• Title: Music and You!

• Description: Sing, dance, and get silly during music time! Learn about

our desert creatures and make your own instrument to take home. A live animal

will inspire the tunes! This activity is followed by exclusive playtime in

Packrat Playhouse before we open to the public.

Please note: Museum admission is not included with the program cost. If your

membership does not include the children you are bringing, you will need to

pay regular museum admission rates for them at the museum entrance. If the

Thursday August 2nd: (infant to 5 years old)

• Title: Animals and Art

• Description: Learn about packrats through arts and crafts! Design your

own packrat house and fill it with treasure. Let a live animal inspire your

artistic side and go home with a fun prize. This activity is followed by

exclusive playtime in Packrat Playhouse before we open to the public.

All programs are at 9am-10am in Packrat Playhouse.

Museum Members/$12, Non-Members/$15.

Thursday July 19th (infant to 5 years old)

• Title: Story time featuring The Night Flower

• Description: The saguaro cactus is an icon of the Sonoran Desert and

relied upon for food and housing by many desert animals. It’s blooming,

pollinating, and fruiting periods define summer in the desert. During story

time kids will learn all about this amazing plant! Additionally, everyone

will meet an animal and go home with a fun prize. This activity is followed

by exclusive playtime in Packrat Playhouse before we open to the public.

Packrat Playhouse: Play Like a Packrat

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Thursday July 12th (infant to 5 years old)

• Title: A Mess in the Nest

• Description: Many animals build nests! Sometimes they look like quite a

mess. Learn about animal homes in the desert, meet a live animal, make a

crafty mess of your own, and go home with a prize. This activity is followed

by exclusive playtime in Packrat Playhouse before we open to the public.

All programs are at 9am-10am in Packrat Playhouse.

HOME/SATURDAY, JULY 21 AT 10:00AM AND 11:00AM | FREE ADMISSION

Doors open at 9:15am for pre-show activities hosted by the gang from Mildred

& Dildred Toy Store!  Pre-show activities at the 10:00am show only.

Meet children’s book writer/illustrator ADAM REX, author of The True

Meaning of Smeckday, the basis for the movie Home!

Free small Eegees will be available after the 10:00am screening, while

supplies last!

When Oh, a loveable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds