August 19, 2010
The newest fad for kids sweeping the nation are Sillybandz. They are rubberized bracelets in all sorts of cool shapes, themes and colors. Anything from trucks to lions and princesses to fish, your kid probably wants them all. Bloomies is having a trade your sillbandz soiree in the Aventura store next Saturday, so take the kids to trade the coolest Sillybandz around!
August 12, 2010
For Kids Wednesday, August 18 I scream. You scream. We all scream for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Ice Treat Truck – pulling into Books & Books in all its purpley Wimpy Kid splendor with free frozen snacks for all Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans. These purple ice pops will be a cool [...]
August 5, 2010
August 6-8 Take the kiddies to this fun live show starring all the characters they love from Nickelodeon. Have fun with Dora The Explorer, The Backyardigans, Wonder Pets and Ni Hao, Kai-lan. Lots of dancing and singing and learning. $11-$36, $10 lap seats. Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave. Fort Lauderdale. [...]
July 29, 2010
Friday, July 30 The most out-of-the-box and wildest interactive scavenger hunt involves searching for clues to solve a puzzle created about the Zoo Miami exhibit Amazon & Beyond. Designed for students 13-19, MUSEUM HUNT 4 will immerse students into Zoo Miami’s Amazon & Beyond – a 27-acre exhibit encompassing more than 600 new animals. The [...]
July 22, 2010
Friday, July 19 Bring your kids to see the magic of Sarruga, a catalian street theatre company that will be in town for three days of fun. The Bass Museum of Art is hosting the troupe at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Giant mechanical ants, butterflies, spiders, and preying mantis’! Workshops, demonstrations and arts & [...]
July 15, 2010
Send your kids to spend time with the animals at Miami Metro Zoo. Ages 4 to 6 get to experience Wild Cats and Dogs Zoo Camp. Do wild cats and dogs have anything in common? How is your cat at home any different from a lion or a tiger? Can felines and canines get along? [...]
July 8, 2010
The MCM Kids Cooking Club is all about teaching kids about healthy cooking. kids come home with healthy recipes they can make at home with mom or dad. Each month is a different chef and a different healthy recipe. This month mcm will be hosting Make It Take It with Tina and preparing Berry American Fruit Pizza. yummo!
July 1, 2010
Take your kids to see Replay, an awe inspiring exhibit from lego artist, Nathan Sawaya. His pieces are bright, elaborate, life-size and very, very cool, inspiring kids and adults alike to create their own lego masterpieces. For Replay Sawaya emphasizes the use of recycled Lego’s in some of his works. Through Aug. 15. Art and [...]
June 21, 2010
June 23rd – August 7th Theatre for young audiences 2010 Season will be closing out with PippiLongstocking. This magical musical follows the life of the unforgettable little girl with the freckled face and red pig tails as she struggles to find her place in the world. Complete with a horse on the porch, monkey in [...]
June 17, 2010
This should be great Fun! Books & Books is holding a camp for kids throughout the summer. Based on books they carry in the stores, kids can make and have a paper airplane contest (The World Record Paper Airplane Book), re-design a t-shirt, (Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt) or tell Jokes (Jokelopedia) [...]
June 10, 2010
Enter a time machine and journey back 230 million years when dinosaurs roamed the earth at the Miami Children’s Museum’s new Dino Island exhibit. Nine lifelike, robotic creatures, including a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Apatosaurus, Triceratops mother and baby, Maiasaura family, and a suspended Pteradon are featured. Walking, feeding, roaring, fighting, hatching and caring for their young, [...]
June 3, 2010
Inspired by Victorian era cut paper silhouettes and Contemporary style portraits, children and adults will have fun together creating unique portraits of each other during Paper My Silhouette. To prepare for this special activity, examples of both Victorian silhouettes and Contemporary portraits will be examined as well as learning the art literacy concepts of contour [...]