March into wellness all month long at CMOM. Use art and imaginative play to understand the value of wellness and how it's linked to health from our heads to our toes, minds, and bones. Celebrate Women's History Month and commemorate pioneering figures in science, technology, arts and design, and mathematics. 

Inside Me, Outside Me
Create a 3D mask that shows who you are inside and out. Learn about the word "prejudice" and how we can work to see each other's true selves, helping kids understand the complex issues related to prejudice and stereotypes.
Wednesday – Friday, March 1 – 3 | Inside Art

Meaningful Mindful Marvelous Mirror
Research shows that children who speak positively to and about themselves struggle less with handling conflicts and outside pressures. Make a self-affirming mirror designed to strengthen self-esteem.
Wednesday – Friday, March 1 - 3 | Makerspace

That's My Name! Name Plates
Make a personalized nameplate out of bendable wax to hang up proudly. Find inspiration in the children's book, Alma and How She Got Her Name, a story for kids who may be curious about the origins of their names.
Wednesday – Friday, March 1 - 3 | PlayWorks

Empowered Embraces
Send a hug to a woman you are thankful to have in your life by tracing a hug of yourself and a message of gratitude!
Tuesday – Friday, March 7 - 10 | PlayWorks

Career Cup Creations
You can be anything! Collage, doodle and paste your favorite job uniforms onto a mini-version of you on a spinning cup. Spin and reveal your potential!
Tuesday – Friday, March 7- 10 | Inside Art

Origami Marvels
Brazil-based Japanese Origami Designer Yara Yagi makes sculpture models in a "wet folding style." Celebrate International Women's Day by making an origami design for an impactful woman in your life.
Tuesday – Friday, March7 - 10 | Makerspace

Pillow Pals
Do you have a favorite blanket, stuffy, or pillow to cuddle with before a night's sleep? Learn why rest is essential and create your own pillow pal for your next nap!
Tuesday – Friday, March 14 - 17 | Makerspace

Shadow Puppets
Visit CMOM's puppet theatre to make shadow puppets to tell fun stories with light. Movement-based activities root children in the present, help them think about how their bodies work, and allow for periods of activity followed by periods of calm.
Tuesday – Friday, March 14-17 | PlayWorks

Super Secret Sleeptime Stories
Telling stories before bed helps build healthy bedtime routines. Healthy routines lead to consistent bedtimes and healthy sleep. Design your own bedtime tale by making magical art that tells a story you can shine a magic light on.
Tuesday – Friday, March 14- 17 | Inside Art

Calming Fidget Bracelets
Fidgets give us a way of keeping our hands busy, which helps us to calm down, improve our focus, and reduce restlessness! Use found objects and upcycle toys to make a fidget of your own design.
Tuesday – Friday, March 21 - 24 | Makerspace

Feelings in Jar
Learn about different emotions using various art materials to fill up and decorate a jar that allows you to share your feelings!
Tuesday – Friday, March 21 – 24 | Inside Art

Express Yourself: Puppet Making
It's okay to feel big feelings! What feelings do you feel throughout the day? Learn about emotions and how they make your body by creating an expressive puppet!
Tuesday – Friday, March 21-24 | PlayWorks

Animals Make Us Human
Inspired by Dr. Temple Grandin, a prominent author, and speaker on autism and animal behavior, kids identify empathy and create "empathy environments" for some favorite creatures.
Tuesday – Friday, March 28 – 31 | PlayWorks

CMOM'S Sensory Puzzle Community Wall
Design a sensory pad puzzle piece and add to CMOM's sensory puzzle wall inspired by "Tangible Symbol Cards" by Adaptive Design!
Tuesday – Friday, March 28 – 31 | Inside Art

My Safe Space
Use different art materials to make a "safe space" kit to rest your worries, thoughts, and any worries.
Tuesday – Friday, March 28 – 31 | Makerspace

Wonder Women in Science

One Woman Insect Bureau: Entomologist Sophie Lutterlough
Entomology is the scientific study of insects. Sculpt teeny-tiny critters inspired by the work of Entomologist Sophie Lutterlough, whose expertise in insects earned her the title of "one woman insect bureau."
Saturday & Sunday, March 4 & 5 | Inside Art

Beautiful Bug Habitat
"Bugout" as you take inspiration from entomologist Sophie Lutterlough to create a 3D habitat using your favorite creepy crawlies' patterns, colors, and textures.
Saturday & Sunday, March 4 & 5 | Makerspace

