BMO Community Arts Days at Canada Games Plaza and Two Rivers Gallery is in full swing in the sunshine. It began Friday (and runs until 3 p.m.) and continues Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This free event is set for all ages encouraging many arts and crafts creations with local partners including a whole host of live entertainers, workshops, community group information booths and food trucks.
The Central Interior Railway Museum has their Cottonwood Mini Rail in full operation and the fire department has a touch-a-truck event alongside the train.
Mom Randi Denicola and grandmother Kathy Denicola brought Randi’s two kids, Felix, 1, and Macy, 3, along with friend Liam, 3, down to the event where Macy and Liam fearlessly went into the oobleck walk and dared to go on a bare-footed adventure across the cornstarch-and-water concoction.
“We got here just before it started and wandered around a little bit and we went on the train – there was no lineup so that was great,” Randi said. “And the kids loved the firetruck too."
The family made a stop at Mask Mania where Grandma Kathy helped Macy with her art project that saw a lot of feathers and beads on the paper plate mask that Kathy framed with a wavy ribbon.
“The kids really like the open-ended craft time where they can explore which allows them to do what they want,” Randi said. “I think it’s important to experience new activities and to have fun at a community event and to have exposure to different things that we don’t usually get to experience at home.”
Families can enjoy creating crazy hats, construct paper rockets to launch, paint with the help of the giant spinner, make a paper bag animal, or create their own coffee grounds fossil with REAPS, finger paint with a friend, or visit Huble Homestead for some candy and crafts.
After all the fun and excitement there’s food trucks and a lemonade stand to visit and once you’ve got your energy back there’s always more fun to be had on the artist-painted ping pong table or shake it up by dancing to the music offered non-stop at the family-friendly event.
“There’s a little bit of everything here – the food, the activities, the information booths, the music – it’s been so much fun,” Randi said.
For more details about the event visit https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/highlights/two-rivers-gallery-announces-return-of-community-art-days-9133405
