NJ Happenings: Paws for Art & more!

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Paws for Art 4-11-15

What’s Happening in NJ this Weekend

What’s happening in NJ this weekend? Here are some great free or inexpensive activities to do with your family over the weekend! It’s always nice to have a plan!

Saturday 4/11/15:

Art for Families: Learning to Look

Cost:  FREE
Description: Join us on Saturday mornings for family fun in the Art Museum. Drop in anytime between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. and enjoy an engaging gallery activity followed by a related art project. Each week has a different theme. Come for fifteen minutes or two hours—whatever your schedule allows! All ages are welcome; no tickets or reservations are needed. This week, in honor of Slow Art Day, we invite families to spend time viewing and discussing works of art. Create a masterpiece of your own inspired by the works you’ve seen.
Location: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Time: 10:30 am – 1 pm
More Info:  Art for Families: Learning to Look

Wolf’s Birthday

Cost:  Museum admission is $10/adults, $7/children & seniors, and FREE for members
Description: Help celebrate the wolves’ birthdays! Join Xander, Theo and Fargo for activities and educational programs throughout the day.
Location: Essex County Turtle Back Zoo, 560 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, NJ
Time:  11 am – 5 pm
More Info:  Wolf’s Birthday

Sunday 4/12/15:

Paws for Art

Cost:  FREE
Description:  A free community day in partnership with the Cumberland County SPCA. Bring your dog for a day of art and fun. Highlights include the Wheaton Barks Dog Show with prizes for adults and children, an agility course, pet supplies, treats and clothing, obedience demonstrations, Photo Booth, Bobbing for tennis balls, and pet themed hands-on children’s activities. Enjoy WheatonArts Artists Studios, museum and gallery exhibitions, and museum stores. Food vendors on site.
Location: Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, 1100 Village Drive, Millville, NJ
Time:  11 am to 5 pm
More Info:  Paws for Art

Celebrate Arbor Day

Cost:  FREE
Description:  Children and adults are invited to participate in a free Arbor Day celebration and open house at Bedminster’s historic Jacobus Vanderveer House. The event, co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House and Bartlett Tree Experts, of Lebanon, NJ, will feature tree climbing demonstrations by professional tree climbers, apple bobbing, and interactive presentations about animals, insects and their relationship to trees. Arborists from Bartlett Tree Experts will release ladybugs and preying mantises and enlighten participants on the benefits of insects upon the environment. Michael Anderson, a representative from the National Audubon Society, will discuss the many animals that depend upon trees for their habitat, and Rainbow Tree Care will offer tips and demonstrations on modern tree care practices. Wightman’s Farm, of Morristown, will offer tree-related items for sale, such as maple syrup and maple syrup candies. The event will feature a raffle for a specimen tree valued at $1,500, and the first 100 attendees will receive a free swamp white oak sapling.
Location:  Jacobus Vanderveer House, 3055 River Road East, River Road Park, Bedminster, NJ
Time:  1 – 4 pm
More Info:  Celebrate Arbor Day

Be sure to check out NJ Family for even more Family Friendly activities. Feel free to add more events below to share with others.  I love to see what’s happening in your neck of the woods 🙂 I would love to know what you’re doing!