At Monarch Fest there is fun for the entire family as you learn about Monarch butterflies and other pollinators, release butterflies, make milkweed seedballs, and adopt a caterpillar of your own to raise and release at home.

Activities
Temporary Tattoos
Children’s Crafts
Pollinator Plant Giveaway
Roll Milkweed Seed Balls
Butterfly Releases (11AM, 12PM & 1PM)
Caterpillar Adoption Pickup (pre-registration required)
BinSpire
Photo Op Station
Blue Block Building with Iowa Children’s Museum

Contributing Artists:
Barb Thompson and family
Carson Saylor

Date: July 12, 2025

Time: 10am - 2pm

Location: Indian Creek Nature Center, 5300 Otis Road SouthEast Cedar Rapids, IA 52403

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