Activities for Children
Student Bird Art and Nature Writing Contests:2025 entry information click here.
For the Nature Writing Contest: 2025 entry information click here.
*Teachers: Contest information will be mailed to schools at the end of January.
Sequoia Park Zoo will be bringing live birds to the main hall of the Arcata Community Center. Dates and times TBD. Bring your questions to ask the zoo staff accompanying her!
3rd Annual Family Nature Crafts “Mega-Palooza”: Free craft activities will be offered by nonprofit and government environmental agencies to children of all ages who are accompanied by a responsible adult. This drop-in, no-reservation-required event will be held in the Dining Room at the Arcata Community Center on Saturday, April 19, beginning at 11 am to coincide with the Student Art and Writing Contest Awards Ceremony. Sponsoring organizations: Friends of the Arcata Marsh; others TBA.
The following events are FREE to kids with an accompanying adult. Kids must be registered to attend the event. Please enter the child’s name + the parent’s name (in the same box) when asked for “name”. Accompanying adults do not have to pay for a registration fee for these events (only when attending regular festival trips).
Owl Pellet Dissection Workshop – Friday, April 18, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Kid’s Birding and Nature Walk at the Arcata Marsh – Saturday, April 19, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.