Great Plains Children’s Museum

09/10/2026

Looking for local Children's and Women's Classes? Check out Safe Kids Fargo-Moorhead's September offerings calendar.

Our September lineup of classes is here, and we can already tell it’s going to be a goooood month! 👀

Take a look at the great variety of online and in-person classes we have to choose from, and register today!

To register, give us a call at 701-234-7234, or search for your desired class on: https://www.sanfordhealth.org/classes-and-events
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09/08/2026

We have hundreds of giant cardboard tubes which means....CRAFT-TIME!!! Help us gauge interest and plan some sessions for our first ever Giant Bat🦇 Boo-nanza craft.

Use the form linked in this post to let us know if you are interested in a take-home kit or in-person crafting session to make your very own, Giant Bat 🦇!

https://forms.gle/raZZXL6qKvuHhBeX9

09/04/2026

Our board tossed around ideas, and officially chose our theme for our pop-up at Boo at the Zoo: BATS!

At Great Plains Children’s Museum, we often talk about building a museum for the community, with the community and we want that philosophy to show up even in our pop-ups. So this year, our Boo at the Zoo pop-up won’t simply be designed for children.

It’s going to be designed and built with them.

Over the next several weeks, the children at Muddy River Nature School will be helping us create pieces of the exhibit to help bring the whole idea to life.

Because if we’re building a children’s museum, who better to invite into the process than children themselves? 🤎

So while we’re behind the scenes untangling yarn, peeling glue off tables, and probably figuring out how paint splatter ended up somewhere paint splatter absolutely should not be… 😂 we’ll be sharing little glimpses of the exhibit as it comes together.

And we’d love to invite you to help build it with us, too. Our Amazon Wish List includes items that will help us make sure every child who stops by our Boo at the Zoo exhibit leaves with a little gift of their own.

Choosing an item from our Wish List is one simple way to help us bring the experience to life.

https://a.co/0id12T0p

Thank you for your continued support! 🦇🌙

09/04/2026

At Great Plains Children’s Museum, we believe play is more than fun; it’s how children learn, grow, and discover the world! 💡🧸✨

09/03/2026

How our office started ☠️😅🤪

09/03/2026

Happy !

While not quite a full beard 😉 we are celebrating in style. Show us those glorious beards (drawn on, pretend, dog beards, all welcome)! 🧔‍♂️

09/02/2026

Dolly Parton had it exactly right with her mission behind Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

At Great Plains Children's Museum we make it part of our mission to support early literacy and adult mental health by rescuing and giving away thousands of books 📚 per year.

By taking in books destined for recycling ♻ or trash 🗑, we support a sustainable and environmentally friendly way to get books into the hands of those that want and need them most.

Want to help support our book rescue program? Get involved by volunteering to sort, donating gently used books, or making a donation to support out work.

Send us a message or email us at [email protected]

09/02/2026

Hey Josh Duhamel, no pressure, but we’re already manifesting this... 😉

We don't have the physical building locked-in just yet, but look how sharp the "Duhamel Legacy Building" name looks on the future Great Plains Children's Museum right here in .

We are working on something that will change the way we support children and their caregivers for future generations, and honestly, we think your name belongs on it.

Josh Duhamel have your people contact our people 🤳, send us a quick email at [email protected] or send us a message here on our page. The coffee is on us next time you're back home in North Dakota! ☕✨

Fargo family and friends, help us get his attention 👉 please like, share, and comment below! 👇

www.greatplainscm.com

09/01/2026

🧡 HELP Great Plains Children’s Museum CREATE HALLOWEEN MAGIC! 🎃

We set a HUGE goal of 5,000 "Boo Bags" for our upcoming October events! These bags will be filled with treats, prizes, and fun for local kids, but we need your help to make it happen.

We are collecting donations of:
🍭 Candy & Treats (individually wrapped)
🎁 Prizes & Non-Food Fun (Stickers, tattoos, small toys, mini crafts)
🛍️ Packaging (1-gallon clear plastic Ziplock bags)

Three Ways to Give:
1️⃣ Shop our Amazon Wish List https://a.co/0id12T0p and have items shipped directly to us.
2️⃣ Grab an extra bag of treats or Ziplock bags while you are out shopping already and drop them off at our office (4040 42nd St S, Suite J, Fargo, ND 58104).
3️⃣ Make a monetary donation to help us purchase treats, prizes, and bags. https://givebutter.com/website-u7qdrn

Every single item helps. Let's make this October unforgettable for our community's kids!

08/29/2026

Oh yes, we know it's not even September yet! But we just booked our team for all 3 weekends of the Boo at the Zoo with The Red River Zoo for October. Plus the Folkways Night Bazaar: Spooky in October.

Last year we gave away over 1,000 "Boo Bags" each weekend! So we are making the call early and often for donations to help make our bags just as SPOOK-tacular as last year. We provide the books and we are hoping that you all can help provide the treats, sweets, and bags :)

Check out our wish list here https://a.co/0id12T0p - Not on the list, no problem. We will accept donations of candy, treats, prizes and gallon ziplock bags that you pick up in your regular shopping trip as well. Just shoot us a message to set a drop-off time ([email protected]).

We hope to make over 5,000 bags this year so we can spread learning, treats, and play to every trick or treater we meet!