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Noontime New Year

December 31, 2009 | 9:30am - 4:30pm

Port Discovery Children's Museum
35 Market Place
Baltimore, MD 21202

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Little ones who can't stay up until midnight can countdown to the New Year at 12 noon at our 11th annual Noontime New Year: An International Celebration! Children will make noisemakers and hats and decorate giant numbers for the Big Countdown at 12 noon with MPT's Bob the Vid Tech! After toasting the New Year with milk and cookies, families can engage in special programs that celebrate the traditions of countries from around the world, including Italy, Japan, China, Greece, Israel, Mexico, and many more! Visitors can experience cultural crafts and celebrations with activities such as: Origami making, Calligraphy name writing, Kamishibai Circle Times, Pasta making, Spartan Shield making, Venetian Mask making, and much more! Noontime New Year Countdown with Bob the VidTech 12pm Performance by children?s band, Hilltop Hightops! 12:30pm performance Create numbers and shakers for the Noontime Countdown! 10:30am ? 11:30am Milk & Cookies! 11:30am ? 2pm Japanese Minwa performance by New Moon Children?s Theater 1pm and 2pm Yesodot Israel Dance Troupe 12:45pm performance Korean Dancers 11:15am performance Ayala Brilliant Circle of Drums 10am ? 4:30pm Spartan Shield Making 10am ? 4;30pm Origami making 10am ? 4:30pm Korean Calligraphy name writing 10am ? 4:30pm Write your name in Hebrew 10am ? 4:30pm The Story of 5 Balloons 11:30am and 3:30pm Kamishibai Stories 11am and 3pm Israeli Flag Making 10am ? 4:30pm