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Event Series Budding Botanists

Budding Botanists

Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N Central Park Avenue, Chicago

Watch out as you explore the Conservatory – 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

Santa’s Workshop

Joseph C. Vallez Activity Center 1529 S Harlem Avenue, Berwyn

Unlock the magic of the holiday season by stopping by to visit Santa and sharing your dreams and wishes with him. Capture a priceless moment with the jolly old man...

Free

Posada Celebration

Aurora Public Library - West Branch 233 S Constitution Drive, Aurora

Celebrate this traditional Mexican holiday at the West Branch Library. We’ll enjoy stories, food and share a piñata! For children of all ages and their caregivers.

Free
Event Series LEGO Club

LEGO Club

Bolingbrook Historical Museum 444 E. Briarcliff Road, Bolingbrook

Head to the Bolingbrook Historical 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...

Free

Last Minute Gifts

Batavia Public Library 10 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia

Make a simple craft you can give as a gift. Do you need a last-minute gift for a friend or relative? Come by the Library and make a simple craft...

Free

Big Blue Blocks Playdate

Palatine Public Library 700 N North Court, Palatine

Build and play using the Library’s big blue blocks. Drop in.

Free

Family Day: Cut, Cut, Paste at Smart Museum of Art

Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago

Explore twentieth-century collages in the work of artists across the globe, including Romare Bearden, Arturo Herrera, Karel Lodr, Hannah Höch and Marie Zoe Greene-Mercier. Then, create your own collages and...

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

Merry and Bright: A Victorian Christmas

Downers Grove Museum 831 Maple Avenue, Downers Grove

Get in the holiday spirit here at the Downers Grove Museum! We invite you and your whole family to learn about Victorian Christmas traditions, tour the holiday decorated Blodgett houses,...

$5 – $8

Santa’s Day Care

Village Commons (North Riverside) 2401 S. DesPlaines Ave., North Riverside

Santa knows this is a busy time for parents, so he’s set his elves to work giving parents something they need: a break! Drop off the kids for the evening...

$15 – $17

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