Presenter Birthday Programs
 All Programs are 1 hour
 Want your child's Birthday Party here in the natural setting of TNC but with an "bigger" program?
TNC offers birthday programs through other education based companies, for an additional cost.
We will schedule your program with one of the following companies and you will have use of our space for your party time.
More options are available please call the Education Director for more information.

Dinosaurs Rock
Transform your Birthday Party into a Dinosaur, Fossil & Mineral Museum! Imagine, a Genuine Fossil Dig,  for your birthday here at TNC. Break open crystal filled geodes, pan for gems and minerals, and much more. Several packages to choose from, which include artifacts, goodie bags and more.

Below is a brief description of the packages offered by this presenter.  Please feel free to call us for more program details and pricing information.

  1. Little Raptors (For children ages 3-4 years old)
              $545 For up to 15 children (additional at $15 per child)
    Super Raptor Party (For children ages 3-4 years old)
              $645 for up to 20 children (additional at $20 per child) To add in Goody Bags, an upgraded dig (10 take-home pieces) and a 12-pc Fossil Collection gift for B-day child.
    Start off with a super fun look at some of our most magnificent Dinosaur Fossil Specimens to set the mood.  Then your guests will go to a fossil dig to find the skeleton of a Brachiosaurus, and piece it together like a real Paleontologist.  At the same time, they will find some genuine fossils and minerals to keep (5 total per child).  Then they will play some games and go on a dinosaur egg hunt where each child will find a toy Dinosaur Egg.

  2. Premium Package (For children ages 5 and older)
              $545 For up to 15 children (additional at $15 per child)
    Super Premium Package (For children ages 5 and older)
              $645 For up to 20 children (additional at $20 per child) To add in Goody Bags, an upgraded dig (10 take-home pieces) and a 12-pc Fossil Collection gift for B-day child.
    Your party includes an amazing educational and fun Dinosaur Presentation using Museum-Quality Dinosaur, Fossil and Mineral specimens.  Imagine a Real Museum right here at the nature center! Your guests will take home 5-Genuine Fossils of their choice ranging from Dinosaur Bone, Petrified Wood, Fossil Coral, Crinoid Stems, Ammonites, Trilobites, Fossil Shark Teeth and more. Then, they'll go on a Dinosaur Egg Hunt where your guests will hunt for Dinosaur Eggs - we'll even hatch them at your Dinosaur Party! We'll finish off with a RING TOSS over a Life-Size T-Rex Foot.  Each Dinosaur Party guest will Win A Toy Dinosaur!

  3. Fossil & Mineral Excavation Package (For children ages 7 and older)
              *$575 For up to 20 children plus $10 per child for Excavation Blocks (additional at $15 per child)
    If you have ever wanted to experience what it's like to be on a real Fossil Dig, then check out our Dinosaurs Rock Excavation Party...The ultimate Dinosaur Party Experience for kids.  We'll start your Dinosaur Party with our Dinosaur Party Presentation.  We create excavation teams where each group works on one of our Huge Exclusive FOSSIL/MINERAL Excavation Blocks, along with their very own digging tool.  Unlike those toy Dig Blocks sold in stores that contain plastic pieces, the DINOSAURS ROCK Excavation Block is chock full of genuine Fossils & Minerals.  Just like a real Paleontologist, guests will excavate their group "block" to find 25-30 unbelievable Fossils and Minerals and some Gemstones to take home.  Your guests will identify their discoveries using our Fossil ID Chart to learn about what they discovered.

Snakes-n-Scales and Turtle Tales
 Presents a unique animal experience as they bring beautiful, live animals to educate and entertain your child for their birthday party. Their experienced educators are trained animal experts who will safely help children learn about each animal as they see it up close. With opportunities to touch some of the animals your guests will feel it's reality and hopefully someday, when they look back on this birthday, remember and understand that these creatures are our neighbors in the natural world. Below is a list of some of the programs offered by this presenter.  Please feel free to call us for more program details.

Goody bags can be provided for an additional $3 - $26 per child. 

  1. The Strange World of Reptiles (For children ages 3 and older)
     This is their most popular show with the four types of reptiles visiting. Most of these animals can be touched under the watchful eyes of their instructor. They might bring lizards like a Blue-Tongued Skink, turtles like a Red-foot Tortoise, a big Boa Constrictor or an amazing Burmese Python, and as something only Snakes-N-Scales can bring to you, a baby Alligator.  They'll talk about the specialties of each and what they eat, joke about things they do and find out if these creatures make good pets. Amphibians can also be brought to make the party really hop.

  2. The Good, the Icky and the Slimy (For children ages 5 and older)
    Bugs, spiders, frogs and snakes are thought to be "icky" by many people. Learn how Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches are really nothing to be afraid of and tarantulas are actually peace loving creatures.  Some of these animals can be touched under the watchful eyes of their instructor.

  3. Sea Life
    Ocean animals, like the underwater strongman the starfish, the peaceful but spiny sea urchin, the ancient and mysterious horseshoe crab, the silly clownfish and it’s protective multi-armed partner the anemone, are so strange it seems that they are from another planet.  This show will look at these incredible creatures of the deep in this fun and hands-on, very interactive show to find the facts about these wonderful sea creatures.     Some of these animals can be touched under the watchful eyes of their instructor.

  4. Reptile Photo Keepsake (For an additional $125 per 20 photos)
    Look, laugh, learn and touch reptiles, with one of the above shows, for the first hour. Then, the instructor will hold the large python and each child will have the opportunity to come up to the snake and touch it, while a picture is taken. Then the pictures will be printed out and everybody will be able to take their own reptile photo home as a remembrance!

Wallaby Tales
 The Wallaby Tales Traveling Zoo brings amazing, comical, and educational presentations to venues throughout the northeastern states. See for yourself why schools, families, and countless others have us back year after year, with different animals each and every time. This is where animals, education, and fun collide!

Goody bags can be provided for an additional $5 per child.  

  1. Animal Friends (For children ages 3 and older)
    This beginners program created especially for 3 and 4 year olds is designed as a first introduction to animals. Using small, non-threatening animals such as chinchillas, rabbits, guinea pigs and birds, children are able to get a first “look and touch” experience with the amazing world of animals.

  2. Mammal Mania (For children ages 5 and older)
    Mammals from around the world will be featured in this program. Behaviors, habitats, adaptations, survival strategies and relationships with humans will be introduced. This program focuses on behavior and adaptation using the life stories of each unique animal, their often humorous personality, fun facts, anecdotes and animal eye-views as instruction.  The main animals presented in this show include the Wallaby, (a small kangaroo), Rabbit, Guinea Pig, and the Patagonian Cavy, (which is related to the mouse, kicks like a mule and looks like a guinea pig on stilts).

  3. What Big Teeth You Have!
    Earth’s incredible creatures have to fight tooth and claw in order to scratch out an existence. Whether they possess the sharp claws of the raccoon-like Coatimundi, the sharp senses of Fennec Fox, the terrible teeth of the tiny short-tailed Opossum or the ridiculous flexibility of the Ferret, all predators must be resourceful, alert and adaptable in order to survive in the circle of life.

  4. When Animals Attack!
    Many mammals have developed amazing characteristics to avoid becoming "lunch."  A few of the “prey" animals we’ll look at are the Skunk with its well known putrid smell, the Porcupine with its incredibly sharp quills and the Armadillo with a plated back made of hair. These creatures show just some of the self defense tools used “When Animals Attack”!