Join Us August 23 For
KidFEST
Science City KidFEST
presented by PNC
Admission
- Union Station Members Free Admission Year-Round to Science City
- General Admission $17.00*
- *Excludes 10% Preservation Fee
Saturday, August 23
- HOURS 10 am - 5 pm
- Please Note: You need to select August 23 when purchasing KidFEST tickets.
An exciting event dedicated to our early learners!
A FAMILY-FUN DAY, FULL OF SCIENCE PLAY! THIS YEAR’S THEME EXPLORES SPEED AND LIGHT.
- Themed hands-on activities
- Educator-Led demos
- A workshop led by the Kansas City Ballet
- & MORE!
kidFEST Schedule
10 am – 4:30 pm Shadow and Color
Location: PNC Learning Lab
Little learners can play with shadow hand puppets, make their own cloud and clothespin rainbow, and take home a pipe cleaner crystal rainbow project.
10 am – 4:30 pm LEGO Pull Back Cars
Location: Engineerium
Design your own pull back LEGO car, and see how different designs compare to each other as you run them down the track.
10 am – 4:30 pm What is Color?
Location: Periodic Table
Mix colored water and create new colors using various scientific equipment. Then use a hydrophobic surface to mix colors even further to create a work of art that can be taken home!
10 am – 4:30 pm UV Go-Glow Bead Fidget
Location: Maker Studio
Use 3D printed UV beads of various shapes – ghosts, bolts, flowers, and stars – to create a palm-sized fidget ring. The beads react to light and are vividly color changing in hues of blue and pink!
10 am – 4:30 pm Red Light Green Light Paddles
Location: Creative Corner
Create your very own Red Light Green Light paddle and play a game with your friends and family. You’ll be able to customize your paddle in various ways, and you can take it home with you!
12:30 & 3 pm Animal Care, or “How Nature-Works Works”
Location: Nature Works “Patio”
Learn about two types of animal colors. Camouflage is how animals use color to hide from predator and prey. Warning colors help tell predators that animals are toxic, or trick predators into thinking they are toxic.
10 am – 12 pm Donutology
Location: Periodic Table
Come visit Donutology in Periodic Table. Learn how donuts are made as you decorate and eat your own creation.
12 & 12:30 pm Stargaze Jr.
Location: Planetarium
Bring your little stargazers and join our planetarium educators for a one-of-a-kind edition of our interactive star tour, made specially for early learners! Explore the day and night sky, find patterns in the stars, dance with the planets, and take your first steps into the big, wide universe, all in the comfort of the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium! Included for free with admission to KidFEST!
10 am – 4:30 pm Art Car
Location: Haverty Family Yards
Check out the 2001 Porsche Boxter “Art Car” from the Kansas City Automotive Museum in Haverty Family Yards! The car was designed by students at Shawnee Mission East.
Time 12:45 – 1:45 Kansas City Ballet
Location: Maze Park
Get your body moving and grooving in this fun workshop led by the Kansas City Ballet in Maze Park.
All Day Community Partners
Location: Maze Park
Visit our friends from The Family Conservancy, The American Theatre Guild, Start at Zero, and the Kansas City Symphony in Maze Park.
**all while supplies last