Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Springfield Museums — 21 Edwards St., Springfield, MA
Fall is here! Enjoy a day of hand-on activities inspired by children’s books celebrating the season. Get into the autumn spirit with stories, crafts, and fun for the whole family. Free with museum admission. Balloon Animals with Professor Knows a Lot, 10:30 am-2:30 pm Leaf Characters, 11 am-3 pm Make your own leaf character. Inspired by The Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. Picture-Perfect Farm, 11 am-3 pm Design an agricultural collage. Inspired by Farm Anatomy by Julia Rothman. Autumn Scrapbook Collage, 11 am-3 pm Create an autumnal collage. Based on My Autumn Book by Wong Herbert Yee. Pumpkin Seed Challenge, 11 am-3 pm Take a guess at how many seeds are in the pumpkins and then count how many there really are! Inspired by How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? By Margaret McNamara.