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Reindeer Games
2025-12-29 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | The Iowa Children’s Museum, 1451 Coral Ridge Ave, Coralville, Iowa, 52241, United States
Make your winter break extra playful with Reindeer Games! These special activities add a little extra magic to your museum visit with creativity, curiosity, and hands-on fun. Each Reindeer Game features a unique theme and activity designed to spark imagination and keep young minds active while school is out.

12/22 – Code with BeeBots: Get your gears turning as you guide BeeBots through a series of frosty challenges! In this tech-inspired Reindeer Game, kids will practice basic coding and problem-solving skills by programming friendly little robots to navigate a winter-themed obstacle course.

12/29 – Snowflake Shadows: Discover the beauty of winter light and shadow in this art-meets-science activity! Craft your own snowflakes using tissue paper, cardstock, and other materials, then bring them to life on our shadow screen. Explore how light passes through, bounces off, or is blocked by your creations while experimenting with color and shape.

1/2 – Make & Mural for the Year of the Horse: Let’s get ready to welcome the Lunar New Year with creativity! In this art studio session, families will help the museum prepare for our upcoming Lunar New Year celebration with the Midwest Chinese Academy on February 17. Create your own horse-themed craft to take home, then add your artistic touch to a collaborative mural that will become part of the celebration’s festive backdrop.

Hunt for the Elves - Downtown Iowa City
2025-12-29 10:00 - 17:00 | Downtown Iowa City, 315 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, Iowa, 52240, United States
Elves are hiding throughout Downtown Iowa City shops and restaurants! Join the Downtown Hunt for the Elves, a FREE kid-friendly scavenger hunt in downtown Iowa City, starting Saturday, November 29th.

Once you have found the elves in each participating store, find their name, use the stamp provided at each business, or write the name of the elf on the card to show proof you found it. Turn in your completed cards after finding 10 or more elves to Iowa Book or the Iowa City Public Library in the Kid’s Department to receive a small prize and be entered to win a grand prize gift basket
