It's Electric!

While the heading of this post may spark a certain song sliding around in your head, here are photos from today's Electricity Fair in Folsom.  We were excited we were able to make it.  They had a lot of activities, tours of the old powerhouse, some solar toys, solar boats, lots of free literature, and some fun crafts for the kids.  (Marble painting, baking art in cardboard ovens, stamping, among other things.  Radio Disney was even there.  Mister Man had a good laugh when we overheard one of the radio girls saying how Demi Lovato is a great singer.  He snickered a bit too loudly.

The city needed The Redhead's assistance.

 The Redhead did such an awesome job lighting up the city.

See that boat?

 It's solar.

 
See those pieces?

And that cockroach?

Also, all solar.

The Redhead thoroughly enjoyed all of these fun toys.

Mister Man chatted with the solar boat boys for a bit.  Apparently they made the boat as a project in their Physics class in High School.

Then in order to learn about watersheds, children had the opportunity to spray different colors all over this plastic city.

They also had an activity with beads to make bracelets.  Each bead represented something, starting with  white for the clouds, and black for storms.

When I taught preschoolers, one of our favorite activities involved marbles, paint, and pie tins.  It works with canvases and ten year olds too.

While the old powerhouse was cool, I also enjoyed this jungle-like environment surrounding it.

The Redhead seemed to enjoy all of the different exhibits.

We made this friend on a walking trail on our way closer to the always beautiful American River.

And check out that lovely view.

Of the bridge too.

That building right there?  One of our favorite restaurants, Sudwerks.  We had lunch there today, after the fair.

That duck was coming for us.

Tadpoles!

I was really excited when I saw this tiny little kayak with a young child inside!

So, it was only a matter of time before someone slipped in the mud and into the water.

Luckily, clothes wash.

And it didn't stop her from sitting inside a lovely electric car.  Hopefully she was fairly dry by then.




This was an amazing little fair and I'm really glad we took the time to check it out.  The Folsom Powerhouse is definitely worth a visit.