ICE SKATING WEATHER PERMITTING, there will be UNSUPERVISED ice skating on the Duck Pond at Bungalow Road.  The Recreation Department requires 6” of ice for skating.  A GREEN FLAG indicates the ice is safe.  A RED FLAG indicates it is unsafe and skating is not permitted.  Even when the ice is safe, for your own protection, never go skating by yourself. SPECIAL EVENTS SCHOOL BREAK PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN TITAN TANK ROBOTICS                             Act.# 3060 Sec. 1 Dates:          Wednesday & Thursday, December 26 & 27 Time:           9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location:       Municipal Building Community Room Fee:            $ 96.00 Village residents                 $115.00 non-residents Grades: 2 - 6 Registration Deadline:  December 20 Build and take home a Titan!  The Titan Tank is an infrared remote control kit.  Its microprocessor provides different channels that allow up to four Titans to fight each other at the same time.  The Titan moves using six wheels that can move forward, backward, right and left.  You’ll be amazed at the many gears, circuit board, and mechanical drive system.  In this course you’ll also have time to use the ROBOTIX building system to design robots from your own imagination and enter them into our robot Olympics, battle-bot competition, and tractor pull. Learn to program simple commands and make your robot do tricks with Robotix hand-held computers.  Explore and program cool new robots including Robosapien, Roboreptile, and more.  Plus, explore a wide range of challenging builds including the 5” tall Commander robot and Robo-Dog. Bring a non-perishable lunch as children will not be permitted to leave for lunch! DIGGIN’ FOR DINOSAURS, ROCKIN’ ROCKS & CRYSTAL CREATIONS                                        Act.# 3040 Sec. 1 Date:           Tuesday, February 19             Time:           9:00 AM – 3:00 PM        Location:       Municipal Building Community Room Grades: 1 - 5                    Fee:            $57.00 Village residents                 $68.00 non-residents Registration Deadline:  February 14 Young scientists will discover the exciting science of archaeology and paleontology as they excavate and assemble complete skeletal replicas from simulated “fossilized” rock.  Dig for Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops, Brachiosaurs, and more.  Make fossilized plaster replicas of dinosaur teeth, claws, trilobites, and ancient snails.  Sort, classify, and take home a variety of shark teeth.  Unearth some fascinating facts about rocks, minerals, and crystals.  Take home a unique rock and mineral collection, a rock and mineral book, unearthed treasures, fossilized shark teeth, and crystals.  Wear old clothes for this program!  Bring a non-perishable lunch as children will not be permitted to leave for lunch! GIANT COOKIE DECORATING WORKSHOP                 Date:           Saturday, December 22            Act.# 1060 Sec. 1 Time:           10:00 AM - 11:30 AM         Location:       Municipal Building Community Room Fee:            $25.00 Village Residents                 $30.00 non-residents Grades: Kindergarten - 6 Registration Deadline:  December 17 Instructor:     Jan Meryl Phair of Croton Cake Creations Decorate an enormous 12” chocolate chip cookie, using pastry bags and metal tips, plus lots of freshly made frosting that you learn to colorize.  Then, top it with other ornaments, and all kinds of sweets to create an original beautiful design.  Learn to draw or write with frosting, and pipe designs and borders on top.  Space is limited, so register early! An apron or smock is recommended.   CAKE DECORATING CAMP                    Act.# 1055 Sec. 2 Dates:          Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday February 19, 20, & 21 Time:           9:30 AM - 12:30 PM          Location:       Recreation Conference Room Fee:            $145.00 Village Residents                 $174.00 non-residents Grades: 3 - 8 Registration Deadline:  February 14 Instructor:     Jan Meryl Phair of Croton Cake Creations This is a fun-filled dessert camp featuring layer cakes, creating 3-D designs for cakes and cut-out shaped cookies designs.  Roll out delicious cookie dough, then decorate by hand-painting and ice with royal icing in cool designs.  Colorize freshly made butter cream frosting, fill, and frost your cakes using real decorating tools and pastry bags.  Learn awesome decorating designs for borders, drawing, and writing on cakes.  Printout instructions will be included.  Campers will bring home finished creations.  Bring your own snack and drink.  An apron or smock is recommended. BUILD-A-SNOWMAN CONTEST Have your family build a snowman anytime this winter, take a picture of the snowman and its builder and mail a 4”x 6” photo to the Croton Recreation Department by Friday, March 21st. Categories are a) “Typical Snowman” b)”Snow Sculpture” (animal, etc). Please be sure to include your name, address and phone number on the back of your photo.  Prizes will be awarded for each category.  Photos will not be returned. SPRING WINDOW DECORATING Have fun decorating Village windows for spring!  Participants may begin painting windows April 21 and must be completed by April 25.  The Recreation Department will assign windows.  Watch for flyers for more information.  This is not a contest but a fun event for the whole family! LUNCH WITH THE BUNNY                    Act.# 1320 Sec. 1 Date/Time:      Saturday, March 22                      11:30 AM Location:       C.E.T. Multi-purpose Room Fee:            $ 8.00 Village residents per family                 $10.00 non-residents per family Registration Deadline:  March 17 All Village and School District children are invited to have lunch with the spring bunny.  Space is limited; you must be pre-registered.