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John Janzen Nature Centre will remain closed until further notice due to flooding. Thank you for your understanding.
Celebrate your child's birthday with a nature adventure at the John Janzen Nature Centre.
John Janzen Nature Centre Birthday Party Information Package
Get ready to play! We’ll use our senses to discover what life is like for nature’s smallest creatures. We’ll peek inside a beehive, search for bugs and create a critter of our own to take home. This program includes up to 45 minutes of playtime in our nature-themed indoor playground.
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Welcome to your dino-mite birthday party! We’ll have a roaring good time as we handle real fossils, make a craft with our own claws and solve some gigantic mysteries about our prehistoric pals.
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Let’s jump in and explore the myths of the forest! Try on a pair of magical wings and discover which plants and animals are a fairy’s best friend. We’ll go on nature walk to look for signs of fairies and nature sprites, make a craft to bring home and have a whimsical time playing games.
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Our friendly Nature Centre bugs are throwing a party and you’re invited! We’ll go exploring to find out who lives nearby, create our own critter to take home and meet some bug eating animals while we’re at it.
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Birthday parties are available year round, but space is limited. We recommend parties be booked at least 6 weeks in advance. Book early to avoid disappointment! Payment for the program must be made at the time of booking.
If you have any questions about our birthdays, email: artsattractionsbookings@edmonton.ca.
Here are some of the most frequently asked questions we receive regarding our birthday parties. If the answer to your question isn’t listed, you can contact the birthday bookings office by emailing artsattractionsbookings@edmonton.ca and we will be happy to answer your questions!
Please let your interpreter know prior to or at the start of the program when you would like the program to end, so that they will end the program with enough time to ensure the group is back in the party room for parents to pick up their children.
Your program will start when you arrive at the Nature Centre, and will end at the scheduled end time indicated on your booking confirmation sheet.
There are beverage and snack vending machines in the Nature Centre hallway.
Yes. Food, presents, and other belongings can be left in the room during the program. Some of our program activities may take place outside of the room and in other locations around the facility, so we will not be in the one room the entire time. We usually draw the doors closed when the party is out of the room. The rooms do not lock. If you have small valuables, such as a purse, we recommend bringing them with you.
We have two party rooms. Interpreters will put a sign at the top of the stairs past the front desk of the nature centre to direct individuals to their designated party room.
Your interpreter will clean up the room after your party. Please be considerate and help our staff by ensuring that all garbage and recycling is placed into the correct receptacles. Additionally, please assist our staff with any large messes (for example, spilled food/drink) by minimizing/containing the spill. If no paper towels are available in the room, please ask your interpreter for some.
Yes. If you are passing by the front desk staff, please let them know that you are there to drop-off/pick-up for a birthday.
Yes, this is possible. Please include your request/preferences in the “notes to interpreter” section of your booking confirmation sheet at the time of booking. When your interpreter calls, please discuss your request with him/her, them so that the interpreter can plan the program accordingly.
Yes. Please include this request at time of booking in “notes to interpreter”.
Yes. The maximum group size for our parties is 30 (includes kids, siblings, parents).
For most of our parties, this is possible, as long as the maximum number of people is 30. For Nature Play Parties, the maximum number of kids we can accommodate per party is 15. This is to ensure a high-quality program. If you have additional children that you wish to invite, we recommend booking a second birthday program.
We have one birthday party program specifically for preschoolers (ages 3-5), called Nature Play Party.
The majority of our other party programs are for children ages 4 years and up. Some families choose to book combined family birthdays, where the majority of children are 4 years and up. Younger children (siblings) are welcome to attend these birthdays with additional adult supervision, but they may not be able to or interested in participating in many of the activities. Please call our birthday program bookings office if you are interested in booking a mixed-age birthday party and would like more information.
No, City of Edmonton employees cannot accept money. Once the program is over, you can thank them verbally. You are welcome to offer them a piece of cake or leftover food to express your appreciation.
Yes, all of our programs include a combination of outdoor and indoor activities. Please dress for the weather, so that guests are comfortable spending some time outdoors. In the event of inclement weather, more program time will be spent indoors.
The safety of you, your family and visitors, and our staff are of utmost importance.
Please stay at home if you are feeling unwell. Contact your interpreter immediately to let them know you are not coming, then contact our birthday bookings office by email (attractionsexperience@edmonton.ca) to officially submit in writing your cancellation or reschedule request.
We will all discuss options at the time of cancellation or reschedule request.
Location
7000 143 Street
Whitemud Drive & Fox Drive
Shared parking lot with Fort Edmonton Park
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 2359
Edmonton, AB T5J 2R7
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