Events

Create leaf-shaped bowls from clay. You will collect leaves outside. They will be pressed into clay slabs and draped into bowl molds. The bowl can be made decorative by cutting each leaf out and attaching them together. There are a lot of creative ways to create your bowl. The first hour we will focus on the clay attachments and carvings. Painting your leaf bowls with...

Join us and journal your favorite recipes. Everyone has their favorite recipes. They may have been from childhood, passed down from generation to generation. Even a recipe you whipped up on your own. Recipes can connect us to each other and spark great stories from our past. Everyone will be provided a journal to write their recipes, journal a little, and maybe doodle from time...

Free Admission and everyone welcome! Come join us for the 36th Annual Doodle Bug Reunion. It will be held on September 14th - 17th. Doodle Bugs and all other scooters welcome. Extended trail ride plus an endurance run are planned. Come look, buy, sell or swap. For more info email doodlebugcoa (at) gmail.com. Visit our website and download the 2022 Reunion flyer: http://www.wcdoodlebug.com/reunions/2022-reunion/

Have you ever hiked in the woods after dark? Come check it off your bucket list on this guided night hike. We will follow the luminary pumpkins on the woodland trails. We will learn about nocturnal woodland animals and their special adaptations for night time survival. This is a joint program between Webster and Hamilton County Conservation Boards.

Have you ever wanted to cook over a campfire or with a Dutch oven? Come and enjoy these hands-on activities. You will learn the basics of campfire cooking using foil wraps, pie cookers, Dutch ovens, cast iron pans, and grilling over a campfire. Our Hamilton County Naturalist will share the basics of outdoor cooking and meat smoking with you. We will share recipes and enjoy...

Come join us in Stratford, Iowa for the WC's Cruise to the Woods Meet-Up. The WC Cruisers Car Club is host to Iowa's largest and most unusual cruise-car show, the Cruise to the Woods.  Over 1,300 cars attended in 2021.  The show has a wide range of vehicles from 1919 through brand new "Classics of Tomorrow.  The cars mainly come from all over the Midwest,...

Time to create a unique hand-made clay luminary/pumpkins. Add some beautiful light into your home or light-up your patio table. You can create it into a pumpkin or another style of luminary. For the first hour, we will create a pinch pot dome and a slab to set it on. We will cut out different holes/shapes to create the luminary. The second hour we will...

The dedication of the Kent Harfst Remembrance Monument will be held on October 16th at the Brewer Creek Park. Kent was a hard working, kind, selfless and giving person. He was the director of the Recreation and Public Grounds for Webster City, Iowa. For over 30 years he was instrumental in bringing many wonderful changes and improvements to Webster City.

Bring your camper out ahead of time and decorate your campsite. There will be awards for the best two decorated campsites. Hay rides, Trick or Treating in campgrounds, and kids’ games at Shelter1 will be free. A light Meal at the Beach Shelter will be sponsored by the Webster City Church of Christ for the first 350 people who attend the event. A free will...

Celebrate the fall at this annual free family-orientated event. Bring your camper and decorate your campsite.  There will be awards for the best two decorated campsites. Trick or Treating and hayrides will be in the campgrounds. Wear your favorite costume to this event! No alcohol consumption is allowed at the hayrides. For more information contact John Lairs at 515-297-0423 or jlaird@hamiltoncounty.org. Also Little Wall Lake...