Friday -Dr. Seuss event, Merle Hay Mall, 5 – 7pm Saturday -Car Craft, Home Depot, 9am (pre-register <— this is new) -Free Books, Cat & the Hat, storytime, Southridge Mall, 10 – 1pm -Dr. Seuss storytime, Pottery Barn Kids JCTC, 10am -Preschool drop in storytime, Ankeny, 10am -Dr. Seuss Birthday Bash, Carlisle Library, 10:30am -The [...]
Friday -Santa/free craft, Altoona plaza, 5:30 – 7pm -Cyclone instrasquad gymnastics, Ames, 6pm -Waukee Winterfest, 6 – 8pm -Polar Express storytime, Barnes/Noble University, 7pm -DMACC Choral concert, 7:30 – 8:45pm Saturday -Gingerbread house craft, Lowe’s, 10am -Santa’s Wonderland, Bass Pro Shop, 10 – 8pm -Wizard of Oz sneak peak, Franklin Library, 10:30 – 11:30am -Dan [...]
The carriage rides takes place tonight, Thursday, Deceber 6 from 5:30 – 8:30pm in Valley Junction. I haven’t been to this event yet, but hopefully we can make it next Thursday if it’s not too cold!
Saturday -Fall Festival, Fort Des Moines, 11 – 2pm -Great Pumpkin Halloween Event, Bass Pro Shop, noon – 5pm -Spook-Tacular Event, Bondurant, 2 – 4pm (not all free) -Hullabaloo (hayrides/games), Madrid, 2 – 4pm -Spirits in the Gardens, Reiman Gardens in Ames, 4 – 7pm (18 and under are free, $8 for adults) Sunday -Great [...]
The event takes place from 1 – 3pm at Putt Masters (SW of Ankeny and east of the Johnston Soccer Complex). See more info HERE. Thanks to the Optimist Club for sponsoring this great family event!
Tax Free shopping on Friday and Saturday Friday -Lite 104.1 lunch, West Des Moines -Free Jethros at Homemakers 5 – 7pm -Hy-Vee family night, Altoona, 4 – 8pm (not all free) -The Adventures of Tin Tin outdoor movie, Urbandale, 9:30pm -Music Festival, St. Charles Saturday -Irish dancing/music/art, Vets, 8 – 5pm -Cork bulletin board craft, [...]
Friday -Magic show Valley West Mall 11am, 3pm and 7pm -Des Moines Arts Festival Western Gateway Park 11 – 10pm -Friday night worship First Assembly 7 – 9pm -Drake Municipal Observatory 9pm -Over the Hedge outdoor movie Ankeny dusk -Kung Fu Panda 2 outdoor movie Colby Park dusk Saturday -Farmer’s Market Jubilee Ankeny 9 – [...]
There is no pre-registration. Just show up 5 minutes prior to the start. See more info HERE.
For example, at the Blank Park Zoo parents can rotate with their children through activity stations related to how animals survive in the wild. Go HERE to register for the zoo’s event. See the list of all Iowa host sites HERE.
Friday -Bat program Pioneer Columbus Community Center 6 – 9pm -Ashton Observatory presentation Mingo (north of Colfax) 8pm Saturday -Learnapalooza West Des Moines 9 – noon -Brown’s woods clean up 9 – 11am -Game show craft Lowe’s 10am -Free memory test and health screening Sam’s Club 11 – 3pm -Paper flower craft Central Library 11 [...]
