Block Party Sponsor:
Children’s Day Produced by:
www.proportsmouth.org
Sunday, May 7th, 2017
12 noon to 4 pm
Event Shareholders:
Bella Spechulli
Acorn School
NHPTV
Seacoast Community School
Our Friends From
Character Island:
Curious George
Cookie Mouse
Billy the Bear
Frog & Toad
Maisy
Geronimo & Thea Stilton
Great prizes donated by many of our community businesses
Children’s Day 2017!
A NOON KICK-OFF… Welcome to Children’s Day 2017! Get ready
to meet your friends from Character Island as they make their way to
the Isles of Shoals Steamship Company’s lot on Market Street!
Pick up your tickets for this year’s cruises at the Isles of Shoals
Steamship Company ticket office (opens at 11:00am). There are
200 tickets per cruise; board promptly at 12:25pm and 1:55pm.
• Catch On Site Family Martial Arts Center’s program of karate
games and demonstrations.
• Space, the final frontier…the New Hampshire Astronomical Society
will be on hand to provide safe views of an increasingly active sun,
including sun spots and solar activity.
• Enjoy the Treehouse Toys Hoola Hoop Activity. Special guests
Extreme Air of NH will be on hand for a jump rope demo!
• Kids: be sure to sign up for a Fantastic Free Raffle (must be present
at 3:40pm for raffle drawing)…
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Moffatt-Ladd House & The Hilton Garden Inn Portsmouth
are teaming up to offer a treasure trove of pirate-themed
crafts activities, and a treasure hunt all at the Moffatt-Ladd House.
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Curious George spends the afternoon at Treehouse Toys on
Street. Stop by and say hello! Enjoy their Hoola Hoop Activity
at the Isles of Shoals Steamship Co. parking lot. Special guests
Extreme Air of NH will be on hand for a jump rope demo!
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Stop by Izzy’s on Bow Street and complete their Portsmouth
Hunt to win a sweet surprise.
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Visit Tugboat Alley on Bow Street, grab a treat bag from their
Chest.
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The River House on Bow Street will be hosting a duck fishing
in the Kitty Pool.
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Kennedy Studios on Market Street invites you to stop by and create
own artwork, a great gift for Mother’s Day. (Frames are available
for a nominal fee.)
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G.Willikers! on Market Street is hosting children’s book author David
He will be available from 12:00 to 4:00pm to sign copies of his
“Ballpark Mysteries” series of chapter books. Also check out their Buoy Bat
activity at the Pleasant Street Block Party!
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Moe’s Italian Sandwiches on Daniel Street where all kids meals
half price for Children’s Dayl
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Safety! Kids - look both ways before crossing Daniel Street and
fitted for a bicycle helmet from the Kiwanis Club of the Seacoast
in the Bank of America parking lot.
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The North Church in Market Square hosts a stained glass window
scavenger hunt and the coloring of stained glass window bookmarks.
(Steeple Tours for 12 years and older accompanied by Adult.)
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be diggin’ Good Vibes on Congress...enjoy refreshments and
to enter a raffle for a free kid’s shirt of your choice!
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in to Kilwins on Congress and grab a bag of popcorn...
children under 12 — while supplies last).
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At Flatbread Pizza on Congress, stop by and enter their Menu Cover
with prizes for different age groups. Participants will draw an
original picture to be used as Flatbread menu covers.
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The Portsmouth Historical Society at Discover Portsmouth for
exploration of historical artifacts. Junior Historians from
Portsmouth elementary schools will educate and entertain you with their
knowledge of Portsmouth history! While there, visit the new exhibition,
“Four Centuries of Furniture in Portsmouth.”
• Say hi to the Portsmouth Police on Pleasant and check out their patrol
motorcycle!
• Patrick Dorow Productions invites all to meet the characters of their
upcoming summer productions.
• The Seacoast Community School brings you fun, games and more…
bean bag toss, seed planting and bubbles!
• Join the nurses of Seacoast Family Care Services at Portsmouth
Regional Hospital for game and giveaways for all ages. Plus helpful tips
on water and bath safety.
• Visit the Seacoast Science Center for some cool Marine Mammal
Rescue activities.
• NHPTV joins Children’s Day with PBS Kids crafts and giveaways.
Stickers for all children at Stonewall Kitchen on Pleasant Street!
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Chocolate Chip Cookies and mini Wild Maine Blueberry Jam
while supplies last…YUM!
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Make sure to visit the Firehouse on Court Street – say hello to your
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on Congress has the coolest puzzles and games. Stop in
there – our Portsmouth Firefighters!
create your own stick puzzle with popsicle sticks and paint.
SHunt.
Ten Thousand Villages on Congress are hosting an in-store Scavenger
Grand Finale
Find items from 10 countries and win a prize. Coloring pages will
Gdon’tAnnabelle’s
Ice Cream has free sprinkles and toppings to go –
miss them on Ceres Street.
also be available.
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Visit St. John’s Church on Chapel Street. The Young Organist
Collaborative will be giving tours of the two pipe organs: The Brattle T Hang out at the Pleasant Street Block Party!!
Organ, the oldest working organ in the country, and a large French
Canadian Organ Learn the history, hear a demo and give it a try!
Tours wil be every half hour beginning at 12:30pm.
• Northeast Credit Union says spin the wheel of kindness! Join in
celebrating kindness in our community and sign the giant heart.
• Piscataqua Savings Bank will be planting sunflower seeds with the
children to take home to watch grow. Also enjoy a Bean Bag Toss into
the vault for prizes and guess the number of pennies in the jar!
• Check out the Acorn School and make a newspaper pot and
plant a seed!
• The folks at Families First invite you for craft time and enjoy creating a
colored Macaroni Necklace.
• The Girl Scouts of the Green & White Mountains invite you to come see
them to make a craft, play a game and find out how to participate in
troops, projects and camps. • Stop by the HAVEN tent on Pleasant Street and create some Thumb
Print Art.
• They won’t ask you to be quiet today…the crew from the Portsmouth
Public Library has a ton of fun just for you including: make your own
Spring Animal Mask!
• Grab a Children’s Day Map and be on your way at the Pro Portsmouth
Information Booth! We want you to dance and be dazzled!
• Head over to Pleasant Street for performances by:
Dan the Puppet Man (12:30-1:15), Seacoast Civic Dance Company
(1:30-2:15), and the Patrick Dorow Productions (2:30 – 3:15).
at the Isles of Shoals Steamship Co. Dock
at 3:30, say farewell to our friends
as they head home.
We will announce the Raffle Winners at 3:40pm!
Be there to win lots of Prizes including Gift Certificates,
special Family Passes to great Seacoast activities,
museums, restaurants – and more.