Bees Welcome Here! 🐝 Summer Programming
Sponsored by SESLOC Credit Union
🐝 Let’s do our part to bee kind! 🐝
Find out what we can do to help bees… this summer in The Studio!
Our little buzzing pollinators do so much to keep our local environments blooming and our food systems strong. There are things YOU can do to help them!
Join us this summer as we learn about bees through science, craft, and art activities.
Small acts of kindness ripple out to create a healthier, brighter world for us all!
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!
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!!
Help the Bees: Plant Sunflowers to Take Home
Bees love sunflowers! Decorate a mesh grow bag, add soil, then plant sunflower seeds from a variety of flowers. Take it home to plant and nurture.
Bubble Wrap Honeycomb
Using yellow paint and bubble wrap, create a little hive scene. Add bee stickers!
Meeting in the Middle
Join Cal Poly Child Development seniors in a kid-friendly discussion & puppet show promoting relationships between children with and without neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Bee Kind Rocks
Use paint pens to decorate rocks to look like bees. Write kindness messages on the back, then “plant” in your neighborhood to spread happiness.
In The Studio: Fluffy Poodle
Poodles have hair, not fur, that is often trimmed by a groomer to look like round puffs. Use glue and pom poms to design your show dog.
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: make a Mini Rainforest Terrarium!
In The Studio: T-Shirt Braided Chew Toy
Braid and knot strips of t-shirts to make a tug toy for dogs. If you don’t have a dog of your own, we will donate your creation to Woods Humane Society!
The Great Puppy Project
Saturday, May 16
11:30 AM–1:30 PM
We’re learning what it takes to be a responsible pet owner. Select a little plush puppy for adoption, then decorate their dog house. Don’t forget to name your new pet and sign the adoption certificate!
In The Studio: Dog Paw Print Garden
Press paw-shaped stamps onto paper. Add stems. Do your paw prints resemble flowers? Crazy!
Meet Puppies-In-Training!
Saturday, May 9
11 AM
Join Guide Dogs for the Blind - San Luis Obispo Puppy Raisers to meet their puppies, and learn what’s involved with being a puppy raiser. Have you ever wondered how a dog knows when to cross a street safely? Or get its partner to work? Let’s find out!
Sensory Night
Thursday, May 7
5:00–7:00 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!
In The Studio: Paper Chain Slinky Dachshund Puppy
Create a sweet puppy face, then make a paper chain body. How long will YOUR Dachshund be?
Community Pet Pantry
Woods Humane Society — Let’s Support Their Community Pet Pantry and Feed Pets in Need
All Month!
Score two admissions passes for a future visit by donating a 3.5 lb bag (or larger) of either cat or dog food. Their Donation Fire Hydrant will be at admissions during May!
In The Studio: Dalmatian Fire Dog
Dalmatians are born with pure white fur but, within ten days, black spots begin to appear. Add black spots to a white puppy print using your finger dipped in paint.
In the Studio: Let's Paint Together!
Group project time! Paint a tabletop collage made of an assortment of recycled materials.
Mini Rainforest Terrarium
After placing rocks, soil, a bit of moss and a plant into a clear container with a lid, take your mini rainforest terrarium home to care for it and observe its growth.