Event Type: Children’s Programs

  • Children dancing in front of dj

    Kids Disco

    Julia Schiemann

    Join the WZ DJ for a Kids Disco on The Green! This free, family-friendly event is the perfect activity to close out summer before back-to-school. Bring your blankets, chairs, and best dance moves! Learn more about the WZ DJ by visiting: thewzdj.com. Read full article

  • Art created from foraged materials

    Wild and Wondrous Outdoor Art Workshop

    Jennifer MacNeil

    Join You Out Loud for a four-day creative workshop, where works of art will be created using mixed media inspired by our senses through woodland wanders and foraged finds. Immersed in a mix of natural settings filled with flora and fauna, creators will paint and build wild and wonderful sculptures designed for indoors and out. … Read full article

  • American Goldfinch tweeting on a branch

    Yampa Valley Bird Calling Contest

    Julia Schiemann

    Get ready for some thrilling, trilling family fun, and start practicing your best bird call! In anticipation of the 15th annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival, the Yampa River Botanic Park, in collaboration with the Colorado Crane Conservation Coalition, is excited to host the first-ever Yampa Valley Bird Calling Contest. Join us for a fun-filled celebration… Read full article

  • Children looking at a table of homemade fairy houses

    Fairy Garden House Contest

    Julia Schiemann

    Join us Friday, June 12 at 11:30 am, immediately following Stories in the Garden, for the judging of the Botanic Park’s annual Fairy Garden House Contest!  Each spring, children create fairy garden houses from all-natural materials to be entered into a contest and placed in the Park’s Fairy Garden for the season. Contest Rules and… Read full article

  • Park entrance to the Children's Garden area

    Stories in the Garden

    Jennifer MacNeil

    Stories in the Garden is every Friday at 10:30 a.m. Children ages 0 to 7, accompanied by a parent or caregiver, are invited to enjoy a fun and exciting story and activity. Story time will feature a storyteller from the Bud Werner Library. Each week will feature a different theme and a fun art activity. Story… Read full article

  • A painter painting flowers on a large canvas

    Lulie Crawford’s Wildflowers and Watercolors

    Jennifer MacNeil

    As a tribute to local pioneer artist Lulie Crawford, the Tread of Pioneers Museum shares the story of Lulie and her pioneering family, followed by watercolor instruction with professional artist Dona Steele of the Steamboat Art Museum. Then the program participants paint their own wildflower watercolor masterpieces, just like Lulie! The program is free and… Read full article