XOXO: An Exhibit About Love & Forgiveness
Saturday, May 27 - Monday, September 4
Free with Admission or ECHO Membership
Through facial expressions, words, movement, art making and other hands-on activities, the exhibit provides children and caregivers the opportunity to think about and explore feelings through a variety of activities designed to help them understand, appreciate, and express their emotions.
At XOXO visitors can:
>Illuminate a hidden message about love by Holding Hands
>Answer questions about love and forgiveness, and tie them to a wall for others to read at the Response Wall
>Write down loving thoughts and press them into Tokens of Love
>Work together to Balance on a seesaw or connect an infinite Story Puzzle
>Create Silhouettes using a unique set up of light boxes
>Build and explore a variety of facial expressions using Empathy Blocks
>Release the Negative by drawing or writing down what makes you angry or sad and then crank it through a paper shredder
>Speak into Tone Phones and watch how your voice affects shapes projected on a screen
Created by Children's Museum of Pittsburgh with support from The Fetzer Institute. Locally sponsored by Dealer.com
Also this weekend!
Champ's Legendary Creemee Stand Officially Opens on Saturday, May 27
11 am to 8 pm
Join us on Saturday, May 27 for our creemee stand opening day! Vermont Teddy Bear will be on site to give away plushies to the first 50 people! (one per group) From May 27 thru October 8, Champ's Creemees will be open daily to serve legendary, locally-produced, refreshing treats on the Burlington waterfront. All proceeds go to supporting ECHO, Vermont's science and nature museum.