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Fall Fest Weekend

  • Museum Address 100 Playland Parkway Rye, NY, 10580 (map)

🍁 Fall Fest Weekend with STEAM activities that celebrate the changing seasons. Join us for a broad range of fun activities for kids of all ages and learning or playing styles: Leaf Litter MicroBiomes, Pumpkin Batteries, DIY Corn Maze, Applesauce Cinnamon Dough Sculptures, Seed Sorting, and Leaf Raking. 

Leaf Litter MicroBiomes - Explore the hidden world under your feet with magnifying glasses and scientific collection tools to discover miniature creatures and ecosystems in leaf litter.

  1. Pumpkin Batteriess - Discover a fun and unique science experiment using zinc and copper plates, alligator clamp wires, bulbs, and a pumpkin to power an LED light.

  2. DIY Corn Maze - Create a custom maze using engineering design techniques, plan, test, evaluate, and improve to ensure a unique and challenging experience for those who navigate it.

  3. Applesauce Cinnamon Dough Sculptures - Mix applesauce and cinnamon to make awesome scented playdough, then craft it into art sculptures.

  4. Seed Sorting - Think like a squirrel and categorize plant seeds by physical characteristics like size, count, and texture.

  5. Leaf Raking - Experience the joy of autumn by raking leaves and jumping into piles - indoors! Use kids-sized rakes and paper & felt leaves for a safe and enjoyable experience.

Earlier Event: October 27
Halloween Weekend
Later Event: November 17
Fall Fest Weekend