The Big Nazo Puppets will be the featured performers at the RISD Museum’s Free-For-All Saturday kids’ event, “Styroworld,“ showing how artists use Styrofoam in their creations.

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CAROUSELS

Carousel Village, Roger Williams Park, off Elmwood Avenue, Providence. 785-9450. 10 am-5 pm, weather permitting. $1.25 per ride.

Easton Beach Carousel, Memorial Boulevard, Newport. 845-5810. Daily 10 am-6 pm. $1 per ride.

MUSEUMS

Cormack Planetarium and Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence. 785-9457. Museum open daily 10 am-5 pm. Museum admission is $2, $1 ages 2-7. Planetarium admission is $3, $2 ages 4-7; no one under age 4 admitted to the planetarium.

•Mission Moon: Past, Present, Future exhibit.

•Planetarium show: Sky Views Sat and Sun 2 pm.

•Space Adventure Weekend, celebrate NASA’s 50th anniversary with family activities including hands-on flight and rocketry adventures. Sat-Sun.

Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South St., Providence. 273-5437, www.childrenmuseum.org. Hands-on activity center for children 1-11 and their families. Tue-Sun 9 am-6 pm. $6.50; members free. Special programs: Global Games, ages 5-11 learn the many ways mancala is played around the world Thu 3-5 pm. Stories Aloud, preschoolers see a puppet show of Hansel and Gretel, make their own pretend candy cottages and nibble on a sweet treat Fri 9:10 am-1:40 pm. Walk-in registration on a space available basis for an $8 fee above the price of admission. Stomp Rockets, ages 5-11 use the power of air to blast a rocket across the room Sat 1-3 pm. Ocho’s Art Cart, ages 3-11 create a sunny beach scene with sandcastles and sea creatures Sun 3-5 pm.

NATURE

Firefly Family Night, Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, 109 Pequotsepos Rd., Mystic, Conn. (860) 536-1216; www.dpnc.org. Families learn the secrets of fireflies before heading out to the woods and fields around the center to look for and try to catch them Sat7:45 pm. Member: $5, $20 family max; nonmembers: $7, $25 family max.

Tales on the Lawn — Nature Stories for Families, Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge, 12 Sanderson Rd., Routes 44 and 5, Smithfield. 949-5454; www.asri.org. Spread out your blanket and listen to wild tales of animals and plants; perhaps a live animal will visit Fri 6:30-8:30 pm. Members: $8 adult/child pair, $4 each additional member; nonmembers: $12 adult/child pair, $6 each additional nonmember. Moves inside in the event of rain.

Tales and Trails, Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope St., Bristol. 949-5454, www.asri.org. Interactive nature story followed by an exploration of the refuge trails. Discover animals, native plants, habitats, marine life and more. For children under age 8. Registration not required. Sun 12:30-1:30 pm.

PERFORMANCE

Jamestown Philomenian Library, 26 North Rd., 423-7280. For ages 4-10. Free. Registration not required.

•Bugging Out, Marvelous Marvin’s show is all about bugs, insects and outdoor exploration with poems, circus arts, magic tricks and music. Thu 7 pm.

•Spiders, Mosquitoes and Bugs — Oh My!, Songs, music and stories with Christopher “Kavi” Carbone Sat at 11 am.

ZOOS

Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence. 785-3510, 751-0203 (TDD), www.rwpzoo.org. Open daily 9 am-5 pm. $12, 62+ $8, children 3-12 $6, children under 3 free.

ETC.

Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown. 364-6211.

•Spider Man Movie Marathon, Spider Man, 11:30 am; Spider Man 2, 2 pm; Spider Man 3, 4:30 pm Thu. Light refreshments will be served.

•The Spiderwick Chronicles, Fri, 6:30 pm.

Free-For-All Saturday, RISD Museum, 224 Benefit St., Providence. 454-6510, www.risdmuseum.org. Styroworld, kids can check out the Museum’s Styrofoam exhibit and find out how artists create works using this material, make their own cool Styrofoam art and get in on the building of a styrotower. The Big Nazo Puppets animate the program with zany antics and costumes. Sat 11 am-4 pm. Admission, refreshments and activities are free.

imPOSSIBLE Dream Playground, John D. Florio Memorial Park, 575 Centerville Rd., Warwick. 823-5566. Playground for children with and without disabilities. Daily 10 am-3 pm, except holidays and holiday weekends. Donations accepted.