Free Family Activity: Rubbing Plate Designs

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Watch in fascination as art designs emerge from textured rubbing plates onto paper when you color them with a rainbow of crayons. Fascinating and beautiful! Ages 3 & up.

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Free Family Activity: Insect Masks

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Today we will conduct a study of insects as we make amazing insect masks! Choose from eight different designs, and you color each feature to bring your bug to life! Ages 3 & up.

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Free Family Activity: Flower Garden Collage

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Tis the season for flowers and gardening, and today we will gather our art supplies to make a lovely flower garden collage. You are the designer of your own garden! Ages 4 & up.

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Free Family Activity: Origami Birds

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Choose from a plethora of colors, follow folding directions and make origami birds to decorate your home. We have simple designs and complicated. Each one is delightful! Ages 6 & up.

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Free Family Activity: Beaded Bracelets

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Dig your fingers through bins of color-changing pony beads and select the ones you want for a beaded bracelet. Slide the beads into place onto a chenille stem and fit it to your wrist!

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Free Family Activity: Solstice Art

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Create a work of art from brightly colored construction paper to express what Summer Solstice means to you! Sunshine & flowers, purple mountains, big blue sky!

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Free Family Activity: Rock Mushrooms

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Turn an ordinary little rock into an adorable rock mushroom to place in a fairy’s garden! Just make a thick stem from air-dry clay and glue your rock to the top!

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Free Family Activity: Caterpillars

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Make a delightfully fat caterpillar with all the colors of the rainbow! Twelve pre-cut wedges of card stock will form the body, and your imagination draws the head, antennae, and feet!

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Free Family Activity: Constellations

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Choose from several constellation images and replicate them with glue and glitter! Or dribble the glue any way you choose and make your own constellation!

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Free Family Activity: Dinosaur Collage

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Design a landscape suitable for dinosaurs as you cut and glue construction paper into place. What kind of dinosaur will roam in your wild jungle?

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Free Family Activity: Bubble Wands

Ravalli County Museum 205 Bedford Street, Hamilton

Learn how to make a bubble-blowing wand from Twisteezwire and plastic straws. Easy and fun, perfect for outdoor play on a summer day!

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