Saturday, July 16, 2011
10am – 3pm
Sunday, July 16 – 17, 2011
12pm – 5pm
$10 General Public/$8 CNC Members Children 2 and under FREE
CNC Members can purchase advance tickets beginning July 1, 2011!
The Flying Colors Butterfly Festival delights everyone all weekend at the Chattahoochee Nature Center when the air fills with the beating wings of hundreds of beautiful butterflies! Join us for this very important fundraising event for the Chattahoochee Nature Center! Check back often for more information!
Butterfly ReleasesWitness the thrill of a live butterfly release including swallowtail butterflies! Butterfly releases occur at 11 AM and 1:30 PM on Saturday and at 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM on Sunday. Butterfly Crafts and Face PaintingWe have crafts for everyone! Kids can make butterfly inspired sun catchers, butterfly antennae, silly straws, and bouncy caterpillars. Come visit us in Kingfisher Kids can get their faces painted with beautiful butterflies and creepy caterpillars! Butterfly Sidewalk Art & Fairy House ConstructionButterflies provide the perfect inspiration for our on-going art project. Create a "butterfly path" from the Ben Brady Lakeside Pavilion all the way to the "fairy village!" Fairies are among us. Stop by the free play area and build a fairy house or gnome home during the Butterfly Festival. Fairy houses and gnome homes are made from nature objects for real and imaginary creatures. Nature materials provided; bring your imagination. One house per family please. Entertainment for the Entire FamilySaturday and Sunday will bring out our friends from Atlanta Dance Central as they showcase some of their up and coming dancers! On Saturday, Piccadilly Puppets will have you laughing and learning as they present Butterfly Ballad at 11:30am and 2:00pm. Captain George will have us dancing and singing along to old favorites on Sunday with some help from YOU at 2:15pm and 4:00pm! Exhibitors and VendorsWe will have groups with us that will help you learn about the importance of pollinators in our environment. We will also have some environmentally friendly vendors on hand to help you green your life!
Girl Scout Butterfly BadgeJunior Girl Scouts can work on the requirements for the Butterfly Badge on their own with self-guided activities on Saturday OR come on Sunday and complete the requirements through an interactive program with Cadette Scout Mary Ann H. from Troop 24324 as part of her Silver Award! If you would like to sign-up for the Sunday program please contact scouts@chattnaturecenter.org. The program is included with admission to the festival! |
Plant SaleFind the perfect host plants and nectar plants to take home to your garden to attract butterflies to your backyard! CNC Horticulture volunteers will be on-hand at the plant sale and in the butterfly garden to answer your questions about how to attract butterflies and other pollinators to your yard! New! Calling All Citizen ScientistsDid you find out about the six common butterflies of Metro Atlanta from the Summer Kingfisher newsletter? Well now is your chance to share what is in YOUR backyard or local park! Download the Butterfly Observation Form and bring to the Nature Exchange at CNC during the Flying Colors Butterfly Festival to receive a surprise from the Nature Exchange! Your observation sheet earns you a nature goodie bag which could have anything from fossils and unusual stones to rare shells and preserved insects. Every bag is different so you will sure to be surprised. NEW Calling All Nature PhotographersWe want to show off your butterfly pictures here at CNC. Snap a picture of one of the 6 common butterflies in Metro Atlanta in their adult or larvae form by June 30th. Send the picture into marketing@chattnaturecenter.org and you will be entered into a chance to win tickets to the Flying Colors Butterfly Festival for your entire family! All photos will be on display in the Cowie Weiss Theater during the festival! Download a submission form to send in with your photo here Butterfly and Caterpillar Costume ParadeCome with your very best butterfly wings or your best caterpillar colors on and join us for our butterfly parade at the end of festival each day with grand marshal Ms. Chrysalis! Butterfly and Caterpillar Costume parade will start at 2:45pm on Saturday and 4:45pm on Sunday Stay Cool in our Discovery Center!Head into our Discovery Center and explore the Nature Exchange (because of the busy nature of the festival, we won't be allowing trades to come in but if you have existing points to trade with, our Nature Exchange naturalists can help!)
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Food for the FamilyMake the festival an all day event! We will be selling a variety of food to keep you going! Cool off with Italian Ices from Brusters! Choose your favorite flavor to enjoy! A portion of the proceeds to benefit CNC! We will be selling popsicles, drinks, and snacks around the property. | |
For more information on the festival contact Rebecca at 770-992-2055 ext. 236 or Email Last Minute Details
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Witness the colorful spectacle of giant butterfly and caterpillar kites and banners from Bellwether Banners.
Thanks to our Sponsors:
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