The 2021 Family Fun UN-Fest!
Continuing through May 31st!
Welcome to the Family Fun UN-Fest Virtual Mall!
Just like the face-to-face Family Fun Fests that have taken place at the Indiana Mall for the past 18 years, you can explore the offerings from a wonderful variety of organizations, civic groups, and agencies that serve families/children in Indiana County.
Each agency has provided a video for you to watch that tells about the services they provide and demonstrates an activity or craft for your child to do! (Videos go live on May 6th.)
You have the option to download the supply list/instructions for the activity/craft prior to the opening day so that you can participate as you watch the videos when they go live on May 6th.
Pre-Register (no cost) to be entered to win supply kits and recieve updates!
Additionally, for each video you watch, you and your child can link to a puzzle (Crossword or Word Search) that pertains to the information you will see. Submit your completed puzzles to be entered for more prizes!**)
Participating Agencies and Organizations
(Video and Puzzle Links go LIVE on May 6th!)
Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug & Alcohol Commission
Children's Advisory Commission of Indiana County
Early Learning Resource Center Region 3
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Hopeful Hearts
Indiana County Conservation District
Indiana County District Attorney's Office
Indiana County Department of Human Services
Indiana County League of Women Voters
Indiana County NAACP Project GetSTEAM
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Nursing
Click on each participant to view their Information and Links.
Most Links go LIVE on May 6th! Links will be live until May 31st!!
Adults, please note: Many of the UN-Fest videos are housed on YouTube. The CAC's YouTube Channel complies with the Made for Kids restrictions. However, it is the intention of Un-Fest, that videos be viewed by adults and children together. It is always a good idea to monitor all of your children's activity on Youtube and any other social and online content.
You can still win prizes from the Un-Fest even if you did not pre-register. Submit your completed puzzle (go to the puzzle link on each participating group's square) and register for a chance to win additional prizes below:
Register for additional prizes HERE
Agency: Armstrong-Indiana-Clarion Drug & Alcohol Commission
Activity: The Lung Experiment AICDAC Family Unfest Video Terra Cravener, from the AICDAC Prevention Team, will talk about tobacco using lungs to show the difference of what a healthy (red lung) looks like and functions vs. an unhealthy (smoke infusion dark lung) looks like and functions. In the video, children will see the lungs being filled with air and compare the difference of the two. This will help them understand why keeping our lungs healthy and smoke free is very important
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/rfq_4YBd0ho
Breathing Activity Slides: Here
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515517/Drug-Alcohol-Commission
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Evergreen Conservancy
Activity: What is a watershed? A video all about watersheds! Then make your own watershed model at home!
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/L5CzTZSY4NU
Puzzle Link: https://crosswordhobbyist.com/918467/Evergreen-Conservancy
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Commonwealth Charter Academy
Activity: Nature Art- Inspired by nature any object can be used to create a unique piece of art. Objects of your choosing can be used in unlimited ways from leaves and sticks to rocks and flower petals.
You will learn how art and nature are related and can coexist.
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/YC8z4TjDW8Y
Puzzle Link: https://crosswordhobbyist.com/918447/Commonwealth-Charter-Academy
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Hopeful Hearts
Activity: Nature Feelings Faces - creating faces representing different feelings using items you find in nature.
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/NcM7Ske8kAE
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515548/Hopeful-Hearts
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Punxsutawney Weather
Activity: Tour of the Weather Discovery Center and Creating a Cloud in a Bottle
Come with us on a brief tour of the interactive fun you can have at the Weather Discovery Center! Walkthrough the Weather Lore Landscape and see Punxsutawney Phil's burrow! See how to ""become"" a tornado, ""freeze"" a raindrop, and make the perfect thunderstorm! Plus, take a peek in our Weather Emergency Shelter and at our ""Pull Up Clouds!"" Then, join us to create a Cloud in a Bottle and learn what it takes to form a cloud."
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/L8cCG1nE56Y
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515555/Punxsy-Weather-Discovery-Center
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Community Guidance Center
Activity: Title: When I feel.....
Come and create with the Community Guidance Center as we learn about our emotions. We will be making hand puppets that show our different emotions that we all have. Watch and discover secret words, to help enter into a contest.
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQx50unZBXE
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515556/The-Community-Guidance-Center
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: New Story Schools
Activity: Magnetic Sensory Bottles
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: ___________________________________________
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/517230/New-Story-Puzzle
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Indiana County Conservation District
Activity: Bird Craft and Search Game
Take the first steps of bird identification and bird watching by creating paper bird pictures to hang in your house or yard, the use your homemade binoculars to find them!
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://www.facebook.com/504489942999420/videos/1170881229914907
Bird Craft Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OrCRPxMHiw
Envirothon Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0XxFsskfU
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515563/Indiana-County-Conservation-District
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Pennsylvania State Police
Activity: Video: Overview of a State Trooper's Patrol Car
Activity: PA State Police Coloring Book
Video Link: https://youtu.be/8bL9sjHhgfc
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515554/Pennsylvania-State-Police
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Indiana County 4-H
Activity: Wild About 4-H
Join the Indiana County 4-H on an adventure into the great outdoors to learn about animal tracks and identification. You will even learn how to make wildlife track casts with our activity!
