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SFCM is excited to announce its next Kids at Heart FUNdraiser to benefit Santa Fe's children and youth...

Don't Let Your Valentine's Day be a Drag!
Kids at Heart* BINGO FUNdraiser
Featuring Santa Fe’s own Brandi with Honey Harris & DJ Yon from 98.1 Radio Free Santa Fe.

Friday, February 10, 2012
6:30-9:30 p.m. at Santa Fe Children’s Museum

BINGO with regular and jackpot games, fantastic prizes, hot dogs (veggie hot dogs too), donuts, wine, beer, and music!

This is a 21 years-old and over event.

Food provided by Wow Dawgs Eatery and Whoo’s Donuts
Proud Event Sponsor: Hutton Broadcasting

Tickets
$35 per person: includes food, 2 drink tickets, 1 bingo book for regular games, and 1 lucky dauber!

RSVP required. To purchase tickets, click below or call 505.989.8359.

Extra Fixins
During the event we will sell additional bingo books for regular games and separate bingo sheets for jackpot games.

*This Bingo event is part of SFCM's new Kids at Heart series, affordable and meaningful FUNdraising events to increase awareness about the educational needs of children and youth in New Mexico, build community, support the museum's mission to inspire a lifelong passion for learning, and ensure the well-being of ALL children and families.

SFCM and Chimera,* an education collaboration between the Center for Contemporary Arts and Meow Wolf, are pleased to announce Plushtronic Zoo, a four-session workshop on basic electronics, narrative, and re-creating old toys with new components.

In four 90-minute sessions, 1:30-3 p.m. on February 25 and 26 & March 3 and 4, children ages 8 and up will learn the basics of battery-operated and low-voltage lights, motors, and audio components. Children will build their own basic circuits, install them in reconfigured plush toys, and develop brief biographies for their unique creations. Students will be guided through each step of the process by artists from Meow Wolf, creating personalized, one-of-a-kind toys. Plush toys will be provided or a child can bring along his or her favorite toy to re-create!

$75 for the series (four workshops). Includes museum admission for the entire day for the child participating in the workshop and one adult.

Registration begins on Monday, January 23.
For more details and to register, call 505.989.8359 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

*SFCM's partnership with Chimera launches the museum's Movers and Makers initiative to promote hands-on, do-it-yourself workshops. By using old and new technologies, children explore the mechanics of everyday objects, inventing and re-inventing their relationship to the modern world.

SFCM will offer a Spring Break Camp for K-3rd graders, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday, March 12-16. Pre-care and aftercare available from 8-9 a.m. and 4-5:30 p.m.; $6/hr.

Spring Break Camp will be a Summer Camp Sampler, featuring sneak previews and highlights of upcoming summer camp opportunities from SFCM and other community camp providers.

Spring Break Camp themes include bugs, dinosaurs, cooking, dramatic play and theater, science and physics, construction and build, and more.

Camp Fees
$240 per child for 5 days; $220 for members.
$50 per day.
Sibling discount: $10 per additional child.

Camp fees include a special camp T-shirt, materials, take home projects, and private museum time.

Registration begins on Monday, January, 23. For more details and to register, call 505.989.8359 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

SFCM partners with Tumbledown Studios to present gymnastics and family fitness for babies, toddlers, parents, and caregivers during the museum's Preschool Prime Time on Friday, January 27 from 9-10 a.m.

This class is free with museum admission. No registration required.

Our new Online Bug Exhibit is live! 

A portion of the admission fees support SFCM's program and exhibit development. This online exhibit is made possible through a partnership between SFCM and Oliver Greer, our beloved "Bug Guy," whose incredible collection is on display at the museum.

Our long time and beloved resident corn snake, Peaches, has retired. She is living at Peace Pets, an animal care facility in Santa Fe. Her retirement from SFCM is a teachable moment for you and your family.

In the wild, corn snakes live to be 6 to 8 years old. She is 16 years old.

• Because she is so old, Peaches needs to be someplace more quiet and comfortable. Many of our grandmas and grandpas changed houses when they were older.
• Talk to your child about Peaches and encourage him or her to share good memories and thoughts.
• Your child may ask many questions- do your best to answer them. Remember there is no right or wrong answer; just use your experiences and your feelings.
• Give your child words: "I miss Peaches. I am sad. I feel..."

Celebrate our birthday on Sunday, February 12, from Noon to 5 p.m. with hands-on art activities highlighting children's birthday traditions from around the world, as well as music, cupcakes, and a special contest to name each of our animals.

SFCM partners with Peace Pets to ensure the care and well-being of our animals.