Family sailing adventures, ice paintings, alpaca encounters, emoji cupcake decorating, and MORE! Here are our favorite events for kids this week!

Things To Do with Kids in Baltimore, August 7-11

MONDAY

Colorful Slippery Slopes in the Kids Room
11 AM – 2 PM | Maryland Science Center | Inner Harbor

Be ‘cool,’ ‘cold,’ and ‘icy’ while making paintings by using colored ice and an inclined plane at the Maryland Science Center! Free with paid admission. Activity lasts about 30 minutes. MORE

TUESDAY

Alpaca Encounters
4 PM – 6 PM | Maryland Farm Park | Cockeysville

Come learn about these fascinating animals. During the program, participants will learn: The origins of Alpacas, Care for Alpacas, and Use of Alpacas. In addition, each participant will have an up-close and personal experience with an Alpaca, and create a craft to take home! MORE

Let’s Summer Science: Ice and Cold
10 AM – 5 PM| Maryland Science Center | Inner Harbor

All week long! Explore ice and cold at the Maryland Science Center. They waited for the dog days of August to explore ice and cool things this summer. Liquid Nitrogen and Dry Ice play a huge role in this week of frozen fun.  Plus, design a snowball launcher and think about snow during the hottest days of the year.  Free with paid admission. MORE

WEDNESDAY

Destination Doug at Play Cafe
10 AM – 10:30 AM | Play Cafe | Hampden

Join Play Cafe every Wednesday at 10am for a reading adventure through some perfect picture books. Using music, movement and fingerplays and fun, this play-based program is designed for their youngest audience birth to 4 year-olds. This is a free drop‐in program, however normal Play Cafe $5 food and beverage minimum applies. MORE

Oyster Games
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Baltimore County Public Library | Perry Hall Branch

Climb aboard the Lil Nippers boat! Tong for oysters and enjoy hands-on activities involving bay critters. Learn about the Chesapeake Bay’s ecosystem and the important role we play in the its recovery. Presented by the Oyster Recovery Partnership. Registration required. Sponsored by the Friends of the Perry Hall Library. MORE

Make and Take Succulent Garden
2 PM – 3 PM | Baltimore County Public Library | Pikesville Branch

Ages 10 and up. Make and take a succulent garden. All materials provided. Registration required. MORE

Where the Wild Things Art – FOR KIDS!
5:30 PM – 8 PM | The Maryland Zoo | Druid Hill Park

Join the Zoo for a wildly entertaining night of painting for kids with animal ambassador friends! Hosted by Painted Palette Baltimore, kids will get in touch with their creative (and wild) side as an artist guides them through re-creating the night’s featured painting step by step. By the end of the evening, they’ll be amazed at the animal artwork they have created! Registration: $35 per child (One adult is required to accompany each child, but the painting activity is for children only). MORE

Natural World of Art: Fairy Houses
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Holt Park and Center for the Arts | Overlea-Fullerton

Discover the connection between art and nature! They’ll help you and a friend find a location in the park to build a house for fairies living there. If it dares to rain, they’ll go inside and make a fairy. $2 per project. Please pre-register by emailing rmweber@baltimorecountymd.gov with your name and phone number. MORE

Jumanji
Dusk | Lakeland Park | South Baltimore

As part of Baltimore City Rec and Parks’  #RhythmsandReels series, join them for viewing of Jumanji on Wednesday! Complimentary popcorn! Rhythms & Reels inspires Baltimoreans to celebrate, community, culture and diversity through FREE, family-friendly programming in city parks. FREE!  MORE

THURSDAY

Shoots and Letters: All About the Sun
10 AM | Oregon Ridge Nature Center | Cockeysville

Plant the seeds of knowledge while learning basic skills and playing in the dirt with your little tots. Stories, crafts and adventures are all a part of the fun! Drop-in Program. No registration required. Ages 3+, $2 per child. MORE

Early STEM and Literacy Classes for ages 2-5: By The Campfire
Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle | 10:30 AM – 12 PM | South Baltimore

This series of Mommy/Daddy/Caregiver and me classes are geared towards learners ages 2-5 and help prepare students to get ready for their educational career by building a strong foundation in STEM and Literacy. The classes are held at Francis Scott Key Elementary Middle School in Locust Point, Baltimore, MD, and all proceeds benefit the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten classrooms directly. Classes will be held every Thursday 10:30 am – 12:00 pm July 13 – August 17. The suggested donation is $12.00 per class. MORE

Cold Spring Jazz Quartet @ Middle Branch Park
 6:30  PM – 8:30 PM | Middle Branch Park 

As part of Baltimore City Rec and Parks’  #RhythmsandReels series, join them for a  Concert in the Park on Thursday featuring Cold Spring Jazz Quartet! Rhythms & Reels inspires Baltimoreans to celebrate, community, culture and diversity through FREE, family-friendly programming in city parks. FREE!  MORE

FRIDAY

Living Classrooms’ Family Education Sail
10 AM – 3 PM | Living Classrooms | Harbor East

Bring the whole family (children age 9 and over) for wonderful day on the water exploring the Port of Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay with Living Classrooms’ Shipboard Education crew onboard our historic education vessel, Skipjack Sigsbee! You and your family will learn to think like ship captains and marine biologists as we sail around the inner harbor, working together to raise and lower sails, perform scientific tests, and explore the commerce, history, natural resources, and ecosystems of the Chesapeake Bay. MORE

Emoji Cupcake Decorating Class
11 AM – 12 PM | The Playroom Harford | Forest Hill

Students will learn how to color and flavor butterercream frosting, how to smooth buttercream, make the hi-hat swirl, and apply candy. Open to any age, young children may work with an adult partner. Cost: $15 for half a dozen mini cupcakes. MORE

National Sons and Daughters Day at Rockin’ Jump
11 AM – 8 PM | Rockin’ Jump | Towson

Celebrate Your Sons and Daughters with a FREE Hour of Jump! Buy 1 Hour of Jump and Get the 2nd Hour Free! **Rockin’€™ Socks and tax not included. MORE

Make Unicorn Poop or Monster Snot in #theLab
3 PM | aMuse Toys | Quarry Lake

Not really keen on the idea of making slime at YOUR house? Drop the kids off for this 35 minute class in #theLab. The kids will get to make their version of either Unicorn Poop or Monster Snot, and take it home in a glass jar of their own design. $20/person. MORE

 

 

Editor’s Note: Image provided by Living Classrooms Foundation