November - Here Comes the Holiday Spirit!

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Morris County Park Commission

November 15, 2023

This Week:

Sit and Squirm

SIT AND SQUIRM

November 16

We sit or squirm for a story, snack and hands-on activity.  Learn more here.

Cost: $8 per child. Preregistration is required.

Make your own butter

MAKE YOUR OWN BUTTER

November 17

Learn to make butter just in time for Thanksgiving! We will make butter in the butter churns, then select the ingredients for flavored butter (salt or fruit). Enjoy some butter and bread and take the rest home! Churn, Butter, Churn!

Cost: $25 per family. Preregistration is required. 

yoga

SUNSHINE YOGA FOR KIDS: OUTER SPACE

November 18

An awesome class for kids who want to play games, use their imaginations, and have FUN! Each class is taught by a licensed yoga instructor and centers around a nature theme. Get ‘em started young!

Cost: $12 per child. Preregistration is required.

FOREST BATHING WITH RICH COLLINS, ANFT GUIDE

November 18 &19 

November 18 at Bamboo Brook OEC and November 19 at Frelinghuysen Arboretum.

Enjoy a combination of Japanese oriented walking, meditation, mindfulness, and wellness this fall.   Wear comfortable shoes for walking. Get started!

Cost: $20 per person. Preregistration is required.

forest bathing
puddle jumpers

PUDDLE JUMPERS: WHO LIVES IN A BURROW?

November 20

Let's go on a hole hunt! Lots of animals dig underground to make their homes. Let's find out which ones with a story, activities and a trail walk to hunt for animal burrows! Parents can stay or drop off. Let’s dig deeper into this!

Cost: $7 per child. Preregistration is required.

STEM

ADVENTURES IN STEM: ROCK ON!

November 21   

In this series, young scientists explore the natural world through experiments and activities, making surprising discoveries along the way! In this session, discover three different types of rocks and learn how they form. Ready to rock on?

Cost: $10 per child. Preregistration is required.

Look What's Coming:

TURKEY MT. HIKE FOR TURKEY DAY

November 25  

After Thanksgiving, hike off all that turkey on Turkey Mountain! This 3-hour hike will take us up and over the mountain, and back. Bring a lunch to enjoy at a stop along the way. Ready to take a hike?

Cost: $10 per person. Preregistration is required. 

turkey mountain waterfall hike
crochet

CONTINUING CROCHET – BOBBLE STITCH

November 29

Have the basics of crochet down already? Come out to Fosterfields and learn a new stitch! Hook and yarn provided. Get hooked in! 

Cost: $15 per person. Preregistration is required.

willows wonderland

WILLOWS WONDERLAND

December 2 and 3

Celebrate the holiday season at Fosterfields! Tour The Willows mansion decorated for different decades of Christmas, talk to costumed interpreters and watch live cooking demos at both the mansion and the 1915 farmhouse. Create a holiday craft and take a wagon ride and meet the animals in the barnyard. Even take your picture with Santa!

Get into the holiday spirit with us!

Cost: $10 per person, children 2 and under are FREE. Pre-registration is suggested.


SeedMoney

The SeedMoney Challenge is LIVE

The 9th Annual SeedMoney Challenge is officially underway! 

SeedMoney is a non-profit that runs an annual 30-day crowdfunding challenge competing for grants for community gardens across the US and around the world.

The Park Alliance is proud to support Morris County Park System’s Growing Youth Gardeners program which includes the award-winning Branching Out program that has been in place for over 50 years, and the Kids to Kids and Garden2Table programs that offer youth, teens, and young adults with disabilities gardening experiences and healthy eating lessons. 

Please donate today to help this project win a SeedMoney grant. All donations are tax-deductible and go to the project even if the goal is not reached.