Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 – Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016
Cast an eerie spell during Halloween Tricks and Spells WonderWeek. Ooze with amazement and ickiness as you create your own gooey concoction of monster slime. Explore color mixing as you read Mike Austin’s “Monsters Love Colors” and then create your own colorful monster! Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble, Eye of newt and scale of dragon; make enchanting Popsicle stick potion bottles and capture the magic. Put on your charm, become a snake charmer, and make slithering snakes embrace your arms as Charming Snake [bead] Bracelets. Celebrate all things creepy and crawly as you evoke your fingers to spin out of control to create Spider Web designs. Discover what lurks in the dark as you waft scent towards your nose and try to match a bat mother’s scent to her correct baby’s scent. Don’t forget to pay respect to your ancestors with Paper Sugar Skull masks in celebration of El Día de los Muertos.
About the Programs & Activities
- Are You My Bat Baby?: Bats use chemical signals called pheromones to find their pups in the dark. Try using your sense of smell to match the mama “bat” to its baby at EcoStation!
- Chemistry of Autumn Leaves: Discover why leaves change in the fall as you learn about the chemicals that give leaves their colors at EcoStation!
- Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble: Eye of Newt and Scale of Dragon, you'll have braggin’ rights when you make your own potion bottle at Junktion!
- Charming Snake Bracelet: Make your very own ssssscary bracelet with pipe cleaners and pony beads at Junktion!
- Element-ary Concentration: Using your powers of concentration, find
matching pairs of elements from the periodic table at Math Cart! - Tantalizing Tangrams: Use seven shapes to form an intriguing and amazing picture at Math Cart!
- Paper Sugar Skull Mask for Dia de Los Muertos: Create your very own mask to celebrate this great tradition at Yalálag!
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HOURS & ADMISSION
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Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thursday, 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Sunday, 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Closed Mondays. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Easter Sunday.
Directions & Parking
- Paid Parking
- Street Parking
- Parking fees: 1 hour - $8, 2 hours - $9, 3+ hours - $10. Metered and street parking are available around the Children's Museum Houston.
Special Offers / Dining
The Children's Museum Houston's spacious eatery, Fresh Café, offers nutritious eats and treats for any time of day! Enjoy a healthy meal with savory salads, preservative-free sandwich bread and vegetarian options prepared daily – fresh off the grill!
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