The Nature Area Crafts Tent will have 3 scheduled Arts activities. Each session is 1/hr and Fun for all Ages.

• 11:00 am - Take Home Leaf Butterflies

• 12:30 pm - Recyclable Art with Jim Anderson

• 2:00 pm - Fish Imprinting with Kathy Dewein

  Other Activities Include:

• Scouts BSA Troop 310 & Cub Pack 108: A variety of hands-on outdoor skills (archery, pollinator garden featuring return of the American Chestnut tree; Stewart Thacker - certified angling instructor for the Great Smoky Mountain Council of Boy Scouts who teaches fishing basics, fish identification, and most importantly, how to fish with a conservation mindset - will demonstrate) - Chris Thacker, Troop leader 310 leader/Cody Phillips, Pack Leader 108 leader

• Inspiring Connections Outdoors: Animal skulls and insect identification (A program of the Sierra Club/Harvey Broome Group, Knoxville) - Mac Post, Leader

• East Tennessee Environmental Educators: the University of Tennessee brings a variety of hands-on STEM activities - Michael McKinney, Director of Environment Studies at UTK, Leader

• Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: Get your photo made with Dolly (cardboard cutout), enjoy even more books, and sign-up for your own books at home with Imagination Library! - Nelsie Wooden, Chair

• The Louie Bluie Learning Library: A quiet area to sit in the grass and read books about nature at beautiful Cove Lake State Park.

• Hands-on Activities:

  • Girl Scouts of America Troop 20279 creating take-home leaf butterflies!

  • Scouts BSA Female Troop 435: Leaf imprints, birds, animals, and more - Liz White, Leader.

  • Kathy Dewin: will be doing fish imprinting activities.

  • Jim Anderson: will have sessions on Recyclable Art and caring for the Earth around us.