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Kids

May 15, 2013

Mad. Sq. Kids EXPLORE!

The Mad. Sq. Kids: Explore! program lets you and your little ones learn about the park first hand by using fun, self-guided worksheets. Go on a scavenger hunt! Learn about local flora and fauna! Get to know our park monuments! Join our playground activities assistant in the Police Officer Moira Ann Smith playground to learn… Read more

Kids

Art in the Park: Watercolors | Tie-Dye

10AM-12:30PM: Crayon Resist Watercolors This simple technique allows us to create watercolors that glow like stained glass! 2PM-4:30PM: Tissue Paper Tie-dye Come on down and make a bright, tie-dyed piece of tissue paper (beautiful for wrapping gifts). *Adult supervision is required for all Art in the Park activities.

Kids

Art in the Park: Bubble Wrap Prints and Beehives

10AM-12:30PM: Bubble Wrap Prints Don’t burst our bubbles while we’re printing! We need these bubbles intact to print perfectly textured multicolor on different paper (makes great gift-wrap!) 2PM-4:30PM: Bubble Wrap Beehives We’ll be busy bees today buzzing around the playground hive. We’ll paint and print bubble wrap to create hives and then add in our… Read more

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Art in the Park: Drum Kit and Upright Bass Coloring

2PM-4:30PM: Drum Kit and Upright Bass Coloring Using today’s Mad. Sq. Kids artist Matt Wilson as inspiration, we’ll be customizing and coloring drawings of snazzy drum kits and upright basses!

Kids

Mad. Sq. Kids EXPLORE!

The Mad. Sq. Kids: Explore! program lets you and your little ones learn about the park first hand by using fun, self-guided worksheets. Go on a scavenger hunt! Learn about local flora and fauna! Get to know our park monuments! Join our playground activities assistant in the Police Officer Moira Ann Smith playground to learn… Read more

Kids

Art in the Park: Apple Prints | Peacock Feathers

10AM-12:30PM: Apple Prints Print some little apples in the heart of the big apple! 2PM-4:30PM: Peacock Feathers Fun peacock fact: Only the males have all of those beautiful feathers, the females are much more low key. Today we’ll work on our cutting skills as we make our own pretty plumes out of construction paper. *Adult… Read more

Kids

Mad. Sq. Kids EXPLORE!

The Mad. Sq. Kids: Explore! program lets you and your little ones learn about the park first hand by using fun, self-guided worksheets. Go on a scavenger hunt! Learn about local flora and fauna! Get to know our park monuments! Join our playground activities assistant in the Police Officer Moira Ann Smith playground to learn… Read more

Kids

Art in the Park: Ezra Jack Keats Collage

2PM-4:30PM: Ezra Jack Keats Collage The Deedle Deedle Dees are writing an album dedicated to this amazing native New Yorker and children’s book author, which is why we’ll be spending the afternoon celebrating him. We will be making Keats-inspired collages in the Playground today!

Kids

May 14, 2013

Mad. Sq. Kids EXPLORE!

The Mad. Sq. Kids: Explore! program lets you and your little ones learn about the park first hand by using fun, self-guided worksheets. Go on a scavenger hunt! Learn about local flora and fauna! Get to know our park monuments! Join our playground activities assistant in the Police Officer Moira Ann Smith playground to learn… Read more

Kids

Art in the Park: Ships | Father’s Day Cards

10AM-12:30PM: Egg Cup Ships Pirate ships! Schooners! All in the playground today! Teeny tiny ships barely big enough for a couple of goldfish. 2PM-4:30PM: Father’s Day Cards Did you forget Father’s Day? That’s okay, it’s not ‘til tomorrow and Madison Square Park has got you covered. Today we’ll be making special cards for Dad (or… Read more