Kids Culture 12.24.15
SoulGrow Hits Gurney’s
Camp SoulGrow will team up with Gurney’s Resort and Seawater Spa next week to offer kids 7 and older five days of activities inside and out. Swimming is on the schedule Monday. Tuesday brings baking with a Gurney’s baker. Fitness with the camp’s founder, London Rosiere, is on tap for Wednesday, and skating at the resort’s outdoor rink will be offered next Thursday. On Friday, Jan. 1, kids will have the chance to take part in or help out at Gurney’s polar bear plunge, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
All other programs begin at 11:30 and run for an hour and a half. Advance registration is required online at campsoulgrow.org. There is a suggested donation of $10 per program.
Art for the Break
Kids 4 and older can keep busy with a series of art workshops Monday through next Thursday at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. Students will focus on landscape painting on Monday, on collage and mixed-media work on Tuesday, portraits on Wednesday, and 3-D still lifes next Thursday.
Sessions for ages 4 to 7 will be from 10 a.m. to noon. Those for kids 7 and older will run from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $40 per session, $30 for members. Advance registration is required. Wednesday’s afternoon session for older children is sold out, but some space may be available to those on a wait list.
Calling Calder
Mobiles, puppets, and snow globes are on the schedule for kids 4 and up next week at the East Hampton Library. Children will look to the work of Alexander Calder for inspiration in a mobile-making workshop on Monday at 1 p.m. On Tuesday at 2 p.m. they can make felt hand puppets and put on a puppet show. They will make a snowy scene inside a globe on Wednesday, also at 2 p.m. Advance registration has been requested for all programs.
Lego League, Barbie Bunch
At the John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, kids 5 to 12 can join in a Lego League on Monday from 11 a.m. to noon, and those 3 to 9 can be part of the Barbie Bunch on Tuesday at 11. A short New Year’s Eve party for all ages next Thursday at 11:30 will offer games, dancing, goodies, and a classic countdown, this one to noon as opposed to midnight.
Puppet Circus
The Tanglewood Marionettes will present “The Family Circus,” a puppet show featuring more than 20 handmade characters, on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. This Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre presentation has a run time of 40 minutes. Tickets cost $15 and can be purchased at the Bay Street box office.
Now, Two Ball Drops
Sunday is Waffle Day at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. Kids will make their own brunch from 10 to 11 a.m. The cost is $20 including admission, $7 for members.
The museum’s annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop has become so popular that this year there are two sessions next Thursday — one from 10 a.m. to noon and a second from 1 to 3 p.m. The party features an explosion of confetti and a countdown. Entry is $10, but members get in free. Advance reservations are a must.