Family Activities

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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 presentation and moongazing, we will go on a short, slow walk through the woods. Please bring a flashlight/headlamp if interested. (weather dependent) Learn about the …

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 pellets and see what our owl friend ate. Limited supply. Pellets are sanitized.

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 forest or given to community members to plant. The mini tree nursery boxes will be placed in the forest by the Center to get tended …

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 supplies, just bring your creativity to room 101 in the Hafter-Gibson building on campus from 1:00-3:00pm. Our Whimsical Woods event is Sunday, October 19th, 5:00-7:00pm …

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 linen or cotton item to dye. Rain date: November 2nd

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 about the night sky each month with an article by Jeff, head of the Pinnacle Astronomy Club!

Many animals are getting ready to hibernate for the winter, including bats! We will have crafts to learn about different aspects of bat life.

This is a great time of year to revitalize the playscape and we hope you’ll come share your creativity with us! We'll have materials and a volunteer well-versed in "pioneering" …

Join us and Berea College's Art in Action for a fun evening of whimsical forest crafts, fairy house making, and learning about some of nature's cute creepy crawly friends. Come …

Did you know LJAC has a craft night every Tuesday during the semesters? This night, we are bringing hot chocolate with lots of toppings as well as old nature magazines …