Building Buddies
Plan, renovate, decorate, paint, tile, build, and more at the EcoTarium’s new featured exhibition, Building Buddies! Learn about the world of construction while the EcoTarium undergoes construction!
Come to the Ribbon Cutting on Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 11:30 am and be among the first to experience this exciting new interactive exhibit!
The Building Buddies exhibition portrays a small community where everyone is busy working on their homes. Different characters, “buddies”, invite young children to play, explore, collaborate, create, and learn while improving the “neighborhood”.
- Take a helmet and a safety vest to wear throughout the exhibition.
- Organize and plan a house with Peter the Architect.
- Help Eva to brighten up her bungalow.
- Build a dog house for Winston.
- Help Pipa Longpipe finish renovating her home.
- Climb up and build with Billy the Brick Layer.
- “Paint” with light, lay a garden path, climb a scaffolding, inspect a large drain pipe, build sturdy walls, and more!
This exhibit is recommended for children ages 2 – 8. Building Buddies provides an immersive discovery environment that encourages the development of science and process skills at an early age and provides development skills and learning opportunities including large and fine motor skills, imagination and pretend play, logical thinking, and social interaction.
Exhibit is included with admission.
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Building Buddies was developed by LooDo Exhibits, and touring in partnership with Sciencenter.
Locally Sponsored by Timberline Construction Company
