{"id":338,"date":"2009-10-01T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T18:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=338"},"modified":"2009-10-01T14:37:51","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T18:37:51","slug":"city-of-bowie-international-festival-is-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2009\/10\/01\/city-of-bowie-international-festival-is-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Bowie International Festival is this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past several years my cluster has participated in the City of Bowie International Festival.\u00a0 It is a wonderful event that brings people from all over the area who want to sample a variety of cultures from around the globe.\u00a0 We provide free children&#8217;s activities.\u00a0 Last year my au pairs had over 700 children visit our booth!!!<\/p>\n<p>We are hoping for a sunny day on Saturday, so we will have lots of excited children stopping by for the activities we have planned.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on when you stop by, you might join us to do one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>writing your name in Thai or Chinese<\/li>\n<li>coloring plastic butterflies<\/li>\n<li> learning the colors in various languages<\/li>\n<li>map games<\/li>\n<li>flag games<\/li>\n<li>making beaded bracelets<\/li>\n<li>making tissue paper flowers<\/li>\n<li>getting your hand painted with the flag of Germany or South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a couple of  photos from last year&#8217;s event<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_340\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-340\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/DSC01393-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"International Festival 2008\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/DSC01393-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/DSC01393-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/DSC01393.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">International Festival 2008<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_341\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/DSC01402-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"International Festival 2008\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/DSC01402-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/DSC01402-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/10\/DSC01402.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">International Festival 2008<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The City of Bowie International Festival will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2009, 11 am-5pm at Allen Pond Park, Northview Drive, Bowie, MD 20716.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past several years my cluster has participated in the City of Bowie International Festival.\u00a0 It is a wonderful event that brings people from all over the area who want to sample a variety of cultures from around the globe.\u00a0 We provide free children&#8217;s activities.\u00a0 Last year my au pairs had over 700 children  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2009\/10\/01\/city-of-bowie-international-festival-is-saturday\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[134,195,254,361,512,576],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-bowie","tag-children","tag-cultural","tag-festival","tag-international","tag-maryland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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