For an unforgettable weekend of excitement and the best family entertainment value around, head for the action-packed Tishman Speyer Properties Kids’ Park at the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, September 12-13 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Castro Street. Located in the Wells Fargo parking lot, at Church and Castro Streets, the fun and games for youngsters of all ages will include everything from thrilling virtual reality motion theater and a 24-foot climbing wall to groovy temporary tattoos and creative hands-on art activities.

Stop by Friendly Felipe’s bustling booth offering playful sand sculptures where kids scoop different colored sand into plastic, animal-shaped bottles. When finished, the bottles are topped off with animal heads, like frogs, alligators and tigers, and become a truly creative creature keepsake. Aspiring princesses can select from his beautiful selection of wands and crowns. Felipe will show you how to make your very own unique wax hand. First, you dip your hand into hot wax forming a mold of your hand. Next, you dip your hand into any or all of eight different colors, creating a wax hands design all your own.

Kids and adults alike will enjoy Mobile Rock’s menacing 24-foot Climbing Wall where trained climbing technicians will be available to show you the ropes. The wall is color coded to assist climbers, from the youngest to the most advanced, make it to the to the top. You and your friends will experience the adventure of a lifetime on Y3k Simulators computerized thrill ride. It combines wind, sound and outlandish motion, all synchronized to a breathtakingly large movie screen.

Surprise your family and friends and have some fun with a temporary tattoo. Satvir Bhogal is hands-down the best henna tattoo artist around. They specialize in original works of temporary body art. Henna tattooing is an all-natural, pain-free and temporary form of body art. This 5000 year-old practice originated in Egypt where it was used to dye the entire body, nails and hair. As henna made its way to India, the paste was applied to the skin with a stick in intricate designs for sacred ceremonies. To this day, it is used to decorate the hands and feet of Indian, African and Middle Eastern brides because women in these regions are only allowed to show this much skin. Henna paste is made from ground henna leaves powder, tea, lemon juice, and eucalyptus oil. Designs are hand-drawn with the paste incased in a plastic tube or applicator. The henna dyes the skin with a maroon stain which lasts 1 to 2 weeks and fades away leaving no visible marks.