951 past events with the family events tag

Do you love board games? Join us for this fun and creative workshop where youth and adults will work together at making their own! You’ll learn what goes into making a good game, then design your own prototype using equipment in our Design Lab. Registration requires at least one youth and one adult. Families may register as a unit for up to 6 people.

Cost: $35/pair, $12 per additional guest; member discounts apply
Registration deadline: November 10

Come join the fun as you and your family experience creating something together! Spend time together while you create your own unique glass votive through the art of glass etching!

This workshop is for adult and child pairs. For ages 6 years and up. All tools, supplies, and safety gear will be provided.

Join us as Farmers Market moves indoors for the season. Connect with the community while discovering amazing local products! 

Join us as Farmers Market moves indoors for the season. Connect with the community while discovering amazing local products! 

Free Community Event           

Kick off the holiday season with family and friends! Enjoy sweet treats, winter crafts, enchanting lights, and holiday music in celebration of the season. Embrace the sounds and spirit of the holidays at this free community event!

 Supported by eKeeper Systems, Estep Burkey Simmons, Old National Bank, Unified Group  Services

Free Community Event           

Kick off the holiday season with family and friends! Enjoy sweet treats, winter crafts, enchanting lights, and holiday music in celebration of the season. Embrace the sounds and spirit of the holidays at this free community event!

 Supported by eKeeper Systems, Estep Burkey Simmons, Old National Bank, Unified Group  Services

Cost: $55; member discounts apply

Registration deadline: December 4

Come and paint in glass! This workshop will explore how color and value can be created using frit. Participants will use tiny grains of glass to paint a realistic portrait or build an abstract design. No glass cutting necessary!

All tools, supplies, and safety gear will be provided. Glass Workshops are 13 & up unless otherwise noted.

Cost: $25/house; member discounts apply

Registration deadline: December 9

Bring the magic of Christmas to life when you create a gingerbread masterpiece with your whole family at Minnetrista! Enjoy sweet cookies and holiday music, meet and take photos with Gingy the gingerbread man. Make holiday memories at Minnetrista!

Discover a variety of fresh produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, jams, and more!

Join us for a special Member Saturday at The Orchard Shop! We invite members to shop local with special in-store deals exclusively for Minnetrista members. Stop and enjoy complimentary breakfast and coffee while you shop, while supplies last.

Not a Minnetrista member? Sign up in-store, online at minnetrista.net/membership, or by calling 765.282.4848. Those who sign up on the day of will receive the member discount.

Discover the clues that critters leave behind–animal tracks! Join us in Betty’s Cabin to learn about different animal prints, then make and take an animal track of your own.

Looking to find more clues? Stop by the Mindbender Mansion exhibit in our Center Building to put your detective skills to use!

Presented by Patterson Block

Make music and dance to the beat at Betty’s Cabin! Stop by play, sing, and try out a variety of percussion instruments.

Presented by Patterson Block

March 22; 10 a.m.–Noon, 1–3 p.m., 4–6 p.m. 
Free community event
Pre-registration recommended

Who’s ready for an adventure? Bring your family and friends for a day full of adventures at Minnetrista! This free community event is open to the whole family. With so much being offered, the day is a choose-your-own-adventure opportunity. The various activities create space for learning, active family participation, and fun! Spend a beautiful spring day at Minnetrista.

Event partner eKeeper Systems

Things are getting egg-citing at Minnetrista, and you’re invited to a Glass Easter Egg Hunt in Oakhurst Gardens. Grab your family and get ready to search the garden for your own piece of glass art to purchase. Don’t want to hunt for your egg? Come into the Ed Center for the Annual Spring Glass Sale in partnership with Ball State University Glass Guild.

Free community event

Registration deadline: March 23

Join Minnetrista and Ball State University’s College of Architecture and Planning for this unique design workshop. Kids will learn more about designing through hands-on experience by creating their own faerie buildings. This is the perfect opportunity for children to harness their imaginations and create fantastic things!

For kindergarten through fifth graders & their caregiver adults.

Celebrate your favorite Muncie memories and places by creating your own custom jigsaw puzzle and storage box.

Participants will create a digital collage using their own photos, images, or artwork and will use the sublimation printer to print and press your own 48-piece jigsaw puzzle and accompanying storage box.

Instructor: Lena Reid

Date: Saturday, April 8 | 4–6pm

Recommended ages: 16 through adult

Ages 8–15 may accompany a registered adult

Cost: $15

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org.

Sponsored Projects Administration and Ball State invites you join us for the 28th Annual Student Symposium! Ball State faculty, staff, and students and the public at large are invited to attend the Ball State Student Symposium on Tuesday, April 11 from 1-4 pm at the Worthen Arena Concourse. 

For more than twenty-eight years the Student Symposium at Ball State University has provided students with the opportunity to present their creative and scholarly projects while competing for cash prizes and gaining valuable insight from faculty and staff judges from across the University. 

This year, we are excited to welcome the Teacher-Scholar participants to the symposium! 

The Symposium encourages interdisciplinary discourse, allowing students to learn from each other about engaging topics. The symposium also provides an opportunity for student participants to discuss their work with a broad audience and is open to any student from Ball State University (undergraduate and graduate), Burris Laboratory School, and the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities. 

Please join us in support of these fantastic students and all of the work they have put into these projects! 

What: Ball State Student Symposium 

Date: Tuesday, April 11 

Time: 1- 4 pm 

Location: Worthen Arena Concourse, Gate 1 (ticket center) 

To learn more about this important event, please visit bsu.edu/student-symposium. 

We hope to see you there! 

Learn the basics of using the Canva design platform, then create and print your own personalized stickers. Stickers can be used for hydro-flasks, laptop cases, phone cases, wall decor (they peel off easily), window clings, etc.

You may also bring original artwork, photos or create a hand drawn design to use on your stickers.

Instructors: Meghan Anacker and Olivia Ward

Date: Thursday, April 13 | 4–7 pm

Recommended ages: 13 through adult

Ages 6–12 may accompany a registered adult

Cost: $5

Scholarships are available to any individuals or families with a demonstrated need. Email Kyra Zylstra, Director of Initiatives and Partnerships, at kyra@madjax.org.