Children’s Discovery Fair
Cruess Hall Lawn, 10 AM – 4 PM
The Children’s Discovery Fair offers crafts, activities, and entertainment for children and their families to enjoy! Express your creativity in the spirit of our theme – Adventure Awaits!
Crafts and Activities
Paint Crafts
Become a Bubble Painter
- Use a bubble wand to paint a magical, bubbly masterpiece!
Salad Spin Art
- Don’t like eating salad? Use a salad spinner to make your own colorful design instead!
Marbling
- Combine water and paint to create some marble-lous art to take home!
Paint a Canvas
- Leave your mark with some colorful art! Help decorate the Children’s Discovery Fair canvas.
Sensory Bins
Ooey Gooey Oobleck
- Is it a solid? Is it a liquid? Come on over and find out for yourself!
Can you Find the ABC’s?
- Do you have a favorite letter, number, or shape? Come search for them amongst a rainbow of colorful rice. Be careful, they might disappear!
iSpy… Orbeez!
- Come see if you can find some unusual things in the bottle! A small hamburger? A tube of toothpaste? Find these among the orbeez.
A MAZE-ing Race
- How amazing are you? Can you get the marble through the maze? Through different obstacles and trails? Come to find out how a-MAZE-ing you are!
Noodle Pool Ahead
- Are you a captain of the sea? Do you want to captain your own ship? Come on over and pilot noodle ships! Or walk the noodle plank!
Building Crafts
Puppet Bag
- Can’t carry all the crafts that you’ve made? Come make a bunny, cow, lion, chipmunk or giraffe paper bag puppet that can also double as a satchel/bag to carry all your crafts and other items!
Paper Roll Buddies
- Come and create your own buddy using paper towel rolls in a “Mr./Mrs. Potato head” approach! Your new buddy can be anything from an animal to a monster to even a sidekick!
Musical Shakers
- Shake it off with CDF and make a musical shaker out of a recycled water bottle and fill it with various items such as rice, dried beans, dried pasta, and colorful beads!
Hanging String Planters
- Learn how to tie knots (macrame) to create a cool hanging planter for your future plant!
T-Shirt Capes
- Want to feel like a superhero (or a supervillain!) during Picnic Day? Stop by and design your own cape made from old t-shirts so you can fly off to your next adventure!
Waivers
In order to enter the Children’s Discovery Fair, parents will be required to complete a waiver of liability for each child. This waiver can be filled out upon arrival (you do not need to fill it out ahead of time).
Location
Entertainment Lineup
SoNoRae: 12:30 PM – 12:55 PM
Davis Wushu: 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Myah Bullis: 1:20 PM – 1:50 PM
Poprocks Dance Team: 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
SynRG: 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
Guitar Club: 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Booth and Exhibits
- Craft with Nature: 10 AM – 2 PM
- Bright Horizons: 10 AM – 4 PM
- Gyotaku – Japanese Fish Painting: 10 AM – 4 PM
- Taiwanese Folk Toys: 11 AM – 4 PM
Top 5 Kid Friendly Activities Outside of CDF
- Chemistry Show
- Nitrogen Ice Cream
- Doxie Derby
- Parade
- Frisbee Dog Contest