Action-Packed Excitement in Kids’ Fun Zone
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Kids' Fun Zone
Helicopter ride
The Froghopper
Inflatable slide
Henna tattoos
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For endless adventure and excitement and a unbeatable family entertainment value, head for the Kids’ Fun Zone at Connoisseur’s Marketplace, Menlo Park‘s annual festival of the arts, July 17-18 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Santa Cruz Avenue. Located at the corner of University Drive and Santa Cruz Avenue, the amusements for youngsters of all ages will include everything from create-your-own colorful wax hands and thrilling carnival style rides to a daunting 24-foot climbing wall and super cool temporary tattoos.
Stop by Friendly Felipe’s bustling booth offering playful sand sculptures where kids scoop different colored sand into plastic, animal-shaped bottles. When finished, the bottles are topped off with animal heads, like frogs, alligators and tigers, and become a truly creative creature keepsake. Felipe will smile and show you how to make your very own unique wax hand. First, you dip your hand into hot wax forming a mold of your hand. Next, you dip your hand into any or all of eight different colors, creating a wax hands design all your own. How cool is that?
Kids and adults alike will enjoy Mobile Rock’s menacing 24-foot Climbing Wall where trained climbing technicians will be available to show you the ropes. The wall is color coded to assist climbers, from the youngest to the most advanced, make it to the to the top. You and your friends will experience the adventure of a lifetime on Y3k Simulators computerized thrill ride. It combines wind, sound and outlandish motion, all synchronized to a breathtakingly large movie screen.
Fun for all ages
Wax hands
Kiddie Train
Climbing Wall
Cat-In-The-Hat Bounce House and more in the Kids' Fun Zone
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Surprise your friends and have some fun with a temporary tattoo by the incomparable henna artist Satvir. Henna tattooing is an all-natural, pain-free and temporary form of body art. Henna paste is made from ground henna leaves powder, tea, lemon juice, and eucalyptus oil. Designs are hand-drawn with the paste incased in a plastic tube or applicator. The henna dyes the skin with a maroon stain which lasts 1 to 2 weeks and fades away leaving no visible marks.
Local resident Denise Dutil is the best face painter around. Using a waterbased paint “that doesn’t stain”, Denise offers dozens of unique face painting designs. Rainbows, spiders, and butterflies are among the most popular.
Talented artist Rhonda Harder’s latest line of handmade petticoats, tutus, stockings, wings and hair accessories will appeal to any little girl, making a fashion statement that is unique and all her own.
Genial George D’Olivo is a kid’s best friend. His company, Classic Amusements, provides exciting rides, games and concessions for special events throughout the West. D’Olivo’s well-maintained equipment, dedicated staff, and selection of sought-after attractions have turned Connoisseurs’ Marketplace into a “can’t miss” event for families. The Froghopper, a favorite, is a guaranteed tummy tickler, taking riders 25’ in the air and bounce dropping them like a frog. Get ready for lift-off on the exciting Helicopter ride. Jump for joy on one-of-a-kind themed bouncers. Kids love their colorful appearance and boundless excitement. The bouncers are forced-air inflated with soft “pillow” flooring and walls for maximum safety. There’s a Dr. Seuss-inspired Cat-In-The Hat bounce house, Tsunami Tidal Wave slide and the Jurassic Adventure T-Rex Dinosaur obstacle course where kids can run, jump and bounce with their play pals.
All kids get a free choo-choo whistle when they hop on board the trackless train with the “World’s Friendliest Conductor” Rudy Horak, of KC Kidz Events. “We take kids on a choo-choo train ride to wherever their imagination takes them,” amiable Rudy says with a smile. |
