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Strawberry Fest Saturday June 18
Strawberry Fest Saturday June 18, 2011 Strawberry Fest: thousands of sunburned people on Main St. carrying plates piled high with whipped cream, strawberries and shortcake, wandering through a street fair, listening to live music, browsing scores of craft booths. Dragonwings will celebrate Strawberry Fest with bubble kit specials and bubble demos throughout the day.
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June 2, 2011 |
Category: Activities, Events | Comments: none | Tags: bookstore events, bubbles, dragonwings, June, Strawberry Fest
Dragonwings Summer Camp Activities for Kids Fun for Kids at Dragonwings, Waupaca WI
RACING PLANES AND CARS Cars and planes will be racing at Dragonwings Summer Camp workshop on Tuesday, July 20th. Campers will choose and assemble their own balsa wood airplanes and balloon car racers, then construct an obstacle course and start racing! Camp begins at 3:00PM and ends at 4:00PM. For ages 8-12 (ages 4-7 with [...]
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July 19, 2010 |
Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: balloon car, balsa wood airplanes, camp workshop, CARS, dragonwings, obstacle course, Waupaca, waupaca wi, wood, workshop
Camp Dragonwings Summertime Activities for Kids Fun for Kids at Dragonwings Waupaca, WI
Darts and Spinners Challenge – Test Your SkillsOur new summer camp series of workshops starts next week! At this first session we will give each camper their very own safety dart set and a dueling spinners set. We will give a demonstration of our amazing skills (yikes!), then everyone gets to practice, and after that, [...]
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June 29, 2010 |
Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: distance project, Kids, Registration, series, sharon lovejoy, Spinners, summer workshop series, summertime activities, Waupaca, waupaca wi
Dragonwings Bookstore Fun for Kids Waupaca, WI Our Dragon Friends Are Missing!
Help!We have a problem here at Dragonwings. Our dragon friends Stripe, Flame, and Scales are missing! The last time we saw the mischievous threesome they were reading My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett. My Father’s Dragon is the story of a young boy named Elmer Elevator who goes on an adventure to save a [...]
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June 22, 2010 |
Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: being held hostage, Bookstore, dragon friends, dragonwings, elmer elevator, Kids, Missing, ruth stiles gannett, Waupaca, wild island
Book Reading at Dragonwings with the Humane Society of Waupaca County
May 6th 6:00-7:00pm Join us at Dragonwings Bookstore for book reading with the Humane Society of Waupaca County. May 2-8 is Be Kind to Animals Week. Meet kittens, read a few good books, and learn about taking care of pets. Stop by and join Dragonwings in showing your support for our furry friends. Twenty percent [...]
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April 24, 2010 |
Category: Activities, Events | Comments: none | Tags: book, book reading, Bookstore, dragonwing, dragonwings, kittens, reading, Society, waupaca county, Week
Art Class
Take an Art Class with visiting artist Brian Strassburg! On Saturday, November 7 Brian Strassburg will be in town for a gallery show of his unique art boxes at Originals Gallery. He will also bring some of his pieces to an Art Class at Dragonwings, where he will show us how he constructed them and [...]
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October 28, 2009 |
Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: art, art boxes, dragonwings, gallery, letter, letter of the alphabet, originals gallery, scout project, theme
PUZZLEMANIA GAME
Hands-on Puzzle Activities for All Ages When you play Puzzlemania at Dragonwings this week, you can try puzzle activities that have sound, magnets, mazes, and even frogs. Puzzle stations are set up for three age groups around the store. When you come in, pick up a game card at the front desk, and get started. [...]
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August 1, 2009 |
Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: c 3po, challenge, desk, dragonwings, musical instrument sound, puzzle activities, puzzle pattern, sound magnets, station, store
World Records Quiz Game
Challenge yourself with this week’s summer game at Dragonwings Bookstore – the World Records Quiz Game. This is a stop-in-and-play-anytime all week game. Pick up a game card at the front desk, search for the quiz questions, guess the answers, and report back for prizes. The quiz questions come from one of our favorite books: [...]
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July 18, 2009 |
Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: book, Bookstore, c 3po, desk, desk search, dragonwings, game, quiz challenge, quiz game, quiz questions
Why did the Wolf cross the road?
Have you been wishing you knew some new chicken jokes? You’ll find lots of them in this week’s search and find game at Dragonwings. It’s another stop in and play anytime game. Get the details at the front desk and start your search for jokes and activities around the store. Bring in a chicken joke [...]
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July 12, 2009 |
Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: chicken jokes, desk, different games, dragonwings, front desk, new games, road, stop, store
Dragonwings Summer Games
Tricky Tricks Dragonwings has five new challenges for you this week. We have the games set up around the store, so you can stop in any time to play. Pick up your game cards at the front desk and start your search. Each time you find one of the Tricky Tricks, stop and try the [...]
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June 26, 2009 |
Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: desk, dragonwings, Impossitables, optical illusion, pattern puzzle, return, shape pattern, store, thinkfun games, tricky tricks
