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  Satur-Play! - Recycled Play Day!   

Satur-Play! - Recycled Play Day!

  • Location: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Springfield
  • Date: Saturday, April 18, 2015, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Every Saturday is Super!
Experience Satur-Play! at the Illinois State Museum. Be drawn in by fun science experiments and art projects so entertaining and intriguing, you may forget you are learning! Recommended for the whole family and suggested for ages 3-10.

April Activities:

April is Earth Month!
April 4 - Playing with Packing Peanuts: Use wet packing peanuts made from corn as environmentally-friendly “building blocks”!

April 11 - Oil Spill: What happens when oil spills in a river, ocean, or lake? Let’s learn some ways to clean up an oil spill and our environment.

April 18 - Recycled Play Day! How many cardboard boxes does it take to make a neighborhood? You decide as we build a mini fortress, castle, home, doghouse, or entire neighborhood – all out of boxes!

April 25 - Compostable Art: Using natural dyes, fruits, and veggies, make one-of-a-kind art you can keep or dispose of naturally.

Satur-Play! is an engaging hands-on enhancement program at the Illinois State Museum. This exciting new program features science and art activities that children and families can participate in while visiting the Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum. A different theme and activity will be offered each week on Saturday. Registration is not required. For more information, call the Education Section at (217) 782-5955. Satur-Play! is supported by an 1877 Fund grant.

Try experiments and projects at home by visiting our Satur-Play! blog at saturplay.blogspot.com.

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