Maine Discovery Museum offering programs over holiday break

If you are looking for something fun to do with your children during the holiday break, you might want to consider stopping by the Maine Discovery Museum.

Next week the museum will be holding a week-long series of day program for kids. Kids can come by any day or be signed up for the entire week.

Here are a list of the programs being offered:

A painting, drawing and sculpting class where kids can design art and learn new ways to express their creativity.  

Tuesday --- December 27: Underwater Adventures

Meet the creatures under the deep blue sea! Peek inside a shark and feel his fearsome teeth. Find out why filter feeders are important, who lives in a coral reef and why the ocean is blue. Kids can create their own underwater diorama to take home.

Bamboozle and razzle-dazzle your family with slick tricks and amazing illusions. Discover the science behind such crowd pleasers as the disappearing thumb, the comeback can and scared pepper. Kids can make a wand, hat and plenty of magic props to put on their own show.

The Science of Sweets! Candy and chemistry come together as the museum explores sugar crystal formation, pull taffy, glue together sugar cube castles and watch honeycomb caramel crackle up. Museum staff will examine the good, bad and in-between sides of all things sugar and cook up some sensible treats to take home.

Design and build things that stand tall, carry loads and span space! Plan and construct a dazzling marble maze racetrack to bring home. Use wood, stone, cardboard and your ingenuity to engineer the impossible and practical as you learn about the secret of the Roam arch and earthquake proof skyscrapers. Kids can solve challenging, fun engineering problems with the tools of the trade.