Earth Week and Vacation Week Events
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Earth Week and Break from schools coincide this year. It’s good luck because a few venues are putting on events to celebrate Earth Week that will keep you and your kids entertained…..
Still Hip Brooklyn in Clinton Hill is hosting the following events:
Tuesday, April 22
10-5 | Clothing Recycling | FREE
Still Hip will have recycling bins, provided by
Wearable Collections in front of the store for you to dispose of your
goods.
NOON | Baby Wearing & Cloth Diapering Workshop | FREE*
Megan Davidson will bring with a whole collection of
carriers, ready to answer your baby wearing questions and make sure you
have a carrier that works for you. She will aslo fill you in on the advantages of
cloth diapering. See how easy, and inexpensive, it really is!
Yogi Babies Save the Trees | FREE*
Move and stretch
together, sing songs and bond while giving back to Mother Earth.
3:30 | Tree Pose Kids Yoga FUNdraiser | FREE*
To register contact Kate at 646.413.3102
April 23
10:00 | Let’s Dance Brooklyn | FREE*
Birch takes this class at 21 months and LOVES it. I highly recommend checking this free class out. To register go to letsdancebklyn.com
Friday, April 25
10:00 | Junk Printmaking Workshop | FREE*
Young
artists, age 2-4, will use recycled materials for a relief printmaking
activity. Feel free to bring any toilet paper or paper towel rolls, old
dry sponges, wine corks, slightly used cardboard cup protectors and
corrugated cardboard scraps.
11:00 | Recycled Robots Workshop | FREE*
Young
artists age 5-7 will use recycled materials to create their own robots.
Feel free to bring old cereal boxes, small cardboard boxes, toilet
paper and paper towel rolls, corrugated cardboard, etc. To register go
to
Saturday, April 26
2:00 | Tot Garden Project | $12 materials fee
Join Raymond from Earthly Horizons Floral Designs to
build your child’s personal garden. (Earthly Horizons is a new floral shop owned by a local dad and I can attest to his wonderful boquets that I have seen grace Still Hip’s countertop). Each child will be given their own
6" clay pot with saucer and a choice of spider mum, African violet or
pink polka dot to plant.
Sunday, April 27
1-3 | Adult Clothing Swap | $5/10
Put your clohtes in a bag marked, Still Hip Mom’s Sale & Swap.
Bring your stain-free and washed clothes to Still Hip on Saturday,
April 26th, from 1 to 5pm and come back on Sunday to make your swap! If
you’ve made a contribution to the Swap & Sale, you’ll pay a $5
admission fee. Should you choose to only augment your closets, you’ll
pay a mere $10 to shop away without guilt.
* In lieu of class fees Still Hip will be collecting donations for The Society for Clinton Hill
Still Hip
www.stillhipbrooklyn.com
[email protected]
283 Grand Ave (btw. Lafayette and Greene)
Brooklyn, NY (Clinton Hill)
718-398-0008
The Children’s Museum of Art is hosting these earth week activities:
Wednesday, April 23: Recycled Bag Hero Capes
Bring in those plastic bags and create a super hero cape out of it. Ages 3+
Thursday, April 24: Wild Sea Creatures from Recycled Materials
In honor of Earth on Friday you will be turning trash into a new
treasure. Ages 3+
Friday, April 25: Earth Day Earth Models
Create your earth model using tissue paper collage and recycled materials. All ages.
Children’s Museum of the Arts
182 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10013
Tel 212.274.0986 Fax 212.274.1776
www.cmany.org
The Salt Marsh Alliance is having Kids Week- Earth Week. It is open to kids 12 years and younger. FREE. All materials will be provided.
Monday, April 21 at 1 pm: Art and Craft of Flight
Discover how animals fly and crate your own animal of flight.
Tuesday, April 22 at 1 pm: Critter Crafts
Create critters of your own design.
Wednesday April 23 at 1 pm: Owl Food
Dissect an owl pellet and see what the owl ate for dinner
Thursday April 24 at 1 pm: Animal Tracks
Make your own animal tracks guide and then go on a hike
Friday, April 24 at 1 pm: Who Likes Herbs?
Create a window sill herb garden
Salt Marsh Nature Center
3302 Avenue U,
Brooklyn NY
