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- Thanksgiving Fun Facts! 7:43am Nov 24
- Gobble, gobble! Turkey snacks & sweets! 12:34pm Nov 23
- Fall felt apples 9:05am Nov 19
Austin Children's Museum There are many things we are thankful for at ACM. A big thanks to all of our sponsors, volunteers, members and visitors that help us continue to make learning fun and inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers.
The first traditional Thanksgiving between the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans occured in 1621. That’s over three centuries ago! B...
Disney’s Family Fun web site has this great idea to make your regular lunchtime sandwiches more exciting. Not only are these turkey-shaped sandwiches fun to make, they’re healthy too! Click on the photo to learn how to make this turkey snack! ...
These quaint felt apples make sweet trinkets this fall! They fit so nicely in the palm of your hand and make nice giveaways as well. I originally got the idea from the Web site Kaboose, but made a couple adjustments based on the materials I had...
Austin Children's Museum Do you have a little artist at home? Enter them in our gingerbread coloring contest and you could both win. The prize: a gingerbread house to decorate together in one of our Gingerbread Workshops. Winners are chosen at random, so “colorers” of all skill are welcome. : )
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Experience the thrill of making a mess in someone else's kitchen! Kids and parents willlove covering themselves in sugar icing whilebuilding a gingerbread housewith real, soft gingerbreadbaked right here in Austin! See workshop schedulebelow.
Making turkey hands is an easy and classic Thanksgiving art craft! First, trace your hand on a sheet of paper and use the outline of your hand as the body of the turkey. Then there are lots of different ways you can decorate your turkey...
The UT engineering students came to the Museum again, this time to race paper cars using marbles...
While Natural Sciences was going on, engineering students from UT also came to make toys with electric circuits, similar to the Operatation game...
Austin Children's Museum Have you experienced the world of Cyberchase yet? Come to our special Cyberchase Sunday and see it for yourself, with additional activities led by UT engineering students.
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Discover the fascinating world of science with special guests who'll bring their expertise to visitors on Science Sundays at the Museum. Don't forget, the Museum is free from 4pm - 5pm on Sundays so come and enjoy some science!
Some students from the UT College of Natural Sciences came on Saturday to show kids cool experiments about friction, buoyancy and electricity! A young scientist tests how to make a lightbulb light up. Another young scientist figures out the density of an object...
Thanksgiving and the winter holidays are coming up, so everyone is in the giving mood! Maybe you would like to show someone why you’re thankful to know him or her. Or maybe you want to keep track of the things you are thankful for in a Thankfulness Box. ...
Engineering students from UT came on Saturday to show us how to make balloon powered cars! Air from the balloons shot out backwards, which pushed the cars forward. The cars with the bigger balloons tended totravel a greater distancebecause there wasmore air to propel the car farther...
Happy Halloween from the Museum! I hope you are all dressed up and ready to go trick-or-treating! Halloween is a pretty famous holiday in America, but did you know there’s another big holiday just about to happen? ...
Hi, I’m Jenny and I’m the guided tour intern here at ACM. It’s a big world out there! Did you know there are 195 countries in the world? Our exhibit En Mi Familia shows Carmen Lomas Garza’s Mexican American heritage. This e...
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