Kid's Activities

All kid's activities are included at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE so bring the whole family.

Kick back as your kids have a blast with a series of activities from 2:00 to 7:30. Swimming in the warm water lagoon with lifeguards, paddleboard lesson, races and demonstrations, Mad Science workshops and shows, Jim Gamble Puppets, July 4th Arts and Crafts, Kids Parade around lagoon, and an awesome 72 foot long obstacle course and 16 foot slide sponsored and staffed by Beach Cities Health District AdventurePlex.

NEW FOR 2010

BeachSports.org Surf & Beach Camps

3:30pm-6:00pm  Free Paddle Board Experience! 

Jump on a BeachSports.org 8’ soft surfboard and paddle across the Seaside Lagoon! Stop by the Yellow BeachSports Canopy to register, 3:30pm with lessons from 4:00pm-6:00pm
Girls and Boys age 9-15

6:15pm  Free BeachSports.org Paddle Board Race! 

4 team 3 person paddle board race. Register your team at the Yellow BeachSports.org Canopy beginning 3:30pm. BeachSports.org will provide 8’ soft surfboards for the race.
Girls & Boys age 9-15

4:30pm  Free BeachSports.org Piano Run in the Seaside Lagoon! 

Watch BeachSports.org personnel demonstrate a ocean piano run! Register at the Yellow BeachSports.org Canopy to make you own piano run.
Girls & Boys age 9-15

Free BeachSports/Body Glove Surf Poster for all activity participants.

All participants in BeachSports.org activities must be experienced swimmers providing their own swim gear and towel. Participants and parents will need to complete and sign the BeachSports.org Hold Harmless agreement.

BeachSports.org Surf and Beach Camps were created and are directed by Jack Tingley, a retired Los Angeles County Ocean Lifeguard. Since 1995 over 17,000 campers have enjoyed and learned with BeachSports. Redondo and Manhattan Beach is where Girls and Boys Age 5 to 14 join Head Coaches Matt, Sam, Jo, Amy, Kenny, Alix and Mike for Surf Camp l Beach Camp l Beach Volleyball Camp l BeachSports Junior Lifeguard Programs.

Learning safety and having fun with the ocean, beach and life skills taught are the focus of BeachSports.org. With safety in mind our camps are located next to Lifeguard Tower 14 Manhattan Beach, Avenue I and Vista del Mar Redondo Beach. Additional BeachSports locations include: Will Rogers State Beach, Newport Beach and Corona del Mar State Beach. Information: Call: 310-372-2202 or visit us online at www.beachsports.org.

Visit the AdventurePlex Inflatable Obstacle Course!

Crawl, climb, twist, turn and slide at the newest attraction from AdventurePlex. Kids and grown-ups alike are welcome. Work out while having fun with the family!



Also offered by AdventurePlex, arts and crafts activities provided by Art 2 Grow On. Socks and signed liability waivers required. All activities are free! Live well!

U.S. Coast Guard LIVE Helicopter Demonstration

Watch a LIVE U. S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue (SAR) Demonstration in the harbor adjacent to the lagoon including some of the procedures the Coast Guard helicopter aircrews use to safely hoist someone from the water and in distress up in to the helicopter.

The aircrew will consist of four crewmembers, a pilot, copilot, flight mechanic, and rescue swimmer. The rescue swimmer, who is EMT qualified, is the first responder and can properly treat and prep a survivor for hoisting. The flight mechanic operates the boom and hoist for the deployment and recovery from the helicopter while the pilots maintain stable flight, communications, and navigation up front.

Mad Science Sponsored by Northrop Grumman

Mad Scientist Rocket Robby will present a very entertaining live show called GASWORKS at 6:00.

This amazing outdoor event explores the mysterious world of gasses. The show takes off with a wacky flying balloon, a bottle of club soda, and a surprising “carbon dioxide geyser”! Things then get exciting when chemical reactions are used to fill one balloon with carbon dioxide and another with hydrogen. The audience then anticipates the outcome of these balloons when placed over a flame. Ever hear of The “Hindenburg”? Little film canisters are then launched into the air using Alka-Seltzer tablets and water, while a volunteer uses a super soaker to squirt the capsule as it flies. The highlight of this event takes place when “water bottle rockets” are launched with air pressure, followed by “fire-powered rockets”, which travel 200 feet into the sky.

Independence Day Arts and Crafts

The Kids Freedom Parade! Kids will be able to make their own Patriotic Hats, American Flags and Marching Drums they can proudly display and play during the Kids Parade.

4th Annual Kids Parade

Enjoy the kid’s parade along the sidewalk in the Lagoon led by drum major Michael Couchois and the South Bay Drum Circle. The parade, with moms and dads lining the sidewalk, will make a trip from one end of the Lagoon to the other, and then turn around to head back to the beginning. How great is that! What memories!

JIM GAMBLE PUPPETS PRESENTS "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA"

To honor America’s birthday, Jim Gamble presents his entertaining, marionette production for the pleasure of the entire family. Packed with ageless good humor and upbeat music, the half hour program is narrated by Sam, the American eagle and spotlights colorful characters from America’s history and traditional lore. Benjamin Franklin cavorts with a kite and Johnny Appleseed juggles red apples. Yankee Doodle and Smokey the Bear perform to their familiar theme songs. Red White & Blue Stars dance, Ronnie Rooster campaigns pluckily against Colonel Sanders and a Great American Circus clown performs dazzling trapeze tricks.

Gamble, a respected puppet designer and performer, is well-known in California and across the nation for his entertaining productions and beautifully crafted marionettes. Since the early 80’s his fame as an international performing artist has spread after theater appearances in China, Singapore, Iran, Israel, Belarus, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and France. He has toured extensively as national guest artist in Japan and Korea. In 2001 he was the only American to perform in a landmark festival in Moscow celebrating 100 Years of Russian Puppetry. He has been invited repeatedly to appear for major theater festivals in Europe and South America.

Jim Gamble Puppet Productions presents over 1200 performances annually. With his staff of performing puppeteers, Gamble provides excellent family entertainment for private events and public festivals. His highly-respected educational programs promoting music education and cross-cultural understanding reach thousands of school children through outreach programs of the Los Angeles Music Center, Orange County Performing Arts Center, California Arts Council and Youth Audiences of the Bay Area. The company has performed seasonally at Disneyland and for the BBC-London promotions for the popular, Charlie and Lola television program.

Jim Gamble and company have won numerous awards for outstanding programs. The Parent's Choice, multiple Film Advisory Board Citations, and National Educational TV and Film Festival Golden Apple were received for Gamble’s nine puppet videos. He was awarded the prestigious "President's Award" by the Puppeteers of America, and the UNIMA "Citation for Excellence in Puppetry" for his production of Peter and the Wolf. At recent arts festivals in Belarus, Croatia and Russia international judges awarded the “Grand Prix” to Gamble for his performances.