Family Activities

Our classroom floor will become a giant canvas for you to add your art!Geared towards younger kids but all ages welcome.

Thanks to the Berea Printmaking Club for joining us at the Pinnacles on April 13th at 2:00pm to host a cyanotype printing event! Cyanotype is a type of printing that uses UV light to expose chemically treated paper to show the "negative" of whatever object is placed. We will learn how to ethically source natural items from …

We'll slowly walk around the lower forest to find as many bug friends as we can find to observe with magnifying glasses and the microscope (if we can catch the bugs!) Geared towards younger kids but all ages welcome. Weather dependent.

We will celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with bird-themed games and crafts, including natural birdfeeders that you can take home or hang in the forest!

Join us on the evening of May 13th for a presentation by local astronomer, Jeff Hutton, followed by stargazing through telescopes! This event is for all ages. Please feel free to bring a telescope if you have one, and Jeff can answer any questions you may have! You can learn more about the night sky …

Join Madison County Public Library and the Berea College Forestry Outreach Center for a family friendly open mic night! The library will help kids prepare and go over the basics of public speaking before they take the stage to show case their talent! There will be a pop-up library should anyone be struck with inspiration …

We will use our microscope to look at the smaller aspects of nature! Feel free to bring your own objects you’re curious about.

Make a natural birdfeeder then take a walk in the forest to hang them up for our bird friends! You can also make some to take home with you.

Join the Madison County Public Library, Winterberry Studio, and the Forestry Outreach Center as we celebrate International Mud Day! We will have a pop-up library and mud play by the creek. The path is behind the playhouse to the left along the paved part of the trail in the lower forest. Dress appropriately, this will …

Won't you be my neighbor...in the forest neighborhood? The Berea College Forestry Outreach Center is offering two sessions (different age ranges) of morning activities learning about our ecosystem/forest neighborhood and how to be good neighbors to each other and wildlife. These activities are free, but registration is required! This is not a drop off program--a guardian must be …