The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum, 2 West 7th Street, is pleased to announce its programs for May.
The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum is open Monday through Saturday 10 am – 4 pm. For more information about these and additional programs, visit the-childrens-museum.org
CLASSES
Music Together
May 3, 10, 17, 24
10:15-11 AM
Register online: www.musictogetherofbloomsburg.com
Join Miss Kerry for this interactive music program.
Kids Culinary Corner: “May the Force be with you”
May 14
5-7 PM
Register online: https://bit.ly/bcm-kccmay24
Join Miss Madi as we learn to make oatmeal Wookie cookie sandwiches, Yoda guacamole, and Galaxy’s Edge blue milk! Recommended ages 6+. Adults are welcome.
Kids in the Kitchen: One Pot Wonders
MAY 15
5-6:30 PM
Register online: https://bit.ly/kikmay24
Cooking is chemistry, nutrition, measuring, microbiology, and problem solving! Join us and make your family Chicken Penne al Limone.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Kitties with Kiddies
May 4
9:30-10:15 AM
Register online: https://bit.ly/bcm-kitties24
We are excited to host this special story time with kittens from the Animal Resource Center. A themed craft is included. Space is limited. Parents and children need to register. Proceeds benefit the Animal Resource Center.
Lightstreet Dine to Donate
May 16th
6-8 PM
Do you need dinner plans? Do you want to help support a non-profit? Join the Friends of the Bloomsburg Children’s Museum at Lightstreet Hotel located at 1361 Main Street in the village of Lightstreet. The Museum will receive all bar tips and 10% of food sales (dine-in or take-out) from 6-8 PM on Thursday, May 16th. Join us for an evening of good food, live music from Todd Cummings, a 50/50 cash drawing and basket raffles! Don’t want to dine in? Don’t worry! Call in orders from 6-8 PM will also count! See you there!
2024 Junkyard Wars Family Challenge
May 11, 18
2:30 – 4 PM
Register Online: https://bit.ly/junk2024
It’s Junkyard Wars Children’s Museum style! Families compete to earn prizes in this fun competition. Families work with supplied materials and tools to create a kooky contraption to do a task. Will the task be to launch a ball, squirt water, hoist up a family member, or something else? Registered families will learn on the day of the competition what their challenge is! They will have one hour to engineer and build their creation before testing it. Free to register and participate. All participating families will receive event T-shirts.
The family that wins our event will be eligible to compete in the final competition with an all-new challenge at Milton Maker Space on May 13th from 2:30 – 4 PM with a chance of winning a $150 prize! Our winning family will compete against the winning families from the Lewisburg Children’s Museum and the Milton Maker Space in the final competition.
PROGRAMS
First Friday: National Space Day
May 3
10 AM – 7 PM
The museum will be open until 7 PM.
PreK: Wild Roots
May 7, 21
10 – 11 AM
Pre-K children come to explore the wild in this nature-based program. We will learn about animals, insects, birds, trees, and the world around us. We will read together, make a craft, and combine music and movement as we explore and play in nature! Included with admission.
$2 Tuesday
May 21
10 AM – 4 PM
On the third Tuesday of the month, there’s $2 admission all day! The Exchange will host hands-on Art Cart projects from 10 AM – 2 PM
HOMESCHOOL HANGOUTS
May 1
Dairy Day!
12-2 PM
Join us for this special edition of Homeschool Hangouts! We will be discovering the world of dairy farms in Pennsylvania. Learn about our adopted cow, Bretta! At 1:00, we will enjoy a virtual tour of Bretta’s home, Zahncroft Dairy. Our parent/child activities are designed to complement concepts taught in the homeschool curriculum, grades K-12. $5/per person admission for homeschooling families.
VISIT US OFF SITE
Degenstein Community Library
10:00 – 11:00 AM
The Green Free Library
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Tuesday, May 7th
Milton Public Library
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Central Columbia Elementary School Science Fair
5-7 PM
Thursday, May 9th
Priestly-Forsyth Memorial Library
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 11th
Knoxville Public Library
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Tuesday, May 14th
Berwick Teen Center
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Thursday, May 16th
Orangeville Public Library
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Monday, May 20th
Trinity Lutheran School
10:00 – 11:00 AM and 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Elkland Area Community Library
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Tuesday, May 21st
Trinity Lutheran School
10:00 – 11:00 AM and 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Shamokin Coal-Twp Library
6-7 PM
Thursday, May 23rd
Blossburg Memorial Library
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Montgomery House Library
6:00 – 7:00 PM
Tuesday, May 28th
Career Day at West Berwick Elementary School
9 AM – 2:30 PM
Mt Carmel Library
4:00 – 5:00 PM