poster collages about family and friends on Monday from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the East Hampton Library. On Friday, Dec. 26, from 2 to 3 p.m., they’ll mix and measure to make a gingerbread treat they can bake at home.