Open Wed–Sun, 9 am–4 pm • Free Thur nights, 4 pm–8 pm • Get museum tickets
Open Wed–Sun, 9 am–4 pm • Free Thur nights, 4 pm–8 pm • Get museum tickets
February 15, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Decorate wooden clothespins to mimic your favorite animal! Imagine what they’d eat and sounds they would make.
This event is free with general museum admission. Image credit: Delia Randall
February 8, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Create a pet rock for Valentine’s Day! Make a sweet gift for a friend, or a cute companion that’s all your own.
This event is free with general museum admission. Image credit: Maggy Woodley
January 18, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Get creative and design a collaborative wintery scene. Move animal figures through the snow and identify their tracks!
This event is free with general museum admission.
January 25, 2024 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Use beginner sewing skills to create miniature versions of your favorite animals!
Photo credit: Nomita Vaish-Taylor
January 14, 2024 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Pick out and plant a succulent, then bring your plant buddy home in a pot from our Clay Day program.
This event is free with general museum admission.
January 13, 2024 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Pick out and plant your own succulent, then bring your plant buddy home in a pot from our Clay Day program.
This event is free with general museum admission.
December 7, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Bring nature indoors for the holidays! Channel your creativity and holiday spirit to make snowflake decorations with sticks and twigs.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Photo credit: Christine Cook
December 28, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Transform a paper cup into a snowman planter! Plant wheatgrass seeds, take it home, and enjoy watching the plants grow.
This event is free with general museum admission.
Photo credit: Amanda Eldridge
December 14, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Bring nature indoors for the holidays! Channel your creativity and holiday spirit to make ornaments from pressed plants.
This event is free with general museum admission.
by Joyce Hemphill
Celebrate spring with a family walk. Enjoy the colors and sounds as they unfold with the increasingly warmer weather. As you walk challenge one another to a Number Hunt. As the saying goes, “The family that plays together, stays together.”
Number Hunt can be played anywhere and it doesn’t require any additional supplies. To play, carefully look at your surroundings and find one of something. The first person to shout it out earns one point. For example, “I see one dog!” Next, look for two of something, such as “I see two brown birds at the feeder!” Now search for a quantity of three … and so on. At the end of the walk the person who has earned the most points gets to choose the next game or activity.
A sister game to Number Hunt is Numeral Hunt. The object of this game is to find the numerals starting with zero or one, your choice.
For more nature ideas, visit our friends at NatureNet.org.
Nature Mondays is part of MCM at Home. Follow us on social media for more tips, games, crafts, and ideas to learn through play at home.