Bug Hunt Sensory Bin
Calling all tiny entomologists! Search for bugs hidden among the wildflowers. Catch and examine them using a net, magnifying glass, and bucket.
Saturday & Sunday, March 4 & 5 | PlayWorks

Interactive Storytime: I Spy Backyard Bugs
Learn the ABCs with the help of little creepy crawlies in the book I Spy Backyard Bugs by Alek Malkovich. Recognize letters and relate them to bugs you know!
Saturday & Sunday, March 4 & 5 | PlayWorks

Wonder Women in Technology

Hidden Figures: Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson
Mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson worked as "human computers." They helped NASA launch an astronaut into orbit around the Earth! Learn more about their work and design beaded bracelets in binary code, the number-based language of computers.
Saturday & Sunday, March 11 & 12 | Makerspace

Solve the Maze: Early Coding
Join an exciting game of maze runner. With help from a friend and your strategic creativity, use the step-by-step instructions to identify a sequence that will get you and your friends out of the maze!
Saturday & Sunday, March 11 & 12 | Inside Art

STEM Maze for Tiny Coders
Sculpt a pretend robot to get through a pretend maze! Explore creative problem-solving and boost fine and gross motor skills with this early coding activity.
Saturday & Sunday, March 11 & 12 | PlayWorks

Interactive Storytime | I Can Code: If/Then
Little ones are introduced to essential coding basics in a reading of I Can Code: If/Then by Vicky Fang.
Saturday & Sunday, March 11 & 12 | Playworks

Wonder Women in Engineering

Point of Action: Pool Noodle Metropolis
Inspired by the work of Nina Cooke John, use mixed media materials to create an immersive art installation that promotes belonging.
Saturday & Sunday, March 18 & 19 | Inside Art

CMOM's Mighty Rollercoaster!
Enhance your tinkering skills in honor of Yvonne Young Clark. Build, re-build, and deconstruct mini-rollercoasters made of spheres, straws, and other mixed media materials.
Saturday & Sunday, March 18 & 19 | Makerspace

Tiny Tower Challenge
Explore early engineering by using different building materials to try new things, solve problems, and challenge creative thinking! Use mini cups and popsicle sticks to build towers that go up, up, up to the sky!
Saturday & Sunday, March 18 & 19 | PlayWorks

Interactive Storytime: Tap, Tap, Bang Bang
It's tool time! Delight in colorful chisels, clamps, drills, pliers, and mallets at work. Find out what they're building in a reading of Tap Tap Bang Bang by Emma Garcia.
Saturday & Sunday, March 18 & 19 | PlayWorks

Wonder Women in Architecture and Math

The Queen of the Curve: Architect Zaha Hadid
Use your creative freedom to manipulate paper strips into virtuosic buildings! May every curve and bold line echo the vision of Iraqi architect Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, also known as the "Queen of the Curve."
Saturday, March 25 | Inside Art

City of Dreams
Honor Mariam Issoufou Kamara, whose architecture helps build relationships between architecture and people while providing a better quality of life. Use paper rolls to mount tall stilts, paper strips to create windows, and paint to bring your masterpieces to life!
Saturday & Sunday, March 25 & 26 | Makerspace

Design Like an Architect
Draw and develop new ideas for fun and exciting spaces, taking inspiration from designer Elizabeth Graziolo. Use white chalk and blue paper to create a blueprint of your dream playroom, backyard, or home.
Saturday, March 25 | Playworks

Interactive Storytime: Boxitects
Meet Meg, a brilliant and creative boxitect who creates extraordinary things out of ordinary cardboard boxes! Stop by for a STEAM-centered, adorably illustrated picture book reading of Boxitects by Kim Smith.
Saturday, March 25 | PlayWorks

Swirling Riemann Surface
Explore the work of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician who contributed to understanding mathematical objects called Riemann surfaces. Echo the late genius' curiosity as you draw, paint, and sculpt shapes on canvas and explore the meaning of your creations.
Sunday, March 26 | Inside Art

Jellyfish Tentacle Count
Practice your counting while enhancing fine motor skills in this fun early math activity that is perfect for your child's early learning curiosity!
Sunday, March 26 | PlayWorks

Interactive Storytime: I Know Numbers
Numbers are everywhere, on street signs and bus stops, phones, thermometers, and chalkboards! Numbers show the time and the date. They also help us measure distance and size, and weight. See all that numbers can do in a reading of I Know Numbers, by Taro Gomi.
Sunday, March 26 | PlayWorks