Celebrating Youth! - Activities

Wisconsin Youth Company, host of Celebrating Youth!
"Weave the web" at our hands-on activity area and explore many types of weaving! While you're there, check out our many summer camp, after school, and year enrichment program offerings for youth in grades K-8. We also offer a teen drop-in program for youth on Madison's southwest side.

    Visit with eco-artist Nicole Klinge and create beautiful woven art from garbage. Learn finger weaving and straw weaving at After School's area. Join After School's World Language Immersion Program and weave world cultures through instrument making. Wander Wisconsin presents the Spider Web – come learn a few fun facts about spiders and their webs and create your own web to take home! We'll also have our ever-popular "Speed Stacking" area up and running for generation-weaving family fun! www.wisconsinyouthcompany.org

Dean & St. Mary's - Healthy Kids Area

Everyone loves Crash Helmet and Happy Heart, Dean & St. Mary’s huggable and educational mascots.  Check out their booth for lots of kid-friendly activities with a message – good health and safety!  www.deancare.com and www.stmarysmadison.com

WKOW TV - Be a 27 Storm Track Meteorologist!

WKOW TV presents "27 Storm Track Chief Meteorologist Bob Lindmeier and the Weather Wall." Come and experience what it takes to do the weather, our 27 Storm Track Team will show how we do it and give you a shot at being an on-air meteorologist!  www.wkowtv.com

Global Villages

Visit the Global Villages area and learn about arts and culture from all over the world!  Visit the Latin American square created by Centro Hispano, make a Norwegian heart basket with the Sons of Norway, see Hmong story cloths brought by the Hmong American Student Association of UW-Madison, and spell your name in Arabic at Habiba Chaouch's display.

Centro Hispano    Sons of Norway    HASA    Habiba Chaouch

Weaving and Braiding Fun

Join Christine Thompson and Liz Walker and learn how to weave. Work a few rows on one of the many looms and help create a tapestry of our community! You can also learn how to use a marudai, a Japanese braiding stand and take home a braiding card!

World Games Zone

Children all over the world enjoy many of the same games. Grab a friend or family member and join Madison Children's Museum at the World Game Zone to try your hand at Shove Ha'Penny, Jackstraws, Mancala, Chinese jump rope, hula hoops, and more. www.madisonchildrensmuseum.org

Insect Ambassadors

Some arthropods are masters of web weaving. Many of us can remember seeing beautiful spider webs, but did you know that there are some insects that weave webs too? Come learn about the insect web weavers and other types of insects! www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectam

Procession of the Species
Decorate fabric leaves to add to the Procession of the Species tree of life and make rubbings from Wisconsin species woodblocks to take home with you. Puppets and masks from Procession of the Species will be on display. www.madprocession.org

Monona Terrace Block Fun

Play with blocks that inspired famous artists like Frank Lloyd Wright! You’ll use unique wooden “Froebel blocks” to build two- and three-dimensional designs of all kinds… and you’ll think about shapes in a whole new way.  www.mononaterrace.com

Hop on Stage
Try out some of the moves you saw! Wild Rumpus Circus will help you "try-a-trapeze" after their performance. Try a diabolo with the EMCC Jugglers after their performance. Watch for other groups to invite you up on stage, too!