Southern California Children's Museum

Winter Window Art
2025-12-21 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-20 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-20 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-19 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-18 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-17 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-16 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-15 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) and 9 more dates | Southern California Children’s Museum, 459 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States
Help brighten our space (and yours!) with magical Winter Window Art! Young artists will layer colors, shapes, and textures to create wintery window designs inspired by snowy days, frosty patterns, and their cozy winter imagination. Join us for an afternoon of color, creativity, and winter magic.
Daily from 1:30-2:30pm; Saturdays 11:30am

Winter Sensations
2025-12-19 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-18 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-17 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-16 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-15 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-12 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-11 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-10 10:30 - 11:30 and 2 more dates
Our mornings are filled with hands-on sensory play all winter long! Each day, children can explore a different sensory bin, but what will it be today? Forest friends playing in the sand, snowy rice landscapes, cozy winter textures, or a fun surprise waiting to be discovered?
There’s only one way to find out, pop in and explore with us!
Free with Admission

Play For All Abilities (Special Session)
2025-12-18 12:00 - 15:00
We welcome children and families of all abilities. This Play for All Abilities hours is a special session that takes place on the third Thursday of the month, due to the Christmas holiday.
From 12:00-3:00 PM are dedicated play hours when we welcome families and children with developmental differences. Play for All Abilities means we stand true to our values of access and inclusion.
During Play for All Abilities hours, we adjust our space and programs to provide:

Less crowded space
Quiet atmosphere with limited stimuli (low lights, no music, no microphone)
Provide space for families to build community and children to make friends
Sensory backpacks which include noise-cancelling headphones and sensory toys*
Visual guide
Nonverbal communication cards

Regular admission applies. Play passes may be used for this event.
Can’t make it during Play for All Abilities hours? Our sensory backpacks are available any day of the week as a free daily rental, ask a staff member at check-in!

Animal Crackers with The Sunshine Storyteller
2025-12-06 13:00 - 13:30, 2025-12-06 11:00 - 11:30
Animal Crackers: Interactive Storytelling with The Sunshine Storyteller
Join us for a magical journey where stories come alive through dance, music, and movement! Emmy winner Ina Buckner-Barnette, known as The Sunshine Storyteller, brings special animal stories to life! Through dynamic storytelling, children and families will dance, sing, and move together in this 30-minute interactive program.
Two sessions available to accommodate all our families!
Saturday, December 6, 2025
11:00am & 1:00pm
Free with museum admission

This Program is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture
