Treehouse Festival at Tyler Arboretum

Last Sunday we went to the Treehouse Festival at Tyler Arboretum.  They had tons of crafts and activities, and a falcon show!

 

Making a necklace:

 Checking out the different birds of prey before the show

 Yum!  A little snack of rabbit :P

 Then Devan made a tree from The Lorax

 And a tree from Harry Potter (I think she called it a twisty tree?)

 (a bug flew in my eye!)

 Then we went on a scavenger hunt- looking for the easels with rubbings on them with different animals and leaves.  (Lexi liked wearing Devan's necklace)

 Gotta love the tongue- you KNOW he's concentrating when it comes out :)

 And then on to making a vest out of a grocery bag.  He got to do more rubbings, stamps, etc.

 While Dustin waited in line for food (brick oven pizza made on the spot- yum!) the kids had fun playing in the bubbles

Finally the falcon show was ready to start!  She talked about all the different birds she had and how they hunt.  Very interesting.  Not so much for the little ones, but for older kids (at least 1st grade).  I thought we would see more bird action, but only a few did some flights.

We didn't get to actually see any of the treehouses because it was past Lexi's nap.  So I told them we would come back another day (the nice thing about being a member).  Turns out, last week was perfect for it- low 80s.  We went back last Wed.  It was mid 70s and cloudy- perfect for hiking around and exploring :)  But, that's the next post, whenever I can get to it ;)