Find something meaningful for kids to do at the Living Green Expo. The Kids' Area features hands-on activities designed to keep little hands and their families busy. Come and learn about sustainability from a child's perspective through topics such as bugs, animals, and the natural environment. Materials used in the kids area are recycled, reused or come from nature (as much as possible).
The Kids' Area will be staffed, but children must be accompanied by an adult.
A Mothers' Room and changing area will be
hosted by the La Leche League.
Sunday (May 4)
All Day
Bruce the Bug Guy Meet Bruce's bugs all day long on Sunday.
See his shows: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m.
11 a.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
Bruce the Bug Guy's BUG Show
A unique, hands-on program that allows you to use ALL your senses to learn about the mysterious world of insects and their relatives. You’ll get to examine close up, or even handle, an assortment of LIVE arthropods (mouse-sized Hissing Cockroaches, foot-long giant Millipedes, and hand-sized tarantulas and scorpions). You’ll learn about some unique (and comical) insect defenses. Kids can even sample one of Bruce's bug snacks!
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Of Bees, Butterflies and Beetles! with ArtStart's Artscraps
Children can create their own insect headpiece using discards and scraps from
ArtStart's ArtScraps and learn the importance of keeping these delicate creatures healthy through living green.
12:30 p.m. to
1 p.m.
Meet the Green Guardian Children can meet the Green Guardian from the Solid Waste
Management Coordinating Board and learn about the three "R"s—
reducing, reusing and recycling!
1:20 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Magic Mama Music stage: upper level Grandstand
Enjoy organic hip-hop music from Magic Mama.
1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Paper, Tracks and Paints with Dodge Nature Center
Get messy with recycled fibers making a paper project such as toys, mulch and more in a big sloppy tub. You can also print your own story of tracks to go to natural places. And, get wild with face paints made from rocks, charcoal, and other natural materials.
Lower Level Grandstand 
The Kids' Area will be staffed, but children must be accompanied by an adult.
