Churchville Nature Center
Event Calendar
January 2020
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2:00 pm
PrayerTies for the New Year
Join us for a special Lenape Village Program
While not specifically Lenape, many people today have adopted the use of Prayer Ties for many reasons and uses. Learn what these are and how you can use them today. You will also learn what plants traditionally go into a tie or bundle and their meaning. This is a great way to close out 2019 and set intentions for 2020. Create your own that day!
Time: 2-4 pm
Fee: $5 per person, ages 6yr to adult |
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9:00 am
Fairy & Gnome School
Children can come have some fun over holiday break
This is open to fairies, gnomes, girls, and boys ages 5 – 9. A typical day at Fairy & Gnome School includes fairy and gnome inspired arts and crafts, games, time with live animal friends, storytelling, dancing, crystals, yoga, outdoor exploration, and free play. If your child loves nature, this program will link them to the magic found under the unturned stones and leaves! December 31 will be our New Year’s Eve party with movie time, snacks, and dancing!
Class size is limited to 12 and pre-registration is required
Parents/guardians must pack lunch and snacks
Time: 9am to 4pm except 12/31 9am to 1pm
Cost: $35 per day; $150 for all 5 days
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9:00 am
Fairy & Gnome School
Children can come have some fun over holiday break
This is open to fairies, gnomes, girls, and boys ages 5 – 9. A typical day at Fairy & Gnome School includes fairy and gnome inspired arts and crafts, games, time with live animal friends, storytelling, dancing, crystals, yoga, outdoor exploration, and free play. If your child loves nature, this program will link them to the magic found under the unturned stones and leaves! December 31 will be our New Year’s Eve party with movie time, snacks, and dancing!
Class size is limited to 12 and pre-registration is required
Parents/guardians must pack lunch and snacks
Time: 9am to 4pm except 12/31 9am to 1pm
Cost: $35 per day; $150 for all 5 days
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8:00 am
Saturday Morning Bird Walk
Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.
These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.
Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.
10:00 am
Nature Center Adventures
Join Educator Irene for stories, crafts & fun!
Join longtime educator Irene for a series of adventures here at Churchville Nature Center! Each session includes meeting one of our live critters, a trail adventure (weather permitting), games, stories, a craft to take home with you and other fun activities.
Time: 10am to 12pm
Ages 6-12
Cost: $15 per session
$55.00 for all sessions
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10:00 am
Open Studio Art Classes
Come learn to draw or paint
Amara Bedford, M.A. Art Therapy and CNC educator, will be facilitating these classes for ages 12 to adult. Materials will be provided in the initial cost of each class. Extra materials or material kits will be available for purchase the day of the class. Feel free to bring a bag lunch or snack if you wish. Drawing Studio
January 5
The group will begin with several warm-up sketches on newsprint paper, followed by more extensive drawings on drawing quality paper. We will use nature scenes outside our windows for inspiration. The hope is to use the drawing class as a way to promote the inner artist and have fun.
Cost: $30, includes supplies
Painting Studio
February 2
Each person will be provided with an easel, canvas, mixing palette, acrylic paints and brushes. Wear clothes that you are okay with getting paint on. We will paint the nature we see out the window.
Cost: $35, includes supplies Due to materials and a class limit of 12 participants, pre-registration is required.
Time: 10am to 1pm |
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7:30 pm
Owl Prowl Campfire Program
Learn more about our local raptors of the night
Winter is just around the corner and great horn owl nesting season starts in early January. We hope to get in on their hooting season by calling them to see if we can get a response, they are most vocal at this time of the year as they look for mates and territory.
Reservations are Required
Time: 7:30 pm
Fee: $5 per person
Members Free |
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8:00 am
Saturday Morning Bird Walk
Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.
These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.
Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.
