KiDS CORNER

The quarterly Kids Corner is back! The listings are a little lighter than usual as many organizations are holding off on scheduling events due to concerns about COVID-19. It’s always a good idea to double check to make sure any event is still on as events are starting to get canceled again.

Got a Kids Corner item coming up? Send us an email at entertainment@mmclocal.com and we’ll make sure to include it in the next Kids Corner coming up in April 7’s issue.

JANUARY

Kids Snowmaking Contest · now until 3/1, hosted by the

Village of Kronenwetter. Kids can build their own snowman and enter it in a contest. Submit photo entry to Village of

Kronenwetter or email jpoyer@kronenwetter.org. More info at https://www.kronenwetter.org/community/community_events/kids_snowman_making_contest.php Grab & Go Craft for Kids: Teleidoscope · Mon. 1/3-1/31, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at all MCPL locations. Grab a kit containing supplies for making a teleidoscope. Pick up the kits anytime the library is open. Free.

Call 715-261-7220 for more info Youth Poetry Contest (All Locations) · Thurs.-Fri. 1/6-5/27, hosted by the Marathon County Public Library at all MCPL locations. Youths ages 9-18 can enter a poem in a poetry contest. Poems can be any length and each person can enter two poems. Entrants must be Marathon County residents. Submit entries at poetry@mcpl.us or drop them off at any MCPL location. Call 715-261-7220 for more info Youth Ceramics · Wednesdays 1/12-2/9, Center for the

Visual Arts, Wausau. Students can learn the basic skills to make ceramic artwork. Starts at 4 pm. $120. https://www. cvawausau.org/ E-Sports Night · Fri. 1/14, hosted by Marathon County

Recreation Department and Northcentral Technical College at NTC Main Building, Wausau. Play some Mario Kart and enjoy pizza. For ages 10-14. Starts at 6 pm. $20. https:// secure.rec1.com/WI/marathon-county-parks-recreationand-forestry/catalog/index Family Story Time: Art Tales! · Tues. 1/18, hosted online by the Marathon County Public Library. Listen to stories about art. Starts at 10 am. Free. https://www.youtube.com/user/

MCPLwausau Family Story Time: Arctic Animals! · Tues. 1/25, hosted online by the Marathon County Public Library. Listen to stories about animals that live in the arctic and learn about the Grab & Go kit for kids offered at the Wausau Winterfest. Starts at 10 am. Free. https://www.youtube.com/user/

MCPLwausau Youth Painting · Tuesdays 1/25-2/22, Center for the Visual

Arts, Wausau. Students can learn different painting techniques. Starts at 4 pm. $120. https://www.cvawausau.org/ Winter Fest 2022 · Sat. 1/29, hosted by Wausau Events at the 400 Block & Great Hall at the Grand Theater, Wausau. Activities at the 400 Block include ice skating and ice sculptures.

Activities at the Great Hall include cookie decorating, hot chocolate bar, crafts for kids, games and more. Starts at 11 am. Free. https://www.wausauevents.org/winter-fest.html Grab & Go Craft for Kids: Winterfest Snow Globes! · Sat. 1/29, hosted by Marathon County Public Library at 300 N.

First St, Wausau. Pick up a kit to make a paper snow globe.

Offered in collaboration with Wausau Winterfest event. Kits are free while supplies last. 715-261-7220 for more info

FEBRUARY

Family Festival-Winter Carnival · Sat.-Sun. 2/5-2/6, Granite

Peak Ski Resort, Wausau. Enjoy snow carnival games, obstacle courses, scavenger hunts and fireworks show on

Saturday night. Starts at 9 am. https://www.skigranitepeak. com/ Scaled Up Reptile Expo · Sun. 2/6, hosted by Scaled Up Expo at Central Wisconsin Convention and Expo Center, 10101

Market St, Rothschild. Look at the reptiles from different breeders, stock up on supplies and possibly take a reptile home. Starts at 10 am VIP, 11 am general admission. $10 VIP admission, $5 general admission, free for ages 5 and under. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/scaled-upexpos-32970594835 The Granite Grom Jam Series 2 · Sun. 2/6, Granite Peak Ski

Resort, Wausau. Go skiing or snowboarding, enjoy pizza for lunch and a friendly competition. Starts at 11 am. $40 or $70 for two siblings. Helmets & lift tickets/season pass required. https://www.skigranitepeak.com/ Cats · Mon.-Thurs. 2/7-2/10, hosted by the Central Wisconsin

Educational Theatre Alliance at Grand Theater, Wausau.

Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Starts at 7 pm. $15-18. https://tickets.grandtheater.org/3188 E-Sports Night · Fri. 2/11, hosted by Marathon County

Recreation Department and Northcentral Technical College

at NTC Main Building, Wausau. Play some Mario Kart and enjoy pizza. For ages 10-14. Starts at 6 pm. $20. https:// secure.rec1.com/WI/marathon-county-parks-recreationand-forestry/catalog/index Wausau Noon Optimist Youth Fisheree · Sun. 2/13, hosted by Wausau Noon Optimist Club at Rookery Park on Lake

Wausau. Ice fishing contest for ages 17 and under. Free registration and door prizes awarded to most participants.

Starts at noon. https://www.wausaunoonoptimist.org/ Fairy Tale Ball-Playhouse Theatre Group · Sat. 2/19, hosted by the Playhouse Theatre Group at Memories in Plover,

Plover. Meet fairy tale characters, get their autograph and dance with them. Starts at 2 pm & 6 pm. $25 per ticket. https://www.playhousetheatergroup.com/2022-fairy-taleball-tickets/

MARCH

Family Festival-Mardi Gras Style · Sat.-Sun. 3/5-3/6, Granite

Peak Ski Resort, Wausau. Grab some beads, watch a parade and enjoy food, drinks, and fireworks. Mask making, clowns and balloon activities available for kids. Starts at 9 am. Free. https://www.skigranitepeak.com/ The Granite Grom Jam Series 3 · Sun. 3/6, Granite Peak Ski

Resort, Wausau. Go skiing or snowboarding, enjoy pizza for lunch and a friendly competition. Starts at 11 am. $40 or $70 for two siblings. Helmets & lift tickets/season pass required. https://www.skigranitepeak.com Cinderella · Thurs.-Sat. 3/10-3/12, Wausau Community

Theater, Wausau. Rodgers & Hammerstein musical based off the 1997 teleplay Cinderella. Starts at 6:30 pm on 3/10, 7:30 pm on 3/11 and two performances at 2 pm and 7:30 pm on 3/12. $22 adults, $18 seniors, college, active military, $14 youth. https://www.wausaucommunitytheatre.org Bunny Bash Gymnastics Fun Days Camp · Mon. 3/21, Woodson YMCA, Wausau Branch Gymnastics Center. Gymnastics for ages 4-7. Each participant will receive a Bunny Bash treat bag. Starts at 1 pm. $39 members, $47 nonmembers. https://www.woodsonymca.com/

Ongoing

Wednesday Learning Centers · Every Weds., hosted by the

Stevens Point Area YMCA and Boys & Girls Club of Portage

County. Available for students in K thru 6th grade. Young learners will get the chance to socialize and learn after school. Centers are open all day. $10 per child. More info at https://www.bgclubpc.org/ Wednesday Night Pokémon · Wednesdays, The Gaming

Emporium, 4317 Stewart Ave, Wausau. Pokémon trading card game night every Wednesday. Starts at 5 pm. Free. 715-298-4073 Mini Monets · Select Wednesdays, Greater Wausau Children’s

Museum, Rothschild. Preschool Art program for children ages 2-5. Starts at 10 am. http://www.wausauchildrensmuseum.org/ or 608-408-4668 Bounce House · Wednesdays, Greenheck Field House,

Weston. Starts at 5:30 pm. $5 per child 12 and under. https://www.dce.k12.wi.us/greenheckfieldhouse Preschool Science · Select Thursdays, Greater Wausau

Children’s Museum, Rothschild. Hands-on Science, Art and sensory play for toddlers and preschoolers. Starts at 10 am.

More info at http://www.wausauchildrensmuseum.org/ 608-408-4668 Young Picassos · Select Saturdays, Greater Wausau Children’s

Museum, Rothschild. Art program for children ages 7+.

Starts at 10 am. More info at http://www.wausauchildrensmuseum.org/ 608-408-4668