This holiday season, enjoy stories about Santa Claws and a Pirate’s 12 Days of Christmas, part of the Museum of Coastal Carolina’s popular Sea Tales program. Young guests can also become Water Warrior Climate Action Heroes with fun science activities and crafts.
Here’s a complete breakdown of what’s on the schedule:
Thursdays at 11:00 am – Sea Tales: Listen to stories starring animals or exhibits displayed at the Museum and complete interactive crafts or science activities based on each story:
- Dec. 5 – The Not Very Merry Merry Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen – Will Mr. Fish find perfect gifts for everyone on his list? Will he finish his shopping in time? Swim along with The Pout-Pout Fish on his holiday shopping quest. He might just discover that the best gifts of all come straight from the heart. We will read about this miserly fish and make a fish ornament.
- Dec 12 – Pirate 12 Days of Christmas by Philip Yates – A brave cabin boy receives marvelously mysterious gifts for each of the 12 days he is left alone to guard the pirate ship: 12 cannons blastin’, 9 mermaids singin’, 6 Jolly Rogers, and so on—but who are they from? Join us for this silly tale and make a pirate flag ornament.
- Dec 19 – Santa Claws: The Christmas Crab by Priscilla Cummings – Travel beneath the Chesapeake Bay, where Spud, a feisty young blue crab, hates to nap. Waking his underwater friends, Spud launches a rollicking Christmas Eve party that is interrupted by an unexpected traveler in need of Spud’s help. Find out what happens in this crazy holiday tale and make a fun Santa craft.
- Dec 26 – Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup – It’s Christmas Eve, and Jim and his mother have left pirate gingerbread men for Santa. Jim’s favorite is Captain Cookie, who carries a gingerbread cutlass and has a toothpick peg leg. Jim keeps him close by his bed. But late that night, when Jim is fast asleep, Captain Cookie step-taps away on a daring adventure to find his pirate crew and rescue them from that mysterious character he’s heard about: a cannibal named Santa Claus. Find out what happens to this swashbuckling crew and make your own paper gingerbread pirate.
Fridays at 11:00 am – Touch Tank Feeding: With staff and trained volunteer assistance, gently touch the sea creatures living in the Museum’s Touch Tank and watch trained volunteers feed the animals.
Saturdays from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Climate Action Heroes: Take a deeper dive into the Museum’s newest exhibit, Climate Action Heroes with family-friendly, fun, and interactive activities! Climate Action Heroes is developed by National Children’s Museum and distributed in partnership with Nickelodeon Our World.
Each week, the Museum features hands-on self-guided science and craft activities exploring a different characteristic of a Climate Action Hero. Visitors can also look for evidence of Climate Action Heroes throughout the museum with a special scavenger hunt. December’s Climate Action Heroes are Water Warriors.
- Dec. 7 – Water Warriors – Water Warriors protect water, make sure people have access to safe drinking water, and keep streams, lakes, and oceans clean. Identify aquatic habitats and assemble food webs to investigate ways many species rely on water.
- Dec. 14 – Water Warriors – Water Warriors protect water, make sure people have access to safe drinking water, and keep streams, lakes, and oceans clean. Explore how easy it is for water to become polluted through a fun game and learn ways we can help keep water clean.
- Dec. 21 – Water Warriors – Water Warriors protect water, make sure people have access to safe drinking water, and keep streams, lakes, and oceans clean. Investigate how water is all connected through the water cycle, discover how water flows from land to sea, and make your own watercolor craft.
- Dec. 28 – Water Warriors – Water Warriors protect water, make sure people have access to safe drinking water, and keep streams, lakes, and oceans clean. Explore ways we use water in our daily lives, learn how to calculate your water usage, and learn ways to reduce water use at home.
The Museum of Coastal Carolina is located at 21 East Second Street in Ocean Isle Beach, NC.
Admission is free for members. Non-member all-day admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors (62+), $8 for children (3-12), and free for age 2 and under.
For more information, call 910-579-1016, visit www.museumplanetarium.org, or like us on Facebook.com /MuseumCoastalCarolina
