Celebrate New Year's Eve Family Fun: A Night on the Nile!

Ring in 2012
with a party fit for a pharaoh!
Travel the Nile and walk like an Egyptian
into the New Year with a lighted ball drop at 9 p.m.

Presenting Sponsor: Foresters
Celebration Sponsor: Oregon College Savings Plan

Entertainment
6:00–8:45 pm
4-H Petting Zoo (Heated Outdoor Amphitheater)
6:45–7:30 pm
Theater Outreach (Heated Outdoor Tent by Back Gate)
7:45–8:45 pm
The Alphabeticians (Heated Outdoor Tent by Back Gate)

Countdown to New Year’s and Ball Drop
Erector Set Stage, 8:45–9:00 pm
Countdown Sponsor: Les Schwab Tire Centers
Food
6:00–8:45 pm
Snacks and treats - Little Gem Store
Hot drinks benefiting 4-H - Outdoor Discovery Center, Amphitheater
Activities
6:00–8:45 pm
Hieroglyphics Room
Hieroglyph necklaces and armbands
Create your own hieroglyphs
Write your name in hieroglyphs
Pyramid Room
Build a pyramid
Pharaoh and Mummy Room
Make a Mummy
Meet King Cluck! (Mummified chicken!)
Egyptian-style face painting
Pharaoh hat making
The Nile Room
Float your boat down the Nile!
(Create a boat out of recyclables and then sail it down our Nile River)
Fish the Nile
View fish of the Nile River!
(Aquarium with fish native to the Nile River)
New Year’s Room
Stalnaker’s Photo Studio family portraits
What’s your New Year’s resolution?
Make a New Year’s ball!
New Year’s party hats!
Create photo frames for your family portraits
Look for Bubble Girl!
She will be traveling along the Nile throughout the night.

Winter Break Activities for Kids at the children's museum

Tuesday, December 20
Candy Condos
Budding architects can construct and decorate holiday houses with graham crackers, frosting and colorful candies, 10 to 11 a.m./2 to 3 p.m., $15, $10 members.
Popcorn!
Sing, dance and make a popcorn craft, for ages 3 to 5, 1 to 2 p.m., $14, $6 members.
Robotics Lab
Engineering concepts, teamwork and real working robots, for ages 8 to 12, 1 to 4 p.m., $31, $21 members.

Wednesday, December 21
School's Out, Science is In: Try, Try Again
Hands-on activities about the scientific method, 1 to 3 p.m. Free with regular admission.
Tamales in the Kitchen
Make two types of tamales to take home, plus salsa, for ages 6 and older with a parent or caregiver, 1 to 3 p.m. $38 per parent-child, $28 members per parent-child, $7 per additional child.

Wednesday, December 28
School's Out, Science is In: Chemical Reactions
Discover what happens when certain chemicals interact, sometimes with gooey and messy results! 1 to 3 p.m. Free with regular admission

Celebrate New Year's at the children's museum

New Year's Eve Family Fun: A Night on the Nile!

“A Night on the Nile” will be celebrated throughout A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village as families ring in the New Year and party like pharaohs. Travel back in time to ancient Egypt and celebrate from 6 – 9 p.m. on December 31 at Salem’s children's museum.



The evening festivities include live entertainment with a performance by Theater Outreach (www.theateroutreach.org), a Salem-based community theater. A Portland music duo, The Alphabeticians (www.thealphabeticians.com), will entertain with humor, clever songs and interactive elements to delight people of all ages.

The entire museum, transformed into an Egyptian-themed Village, will feature a Hieroglyphics room, Pyramid room, Pharaoh and Mummy room and a Nile room. Each location will provide fun activities that will educate and entertain children of all ages.

Use hieroglyphics to write messages, make mini mummies and build pyramids. Meet King Cluck and create a Pharaoh hat to wear into the New Year. Use recyclable materials to build a boat to float down the ‘mini-Nile’ River, but watch out for the crocs and hippos! The New Year’s room will offer free family portraits by Stalnaker’s Photo Studio. Celebration crafts, including a a New Year’s Ball project, will fill the Village with activities.

Celebrate the New Year with a lighted ball drop from high above on the Erector Set Tower at 9 p.m. sponsored by Les Schwab Tire Centers. The presenting sponsor for the event is Foresters. The celebration sponsor is Oregon College Savings Plan.

Tickets are available at the children’s museum. $5 members / $10 nonmembers / $3 public assistance, ages 1 & 2. No guest passes or other discounts apply. For more information, visit the website at www.acgilbert.org.