Seattle Parks offers some fantastic, and did we mention, FREE, events you can do with your kiddos. Upcoming on April 10th is a Celebration featuring Caspar Babypants!
Join Magnuson Community Center and EarthCorps for the first “Celebrate Urban Nature” event at the center, 7110 62nd Ave. NE, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 10.
Bring the whole family to enjoy:
- A tour of the Magnuson Park wetland, before the event at 9 a.m.
- A free concert by Caspar Babypants, (Chris Ballew, formerly of the Presidents of the United States), who performs “simple good time sing along music for kids and parents to enjoy together.”
- Birds of prey from the Woodland Park Zoo’s UP CLOSE program, which provides programs with live animals and keepers for classroom visits: http://www.zoo.org/Page.aspx?pid=552.
- A representative of the marine mammal division of NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration), who will talk about seals and whales.
- Interactive booths and displays including Seattle Bug Safari, which keeps a bug zoo and provides education workshops at schools; Bats Northwest, and the Washington Native Plant Society.
- Roving Reptiles, with their slithery collection of snakes, lizards, and more.
- Art and nature activities, including a worm bin, nature crafts, a recycle art workshop, and a class on how to create a bird-friendly garden.
- Nature-themed carnival games with nature-related prizes.