Maren Johanson (standing), 4, displays her multitude of Nordic buttons while Hadley Boettcher (left), 2, and Elsa Herr (right), 3, work on theirs with the help of Brad Boettcher Aug. 25 at Bergen Place.
The children of Ballard got a chance to display their Nordic pride during a button-making workshop Aug. 25 at Bergen Place Park.
Alison Church, children's education coordinator at the Nordic Heritage Museum, was on hand to help.
Children at the free event picked a Nordic theme from prepared examples and designed their buttons around it.
Church said the event was a chance to bring more activity to Bergen Place.
There has been a neighborhood effort recently to bring structured activities to Ballard parks to increase a feeling of public safety, which some Ballardites have felt is lacking.
The band Tre Norske has performed twice at Bergen Place in the past few months, and the Wuff Da! dog event at Ballard Commons Park this past weekend had a large turnout.
