Northeast Texas Children’s Museum prepares summer events schedule

Northeast Texas Children’s Museum prepares summer events schedule

Northeast Texas Children’s Museum prepares to offer its widest selection of summer camps and special events.
By Alton Biggs

Commerce, Texas -- Does your child like bubbles? Perhaps your

young girl desires to be a glamorous movie star? Are your children interested in critters, or is there an interest in dinosaurs? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum has a program for you.

This summer the Children’s Museum will present a variety of camps, daily activities and special events. In addition to Theme Weeks, a Cooking Camp will be offered on June 26, 27 and 28, and a CSI Camp will be offered on July 17, 18 and 19. Special events will include Glamour Girl Spa Day, Children in Colonial Times, Texas Bubble Lady, Fashionably Fabulous, University Day and the Critter Man.

“Since so many of our Museum visitors travel from other communities, we wanted to offer more daily activities this summer,” Sharline Freeman, the Museum’s executive director, said. “With the wide range of activities that are a part of the different theme weeks, parents and grandparents can choose the activity that most interests their child. Of course, we expect children to play in their favorite exhibit, too.”

Both boys and girls enjoyed participation in last year’s Cooking Camp at the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum.“The Children’s Museum is offering so much this summer that we encourage parents and grandparents to call the Museum for additional information,” Dr. Gil Naizer, board president, said. “Parents may also want to be on our e-mail list.”

The week of June 18 will be Math Week with exciting math activities at 11:00 each day. The highlight of the week will be a Glamour Girl Spa Day on June 21 for young girls. Participants will get their hair and nails glamorized. As each girl makes bath salts, the ingredients will be carefully measured. Tickets for the Glamour Girl Spa Day will be $3.

The Museum will offer Fabulously Fashionable for older girls on Friday, July 19. Elisabeth Leyerle, a model with the Neal Hamil Agency in Houston, will be coordinating this event for girls entering 5th through 7th grades. The participants will receive information on makeup, hair, fashion, and poise from this young model.

To celebrate Independence Day, the Museum will offer Children in Colonial Days with Dr. Wendell and Linda Edwards on July 3. The Edwards will dress in Colonial costumes as they explain what children did over 200 years ago.

Things That Go Pop Week will be the week of July 9. The highlight of the week will be the Texas Bubble Lady on July 11 at 1:30. This event will be sponsored by the 10-2-4 Ranch.“We are very excited to be a sponsor of the Texas Bubble Lady,” stated Colette Young, owner of the 10-2-4 Ranch. “I understand that she came to the Museum about four years ago, and the children loved the program. We are glad the 10-2-4 Ranch can bring this program to the Museum.”

A University Day will be part of Community Week on July 25. This will be followed by Dino Week and Science Week. The Theme Weeks will culminate with an End of Summer Week beginning August 21. The Museum will end the summer activities with the appearance from Dallas of the very popular Critter Man on August 22.

For more information, call the Northeast Texas Children’s Museum at 903-886-6055.

For more information on Summer Camps in the Texoma area visit www.texomaconnect.com where you will find Day Camps, Overnight Camps, Athletic Camps, Nature Camps, and plenty of Arts, Crafts and fun events for kids this summer.