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Family Events and Activities
June
Rubber Duckie Day!
Play with all different shapes and sizes of rubber duckies
and make giant bubbles in the water works area. In the Art
Studio, children can create their own paper ducks with wings
and make a matching pair of wings for themselves. Stories
about bath time and rubber duckies will be featured in the
reading tent from 12p.m. – 1p.m.
Saturday June 7; 9:30-4:30
Sponsored by Wells Fargo
May
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Rocketship Returns - May 7
All month, enjoy special
art activities that bring out the astronaut in
everyone!
Six Weeks of Out-of-this-World
Art!
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May 1-7 Make and decorate 3-D
outer space goggles!
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May 8-14 Create a Nebula Mural
with oil and watercolor painting.
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May 15-21 Use salad spinners and
glittery materials to create cosmic art.
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May 22-28 Make and decorate your
own planet! Add it onto our Solar System hanging
sculpture.
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May 29-June 4 Make flying saucers
from recycled materials.
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June 5-11 Make alien masks with
glow in the dark stickers.
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Kodomo No Hi
Celebrate Kodomo no hi, a traditional Japanese event honoring
children. Decorate “koi-nobori” (carp shapes)
with tissue paper, string and shiny materials and see them
see them twirl around in the Wind Tunnel! Make “musha-ningyo”
or warrior dolls out of colorful fabrics and ribbons and enjoy
storytelling about Kodomo no hi from 11am-1pm.
May 3; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
8th Annual Early Childhood Safety Campaign
Car Seat Safety Check
Berkeley Police will thoroughly inspect and properly install
your car seat on the top level of the Allston Way Garage,
2061 Allston Way between Milvia and Shattuck, downtown Berkeley.
6’3” max. car height. Parking validated and free
museum pass to the museum are included.
Saturday, May 17; 10 am - 12 pm
Toxin Free Home
The Center of the Environmental Health identifies and helps
you eliminate common toxins from the home. Berkeley Public
Health Department will test your pottery, toys and kids’
lunch boxes for lead. (Bring to museum.)
Thursday, May 29; 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
The Early Childhood Safety Campaign is Generously Sponsored
by State Farm Insurance Companies
April
Habitot's
10th Anniversary Celebration
April 14 - 19
A "Week of the
Child” celebration of play and learning in honor
of Habitot’s 10th Birthday. See our gallery of
stories and pictures from Habitot’s first ten
years, 1998-2008!
All About Babies
Make hand and foot print impressions and
wash babies in our baby washing station.Scarves and
parachute games all day. Listen to stories about babies
from 12-1pm.
April 14; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
All About Me
Make and decorate large body drawings. Scarves
and parachute games all day. Listen to stories about
kids like you from 12-1pm.
April 15; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
All About My Family
Bring photos to create family books. Scarves
and parachute games all day. Listen to stories about
different kinds of families from 12-1pm.
April 16; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
All About My Neighborhood
Design a cornstarch clay “neighborhood landscape,”
wash miniature cars at the Car Wash, pretend shave at
the Barbershop, and stamp and send letters at the Post
Office. Listen to stories about people in the neighborhood
from 12-1pm.
April 17; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
All About My Pets
Enjoy Nick Barone’s puppet show of pets from 11
- 11:30 am. Meet adoptable animals from the Berkeley
- East Bay Humane Society's mobile pet adoption unit
from 12 - 1pm. Listen to stories about pets from 12
- 1 pm. From 1 - 4:30 pm make furry animal masks, have
your face painted like a dog or cat, and paint a “paw
print” mural.
April 18; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
All About Who I Want to Be
Come in costume as someone you would like
to be — an astronaut, a princess, a doctor, a
superhero! Plenty of Habitot costumes on hand for pretending.
Habitot’s 10th Birthday celebration begins at
11 am with Loveee the Clown with her tricks, magic and
more! Decorate a papermache birthday cake in the Art
Studio. Cupcakes on sale all day. Blow out the candles
on Habitot’s birthday cake and have a slice at
4 pm.
April 19; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Habitot Alumni Party
Thursday, April 17, 3-6 pm
For former Habitot tots, 5-15
years old, and their families, come for a nostalgic
look back, see a retrospective of Habitot memories over
the past ten years on display, and enjoy some birthday
cake. Contribute to the "Memory Project" display
by submitting photos, stories, drawings, or other artwork
by April 11. All submissions will be returned. For more
information, email 10thbdaymemoryproject@gmail.com |
Earth Day
Parents and children help decorate our Giant Earth sculpture
using a unique assortment of recycled materials. Make a statement
about saving the environment while using trash to make art!
April 22; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
April Storytimes
Enjoy storytelling every Friday from 12:00 pm -
1:00 pm in the Multicultural Reading Tent.
