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Long Island Kids' Activities April 21 and 22: Earth Day Festivals and Celebrations Galore, Kids Day, and Kids Kloset Sale
(Photo courtesy of Garden City Bird Sanctuary)
Long Island is celebrating Earth Day this weekend in a big way! Hopefully the weather holds out for the outdoor events, but either way, there are lots of activities going on this weekend, including many free ones, to entertain the family with. There's an EcoCarnival at the Seatuck Environmental Center, a festival at the Rolling River Day Camp in Oceanside, and a festival in Islip, just to name a few. Plus several local museums are offering Earth Day programs for kids. It's also Kids' Day at Stony Brook University, and the Kids Kloset consignment sale is back on Long Island.
Happy Earth Day!
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Saturday:
3rd Annual EcoCarnival
Seatuck Environmental Center
Islip
10:00am - 4:00pm
Free
The 3rd Annual EcoCarnival has fun activities in store for the whole family! Kids will enjoy a rock-climbing wall, face painting, wildlife origami, haiku poem writing, live animal exhibits, storytellers, worm boxes, and insect hunts! The whole family will enjoy live music and a food court featuring eats from local resturants, nature stations, Green Business Expo, raffles, and more await!
Glen Cove
10:30am - 3:00pm
Children ages 5–12 $2, adults $3, + $5 materials fee
Garvies Point Museum hosts a craft activity for kids every Saturday, and this week it will celebrate Earth Day 2012. Kids will reuse some recycled paper and create beautiful new creations.
Rolling River Rock-the-River Spring Festival and Fundraiser
Rolling River Day Camp
Oceanside
11:00am - 3:00pm
Free admission, $3 per-ride ticket, $10 unlimited-ride bracelet
Open to the entire community, this family-friendly spring festival features carnival rides, games, an interactive crafts fair, playgrounds, tumbling center, music, face painting, sponsor giveaways, arts and crafts, and more. All proceeds benefit the Campmates Program, Rolling River’s camp scholarship fund that provides complimentary camperships to local children from Peninsula Counseling Center.
22nd Annual Town of Islip Earth Day Festival
Gillette Park
Sayville
11:00am - 4:00pm
Free
There are many unique activities on the agenda at the 22nd Annual Town of Islip’s Earth Day Festival. Repurpose an old light-colored T-shirt into a cool new tie-dyed shirt for just $2 or buy a new one on site for $5. Children in grades K–6 can transplant White Pine and Pitch Pine seedlings with the Sayville High School SWEEP Club.The seedlings can later be replanted at a location of your choosing. And more. Plus there will be a free bounce house, face painting, live performers, animal exhibitions, and Earth-friendly vendors and exhibitors. Rain date is scheduled for April 22nd.
Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
1:00pm
$14, $22
Featuring evocative music, stunning visual effects, and innovative puppetry, this triple bill highlights three of Eric Carle's most beloved tales.
Deer Park Community Center
Saturday: 9am to 5pm; Sunday: 9am to 2pm
The Kids Kloset Consignment Sale is Long Island's premier consignment event, featuring more than 35,000 quality new and gently used items for kids—a one-stop shopping experience for everything kid-related. You will find everything from clothing from newborn to junior sizes, toys, books, DVDs, video games, room decor, furniture, shoes and accessories...every conceivable type of baby equipment and everything and anything for babies and kids. CASH AND ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED.
LaValle Stadium
Stony Brook University
10:00am - 5:00pm
Free
The Summer Camps at Stony Brook University and Stony Brook Athletics will be hosting its 1st Annual Kids Day on Sunday, April 22nd, from 10am to 5pm. We will have a kids area set up next to LaValle Stadium filled with inflatables, music, vendors, magicians, and many more exciting activities! This event will run in conjunction with an exciting day of Seawolves sports actions: At 11am Stony Brook Softball vs. Maine. At 12pm Stony Brook Baseball vs. Hartford. At 2pm Stony Brook Football's Spring Game. At 3 pm Stony Brook Baseball vs. Hartford.
Vanderbilt Museum
Centerport
11:00am - 12:30pm
Members $16, nonmembers $20
Kids will learn to reuse a soda bottle to make a planter that resembles a bottlenose dolphin. They will then add dirt and seeds and learn how to care for their new creations as they watch their seeds grow at home. Children must be accompanied by one adult.
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
12:00pm
Kids will have the opportunity to create three recycled craft projects all made from bottles! Half of a plastic soda bottle will be reused and turned into a colorful painted fish. Kids will use the other half of bottle as a planter, and the bottle cap will be reused and crafted into a jellyfish. Parents, bring an empty 2-liter plastic bottle with cap.
