Family Activities

Join us to make bracelets inspired by nature!We will have beads and string to make monarch caterpillar (or the caterpillar of your choosing) bracelets. We will also make nature bracelets …

Back by request!! Join Madison County Public Library and the Berea College Forestry Outreach Center for a family friendly open mic night on Tuesday September 9th. *Sign ups will start …

We'll use clay crafts to explore nature and our creativity! You can use natural materials in your creations to make snails, mushrooms, and leaf and snake scale prints! Meet in …

The autumn equinox--when day and night will be equal-- is September 22nd! Celebrate heading into autumn with a leaf suncatcher craft and making a simple sundial! Meet in the Nature's …

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Local astronomer, Jeff Hutton, will be here with telescopes set up to view the moon for International Observe the Moon Night! Feel free to bring your own telescope. After Jeff’s …

Scientists can learn a lot about owl health and behavior from looking at their diet. We can do that with owl pellets--what an owl regurgitates after eating! We will dissect …

The Berea College Grounds team is starting the Free Tree Initiative--a project to grow native trees from the forest that can then be intentionally planted on campus or in the …

We're teaming up with Berea College Art in Action to make nature-inspired costumes that you can wear this Halloween season, including during our upcoming Whimsical Woods event! We will have …

Join the Berea College Printmaking Club in making cyanotype prints--using the energy from the sun to develop designs on paper/fabric. Supplies and paper provided. You’re welcome to bring a small …

Local astronomer, Jeff Hutton, will be here with telescopes set up to view the skies over the Pinnacles! If you have a telescope, we welcome you to bring it! Learn …