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Wonka Walk

Downtown Glen Ellyn Main Street & Crescent Boulevard, Glen Ellyn

COME WITH ME AND YOUโ€™LL BE IN A WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION Join us in Downtown Glen Ellyn celebrating everything SWEET for your Valentine weekend! This event will have something...

Free

Winterpalooza

Thatcher Woods Pavilion 8030 W. Chicago Avenue, River Forest

Join us for an afternoon of winter activities including hikes, broom hockey, orienteering and more. Presented with the Portage Creek Cub Scouts.

Free
Event Series Buildapalooza

Buildapalooza

Wonder Works Children's Museum 6445 West North Avenue, Oak Park

Come build with different materials throughout the museum during Buildapalooza! Our Build It exhibit will be filled with Legos of All sizes. The Art Room will have makerโ€™s workshop a...

included in general admission
Event Series Tiny Toes Music

Tiny Toes Music

La Grange Public Library 10 W. Cossitt Avenue, La Grange

Join us for musical fun with your little one! Tiny Toes Music features fun songs, dancing, a storybook and instrument activities especially created for young children. Ages birth-5. Older siblings...

Free

Love Storycraft

Indian Prairie Public Library 401 Plainfield Road, Darien

For families with children 7 & under with an adult caregiver. Love is in the air at this Valentine's Day story and craft.   For information on more events like...

Free

Love is in the Air Story Time

Clarendon Hills Public Library 7 N. Prospect, Clarendon Hills

Join us for a special Saturday story time all about love. Listen to sweet stories, songs, and make a craft too.  No registration required.   For information on more events...

Free

Nature Valentines

Annerino Community Center 201 Recreation Drive, Bolingbrook

Listen to a short story, then use supplied materials to create Valentine's Day cards inspired by nature and animals. Space is limited, please register your entire group. All children must...

Free

Paint a Tiny Masterpiece

Westmont Public Library 428 North Cass, Westmont

Paint a tiny, 4" ร— 4" masterpiece! All supplies will be provided. Artwork will remain at the Library for the Tiny Art Show from February 14 to 28.

Free

Bookmobile Stop: Target

Target (Bolingbrook) 1188 W. Boughton Road, Bolingbrook

Browse our cool Bookmobile! Check out items, pick up your holds and return borrowed materials or just sit and enjoy a story!

Free

Black History Month Movie Marathon

Warrenville Public Library 28W751 Stafford Place, Warrenville

Attend a movie that recognizes the contributions, creativity and activism of Black artists. After a bite from a radioactive spider, Miles Morales becomes the one and only Spider-Man. When a...

Free

Argyle Lunar New Year Celebration

Uptown 4956 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago

Parade kick-off at 1:00pm - Argyle & Sheridan RSVP for FREE for a chance to win prizes from Argyle businesses! Join Uptown United and the local business, non-profit, and cultural...

Free

Music with Pro Musica

Wonder Works Children's Museum 6445 West North Avenue, Oak Park

We are excited to welcome the Pro Musica Youth Chorus on Saturday, February 8 for a performance in the museum. Please join us at 11am to see the chorus sing,...

Included in general admission

Winter Fest

Longfellow Park 610 S. Ridgeland Ave., Oak Park

Enjoy old fashioned fun in the snow with outdoor games, music, and skating on the outdoor ice rink! Limited skates will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Inside the...

Free

Ice-A-Palooza

Central Athletic Complex 500 S Naperville Rd, Wheaton

Ice-A-Palooza is a free outdoor event featuring skating, entertainment, food truck, and more! Preschool Activities Tent & Outdoor Games | 11A-1P Hot Cocoa Bar | Enjoy a cup of delicious...

Free
Event Series Budding Botanists

Budding Botanists

Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N Central Park Avenue, Chicago

Watch out as you explore the Conservatory โ€“ you may run into a Budding Botanists! on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00am to 3:00pm, Nature Educators will provide activities for kids...

