What a DEAL!!!

Teach your children to help others in need!

In our continued effort to collect canned goods for Memphis food banks, we are now offering 50% off admission Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays thru September 29th, 2010 if you bring in a canned good or dry good (peanut butter, dried beans, etc.). One can/good equals 50% off one admission, limit one can per person.

Link to coupon : http//www.cmom.com/sites/default/images/ACoupon.pdf

25 Things

Since our address is 2525 Central, we thought of 25 things to do at CMOM!

1. Play dress up at the Little Orpheum Theatre.
2. Sing karaoke.
3. Be a pilot in our Going Places Exhibit
4. Learn how to make a paper airplane in the Tree House.
5. Have a hula-hoop contest.
6. Shop for groceries.
7. Learn about different countries during Around the World Wednesday.
8. Curl up on a beanbag chair with a good book in the Bookatarium.
9. "Arrest" your parents and put them in the back of the police car.
10. Be a fireman or firewoman.
11. Give a weather report at CMOM-TV.
12. Star in a music video.
13. Learn about the Mississippi River at WaterWORKS.
14. Sing along with Hootin' Andy and learn about train safety.
15. Brush Pearl E. White's teeth.
16. Write a check in the bank.
17. Be a Memphis Tigers football player.
18. "Drive" a minivan in the AutoZone Garage.
19. Help build a house at Your House, My House.
20. Shoot hoops in Playscape Park.
21. Get lost while climbing up the Skyscraper.
22. Show off your dancing skills in Sir Dance-A-Lot.
23. Create a masterpiece in the Art Smart Studio.
24. Play the Hum Drum.
25. Check your blood pressure.

Back to School!

Have you had a chance to check out our Back 2 School art the past Saturdays of this month? Well if you havent be sure to check out the last Back 2 School art this Saturday at 11am!

This Fridays artist for Fine Art Friday is Gustave Courbet so dont miss this fabulous chance to show your little ones the joys of fine art, and maybe learn a little bit about an artist for yourself!

Introducing Tamara!

Meet Tamara is our new Program Specialist.

Tamara is a Memphis native who received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in English from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Be sure to say hello when you see her around the museum. You can catch her during the week at Super Sing-a-Long (Tuesday afternoons at 1pm), Around the World (Wednesdays at 3:30), R&R Storytime (Wednesdays at noon), Fabulous Fine Art (Fridays at 10am), Saturday Art (Saturdays at 11am), Okie Dokie Karaoke (Saturdays at 1pm), Celebrate CMOM (Saturdays at 2pm through the end of August), and Super Science (Saturdays at 3pm).

Potato People!

Here are some of our creations from last weeks bookworms!

Some great potato creators!

Two very pretty potatoes.

Our friends from Silver Springs, MD made these awesome potatoes and left them with us to display!

Thanks guys!

Be a Bookworms regular!

To all of our regulars who come to the musuem, and even our first timers. Do you know exactally what Bookworms is all about!? It is one of our all ages art programs, and sure to be fun for the whole family. Bookworms happens every week on Thursday afternoon at 3:30. Bookworms consists of storytime+a craft so it is a 2 for 1 deal! We gather at the Little Orpheum Stage and read a book, and after that the whole group heads over to the Art Smart Studio and we make a craft about the book.

Bookworms of the past:

We read Do you do a Didgeridoo?>and we made paper towel roll Didgeridoos.

We read Danny, the Angry Lion > and we made lion masks.

We read Carry Me> and made rag dolls.

We read James in the House of Aunt Prudence > and we made Rat King crowns.

Next week, July 22nd we will be reading Flight of the DODO and making parachutes to drop from the plane! You really don't want to miss it! So fit us into your CMOM schedules.

See y'all at Bookworms!

Hot July

Wow has Memphis been super hot for the past few weeks! It feels like it is already August and its just July 1st. CMOM has definitely been the cool place to play during the summer heat. Don't forget to check out our daily programs listed on the main page of our website > www.cmom.com It will let you know when and what is happening at CMOM. Once you are here just listen for the announcement to know the location of the program.

This months Saturday art will be centered around the heat. Our " July Hot Art" programs will be every Saturday morning at 11am. So be here to make some really hot crafts.

DON'T FORGET! We are still collecting cans to teach children to help others in need. When you bring in a can of food you get a dollar off the price of admission (limit one can per person).

Stay cool and come play at CMOM!