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Festival Of Children Celebrates 15 Years
09.07.16
For the past 15 years in September, Festival of Children has celebrated children with a charity outreach event held every weekend, in conjunction with National Child Awareness Month, at South Coast Plaza. The month-long Festival offers free family activities and events, including live music and dance performances, a grand scale back-to-school fashion show by South Coast Plaza retailers, including Macy’s, arts and crafts, animal shows, face painting, and more, while showcasing over 75 youth-serving organizations.
Ongoing activities include: Canstruction OC: Now through Sept. 26 – You can view 16 amazing structures made entirely out of canned goods. At the conclusion of the Festival, the structures are disassembled, and over 60,000 canned food items will be donated to the Orange County Food Bank for distribution to needy families in Orange County.
LEGO--every Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. in Carousel Court, kids can experience amazing craft activities.
Care Bears Plush Drive—Shoppers can “Share Your Care” with Care Bears™ by donating a plush stuffed animal to the We Care Bears organization. Bring a NEW plush donation and meet Share Bear from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 and Sunday, Sept. 11 in Carousel Court.
Puzzle Zoo—on Saturday, Sept. 10 from noon to 2 p.m. in Carousel Court, stop by for Calico Critters Arts & Crafts. Enter to win drawings.
Coffee, Tea, Mommy & Me: Every Friday in September at 11 a.m. – Educational talks about home safety, vehicle seat safety, nutrition, water and safety, will be followed by arts & crafts activities, and music. Coffee and Tea is hosted by Corner Bakery.
For a complete list of programs and activities, please visit festivalofchildren.org.
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The MOBILE ESCAPE room – THE ESCAPE BUS
09.07.16
The Escape Bus, Orange County’s first mobile escape room, is launching this weekend on Sept. 10-11 in front of 4th Street Market in Downtown Santa Ana. The hacking-themed escape game "Firewall" will be ready to challenge its first teams. It’s giving gamers and thrill-seekers a new immersive, interactive experience. In the futuristic game, Firewall, players are immersed into an elite hacker consortium – they have been captured into a maximum-security transport, and must work together to beat the bus, or spend the rest of their days in a tiny cell.
To create The Escape Bus, a 30-foot Bluebird former passenger school bus was converted into a multi-room escape experience, equipped with state-of-the-art technology.
Gamemaster and co-founder Jonathan Katz said, “Unlike other escape rooms, The Escape Bus is more than a theme; rather it’s designed to navigate players through an experiential story. Our goal is to help players “escape” the mundane. We want them to forget about their cell phones and social media for 45 minutes as we give them a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience.”
The Escape Bus can accommodate two to six players at a time, and is recommended for players 12 years of age and older. The experience is offered as a standard (45 minutes) or short (20 minutes) version of the game, depending on the setting. The Escape Bus will be available for Open Escapes, parking in various locations all over Southern California, as well as bookings for private and corporate events, parties, festivals, and more.
Click here to book a time and find out more here.
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