 Saturday, June 11 - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 12 - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Art-eology: Can You Dig It?!?
“Art-eology: Can You Dig It?!? ” is the theme of this year's Omaha Summer Arts Festival Children's Fair to be held on Saturday, June 11th on 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, June 12th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located at 11th and Farnam, the Children's Fair is presented by Target and offers dozens of hands-on activities, art projects and entertainment for children ages three to 10 years old.
Additional children's activities include a special Family Entertainment Stage full of music, dance and fun, along with a Young Artist Exhibition showcasing the beautiful artwork of Omaha's most talented young artists in grades six through 12.
Admission to the Children's Fair, Young Artist Exhibition and Family Entertainment Stage is FREE! Several of the activities offered in the Children's Fair are free, while other hands-on crafts and activities require a ticket priced at 50 cents each. The cost of each activity is between one to ten tickets.
| Organization |
Activity |
| Art-eology Excavation Site |
(Free) |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters |
Fossil Identification (2 tickets) |
| Candy Art |
(5 tickets) |
| Debi & Friends |
Face painting (2 to 10 tickets) |
| El Museo Latino |
Paper Folk Art (1 ticket) |
| First National Bank |
Beaded bracelets & key chains (Free) |
| Girls Incorporated of Omaha |
Milk carton planter (1 ticket) |
| Mulhall's |
Flower pot decorating & planting (2 tickets) |
| National Park Service |
Junior Ranger Archeology activity (Free) |
| Nebraska Master Naturalist Program |
Fish Printing (Free) |
| Nebraska Mineral & Gem Club |
Real mineral, shell, & fossil games (0 - 3 tickets) |
| Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo |
Zoo Olympics (Free) |
| Omaha Girls Rock |
Screenprinting(2 tickets) |
| Poppin' Penelope |
Balloon figures and animals (Free) |
| Spin Art |
Squeeze paint on a spinning canvas (3 tickets) |
| Strategic Air & Space Museum |
Making & launching straw rockets (2 tickets) |
| Target |
(Free) |
| Toddler Tent - It's a Wonderful World Child Care |
Sno cones & sandbox (Free) |
| Whole Foods |
Cookie Decorating (3 Tickets) |
Special thanks goes to Oriental Trading Company, to the students and teacher Andrew Naikelis at the Omaha Public School Career Center, and to Millard Lumber for supporting the Children's Fair.
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