The Perfect Pumpkin Party
Saturday October 24th
9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium
Join us for our annual day of pumpkin fun! Activities, designed with social distancing in mind, will include some of your favorites from last year as well as new adventures. Become more familiar with our trails and exhibit hall by completing pumpkin themed scavenger hunts. Prizes given to all that take part. See if you can guess the weight of our super pumpkin and enter to win a special grand prize. Take home crafts provided to all guests. And as always, if you come in costume, you’ll get an additional prize! No registration needed for general event. Masks are required.
Audubon Society of Rhode Island Nature Center 1401 Hope Street, Bristol, RI; Saturday, October 24, 2020; 9:30am-3:30pm; Ages: All. Fee: *Free with admission. *Admission: Members free; Non-Member Adults $6.00; Non-Member Senior $5.00; Non-Member Child (4-12) $4.00; Children 3 and under free.
Check out these additional activities requiring advance registration due to COVID safety protocols:
Pumpkin Decorating
10 – 10:30 am: RSVP at https://bit.ly/3nKUq4C
1 – 1:30 pm: RSVP at https://bit.ly/3lNNYrK
Pick a pumpkin out of our “patch” and decorate it! Each child will be provided one small pumpkin and plenty of safe and fun materials. Please register to ensure a spot. Program limited to 15 people to comply with COVID guidelines, masks are required. Ages: 3 and up. Fee: $3 per child.
Puff Paint Pumpkins
11:30 am – 12 pm: RSVP at https://bit.ly/34TKNbg
2:30 – 3 pm: RSVP at https://bit.ly/3k0IYQ3
Try your hand at this fun, hands-on craft, and see if you can paint a pumpkin out of "puff paint" made from shaving cream and white glue! Please register to ensure a spot. Program limited to 15 people to comply with COVID guidelines, masks are required. Ages: 5 and up. Fee: Free with admission.
Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium
Visit Rhode Island's largest nature center and aquarium. Walk the trails through meadows and marshes to Narragansett Bay. Say hello to Zach, our Common Raven.
Birding in Rhode Island
Stay involved with Audubon's birding programs and resources:
Audubon Avian Research Initiative →
Recent Bird Sightings (eBird) →
Red-bellied Woodpecker by Jason Major
Stormwater Innovation Center
Roger Williams Park is home to the Stormwater Innovation Center. The Center has been developed by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and its partners! Learn more about the nature-based solutions we are using to learn about and protect urban water quality.