The Blackwater Falls Nature Center is open Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The following activities are planned:

• 9:30 a.m. Enjoy a morning stroll along Shay Trace Trail to Balanced Rock to Elakala Trail. Hike is about two miles and lasts about 70 minutes with short interpretive stops. Pet friendly walk.
• 11:30 a.m. Christmas Tin Punch Craft. Use nails to punch a design into a tin plate. Stencils or free-style design. Craft fee is $1.25
• 1 p.m. Learn about the animals that call West Virginia home. Can you identify scat and tracks? Make a plaster of Paris track to take home. Activity lasts about one hour. All ages welcome.
• 2:30 p.m. Paint a plaster of Paris. Craft fee varies, from 25 cents to $1.