Alien Planet Collage
Imagine a brand-new planet. Does it have purple trees? Floating mountains? Friendly aliens? Use collage materials to build your own world.
Moonlight Hours
Moonlight Hours
Thursday, October 15
5–7 PM
Sponsored by the Janssen Youth & Youth Sports Fund. Thanks, friends!
Pocket Constellation Viewer
Punch a constellation card, then we will give you a little flashlight to take home. When it’s dark, shine the light through your card onto a wall. You’ll see the constellation!
Personal Rocket
Design and decorate your own rocket ship. Write your name down the side and imagine where you'll travel in space!
Star Wars!
Friday, October 9, 2026 | 6–10 PM | The Historic Octagon Barn
Join us on our next adults-only galactic journey in support of the San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum. Get tickets now!
Constellation Lacing
Punch holes around famous constellations and weave yarn through them to connect the stars.
Moon Texture Painting
Create a textured moon using foil, sponges and gray paint. Add stars and a dark night sky to complete your masterpiece.
Seed Mosaic Art
Fill a flower template with seeds and beans and wonderful things using mod podge.
Paint the Plaza
Paint the Plaza is a community chalk art festival celebrating the Central Coast arts scene. Watch as the Children’s Museum’s own, Jen Dirstine, creates a vibrant local scene!
Apple Stamp Orchard
Fall just FEELS like apples! Create your own orchard using paint and apple halves.
What's Inside a Seed?
Become a plant scientist! Let’s open soaked beans and other large seeds and use magnifying glasses and tweezers to investigate the tiny roots and shoots inside.
Leaf Texture Printing
A mix of paint colors and differently shaped leaves creates a truly unique piece of art.
Bee Creative!
We’re putting out sheets of beeswax for you to mold and build with. What will your imagination come up with?
Moonlight Hours
Moonlight Hours
Thursday, August 20
5–7 PM
Sponsored by the Janssen Youth & Youth Sports Fund. Thanks, friends! Activity: make a bee hotel to take home for your neighborhood bees!
Family Night Block Party
Family Night Block Party
Friday, August 14 from 5–8 PM
in Mission Plaza
Downtown SLO invites local families to celebrate the end of summer ahead of the back-to-school season! This Family Night Block Party will feature fun, interactive children’s activities (like the Children’s Museum’s new Mini-Exhibits!) and family-friendly vendors on Broad Street, as well as entertainment from local group, Holding Pattern, and instrumental pop group, Brass Mash.
Hive Stamping
Using yellow and orange paint and hexagonal shapes, create a little hive scene. Add adorable bee stickers!
Sensory Night
Sensory Night
Wednesday, August 5
5–7 PM
Free dedicated time for neurodivergent kiddos and their adults. Join us!
Big thanks to the Central Coast Women’s League for making this possible!
Bee Hotel
Bee hotels provide a safe space for solitary bees to nest and raise their young. Build your own to take home and hang in your yard in a sunny spot near flowers.
In the Studio: Beeswax Candle-Making 🐝
We’re warming and rolling sheets of beeswax around a wick to create a natural candle!
“The Honeybee Highway” Book & Activity 🐝
Saturday, July 18, at 1pm
We’ll be reading Shanna Upchurch’s charming adventure detailing how important commercial honeybees are to our food system. We will then use Jello to demonstrate how pollination works. Fun!
Moonlight Hours
Thursday, July 16, from 5–7pm
Visit the Museum for free!
Activity: make a bee watering station to take home for your neighborhood bees!
Sponsored by the Janssen Youth & Youth Sports Fund. Thanks, friends!
Let’s Help the Bees: Make a Bee Watering Station 🐝
Saturday, July 11
in the Outdoor Playscape!
By providing water for bees, we give them a safe drinking source, help them regulate hive temperatures, and prevent them from drowning in swimming pools. Make a terracotta water station to take home for your patio or yard!
In the Studio: Bubble Wrap Honeycomb 🐝
Using yellow and orange paint with bubble wrap, create a little hive scene. Add adorable bee stickers!
In the Studio: Bee Kind Rocks 🐝
Use paint pens to decorate rocks to look like bees. Write kindness messages on the back, then “plant” them in your neighborhood to spread happiness.
Tiny Bee-Friendly Village 🐝
All month long
Help us add to our little bee-friendly village, and learn how to help bees in the process. Should we have a pesticide-free garden? Let leaves linger before raking them up?
BEE on the lookout! 🐝
Ongoing until all bees are found!
We’ve hidden painted bee rocks at six parks across SLO County. If you find one, read the instructions on the back to learn how to redeem it for free admission passes.
Get outside, explore, and happy hunting!
Arroyo Grande: Rancho Grande Park
Shell Beach: Spyglass Park FOUND!
SLO: Sinsheimer Park
Morro Bay: Coleman Park
Atascadero: Atascadero Lake Park
Paso Robles: Barney Schwartz Park
“The Honeybee Highway” Book & Activity
We’ll be reading Shanna Upchurch’s charming adventure detailing how important commercial honeybees are to our food system. We will then use Jello to demonstrate pollination. Come find out how!
Moonlight Hours
Play with us for free, then head over to Farmers’ Market on Higuera Street for dinner and entertainment.
The Janssen Youth & Youth Sports Fund is sponsoring the Moonlight Hours activity: plant sunflowers to take home!!