Ickyfest
Where: Brooklyn Children's Museum
Price: Included
Age Suitability: 0-3, 3-6, 6-9, 9-12
Website - 718-735-4400
During this weekend festival, become a grossologist—a scientific expert on all things slimy, yucky, and downright disgusting! Create your own snotty slime, get acquainted with creepy crawlers, see a snake eat lunch, make mud masks, and more.
Make a Splash! (10:30-11am) All ages
Meet some slimy and scaly and spiky creatures from under the sea.some slimy and scaly and spiky creatures from under the sea.
Icky Face: Mud Masks (11:30am-12:30pm) Ages 6+
Calling all beauticians and beasts! Discover ancient beauty secrets using some of nature’s dirtiest materials. Whip up your own mud-mask mixture to revitalize your skin at home!
Special Performance—
The Magic of Chemistry (1pm) All ages
Science performer extraordinaire Lisa Lou brings magic tricks and circus skill to help explain atoms, molecules, the elements, compounds, solutions, magnetism, static electricity, and more in this lively performance. See a balloon inflate all by itself, watch plain water change colors and disappear, and witness liquids “magically” becoming solids.
Free with general Museum admission, however a limited number of tickets are available; please request tickets at the Admissions Desk.
Slimy Science (1:30-2:30pm) Ages 5+
Calling all slime enthusiasts! Roll up your sleeves and get your hands gooey as your create your own slime and explore the science of icky-green snot.
Special Performance—
The Magic of Chemistry (2pm) All ages
Science performer extraordinaire Lisa Lou brings magic tricks and circus skill to help explain atoms, molecules, the elements, compounds, solutions, magnetism, static electricity, and more in this lively performance. See a balloon inflate all by itself, watch plain water change colors and disappear, and witness liquids “magically” becoming solids.
Free with general Museum admission, however a limited number of tickets are available; please request tickets at the Admissions Desk.
Icky, Sticky Goo (2:30-3pm) Ages 5 and under
Calling all micro scientists! Is it solid? Is it liquid? No, it is goo! Come put your senses to the test as we mix, pour, and explore the icky world of polymers!
Let’s Do Lunch! Snake Feeding (2:45pm) Ages 5+
Don’t get grossed out when you see a snake dining on some delicate morsels!
Give a Hoot—Dissect Owl Pellets (3:30-4:15pm) Ages 8+
What if you were always throwing up after you ate? That’s what owls do, regurgitating bones, fur, and other indigestible parts of their prey. Come dissect one of these “owl pellets” and see if you can figure out what was for dinner.
IckyFest! Circle Time (4-4:30pm) Ages 5 and under
Join us as we read fun, gross books together, like Everybody Poops!
Live Animal Encounter (4:15-4:45pm) All ages
You’ll never guess who’s going to drop by for a visit. It’s not repulsive . . . it’s cute!
