As I've mentioned before, we love the Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine. It is my go to location when we want to kill a few hours, and the kids request going there all the time. I'm only too happy to oblige seeing as we are members (thanks GG for the amazing Christmas gift!) which means our admission is covered. I HIGHLY recommend membership! A family membership is $95 for the year for unlimited admission, access on member only days, and discounts on events and shows. The exhibits focus on local communities and business. In addition they put up a handful of theatre productions each season and offer countless other activities throughout the year (like the Egg Hunt).
We have also recently discovered their "Traveling Tales" program. This program allows you to "borrow" an activity back pack for 10 days. Each pack (there were 8 to choose from I believe, though some were already "checked out") has a specified theme, identified by a laminated card on the pack. Some recent themes included current Muslim holidays, dinosaurs, local food discovery, etc.
For us the dinosaur back pack was a clear choice!
The pack contained a fun new book to read, 12 plastic dinos, 6 stuffed "puppet" dinos, and a set of activity instructions. All of the activities involved an element of imagination and play.
Some were more challenging than others. We didn't even attempt the homemade plaster and "Dino Dig" activity for our age group...but believe me, we will do that in the future on our own!
We did most of the other activities, including our own puppet show spun off from the book included, dino rhyming games, and ice cream dino eggs, to name a few! Of course there was a ton time spent just playing with the dinos - a toy I've come to realize is lacking in our house.
Those ice cream dino eggs were a big hit though! We shaped ice cream into rough eggs and let them re-freeze. Then we rolled them in sprinkles and let them re-freeze again. Voila! Delicious dino eggs!!
The girls were so excited! This desert treat lasted several days and was all they could talk about for as long too!
Another successful adventure from the Children's Museum!
Simple City Sam
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