Themed Adventures - Visiting Artists - Animal Encounters - Special Guests - Stage Performers - Awesome Activities

Dive Into Hands On Fun All Summer Long!

Each week brings fresh adventures in play and learning at the Summer Splash! Festival of Fun! Our event calendar is packed with exciting activities and special guests designed to spark creativity, curiosity, and wonder all season long. From up-close animal encounters and captivating stage performances to inspiring visiting artists and fan-favorite events, there’s always something new to experience at Hands On!

Summer Splash! Festival Highlights

Daily & Weekly Activities All Summer:

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

- Sock Skating

Thursday, June 19, 2025

- Sock Skating

Friday, June 20, 2025

- Sock Skating

Saturday, June 21, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Interactive Puppet Show with Pegasus Puppet Theatre
- Native Storytelling with Itsa Shash - 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Sunday, June 22, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space

Monday, June 23, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner

Thursday, June 26, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Author-Artist Reading “Old Wood Boat” with Nikki McClure

Friday, June 27, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Meet Real Farm Animals with Animal Encounters

Saturday, June 28, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Traditional Mexican Music & Dancing with Bailadores de Bronce

Sunday, June 29, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space

Monday, June 30, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Thursday, July 3, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Saturday, July 5, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Sunday, July 6, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Monday, July 7, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Japanese Calligraphy with Chiyo Sanada

Thursday, July 10, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Japanese Calligraphy with Chiyo Sanada
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building

Friday, July 11, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building
- Native Storytelling with Itsa Shash - 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Saturday, July 12, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building
- Fire Rescue Spectacular - 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Sunday, July 13, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building

Monday, July 14, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building

Thursday, July 17, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building

Friday, July 18, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building
- Pilot a Real Huey Helicopter from Olympic Flight Museum

Saturday, July 19, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Sailboat Regatta & Boat Building
- Pilot a Real Huey Helicopter from Olympic Flight Museum

Sunday, July 20, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Pilot a Real Huey Helicopter from Olympic Flight Museum

Monday, July 21, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Solar Days

Thursday, July 24, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Printmaking with Mimi Williams
- Solar Days

Friday, July 25, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Solar Days

Saturday, July 26, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Solar Days

Sunday, July 27, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Monday, July 28, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Loose Parts & Fort Building

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Brick Bending: LEGO Art with Jeff Sanders - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Thursday, July 31, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Loose Parts & Fort Building
- Brick Bending: LEGO Art with Jeff Sanders - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Friday, August 1, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Brick Bending: LEGO Art with Jeff Sanders - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Bubble Mania

Saturday, August 2, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Brick Bending: LEGO Art with Jeff Sanders - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Bubble Mania

Sunday, August 3, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Monday, August 4, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Bubble Mania

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Bubble Mania

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner
- Bubble Mania

Thursday, August 7, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Friday, August 8, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Saturday, August 9, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Sunday, August 10, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Monday, August 11, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Bubble Mania
- Little Hoppers Luminary Workshop & Parade with Craig Jacobrown - 12 - 4 p.m.

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Bubble Mania
- Little Hoppers Luminary Workshop & Parade with Craig Jacobrown - 12 - 4 p.m.

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner
- Bubble Mania
- Little Hoppers Luminary Workshop & Parade with Craig Jacobrown - 12 - 4 p.m.

Thursday, August 14, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania
- Little Hoppers Luminary Workshop & Parade with Craig Jacobrown - 12 - 4 p.m.

Friday, August 15, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania
- Little Hoppers Luminary Workshop & Parade with Craig Jacobrown - 12 - 4 p.m.
- Meet Real Farm Animals with Animal Encounters

Saturday, August 16, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania
- Little Hoppers Luminary Workshop & Parade with Craig Jacobrown - 12 - 4 p.m.

Sunday, August 17, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Monday, August 18, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Bubble Mania

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Bubble Mania

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner
- Bubble Mania

Thursday, August 21, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Friday, August 22, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Are you interested in learning about our annual fundraiser to support Hands On’s free and reduced-fee Access programs? Check out the Summer Splash! Gala.

Saturday, August 23, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Sunday, August 24, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Monday, August 25, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Bubble Mania

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Kitchen Tool Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Bubble Mania

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Wacky Paint Wednesdays in the Creative Corner
- Bubble Mania

Thursday, August 28, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Garden Thursdays with Farmer Flower - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Friday, August 29, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Saturday, August 30, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Sunday, August 31, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Make Space
- Bubble Mania

Monday, September 1, 2025

- Sock Skating
- Art Studio
- Mud Pie Mondays - 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Date:
June 21 - September 1, 2025

Location:
Hands On Children's Museum,
414 Jefferson Street NE,
Olympia, WA 98501

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