Free

Family Day: Comfy Cozy

Museum of Contemporary Art 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago

This month, enjoy soft, warm, lovely things. Create heartfelt art, participate in tea-making workshops, or even craft your own incense.

Free
Event Series Winter Warmup Movies

Winter Warmup Movies

Cantigny Park 1S151 Winfield Road, Wheaton

Enjoy family-friendly movies in Le Jardin while you warm up after skating at Cantignyโ€™s ice rink, or just stop by for a meal and a movie! The movie will run...

Included in parking
Event Series Lego Club

Lego Club

Maywood Public Library 121 S 5th Avenue, Maywood

Lego fans will be given a new Lego building challenge. / Los fanรกticos de Lego tendrรกn un nuevo desafรญo de construcciรณn de Lego

Free

Tea Rex Tea Party

Bellwood Public Library 600 Bohland Ave, Bellwood

Join us in reading Tea Rex by Molly Idle, and enjoy games, crafts, treats, and more!

Event Series Cabin Fever Festival

Cabin Fever Festival

Spring Valley Nature Center 1111 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg

Experience and embrace the beauty of winter! This family event features outdoor games, hikes, ice fishing demonstrations, indoor winter ecology activities, dogsled demonstrations and s'mores and cocoa around the fire....

$3

Valentineโ€™s Day Photos

Pet Supplies Plus 15 N La Grange Road, La Grange

Head over to Pet Supplies Plus in LaGrange with your animal Valentine(s) for a photo session. What better way to capture the love than with your furbaby, who gives you...

$20

Together We Can, Together We Will

Fox Valley Mall 195 Fox Valley Center, Aurora

Dancers, African drummer, poetry, live art, music, Brazilian capoeira, marketplace vendors, soul food vendors, fashion show, children activities tables, nookie the kookie clown, yoga, crowning ceremony, and more! 

Free
Event Series Victorian Valentines

Victorian Valentines

DuPage County Historical Museum 102 E Wesley St, Wheaton

Valentines of the Victorian era were treasured keepsakes, incorporating feathers, beads, and bits of fabric. Create your own Victorian-style valentines in this fun afternoon workshop. Suggested donation of $3/participant.  ...

Free
Event Series LEGO Club

LEGO Club

Bolingbrook Historical Museum 444 E. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook

Head to the Bolingbrook Museum for some LEGO fun! You can build with friends or try one of our building challenges. We supply the bricks, and you supply the imagination....

Free

Junior Naturalist Walk

Crabtree Nature Center 3 Stover Road, Barrington

Earn a Junior Naturalist badge by taking a short walk outside and doing an indoor activity book.

Free

Craft Supply Swap

Franklin Park Public Library 10311 Grand Avenue, Franklin Park

Are you a crafty person? Are you new to crafting? Do you need just enough of a certain supply to finish off a craft project youโ€™re working on? Come to...

Free

Annual Black History Month Celebration

Bronzeville Children's Museum 9301 S. Stony Island Avenue, Chicago

Honoring Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Come Celebrate Our 27th Anniversary!!! The Celebration will include: Music, Singing, Crafts, Story Telling, Balloons and other activities.

Free

Winter Fest

Sunset Knoll Recreation Center 820 S. Finley, Lombard

Donโ€™t let cabin fever give your family the winter blues. Enjoy a FREE afternoon of frozen winter fun! Be sure to bundle up because this indoor/outdoor event is full of...

Free
Event Series Young Chefs

Young Chefs

Maywood Public Library 121 S 5th Avenue, Maywood

Learn the basics of cooking in our cooking club! Registration required along with allergy disclosure form. / ยกAprenda los conceptos bรกsicos de la cocina en nuestro club! Se requiere registro...

Free

Black History Month Awareness Event

Bolingbrook High School 365 Raider Way, Bolingbrook

Join Outreach in celebrating Black History Month at Bolingbrook High School. Admission is free.

Free
Event Series Pokemon Fun

Pokemon Fun

Downers Grove Public Library 1050 Curtiss Street, Downers Grove

Trade cards, play games, talk with fellow fans, and maybe win a new pack of cards!

Free

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