Teens are invited to a fun, hands-on cooking class with cookbook author Anna Tourkakis.
Participants will prepare and then enjoy a delicious and healthy dinner featuring: Greens with Black Grapes and Farmers Cheese, Vegetarian Quesadillas, and Caramelized Apple Slices with Ginger and Chocolate Drizzle.
Come to Wenham Museum dressed in your holiday finery and help sugar coat a group gingerbread house with Fancy Nancy's swanky neighbor Mrs. Devine. Be inspired by the museum's Gingerbread Express featuring a holiday train traveling through a candy-covered gingerbread village. Appropriate for children ages 4+.
All ages are welcome for two days of public buoy painting at Cape Ann Art Haven ! Bring your inner artist and paint a buoy for use as decoration on the Gloucester Lobster Trap Buoy Tree. Buoys will be on display throughout the Holiday season, and then they'll be auctioned off in January at Art Haven's Annual Buoy Auction Fundraiser!
Bring home your very own Gingerbread House creation! Creative chefs will love the endless decorating options—from frosted candy roofs and pretzel picket fences to tootsie roll campfires and marshmallow snowmen. Enjoy lunch, cheerful holiday tunes and tips from Baker Jim!
You do not have access to view this node teams up with the Essex County Greenbelt Association to celebrate Halloween with spooky fun on the farm for the whole family! Costumes are optional, but strongly encouraged because there will be a costume parade!
Bring the family for some spooky fun on the farm. Scheduled events include:
Come to Lynn for some spoooktacular fun in Central Square! Lynn Arts, Inc. will have their annual FREE Haunted House, with goody bags for those brave enough to enter! There will be art activities for the kids (while supplies last) hosted by EXTRAS for Creative Learning in Lynn Museum and Historical Society.
The historic White-Ellery House will serve as the backdrop for the Cape Ann Museum’s fall festival. Historic demonstrations include decoy carving with Bob Brophy; needlepoint design with Carol Karlson; traditional rug making with Rose Ann Hunter; hand woven design with Sara Wright; and wool spinning with Leslie Wind. Children will have a chance to try their hand at making spoon dolls and other traditional toys and games.
The second Saturday of every month is free for families with school-aged children. Families are invited to the Activity Center to participate in art, history, and cultural activities, and explore the museum using a Seek and Find. Each month has a different theme, from exhibitions to special celebrations. With September 2013's theme 'Four Winds' families are invited to the Children's Activity Center to participate in themed art, history and cultural activities that explores the Gloucester's Rocky Neck Art Colony, its artists and sculptors. This program is free and open to the public.
Come enjoy a day of painting with the family alongside artist David Daykin! Everything needed to paint your own masterpiece will be provided for this fun day! All ages are welcome and there is no experience necessary. Seats are limited.
Teens and Tweens: Looking for a place to hang out after your half day of school? Head to the library for some crafting and snacking! We’ll be making pins and magnets out of bottle caps. Drop by the Children's Activity Room any time between 2:00 and 3:30 pm. Stop by for a bit, or stay the whole time.
