Target FREE Family Saturday: Planet Power!
Nov 201112 | ||
11:00a.m. - 4:00p.m. |
Japanese American National Museum
100 N Central Ave
Los Angeles, California, 90012
United States
FREE ALL DAY!
Enjoy a day of family fun with kites.
ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES:
• Go green by decorating a re-usable shopping bag
• Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Using reused paper, fold an origami turkey to celebrate the season.
*Special: Visit literature tables hosted by some of L.A. County’s leading environmental organizations!
SCHEDULE:
Please Note: All workshops are first come, first serve. Please sign up at the membership table when you arrive.
11AM: Recycled puppets drop-in activity. Create your own puppets made from recycled resources including bottles, chopsticks, plastic utensils, cardboard, and other materials (while supplies last)
12PM: Growing green drop-in activity. Kids and families will have the opportunity to grow small plants to take home (while supplies last)
12PM: Paper Mache Planet Earth workshop. Create and paint your very own planet Earth out of paper mache (limit 20 students)
1 – 4PM: Kidding Around the Kitchen will help you make your own “Save the Planet” seasonal salad
1PM: Paper mache planet Earth workshop (limit 20 students)
1PM: Mottainai* Tenugui* workshop. Create a colorful tenugui towel of your own (limit 25 students)
2PM: Special performance! “Order to Go” is a fun show focusing on the environmental impact of single-use take out containers and utensils!
3PM: Paper mache planet Earth workshop (limit 20 students)
3PM: Mottainai Tenugui workshop (limit 25 students)
3:30PM: Learn the “mottainai” dance
*Mottainai—a Japanese term meaning “a sense of regret concerning waste when the intrinsic value of an object or resource is not properly utilized.”
*Tenugui—a thin Japanese hand towel made of cotton.
For more information, visit janm.org/target.
Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together.
JANM . Last modified Sep 17, 2011 1:42 p.m.