- April 04 - Camping and Hiking
- April 11 - Mother Earth
- April 18 - Happy Birthday
- April 25 - Outer Space Adventure
March
Shamrock Day
Dress in green! Make Shamrock collages in the Art Studio and
join our popular Hunt for Gold at 10am, 11am, and 12pm. You
might even see a leprechaun!
March 18; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Persian New Year, Norouz
Persian New Year or Norouz is traditionally celebrated in
Iran, Afghanistan and other middle eastern regions and features
springtime rituals such as egg painting, food, storytelling
and dancing. Children and families visiting Habitot today
will dance in traditional satin scarves, plant “sabzeh”
wheatgrass and paint "tokhme-morgh" eggs, symbolically
bringing fresh life to a new year.
March 20; 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Egg Days in the Art Studio
Fill and decorate colorful eggs, the traditional symbol of
spring. Small baskets of living grass will be on sale all
day while supplies last. Take advantage of special "Make-a-Plate"
sessions to be offered on these days in anticipation of gifts
for Mother's and Father's Day (fee applies).
March 21; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
March 22; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
March Storytimes
Enjoy storytelling every Friday from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm in
the Multicultural Reading Tent.
- March 07 - Rhymes and Rhythm
- March 14 - New Things Growing
- March 21 - Persian New Year
- March 28 - Baby Animals
February
Groundhog Day
Make groundhog masks and puppets out of paper in the Art Studio
and put on a puppet show in our shadowbox theater. Visit our
Dramatic Arts Studio and use face paint to transform your
little ones into groundhogs and let them burrow like a groundhog
in our Wiggle Wall. Beginning crawlers can also get in on
the fun in our Infant Toddler Garden. Listen to storytelling
from 12-1pm.
February 2; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Lunar New Year
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Dragon Parades
at 11 am, 1, 2 and 4 pm. Enjoy storytelling with Asian themes
in the Multicultural Reading Tent from 12 to 1 pm. All day
in the Art Studio, make character scrolls using special calligraphy
brushes and black inks. Decorate your own shadow puppet using
stamps, stickers and other fun materials and use them in our
Shadow Puppet Theater! Sample traditional dried fruits on
our harmony table.
February 9; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Week of Valentine's
Create hand made cards for your family and friends using recycled
materials all week at Habitot. Add your special artistic touch
to a large heart sculpture. Bring in any valentine-making
art supplies, such as cardstock, stickers, doilies, tissue
paper, yarn, fabric or glitter to use and share, and receive
a free adult admission pass with love from Habitot.
February 8 - 9; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
February 12 - 14; 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Habitot is Open Presidents' Day
Enjoy Winter inspired art activities all day in the Art Studio
and discover featured family books in our Multicultural Reading
Tent.
February 18, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
January
Union Bank of California Free Family
Nights
Enjoy free admission every Thursday evening in January
Thursday evenings, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Free Family Nights are generously sponsored by Union
Bank of California
Confetti Arts Week
Scoop up the leftover confetti from New Year's Eve celebrations into polka-dot collages in the Art Studio. Play with streamers in the Wind Tunnel and watch confetti fly around you. Enjoy storytelling on Friday and Saturday about ringing in the new year.
January 2 - January 5
A Day with the Dentist
Visit the tooth fairy, play toothbrush limbo, and go on a dental scavenger hunt! Visitors from Dr. Matsuishi's office will share information about how to keep children's teeth healthy from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and give each child a special goodie bag to help! Make and decorate a giant toothbrush in the Art Studio. Listen to stories from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm and sample Wateroos, the newest boxed water for toddlers!
January 18; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Let It Snow!
Make snow and conduct ice experiments in the Art Studio. Build an igloo and be a polar bear while wearing your own polar bear mask. Visit the snowstorm in the Wind Tunnel and enjoy a cool, tasty treat in the afternoon. Enjoy winter storytelling from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.
January 23; 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
FREE Admission Day generously sponsored by Wells Fargo
2008 Storytimes
Enjoy storytelling every Friday from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm in the Multicultural Reading Tent.
- Jan. 04 - Ring in the New Year!
- Jan. 11 - The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Jan. 18 - Healthy Kids
- Jan. 25 - Snow Stories
Play Around the Bay Symposium -
SOLD OUT
Keynote speaker Penny Wilson, renown Playworker from the UK,
and a panel of local and national experts will discuss the
dramatic decline in children's play. View one of the first
public showings of 'Where Do the Children Play?', a documentary
film originated by Elizabeth Goodenough and produced by Michigan
(PBS) Television. Showings will take place at the symposium.
The film illuminates the social and technological trends that
are working against free play and offers rich insights into
the nature and power of play.
Call (510) 647-1111 x35 to register.
January 26; 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
**Times and performances subject to change
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