The Youth Discovery Area is located at 7th Street. With the help of organizational partners, the Discovery Area offers fun activities and crafts for our youngest visitors. Activities range from puppet making to origami, printmaking to sand-play, face painting to paddleboats, movement activities to ethnic crafts. This bright and busy area will get the creative juices flowing.

Youth partners include:

• Anacortes Community & Youth Arts
• Anacortes Lutheran Church
• Anacortes Parks and Recreation
• Children’s Museum of Skagit County
• Anacortes Boys & Girls Club
• Anacortes High School Spanish Club
• Museum of Northwest Art
• Padilla Bay Interpretive Center
• Anacortes Community Maritime Center
• Anacortes Public Library
• Skagit Public Works
• Through the Garden Gate Preschool
• ZigZag & Ragz
  

The Interactive Tent directly across Commercial Ave from the youth area offers a venue for kids and adults to be entertained and interact up close with performers from various artistic disciplines. The lineup has included dance, magic, drumming, Scottish fiddle, drama and movement, and tango. Performers include youth, educators and professionals.

 

2009 Youth Button for Youth Activities volunteers drawn by Mathew LaFave, a 3rd grader at Fidalgo Elementary.