I heard that the UA vs. LSU baseball games are free this weekend if you bring something to donate to the Red Cross, such as baby items (diapers, formula, toys, bottles, wipes, etc.), clothing, or "comfort kit" items (deoderant, toothbrush, toothpaste, wash cloth, shampoo, liquid soap, lotion, comb, facial tissues, razor, and shaving cream). Those games are today (Friday) at 6:30pm, tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm, and Sunday at 1pm.
On the subject of fun, free, family activities, I also just got word about this neat opportunity tomorrow at the Natural History Musuem on the UA campus. I thought I would pass it on in case you are looking for a diversion or a fun. educational, free family activity! The museum is located on the UA campus in Smith Hall at 427 6th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. It is near the intersection of University and Hackberry (Hackberry is what Hargrove turns into). Their phone number is (205) 348-7550.
The natural history museum on campus planning on opening the museum on Saturday from 9am-5pm with free admission to all. We will be showing movies in 205, doing arts and crafts and natural history programs. We are hoping this will be a way for families to relax and get away from the traumatic events of the past week. Please contact myself or Amanda at aespy@bama.ua.edu. Here is what we have on the agenda so far:
Discovery Lab – Fossils – we will have fossils out, an area to make fossil molds and casts and any experts who want to volunteer to talk about fossils.
Movie station – Will play movies tangentially related to natural history in 205 (Indiana Jones, Night at the Museum…)
Coloring/Card/Craft station – we will have general crafty things in one room that will be appropriate for kids of all ages. Todd suggested that we let kids make cards for their moms for Mothers Day as well which I think is a great idea. Any other Mothers’ Day ideas/craft ideas are welcome.
Butterfly station – Butterfly coloring, book readings, and crafts. Jessica gave us a great idea about grass caterpillars and most of the supplies except knee-high panty hose (if anyone has some).
Lego station – This can be manned by younger kids – may just be an area rug in some part of the museum. If anyone knows how to make a Lego dinosaur, that would be great!
Book/game/puzzle station – This can also be manned by younger folks. We have lots of natural history-related books to read to younger children.
Discovering Alabama – Thought we would play Discovering Alabama programs in one room but would need someone to play DVDs
Thank you,
Todd Hester
Museum Naturalist
Alabama Museum of Natural History
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