# Make a Mess: Artists on a Roll at Discovery Museum > Event for families in the Boston–Cambridge–Newton area (MA / NH). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Fri, Dec 4 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM - Where: Discovery Museum, 177 Main Street (Route 27), Acton, MA 01720 - Ages: Check age guidance - Price: Free with admission - Organizer: Discovery Museum - Official page: https://www.discoveryacton.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 32 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/boston/activities/make-a-mess-artists-on-a-roll-at-discovery-museum--listing-2fe6b151fe2a11b492bd1b73 ## About A morning process-art session at Discovery Museum in Acton: children dip balls in paint and roll them across paper to create their pictures, a technique that mixes art, a bit of physics and whole-body movement. It suits toddlers and preschoolers who like big, messy art, and older siblings can experiment with angles and speed. Dress for paint. The museum's Discovery at Home page has instructions for doing 'Rolling Action Art' at home afterwards. Drop in during the two-hour window; included with admission. ## Similar picks in Boston - [Celebration of Light: Lantern Light-up at Discovery Museum](https://grassyknees.com/boston/activities/celebration-of-light-lantern-light-up-at-discovery-museum--listing-7fa23a9b1855c3ecbe5523f6) — Fri, Nov 20 · 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Discovery Museum, Acton · With admission · checked Oct 13. Make your own lantern and join a lantern procession through Discovery Woods on Friday, November 20, 2026, 2pm to 4pm. The program marks the shorter, darker days of late autumn… - [Snow Globes Craft at Discovery Museum](https://grassyknees.com/boston/activities/snow-globes-craft-at-discovery-museum--listing-50c1c3e577fe34c051cb472f) — Fri, Dec 18 · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Discovery Museum, Acton · With admission · checked Oct 24. A holiday-week make-and-take at Discovery Museum in Acton: children assemble their own mini snow globe with a sprinkle of 'snow' and their own decorations, and take it home the… - [Family Trees: A Celebration of Children's Literature at Concord Museum](https://grassyknees.com/boston/activities/family-trees-a-celebration-of-children-s-literature-at-concord-museum--listing-be37b70e891dd176e02e89d9) — Nov 21 – Jan 3 · 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Concord Museum · All ages · From $5 · checked Oct 24. Concord Museum's annual holiday installation fills the galleries with dozens of story trees, each decorated by local volunteers and community groups to bring a beloved picture… - [An Artful Christmas at Castle Hill](https://grassyknees.com/boston/activities/an-artful-christmas-at-castle-hill--listing-5d82e915905b95bd09df71f1) — Fri, Dec 4 (+13 more dates) · 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich · All ages · From $20 · checked Oct 20. Each December the Great House at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich is decorated for Christmas, and this year's rooms take their inspiration from the masterworks of… - [A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage at Lowell Memorial Auditorium](https://grassyknees.com/boston/activities/a-charlie-brown-christmas-live-on-stage-at-lowell-memorial-auditorium--listing-6fa13f69c74b23222edca75e) — Fri, Dec 4 · 7:00 PM · Lowell Memorial Auditorium · From $35 · checked Oct 24. A faithful stage adaptation of the Charles M. Schulz television special: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the Peanuts gang search for the true meaning of… - [North Central Youth Ballet presents The Nutcracker (Townsend)](https://grassyknees.com/boston/activities/north-central-youth-ballet-presents-the-nutcracker-townsend--listing-70afdb5fb40acb1d356fa8f0) — Fri, Dec 4 · North Middlesex Regional High School, Townsend · All ages · From $15 · checked Oct 21. North Central Youth Ballet, a nonprofit youth dance company, stages its annual Nutcracker in the auditorium of North Middlesex Regional High School in Townsend. It is a community… ## More for families - [This weekend in Boston](https://grassyknees.com/boston/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/boston/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Boston](https://grassyknees.com/boston) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/boston.md)