HUNTERSVILLE – Discovery Place Kids-Huntersville is will celebrate its first birthday this month with a weekend of celebratory activities on Oct. 22-23. The celebration will include face painting and bubble blowing in the Learning Garden and birthday-themed activities throughout the Museum. The weekend will also include visits with mascot Can Can.

Discovery Place Kids, which opened Oct. 23, 2010, has seen more than 213,000 visitors to date.

“Can Can and our staff have so many reasons to celebrate such a momentous occasion,” said Barrett Long, director of Discovery Place KIDS-Huntersville. “The smiles, laughter and play that we see every day from our Members and guests mean that not only are our youngest visitors learning, but they are having a lot of fun too.”