Breakfast with Clifford

Saturday, February 13th

8:30-10:00 a.m.

Get your tickets for this exciting event!

Meet Clifford, enjoy a yummy breakfast, stories, and fun art activities, and explore "The Adventures With Clifford The Big Red Dog" traveling exhibit!

Tickets must be purchased in advance at the museum Welcome Center, or call to order your tickets with Visa/MC/Discover. 

Members $5 per person

Non-Members $10/person-includes reduced admission to the museum

Don't miss this fun opportunity.  Attendance is limited.  Get your tickets today!

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Dr. Seuss' Birthday Party

March 5th     5:30-8 p.m.

Earn your free ticket to "Dr. Seuss' Birthday Party" by completing an activity through the Appleton Public Library or The Building for Kids.  Participate in fun projects and be rewarded with your free ticket to this special family event.  

You can't buy tickets, you must earn them through one of the below opportunities:

Sunday 2/14 at 2:30 p.m. Story Time at The Building for Kids.  

Tuesday 2/16 10:30 Story Time at The Building for Kids.  

Saturday 2/20 at 2:30 p.m. Story Time at the Building for Kids.

Wednesday 2/24 at 10:30 a.m.  Story Time at the Building for Kids.  

Thursday 2/25 at 4:00 p.m. Food, Fun, and Reading at the Appleton Public Library.

Thursday 2/25 at 6:30 p.m. "Growing Great Readers" at the Appleton Public Library.

Monday 3/1 6:30 p.m. An Evening with Seuss at the Appleton Public Library.

Tuesday 3/2 at 10:30 a.m.    Story Time at The Building for Kids.

Enjoy special Cat In The Hat activities and a tasty dinner; plus, meet the famous Cat in the Hat!  Each child will receive a free Dr. Seuss Book to take home! 

Each child must earn his or her own ticket in order to attend this event.  Each person, child and adult, must have a special ticket in order to attend this event.

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Mark your calendar for the 3rd Annual

"Wisconsin's Biggest Baby Shower"

April 26th, 2010     1:00-7:00 p.m.

Check back for more info soon. 

Vendor Registration: Baby Shower registration 2010

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Scheduled Girl Scout Overnights for you to join! 

Enjoy a fun-filled adventure in The Building for Kids!  Sleep on a firetruck, under a banyan tree, or in a vegetable garden!  For small troops or individual Daisies, Brownies, and Girl Scouts, The Building for Kids offers sponsored overnights. These sponsored overnights do not require a minimum number of girls or a minimum dollar amount to sign up.   Call to reserve your spots!  (920)734-3226.

April 16 - Regular Overnight    $20 per Scout/$10 per Adult

April 23- Badge Earning Overnight    $32 per Scout/$10 per Adult

             Try-It - Science In Action

             Badge - Jeweler

Fee includes an evening snack and a breakfast-to-go! 

Badge earning overnights also include the actual patch earned.

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The Building for Kids was voted the Best Local Museum of 2009 by the Post-Crescent Reader's Choice Awards! 

We're very proud, and we promise to continue to provide exciting and challenging opportunities for children and families to build imagination, creativity, and confidence!

Thank you to our loyal members and visitors.

This Week at the Museum

Future of Frogs Exhibit Opens Saturday 2/6!

Check out the DaVinci Science Lab

New Fossil Table!  Do you have a fossil that you'd like to identify? 

Bring it in.  We'll help you figure out what you've got!

You never know what you'll find!

For children age 6 years and older with an adult helper. 

Open daily until 4:30 p.m.

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