Winter Window Art
2025-12-27 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-27 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-28 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-29 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-30 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-01-02 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-01-03 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-03 13:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) and 1 more date | 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
2025-12-29 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-30 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-02 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-05 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-06 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-07 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-08 10:30 - 11:30, 2026-01-09 10:30 - 11:30 and 1 more date
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

MUSEUM CLOSED FOR TICKETED EVENT
2025-12-31, 2026-01-01

Noon Year's Eve Celebration
2025-12-31 09:00 - 13:00
Ring in the New Year… Before Naptime!
Who says you have to stay up past bedtime to celebrate? Join us for our Noon Years Eve Celebration!
Get creative at our hat decorating station and design the perfect party hat to wear for the big moment. Then, gather with friends old and new as we count down to NOON with a confetti release! We’ll toast to the new year with sparkling cider and celebrate all the adventures to come.
Say goodbye to 2025 and hello to 2026—all before lunchtime!
Event Details

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
$18 per person (children under 1 are free)
TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE SOLD OUT

Don’t miss this joyful celebration—grab your tickets today!

2026 Rose Parade Viewing Party
2026-01-01 07:00 - 23:00
Our annual Rose Parade viewing party is back! Come kick off the New Year with SCCM & enjoy a prime view of the parade, continental breakfast, open museum play, fun-themed crafts, and restroom access! Parking is available for an additional fee.

$95/person (kids under 1 free)
$30/parking spot (spots are limited, only available for purchase with SCCM viewing party ticket)

TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE SOLD OUT
Play Passes are not valid for special events. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Daily Art: Color in Motion
2026-01-05 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-01-06 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-01-07 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-01-09 13:30 - 14:30, 2026-01-10 10:30 - 23:30, 2026-01-10 13:30 - 14:30
Step into a world where colors swirl, slide, and softly blur together! During afternoons and weekends, young artists are invited to explore paint by gliding, swiping, and blending colors to see what magical combinations appear. They will find joy in experimenting and letting creativity lead the way. Each artwork is a surprise, shaped by movement, curiosity, and a whole lot of color.
Come make a beautiful mess and see where the paint takes you!
Free with Admission

Opening Late!
2026-01-08
We are closed this morning for a field trip buyout, and will be open for General Admission 12:30pm – 3:00pm.

Free Second Sunday: Silk Road Day
2026-01-11 11:00 - 16:30
Join us as we partner with our neighbors, the USC Pacific Asia Museum (PAM) for Second Free Sunday: Silk Road Day!
Both museums will have free admission parking, and host special art making activities that connect to the Exploring the Silk Road gallery.
Details

Sunday, January 11, 2026
11:00am – 4:30pm (The USC Pacific Asia Museum is open until 5pm!)
Art-making activities at both museums run 11 am – 3:30 pm

Kite making at USC Pacific Asia Museum
Spice painting at Southern California Children’s Museum

Music performance begins at 1 pm at PAM

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