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Birthday Parties for children turning 4-12 years old!
Celebrate your child's next birthday party with us! Living Classrooms Birthday Parties are active 90-minute programs that enable children to interact with their environment in an educational, hands-on, and intimate setting. Our parties offer children turning ages 4-12 a unique experience to meet live animals, explore the outdoors on a nature walk, and play educational environmental games that will keep everyone entertained! To schedule your party: 1. Download the Birthday Registration Form HERE 2. Submit the completed birthday party registration form by fax to 202-488-1307, or email birthdayparties@livingclassroomsdc.org 3. Once we confirm your birthday reservation, we will send you a confirmation email with birthday planning information. For more information, or to schedule over the phone: e-mail: birthdayparties@livingclassroomsdc.org phone: (202) 488-0627 x242 fax: (202) 488-1307
Birthday Party Themes: Party themes for children turning 4-12 Itty Bitty Babies Your child isn’t the only one growing! Come learn and meet the growing animals of Living Classrooms. Let your child and their friends go eye-to-eye with some of our critters and explore how they feel and move. We’ll also take a trip down to our creek and make a hand-print craft, sure to be perfect for a scrapbook or memory box! Your child’s birthday will be one memories are made of! Sensational Seedlings This is for aspiring gardeners of all ages! It’s time to plant those wonderful seeds and watch them grow! We’ll explore outdoors, decorate your very own planters and meet our furry friends! You’ll learn about different seeds and how they turn into a full grown plant. Everyone will plant seeds in their own recycled planter to take home. What Big Teeth You Have! See the world through the eyes of some of nature’s most fearsome creatures as you pounce into this predator party. Go eye to eye with a dragon, stalk your prey through in our woods, and make your own fearsome craft. You’ll even get a chance to try out your predatory skills with an awesome predator-prey game! Mammal Mania Super Snakes Slither into Living Classrooms for a ssssuper sssspecial ssssnaky birthday party! Learn awesome snake facts, make a "snake" to take home, go on a snaky hike through our woods, and even meet a real live snake that lives at our site! Icky, Slimy, Awesome! Love everything icky, sticky, and slimy? Come celebrate your birthday with some of our awesome and unusual critters. Meet animals like Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches and a Bearded Dragon and discover they are really nothing to be afraid of. Go on a hike through our woods to look for slimy critters in the wild, and make an amazing slimy craft. Fun-a-saurus If you’re crazy about dinosaurs, then this is the party for you! You’ll learn all about the thunder lizards as we go on a hike to search for dinosaur descendants and we'll make a dinosaur craft to take home. You’ll even get to meet some of their real, live, reptilian descendants! Wacky Watersheds (Offered from the end of March through October). It's a wet and wonderful time to be partying in Living Classrooms’ creek! Use dip nets, magnifiers and your eyes to discover what creatures inhabit our creek's watery depths, and what those critters can tell us about our environment. Meet some of Living Classrooms' own wet and wild amphibians and reptiles. Please have the children wear shoes that can get wet! Prehistoric Par-tay This is the party for budding paleontologists, or anyone eager to adventure into the amazing age of the dinosaurs. We’ll hike through the woods to explore how fossils are made, excavate “dinosaur bones” in our giant sand pit, and top things off by meeting some of the dinosaurs’ living descendents! Awesome Amphibians, Radical Reptiles Some of our coolest animal friends are downright cold-blooded. Learn the difference between reptiles and amphibians as you slither and stomp your way into this slimy, scaly party. Meet some of our reptiles and amphibians and discover how they sense the world, test your own senses with nature games and a hike through our woods, and make your very own slime.
Shipboard party for children turning 8-12 Anchors Away! For a truly unique birthday experience, join us aboard one of our historic Chesapeake Bay Buy Boats (Half Shell or Mildred Belle) for a 3 hour educational trip on the Potomac River. Try your hand at steering the boat, catching fish in a trawl net, and looking at tiny plankton under a microscope. Cast off with us to discover what aquatic life, both big and small, lives beneath the surface of the water! The total number of guests permitted is 30, with a minimum of 1 chaperone for every 10 children. Departing from Gangplank Marina, 600 Water St, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024. Price: $20/child (minimum 20 children or equivalent fee).
Birthday Party FAQ What times are available? Parties run for 90 minutes and can be scheduled Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm and on weekends from 3:30-5pm at our Children’s Museum in Glen Echo Park (7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD). Our Historic Schoolhouse location (4954 MacArthur Blvd, NW, Washington, DC) can be made available at certain times, please inquire. What party themes do you offer? For children aged 4 to 12 we offer: Icky, Slimy Awesome!, Mammal Mania, Awesome Amphibians & Radical Reptiles, Prehistoric Partay, Fun-a-saurus, Wacky Watersheds, Slimy Snakes, What Big Teeth You Have! Itty Bitty Babies, andSensational Seedlings. What is the cost? Weekends Weekdays
What ages and how many children can be accommodated? We have parties for children turning 4-12. For all children the base price includes 15 child participants. (Any child age 14 or younger is considered a participant.) We can accommodate up to 25 children for an additional fee per child. What is the flow of the birthday party? When your party guests arrive they’ll explore the exhibit space and start decorating a birthday banner for the birthday child. When all the guests have arrived, they will be gathered into a circle to discuss the theme of the day. We’ll go through an educational activity and then dive head-first into a fun and engaging hands-on activity. After everyone washes up, we'll meet live animals. We then take an exciting hike down to the creek, led by our knowledgeable educators. After the hike has concluded, the party guests will return to the museum to enjoy the birthday cake. The children are bound to go home tired and happy! How do I schedule a party? Complete the Birthday Party Registration Form and return it to us via e-mail, birthdayparties@livingclassroomsdc.org, or fax (202) 488-1307. Alternatively, you can contact us at (202) 488-0627 ext. 242. How do I confirm my party date? After sending in your Birthday Party Registration Form we will confirm the date and time with you. Feel free to call program bookings at 202 488-0627 ext. 242 or e-mail birthdays@livingclassroomsdc.org to confirm your event. What is the inclement weather policy? Our parties will take place rain or shine! Children should be dressed appropriately for indoor and outdoor activities. Footwear is most important; make sure it is suitable for hikes! How many educators teach the birthday party? A minimum of 2 well-trained educators will be there to make sure your child’s birthday part is a great success!
What should I bring? In addition to cake/cupcakes and drinks, please bring plates, napkins, utensils, cups, knife to cut the cake, matches, candles and goodie bags (if you wish). We cover our tables in butcher paper for children to decorate so a table cloth is not necessary. Decorations such as balloons, piñatas, or streamers are not permitted in accordance with National Park Service rules. What if I want to bring food in addition to cake and drinks? Additional foods such as snacks or pizza are not permitted by Glen Echo Park. We do not have freezer storage for ice cream or ice cream cake. What if my child is afraid of the animals? We believe in “challenge by choice,” if any of the guests do not want to meet an animal, they do not have to. We can simply observe them in their enclosures or in the hands of our trained educators. Our animals are all very used to being around children. We are very gentle with them and they are held by an educator at all times when outside their enclosures. What if some parents are a bit wary about a drop-off party? Your birthday party is being conducted by trained educators; as such parents are strongly encouraged to drop their child off. Parents of the birthday child must stay at the party and are responsible for supervising children once the party has concluded. How would I reach Living Classrooms on the day of the party? Call our Glen Echo location at (301) 263-9613, or the School House at (202) 345-4698. What if I need to cancel my party? Programs cancelled more than a month in advance of the event date are fully refundable. Programs cancelled less than a month in advance of the event date will incur 50% of the cost. Programs cancelled less than two weeks in advance of the event date will cost the full amount.
Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region phone: (202) 488-0627 fax: (202) 488-1307 515 M Street, SE Suite 222 Washington, DC 20003
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