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Creative, book-themed activities that spark curiosity and encourage kids to explore new worlds.
Children who visit every station will take home a free book from our Imagination Library program, keeping the joy of reading alive long after the event.
A space for storytime and special literacy presentations from local authors and notable individuals.
Step into Imagination Stations—hands-on, book-inspired activity booths hosted by amazing local organizations, businesses, nonprofits, and community groups!
Wander from station to station, get creative, and collect a stamp at every stop. Fill your stamp booklet, turn it in to the Book Store, and head home with a free book and a special surprise!
Explore ramps and tubes with cars, balls, trains, wheels, and axles - experimenting with motion, speed, and how things go!
Design your own white shoe and go on a fun "stepping" adventure - just like Pete!
Create your own Very Hungry Caterpillar and "feed" it a variety of fruits and vegetables.
Meet a live salamander, explore model salamander eggs, guide a salamander through a maze, and create your own spotted salamander to take home.
Celebrate courage and confidence by designing and decorating your own crown!
Make purple glitter slime and explore hands-on sensory materials - celebrating all things purple!
Create tissue paper flowers and learn about seeds, plants, and how things grow.
Build with blocks, nuts, and bolts, and enjoy construction-themed dress-up fun.
Watch exciting fencing demonstrations, learn about the sport of fencing, and even take a stab at it yourself!
Pick up a grab-and-go kit and decorate your own cookies at home - because if you give a mouse a cookie, you might want one too!
Children will explore emotions through music by trying instruments in every color of the rainbow—discovering how different sounds and colors connect to different feelings.
Children will explore letter recognition through a hands-on coconut tree activity.
Proceeds from Imagination Fest benefit United Way's operation of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Each year, this program delivers 42,000 free books to over 4,300 children in Olmsted County.
Not all families have the resources to build a home library. That's why United Way provides free, age-appropriate books each month to Olmsted County kids ages 0-5.
Thousands of local families benefit from the Imagination Library program. The simple act of reading builds vocabulary, sparks imagination, and creates a strong bond between parent and child. Attending, sponsoring, or donating toward Imagination Fest helps local children have access to books, promotes early child literacy, and creates a lifelong love of learning for our youngest neighbors.
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