{"id":5347,"date":"2008-06-21T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2008-06-21T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2015-12-30T16:57:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T23:57:59","slug":"creative-kids-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=5347","title":{"rendered":"Creative Kids Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fantastic. That’s the first word that comes to mind when I think of the Creative Kids Museum<\/a> located on the ground floor of Calgary’s Science Centre. It is everything the upstairs is not; while the Science Centre focuses on… science (duh!), the Creative Museum taps into the artistic side of inquisitive \/ exploratory kid brains. Some common threads…<\/p>\n

Theatre:<\/strong> Here kids can act \/ dance \/ sing \/ be crazy while one person controls the lights, sounds and special effects from a switch board behind the audience. Beside the stage is a special dress up area where future thespians can prepare for their stage debut.<\/p>\n

Music<\/strong> is a prevalent theme and throughout the museum you find an organ, a rock band studio (with costumes, a giant amp, and instruments), a room with walls covered with hittable items, and a floor that makes music when you step on key areas.<\/p>\n

Puppets:<\/strong> Mr. Whale and the Princess don’t get along because Mr. Whale ate a car and now has stinky farts. There’s nothing like a good puppet theatre and a vat full of puppets to unleash creative story telling.<\/p>\n

Wall of Paint \/ Chalk:<\/strong> I completely geeked out at the wall of paint. What kid wouldn’t like a gigantic centre trench filled with paint, massive paint brushes, and a larger than life wall to cover? Good thing there’s a hose nearby because markers and chalk are also added into the mix. Painting times vary.<\/p>\n

Sculpture:<\/strong> Paper, wood, random shapes, magnets, glass, blocks… you name it, it’s there and kids are making sculptures out of it. Behind the giant paper sculpture is a wall that changes colour wherever you touch it.<\/p>\n

It’s really hard to tell at this point if La Ni\u00f1a<\/em> is a science geek, artist, or something in the middle. She does like music more than bugs, and drawing more than building boats; however, it’s hard to know where her brain cells are aligned because her attention span is so short. So, I just sit back and let her explore…<\/p>\n