Activities are located next to the artisan tent and close at 5 pm, unless otherwise noted. Also, don't miss the Saturday morning performances under the main tent, specially geared for families: Martha Dana and her Amazing Puppets and a Sing-Along with Sammie Haynes. See full schedule for details.

All aboard the Model Railway!
Saturday, 10-5; Sunday 11-2
Bells and whistles, chuffs and diesel roar, real smoke and lots of fun are guaranteed at the model railroad display brought to you by the Bristol S-Gauge Club (the oldest S-gauge model railway group in North America). Community Church vestry. www.trainweb.org/bristol-s-gauge

Get Curious!
The ever-popular Children's Museum of Portsmouth returns to Newmarket. Interactive exhibits include Touch and Sea (a three-dimensional quilt of underwater sea life); Different Lands, Different Masks (authentic and replica masks representing the traditions of different countries), and Family Album: Our Immigrant Origins (a community-based exhibit about immigration--including stories of Newmarket families). www.childrens-museum.org

Horseshoe Crabs
Saturday only, 10-3
See live horseshoe crabs‹and make a puppet to take home. Sandy Point Discovery Center. http://users.rcn.com/sandypt

Face Painting
Lions and tigers and bears "oh, my!≤ Expert face painters transform kids into the animal of their choice. Staffed by members of Aryaloka, Newmarket's Buddhist Retreat Center. www.aryaloka.org

Print-making
Saturday, 10-4; Sunday 12-3
Create colorful prints of fish, aquatic life, sailing vessels, and other designs with staff members from the Exeter Center for the Creative Arts (ECCA). www.streborn.com/streborn/ECCA/home.htm

Critter Crafts
Saturday, 12-3; Sunday, 12-3
Make bookmarks and learn about great animal books. Meet Nellie, the dog. Learn about adopting and caring for pets. Staffed by the New Hampshire SPCA: www.nhspca.org

Windows on the Water: Museum of Earth, Sea and Space
Seal puppets, stickers, t-shirts, and more. Sponsored by Citizens for a Seacoast Aquarium. http://seacoastaquarium.oceanimation.com

Tie Dye T-Shirt Creations
Make your own colorful t-shirt to take home. With instruction from the pros at Red Fish, Blue Fish Dye Works. www.rfbfdyeworks.com

Street Performers
Yo-yos and unicycles with the Yo2 Yo-Yo Duo; juggling and stilt-walking with the Spoof Gabbling Circus. See full schedule for details. Children's Corner and Main Street

Quiet Room
The nursery of the Community Church (just off the vestry) is available for  nursing mothers, diaper-changing dads, and others with young children who need some peace and quiet. Thanks to the Community Church for providing this space.

Activities for Kids on the Waterfront

Rope bracelet-making workshop
Saturday, 2-2:45 pm
Sunday, 1-1:45 pm
Children ages 10 and up make a piece of history they can take home with gundalow captain Justin Kane. Meet under the waterfront tent.

It Takes a Village
Sunday, 1 - 1:30 pm
Settle in by the Lamprey River and listen as local author/illustrator Jane Cowen-Fletcher reads aloud from her books (including It Takes a Village and Mama Zooms), answer questions about her writing process, and sign copies of her books. Waterfront tent.

Newmarket's Prehistoric Creature--the Lamprey!
Just who is the creature lurking in our waters? Meet live baby lampreys and learn about these predecessors of the dinosaur with Newmarket's Stacia Sower, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at UNH. Down by the waterfront. www.unh.edu/biochemistry/sower

All about Fly Fishing
Children 12 and up can try their hand at tying flies and learn about art of fly fishing with Newmarket's Al Bennett. Down by the waterfront.

Stories by the River
Books that reflect our heritage and diversity and books about the natural world. Read aloud by Newmarket residents Jan Galloway, fifth grade teacher at Lincoln Akerman School in Hampton, and Marilyn Gilmour, program naturalist at the Seacoast Science Center and 2003 NH Environmental Educator of the Year. See full schedule for times. Waterfront tent.

Bubble Tent
Have fun with bubbles down by the river.

Plus, visit the gundalow and take a scenic boat ride.