LOVE LOCAL: SPARK CREATIVE LEARNING IN MANITOBA


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The 2022 edition of Festival du Voyageur is on until February 27 and there’s still plenty of fun to be had. Check out their performance line-up, have some fun with their online kid-oriented activities, or take a snow sculpture tour in Winnipeg or online. Start exploring.

JOIN US FOR FRANCO-FUN DAY AT THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM


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Today is Franco-Fun Day at the Children’s Museum, and we’d like to celebrate with you by sharing this easy-to-make bannock recipe!

Ingredients

Directions

  • Measure flour, salt, and baking powder into a large bowl. Stir to mix. Pour melted butter and water over flour mixture. Stir with fork to make a ball.

Join us today at the Children’s Museum for Franco-Fun Day activities celebrating French-Canadian culture until 3:00PM! Learn more.

LOVE LOCAL: SPARK CREATIVE LEARNING ONLINE


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In an effort to support the public health orders of the province of Manitoba for the public to stay home and stay safe, Folklorama is pleased to present Folklorama at Home: The Virtual Experience, on now weekly until March 2022. Folklorama’s cultural arts division has launched a series of free virtual programs that deliver favourite aspects of the Folklorama festival converted into at-home experiences, including everything from Pow Wow drumming to Métis beading, Q&As with artists, and workshops to grow and test your skills. See the whole programming line-up and register now.

January Schedule

  • Friday, January 21: A Voyageur Adventure! with TiBert le Voyageur
  • Friday, January 28: Soaring in the Lunar New Year with a Roar!

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CREATION STATION: CATCHING SNOWFLAKES ON YOUR TONGUE SELF-PORTRAIT

Source: artisandesarts.blogspot.com This is an incredibly cute idea for a wintery self-portrait with a few different ways to approach it - you could do oil pastel drawings, as pictured above, or use coloured construction paper to cut out and glue all the different parts of each child's features and winter gear. The square teeth look…
Jan 22, 2022 • arts and crafts, at-home crafts, Creation Station, Creative learning, Family fun, winter activity
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SHOP FEATURE 5

(For the week of January 24, 2022) Check out this week’s Feature 5 – a list of top-selling products from Shop, the Children’s Museum’s gift store, now with FREE shipping in Winnipeg on orders over $50! Read More… Pako Discovery Spiral Price: $18.99 each The Pako Discovery Spiral is an interactive, educational toy that helps…
Jan 24, 2022 • arts and crafts, aurora, creativity for kids, feature 5, pako, Plush, science, shop, Shop Feature 5, stanley jr, Toys
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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

Source: nationalgeographic.co.uk Kids won’t need beakers and microscopes for these four biology experiments - they just need themselves! Each of these experiments from National Geographic's UK website lets children discover how a human body system works. And by doing these "tests" on their own bodies, they’ll get to see and feel exactly how their own…
Jan 26, 2022 • Activities for kids, Activity, At-home Experiments, Creative learning, STEAM, STEAM activity

LOVE LOCAL: SPARK CREATIVE LEARNING IN MANITOBA


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Manitoba’s Festival du Voyageur starts Friday, February 12 and there’s plenty of remote and outdoor activities for everyone! Take in a remote concert, tour all the impressive snow sculptures, try a new French-Canadian recipe or order a take-home meal, and don’t forget the Festival Kids Zone, with colouring pages, voyageur songs, an activity book, a tour of Fort Gibraltar, and more!

LOVE LOCAL: SPARK CREATIVE LEARNING IN WINNIPEG


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Looking for some family fun in Winnipeg this week?

Take a guided tour at the Royal Canadian Mint to learn about the different generations of Canadian coins and see how they’re made. You can shop from the 2020 bestselling coin collection to keep for your own collection or to give as a gift.

Enjoy a hearty jump-off with your family at Flying Squirrel, the world’s largest indoor trampoline park. This fun space has loads of activities for adults and children of all ages, including toddlers.

Discover the rich history of Métis and French-Canadian culture in Manitoba at Le Musee de Saint-Boniface/St. Boniface Museum. Housed in the Grey Nuns’ Convent, Winnipeg’s oldest building, the museum offers the two-in-one experience of exploring a heritage site – and its architecture – while also learning about the history of Métis and Francophone communities in Manitoba.

Spend a fall weekend exploring the Corn Maze at Deer Meadow Farms. This year’s maze features a celebratory Manitoba 150 design on 10 acres of land, where you can walk it with your family and solve fun challenges as you go.