Discover the incredible world of bugs! With games, activities, a touch table, and a live animal presentations. Families can encounter beetles, millipedes, spiders, butterflies, and more! Nature Play Day: Incredible Insects is an educational event created for families with children ages 2-8.
Hands-on activities, games, and learning opportunities are all leisurely designed so families can explore.
Activities include:
- Live Animal Presentations with the Museum of Life and Science
- Build a Bug Station: Create and build your made-up insect!
- Insect Touch Table: Discover Tiger Beetles, Blue Morpho Butterflies, Huntsman Spiders, and more! This is your chance to look up close at preserved insect specimens.
- Create a Fossil: Make a bug fossil using modeling dough.
- Camouflaged Bug Hunt: Can you spot all the sneaky insects hiding in the Garden?
- Games and Puzzles: Enjoy a selection of insect games and puzzles all available in the Children’s Pavilion
- Insect Actions Obstacle Course: Climb through the spider web, duck through the ant tunnel, flutter like a butterfly, and jump like a grasshopper!
Learning Benefits:
- Encourage outdoor play and nature exploration
- Learn through play with hands-on activities exploring flowers, pollinators, and seeds
- Learn at your own pace with interactive table stations and self-guided play
Location: Outdoors in the Children’s Garden
Included with regular garden admission or membership. No pre-registration is required.
