FAMILY ACTIVITIES AT THE FOLKLIFE COMMONS
Open daily from 11am-6pm
Play, participate, and learn with the whole family! Create your own fun-filled adventure at Folklife Commons!
Create Your Own Mosaic Art
Create your own mosaic art using tumbled safe (no sharp edges) locally recycled art glass. Unleash your creativity! - you will be presented with a dazzling array of glass colors and shapes to make functional art pieces such as mirrors, coasters and hot pad/trivets.
Cost: $3.00-$7.00 (Free activity available)
Design Your GreenCity
Get creative with the environment! Show us how you would design your own eco-friendly neighborhood. Prizes will be awarded to the winning design. No artistic skill needed! All are welcome.
Cost: Free
Great Circle Ceremony
All are invited to our booth to explore the meaning of the Native American Indian HONOR WAY by sharing ways we can honor each other and the earth, and by quietly walking our sacred medicine wheel honor circle 11-6. Special guests will lead a formal ceremony daily at 4 pm.
Cost: Free
Make and Take Pop-Up Puppets
Make and take home a Pop-Up Puppet that opens its mouth with just a thumbs up from you! Let the experts from Planet of the Puppets help you create an out of this world Puppet Pal so you can perform for all your friends!
Cost: $3.00 (Free activity available).
Toy Boat Building
Build your own wooden toy boat! We provide the tools, you provide the creativity and innovation!
What’s in a Symbol? The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Emblem
Museum of History & Industry
Stop by MOHAI’s booth to learn more about life in Seattle during the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. We’ll have photos and a map of the original fair grounds, artifacts to explore, and a craft activity.
Cost: Free
Museum of History & Industry
Stop by MOHAI’s booth to learn more about life in Seattle during the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. We’ll have photos and a map of the original fair grounds, artifacts to explore, and a craft activity.
Cost: Free
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