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Sloth Birthday Celebration

August 22 |
Thurs., August 22, 2024 | 10:15 am – 2 pm | Included with Admission
 
A party fit for a sloth! Help the National Aviary’s Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloths celebrate their birthdays during our Sloth Birthday Celebration. Don’t move slow (like a sloth), reserve tickets in advance.
 

Sloth Birthday Celebration Schedule of Activities:

10:15 am: Meet a Rainforest Friend | Helen M. Schmidt FliteZone Theater™
10:45 am: Sloth Talk and Birthday Treat with Wookiee | Tropical Rainforest
11 am – 1 pm:
Sign Wookiee and Vivien’s Birthday Card | Atrium
11 am – 1 pm: Sloth-themed craft and coloring pages | Learning Center
12:30 pm: Sloth Talk and Card Signing with Valentino | Helen M. Schmidt FliteZone Theater™
1:30 pm: Tropical Rainforest Feeding featuring a Happy Birthday shoutout to Wookiee | Tropical Rainforest

 
 
Vivien turning seven and Wookiee is turning 24!
 
Keep the sloth fun going into the weekend during Brushes & Birds with Maria DeSimone Prascak of Maria’s Ideas (mariasideas.com) on Saturday, August 24. Click here for more details
 
This year’s Brushes & Birds Sloth canvas design!
 
For parking information, please click here!

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