We Need Recyclable Materials!
We encourage children to be conscious of the environment and think differently about how they can re-use, re-purpose and recycle the items they use on a regular basis. Help us by replenishing our supply of recycled items that children may then upcycle into artistic creations throughout the Museum. The spot...a Child's Museum needs a variety of clean and child-appropriate items kids can turn into robots, buildings, simple machines, art and more.
The spot...a Child's Museum will be open to receive recycle items during regular Museum hours every Friday and Saturday from 1 - 5pm.
The spot...a Child's Museum continously needs a variety of child-appropriate building and crafting items to carry out the theme of Recycle-Upcycle for art, engineering, and science exhibits in the Museum. We need to replenish our year-long supply with the most popular items children use. The items we need most are those that make great parts or bodies of vehicles, robots, buildings, machines, art projects and creatures of all kinds. We encourage the community to donate materials, particularly those of unusual size, shape and function, such as:
- Cardboard: Clean and dry boxes, tubes (no toilet paper tubes, please) and containers
- Plastics: Clean and dry to-go containers, boxes, toy parts, bottles, tubes, and containers
- Weavables: Ribbons, ties, belts, scarves, yarn, string, rope, twine, craft items and so on
- Junk Drawer Items: Beads, buttons, keys, bottle caps, paper clips, coins, CDs, and many items from the home junk drawer!
- Metals/Mechanical: Nuts, bolts, wire, pliers, screws, and scissors
- Scrapbooking materials: patterned papers, stickers, stencils, stamps, and embellishments
We respectfully ask that you do not bring us newspaper, scrap white paper or shredded paper. While we welcome colored and patterned "scrapbook" and construction paper, we have enough white paper at this time. Thank you!
The spot...a Child's Museum envisions children as lifelong learners who are inquisitive and knowledgeable about the world and are inspired to become stewards of a peaceful and sustainable planet.
Find out the POWERFUL core beliefs and goals behind making the spot a safe, healthy place focused on the future of our children and community.
Discovery Learning, Piaget, Montessori... these theories all underscore the spot's very basic foundational principle of the importance of PLAY! As Albert Einstein said, “The ability to play is instrumental in scientific exploration, discovery and all forms of creativity!”
As early as 2004, a group of dedicated Prescott and nearby community individuals began to realize their vision to design, create and establish a hands-on, discovery based Children's Museum in Prescott. See how the spot came to life.
Be a part of bringing this unmatched central Arizona asset to life through your generous, tax-deductible gift. See images of the vision for the spot's future classrooms, laboratories, planetarium, nature exchange area, non-lending library and more.
Get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the spot and the Children's Museum Alliance, Inc.
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Reply #1 on : Sat February 18, 2012, 14:01:17