The May 2012 issue of Kids Celebrate Magazine is filled with back-to-school ideas as well as field trip destinations. Kids Celebrate continues to provide fun stories, events and activities to keep you and your family entertained for the whole month!

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Kids Celebrate Magazine is a local publication that focuses solely on entertaining, enjoying and celebrating the lives of our children.

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EXTREME PET CONTEST BEGINS

PRIZES FOR BEST PET PHOTOS

Is your family pet a cuddly kitten, a playful puppy, or a loving iguana, snake, tarantula or Patagonian Cavy?

Extreme pet owners, we know you are out there and we want to hear from you! It is your affection for these unusual animals that inspired Arizona Museum for Youth’s upcoming exhibition: Extreme Pets. To celebrate the exhibition we are working with the museum to find the MOST EXTREME PETS.

The Grand Prize Winner receives an annual membership to Arizona Museum for Youth.

All accepted entries will receive: tickets to the museum.*

Send photos of your child with their extreme pet to: churd@kidscelebratemagazine.com or Kids Celebrate, PO Box 1591 Chandler, AZ 85244

Please include your contact information.

Entry deadline June 30, 2012

*Some images will be published in Kids Celebrate magazine. All accepted images will be electronically displayed at the Arizona Museum for Youth during the exhibition. Entries will be accepted at the publisher’s discretion. Only animals currently living with the family will be considered.

Arizona Museum for Youth Extreme Pets exhibition Opens May 25

Happy Mother's Day

Kids Celebrate sends warm wishes to all moms, grandmas, aunties, daddies and other caregivers who step into the mom role when needed. Thank you for all you do! Enjoy your special day!

Super Savings

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• $500 off standard fees for treatment at Sonoran Smile Orthodontics
• Free IPod or Free Oral-B electric toothbrush to new patients at Sonoran Smile Orthodontics
• Sign up for a chance to win a free REI Gift Card at Camp Primrose
• Earlybird registration savings for LDVinci Performing and Fine Arts camp
• $0 Pay no enrollment fees at Bridges Preschool Ocean Adventures camps.
• Save $25 at Lil' Einsteins Summer Camp.
• Save 50% on an introductory session at Power Brain Training Center.
• Free consultation with the Tutor Doctor.
• Free day pass at Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley.
• 2-for-1 on International Museum Day at Arizona Museum for Youth, May 18.
• FREE Brain Power Open Class, May 19. RSVP. • $50 Off registration at Mathnasium of Gilbert.

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LET'S PARTY ...

Chandler AZ Celebrates 100 Years! With the Bash of the Century
May 19 4 to 10 p.m.
Tumbleweed Park, McQueen and Germann roads
It’s the biggest backyard birthday bash you will attend this year! Bring the family to Tumbleweed Park for classic games with prizes, such as races, pie eating contests, agricultural themed games such as cow pie toss and cotton bale rolling. Enjoy entertainment from local talent, history exhibits, special speakers, fly overs, and a fireworks display! Check out more Centennial events - http://www.chandleraz.gov

Arizona Museum of Natural History Celebrates 35 Years
AzMNH Birthday Party
May 18 6 to 9 p.m.
53 N. Macdonald, Mesa
FREE Family Fun
AzMNH will have the block in front of the museum on Macdonald Street closed with all sorts of fun and entertainment – including a live band, dinosaur bounce houses, crafts, games and food vendors. Bookman’s is sponsoring the event with great activities and prizes. Additionally the entire museum will be open and free with cake and ice cream served in the lobby.

Cinco de Mayo Festival and Chihuahua Races
May 5 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The annual celebration honors Chandler’s Hispanic community. Event includes food, entertainment, Chihuahua races and other fun activities. Downtown Chandler public library, 22. S. Delaware St. FREE. http://www.chandleraz.gov

Free Friday Movies in the Park
Movie starts at dusk (Approx. 7 p.m.) Kiwanis Park, Mill Avenue and Baseline Road, Tempe. May 4 Happy Feet 2 (PG); May 11 Smurf’s (PG); May 18 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG); May 25 Hop (PG). Bring a picnic and a blanket. FREE. http://www.tempe.gov/events

National Train Day
May 12 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Arizona Railway Museum in Tumbleweed Park , 330 E. Ryan Road, Chandler. FREE. http://www.azrymuseum.org

See our Calendar for more events.