things to do with kids Archives - Great Lakes Children's Museum

Join us for EGG-stravaganza!

March 10, 2023/by Great Lakes Children's Museum

Join us for EGG-stravaganza, a exploration of egg science and art! Friday, April 7th during all three sessions we will be exploring and learning about eggs at our special drop-in program.

How does a whole baby chick fit inside that tiny little egg? How can you tell the difference between a hardboiled egg and a raw egg without cracking into the shell? Visit our hands on science stations and see for yourself. Find out how to dye an egg shell with colors that swirl! Make an egg craft to take home.

Tickets are included in the price of admission; this program is an added experience that any Museum guest can drop into and out of during their time at the Great Lakes Children’s Museum.

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First Steps Science: EGG-strava-ganza!

New Year’s Countdown for Kids

November 17, 2022/by Great Lakes Children's Museum

GLCM’s New Year’s Countdown for Kids takes place on Saturday December 31, 2022 during All Sessions (9:30-11:30 / 12:00-2:00 / 2:30-4:30 pm)

This experience is FREE with Museum Admission ($8 for children and adults, free for members). Reservations Required! This event sells out!

Would you like to welcome in 2023 but can’t wait till midnight?

It’s midnight somewhere in the world! Countdown to 2023 with the Great Lakes Children’s Museum!

Watch the ball drop and make some noise! Fabulously fun New Year’s activities will take place all throughout each session.

The ball drop will happen ½ hour before each session ends. Activities will include decorating the ball, making noise makers and party hats and more!

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Merry Mystery Sasquatch Search

November 17, 2022/by Great Lakes Children's Museum

Join the Merry Mystery Sasquatch Search!

Monday December 26th – Friday December 30th, all sessions

This experience is FREE with Museum Admission ($8 for children and adults, free for members).

Ever wonder if Bigfoot exists? Can you imagine seeing a Sasquatch? Believe it or not, the Great Lakes Children’s Museum is conducting a Merry Mystery Sasquatch Search this holiday season. Come with curiosity. Use sasquatch science to investigate and explore the mystery of Bigfoot. Have some fantastic fun following and making your own footprints. Ask questions: “If bigfoot is out there, what would he eat, where would he hide, what does he sound like?”

Find the answers to all your sasquatch questions.

The science is in the searching.

Tickets will be available for purchase the week of December 19th

(each day goes on sale a week ahead of time)

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Boo Art Fest is back at the Great Lakes Children’s Museum!

September 22, 2022/by Great Lakes Children's Museum

Celebrate Halloween at the Great Lakes Children’s Museum’s 2nd annual Boo Art Fest! A Boo Art Fest is what you get when you mix Halloween with a boat load of orange and black paint and then add creative kids with squirt bottles, glue sticks, and paint brushes in hand. Come expecting to get messy! (You might want to save your costumes for Halloween night)

Painting the windows with a supersoaker at the 2021 Boo Art Fest.

Boo Art Fest takes place all day on Saturday, October 22nd. We will have three sessions to choose from, Morning (9:30-11:30), Noon (12:00-2:00), and Afternoon (2:30-4:30). Each session will have activities listed below – so get ready to take home some spooky arts and crafts!