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Farmhouse Tours: Keeping Your Family Healthy in Winter

Kline Creek Farm 1N600 County Farm Road, West Chicago, IL, United States

On these special guided tours, hear about a common winter experience: taking care of a sick family member. Learn about “sick foods” in the 1890s, how candy was used as medicine, and how the first-floor bedroom acted as the sick room. All ages. Suggested admission donation of $5 per person ages 3 and up to...

$5
Event Series Farm Life in Winter

Farm Life in Winter

Kline Creek Farm 1N600 County Farm Road, West Chicago, IL, United States

Help prune the orchard or stack wood for fuel, or see how blacksmithing skills helped farmers. Join us for the ice harvest if the lake freezes, or watch as we shear the ewes in preparation for lambing in March. There’s a new lineup every day, so follow us at facebook.com/klinecreekfarm for activity updates. Suggested admission...

$5

Nature Sensory Games

Annerino Community Center 201 Recreation Drive, Bolingbrook, IL, United States

Engage your senses of touch, hearing, sight and smell with a series of self-directed stations and games. Touch reach animal furs, identify mystery smells and use echolocation like a bat. This program is "set your own pace" but please arrive no later than 7:00pm.

$7 – $10

Farmhouse Tours: Keeping Your Family Healthy in Winter

Kline Creek Farm 1N600 County Farm Road, West Chicago, IL, United States

On these special guided tours, hear about a common winter experience: taking care of a sick family member. Learn about “sick foods” in the 1890s, how candy was used as medicine, and how the first-floor bedroom acted as the sick room. All ages. Suggested admission donation of $5 per person ages 3 and up to...

$5

Squirrel

Hidden Oaks Nature Center (Bolingbrook) 419 Trout Farm Road, Bolingbrook, IL, United States

REGISTER IN ADVANCE Go a little nutty as we celebrate National Squirrel Day! We’ll start indoors to recognize this day by learning all about these fluffy-tailed friends and the role they play in nature and the environment. Afterward, we’ll take a hike to look for them and try our hand at some tricky squirrel nest...

Free
Event Series Farm Life in Winter

Farm Life in Winter

Kline Creek Farm 1N600 County Farm Road, West Chicago, IL, United States

Help prune the orchard or stack wood for fuel, or see how blacksmithing skills helped farmers. Join us for the ice harvest if the lake freezes, or watch as we shear the ewes in preparation for lambing in March. There’s a new lineup every day, so follow us at facebook.com/klinecreekfarm for activity updates. Suggested admission...

$5

Celebrate Chinese New Year

Elmhurst Public Library 125 S. Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, IL, United States

Listen to a traditional Chinese folktale about the New Year, and make a lantern with help from York High School's Chinese Club. Live in-person. No registration required. For information on more events like this, check out our roundup of Ways for Families to Celebrate the Chinese New Year

Free

Farmhouse Tours: Keeping Your Family Healthy in Winter

Kline Creek Farm 1N600 County Farm Road, West Chicago, IL, United States

On these special guided tours, hear about a common winter experience: taking care of a sick family member. Learn about “sick foods” in the 1890s, how candy was used as medicine, and how the first-floor bedroom acted as the sick room. All ages. Suggested admission donation of $5 per person ages 3 and up to...

$5

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