10:00 am
World of Weather: A Wintertime Adventure
Join us for our first January Event
Join us this winter for our 2nd Annual Weather Adventure. This fun filled day will features all kinds of cool activities and crafts about weather. Some rooms will be transformed this year into different climate regions represented in the United States. We will be exploring the climate regions of broadleaf temperate forest, grasslands and the taiga through the use of the Everglades, the Great Plains and Interior Alaska respectively. Visit with live animals that live in these types of regions. Make your own weather station. Check our website and Face Book event page for more updates
Time: 10 am to 4pm
Entrance: Members $4 & Non-Members $6 (Children 3 & under - Free) |
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2:00 pm
Acorn Processing Workshop
Come learn an age old craft
Native people in our area had a wide variety of nuts available. Chestnut, walnut, hickory, beech, and hazel were easy to gather and enjoy. Acorns were also abundant. These “oak nuts” are nutritious, but contain high amounts of tannins and require special preparation to make them edible. Although they were enjoyed here, acorns were a staple food of many California tribes where other nuts were less available. Join CNC educator Chris Applegate to learn traditional and modern methods to process and use them.
Time: 2 to 4 pm Cost: $8 per person
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8:00 am
Saturday Morning Bird Walk
Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.
These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.
Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.
10:00 am
Nature Center Adventures
Join Educator Irene for stories, crafts & fun!
Join longtime educator Irene for a series of adventures here at Churchville Nature Center! Each session includes meeting one of our live critters, a trail adventure (weather permitting), games, stories, a craft to take home with you and other fun activities.
Time: 10am to 12pm
Ages 6-12
Cost: $15 per session
$55.00 for all sessions
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2:00 pm
Beginner's Origami
Learn to make folded paper creatures
Have you seen the animals folded out of paper and wondered how it was done? Join educator Gail Russo for a fun afternoon creating your own pond and pond creatures using this ancient art form. The first class will be the “pond” box to hold your creations and the following two classes will be creatures such as butterflies, fish and flowers. Participants can sign up for any one or all three.
Time: 2 to 4pm Cost: $15 per session, includes materials
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8:00 am
Saturday Morning Bird Walk
Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.
These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.
Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.
11:00 am
Geode Cave
Come have fun in our cave display and crack open your own geode
Enter our man-made replica “cave” inside the nature center and see what treasure you can find! Search for your very own geode rock. Once you find the one you want, you have the opportunity to crack it open. No way of telling what you might have; a crystal druse, a solid crystal? Your treasure will be yours to take home. While you wait your turn in the “cave” join in the fun at the information stations, Lenape Games and stories, or make your own cave art pictographs and petroglyphs. The nature center’s gem sluice will also be running and available for an additional $3.
Supplies of geodes
are limited and
Pre-registration is required
to reserve your geode!
Time: 11am to 4pm
Cost: $8 per person |
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11:00 am
Geode Cave
Come have fun in our cave display and crack open your own geode
Enter our man-made replica “cave” inside the nature center and see what treasure you can find! Search for your very own geode rock. Once you find the one you want, you have the opportunity to crack it open. No way of telling what you might have; a crystal druse, a solid crystal? Your treasure will be yours to take home. While you wait your turn in the “cave” join in the fun at the information stations, Lenape Games and stories, or make your own cave art pictographs and petroglyphs. The nature center’s gem sluice will also be running and available for an additional $3.
Supplies of geodes
are limited and
Pre-registration is required
to reserve your geode!
Time: 11am to 4pm
Cost: $8 per person |
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8:00 am
Saturday Morning Bird Walk
Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.
These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.
Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.
10:00 am
Nature Center Adventures
Join Educator Irene for stories, crafts & fun!
Join longtime educator Irene for a series of adventures here at Churchville Nature Center! Each session includes meeting one of our live critters, a trail adventure (weather permitting), games, stories, a craft to take home with you and other fun activities.
Time: 10am to 12pm
Ages 6-12
Cost: $15 per session
$55.00 for all sessions
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Contact us:
215-357-4005 |
churchvillenaturecenter@BucksCounty.org
Churchville Nature Center
| 501 Churchville Lane
, Churchville, PA 18966
215-357-4005 |
churchvillenaturecenter@BucksCounty.org
Churchville Nature Center
| 501 Churchville Lane
, Churchville, PA 18966
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