Kidspace Children’s Museum Celebrates 40-Year History This Summer

PASADENA, CA -- To honor its 40-year history of play and experimental learning, Kidspace Children’s Museum is continuing its 40th anniversary celebration with a "40 Days of Fun!" event.

From July 6–August 16 the celebration invites guests to learn, explore, and enjoy added fun each week of the summer. Based around festive themes, as well as a birthday bash, "40 Days of Fun!" allows guests to embrace the spontaneity of childhood with random acts of fun, self-guided activities, and birthday-themed events, as well as larger weekend events and a birthday bash on July 13 and 14.

Kidspace’s "40 Days of Fun!" offers different ways to explore the museum each week with a range of enhanced daily activities that culminate with larger weekend events. Included are a self-guided scavenger hunt; random acts of fun that surprise guests with spontaneous singalongs, story times, and dance parties throughout the day; and a celebration-themed daily exploration program every day at 11:45 AM in Stone Hollow Amphitheater.

Each week of fun will be centered around a new theme:

• July 6–12: GET OUTDOORS invites guests to get ready for summer by exploring nature, getting messy, and playing outdoors. Guests can dig in the sand, play in the mud, and enjoy the wonderment and fun of getting to be outside. Throughout the week there will be special activities including bug hunts, fort building, and a Flower Shower garden program.
• July 13 & 14: BIRTHDAY BASH invites YOU to celebrate Kidspace’s 40th Celebration with birthday-themed activities that include: birthday hat making and classic birthday party games around the museum. DJ Bree will host an interactive dance party in Stone Hollow Amphitheater, which will include a confetti blast and more.

• July 15–21: SLIME TIME brings out the ooey goopy fun with slime-related activities all week, culminating in the “Slime the Staff Quiz Show.” Throughout the week, random acts of fun will include some slimy surprises like exploring different types of slimes and using water to make slimy “snail trails.”
• July 22–August 2: WATER PLAY keeps guests cool with water games and water play, culminating in a water exhibit. WATER PLAY week includes fun pop-up water events like sponge tosses and splash games. Guests may see random acts of fun activities like outdoor evaporation painting, sensory water bins, and surprise boat races.
• August 3–16: BUBBLES invites guests to pop on over for a good time and enjoy spontaneous encounters like bubble shows, bubble dance parties, bubble challenges and bubble races.

"40 Days of Fun!" themes are designed to evoke adults’ favorite childhood memories of summer, giving adults a chance to relive their childhoods alongside children. The surprise nature of random acts of fun invites guests of all ages to live in the moment and enjoy and experience the spontaneity and freedom of childhood while delighting children with new takes on classic summer activities.

Themes highlight the landscape of Kidspace and incorporate 21st century learning skills like creativity, flexibility, and collaboration alongside experiential learning, all while making learning fun.

“The six weeks of added fun and surprise elements incorporate hands-on and interactive learning into fun experiences for children and adults,” Kidspace Chief Programs Officer JJ Leissing said. “We hope guests will return multiple times to experience the range of fun and experiential learning that have become a signature of Kidspace over its 40-year history.”