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK6l22nSvnc
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515557/Indiana-County-4-H
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Indiana County Head Start
Activity: Learn about Head Start services and talk a tour pf the classroom! Activity - Group Small, Medium and Large Rocks, Twigs, Leaves, etc. ENJOY NATURE while you learn!
Video Link: https://youtu.be/XQAv0Z05iQU
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515561/Indiana-County-Head-Start
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Early learning Resource
Center - Region 3
Activity: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
Allyson, the CCW coordinator of ELRC3, will take a walk on a nature trail. She will read the book. Bugs, Bugs, Bugs. A Bug-o-meter Chart will be demonstrated as a way to journal bugs observed while outdoors. The discussion will be to observe the bugs, not touch or harm the bugs. Allyson will include information about CCW resources for families and care providers."
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Links: About ELRC: https://youtu.be/jftQSs43xDw
Story Time: https://youtu.be/lvkyO9nL0H0
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515543/Early-Learning-Resource-Center-3
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Safe Children's Network
Activity: Walk in the Park - be safe! Incorporate your outdoor safety necklace as you walk in the woods, the park, or even your own backyard!
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/oaIxqGiM8I8
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/495086/Safe-Childrens-Network
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Children's Advisory
Commission
Activity: Exploring Nature: Starting Small, learning to look closely. Investigating inside a circle to develop out nature observation skills
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/ESZZvkelK7c
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515566/CAC-Executive-Committee
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Evergreen After School Club
Activity: Food Frenzy
Food Frenzy is part of the Power Up Your School Curriculum that EASC will be using in its programming. Food Frenzy is one of several learning modules that staff will use to encourage both physical movement and creative thinking. Food Frenzy can be conducted in a large or small group, indoor or outside.
Watch the video for instructions!
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DyP3CNi2yI
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515564/Evergreen-After-School-Club
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Indiana County NAACP
Activity: Some Effects of an Energy Drink. Project GetSTEAM is designed to encourage and promote the interest of girls 8-15 to enter a STEAM field. They participate in a variety of interactive and inspiring science, technology, engineering, arts, math, leadership, self-concept, and personal development activities. This presentation provides examples of various activities that have occurred. Its activity demonstrate several effects of using an energy drink
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/4k4WAlvMNhw
Puzzle Link: https://crosswordhobbyist.com/918479/Project-GetSTEAM
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Indiana County League of Women Voters
Activity: Videos: The Fight for the Right to Vote and If I Ran for President Read by: Lonnie Chavis, Parker Bates and Mackenzie Hancsicsak (Children's book read by children.)
Please sit back, relax and enjoy the video presentations!
Video Link: https://lwvindianacounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/LWVIC-CACE.mp4
If I Ran For President: https://storylineonline.net/books/if-i-ran-for-president/
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515569/League-of-Women-Voters
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Parent to Parent,
Pennsylvania
Activity: Family Flower Power
Family's will be shown how to make a flower craft out of items they likely have around the house. Family will also be told about the support provided by Parent to Parent to families of children with special needs.
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/8l0PGwcy76w
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515553/Parent-to-Parent-of-PA
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Activity: Tic Tac Toe Craft. Learn how to make a tic-tac-toe board
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/AaaMuvEuXSw
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515545/Greater-Pittsburgh-Food-Bank
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Indiana Free Library
Activity: Egg Carton Lizard
Enjoy our Tails and Tales this Summer!! The 2021 Indiana Free Library Summer Reading program starts soon! June 14th is the day that all the fun begins! Our video will be a preview of one of the fun things you can learn during summer reading. Let's make a lizard to sneak around the ponds at the wetlands!
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/ZU206iTHUUo
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515549/Indiana-Free-Library
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Lifesteps, Inc.
Activity: Parent Education component video is titled -
Introducing Lifesteps Child Check Developmental Screening Program and the Family Care Mobile Resource Center ...
and the arts and crafts video is titled -
Let's Make Fireflies
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://vimeo.com/542234287
Puzzle Link: https://crosswordhobbyist.com/918454/Lifesteps
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: IUP Nursing
Activity: Outlining the Human Body
Take chalk to the sidewalk or use a long sheet of paper.
Have the child lay down and outline the body.
Draw the body system. Talk about what each system does.
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jUZRN9bLZ4
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515551/IUP-Nursing
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Indiana County District Attorney's Office
Activity:__________COMING SOON______________________
____________________________________________
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: ___________________________________________
Puzzle Link:___________________________________________
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Indiana County Department of Human Services
Activity: Build your Own Obstacle Course
Download and print craft supply list and instructions.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQyYyNBaNU
Autumn's Obstacle Course:
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515560/Indiana-County-Department-of-Human-Services
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)
Agency: Indiana County Sheriff's Office
Activity: Learn about the Sherrif's Office and Watch the Canine Officer (Kort) in action!
Video Link: https://youtu.be/zhu1vHhtDls
Puzzle Link: https://mywordsearch.com/515572/Indiana-County-Sheriffs-Department
** Submit your completed puzzle online, or print, scan and email to FamilyFunFest32@gmail.com to be entered into the prize drawing! (Please include an ADULT'S name and contact information.)