75 Things to Do with Kids This Weekend: March 29-31

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Easter weekend is upon us, and we have countless things to do with kids this weekend to help you celebrate. You’ll be hunting for eggs and visiting the Easter Bunny all throughout the west and northwest suburbs. The Kidlist team wishes a Happy Easter to all of our readers celebrating this weekend.

As many school districts are on spring break this week, you may be running out of ideas of what to do with your kids. Our guide of Spring Break Camps, Activities, and Events has indoor and outdoor ideas for family-friendly fun. Keep this list handy if you’re ready for a new adventure.

Things to Do with Kids This Weekend: Western Suburbs

Please check the details before you go to these events to ensure you know about registration requirements and additional info to maximize your family’s fun. While we do our best to keep the most up-to-date information in our calendar, last minute location or time changes do happen. Want to find “weekend events near me”? We have you covered!

Friday

Check out the Bubble Show at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora, register for a spot at the Little Miss Anne Concert hosted at Wheaton Public Library, or explore a Spring Breakout Adventure at Dan Ryan Woods in Chicago.

Nature Discovery Days (Knoch Knolls Nature Center, Naperville)
March 29, 2024 | 9:00am – 4:00pm

KEVA Plank Build (St. Charles Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 9:30am – 4:00pm

Very Hungry Caterpillar Celebration (Wonder Works Children’s Museum, Oak Park)
March 29, 2024 | 9:30am – 3:00pm
Included in general admission.

Homeschool Hangout (Brookfield Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 10:00am – 11:00am
Register in advance.

Open Gym (Westmont Community Center)
March 29, 2024 | 10:00am – 1:00pm

Let’s Dance (Brookfield Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 10:30am – 11:30am

Little Miss Anne Concert (Wheaton Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 10:30am – 11:15am
Registration is required.

BINGO (Batavia Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 11:00am – 12:00pm
Register in advance.

Spring Breakout Adventure (Dan Ryan Woods, Chicago)
March 29, 2024 | 11:00am – 2:00pm

See a Juggler, Be a Juggler (Santori Library, Aurora)
March 29, 2024 | 11:00am – 12:00pm

Spring Break at the Pier (Navy Pier, Chicago)
March 29, 2024 | 11:00am – 6:00pm

Surprise Craft (Eola Road Branch, Aurora)
March 29, 2024 | 12:45pm – 1:45pm

Mid-Kids Board Game CafΓ© Drop-In (Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien)
March 29, 2024 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Draw Bizarre Bugs and Irregular Insects with Andertoons (Glen Ellyn Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Register in advance.

Spring Break Afternoon Movie: Wish (Eola Road Branch, Aurora)
March 29, 2024 | 2:00pm – 3:45pm

Seed Ball Bonanza (Lemont Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Register in advance.

Bubble Show (Fox Valley Mall, Aurora)
March 29, 2024 | 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Saturday

It’s looking to be a beautiful day for Trout Fishing for Kids at Wood Dale Grove Forest Preserve or the Easter Candy Walk at Spring Rock Park in Western Springs. Wave to the Easter Bunny as he joins the The Great Easter Parade in North Berwyn.

Spring Break: A World of Epic Stories (Fountaindale Public Library, Bolingbrook)
March 30, 2024 | 9:00am – 6:00pm

Trout Fishing for Kids (Wood Dale Grove Forest Preserve)
March 30, 2024 | 8:00am – 12:00pm

Saturday Stay and Play (Geneva Public Library)
March 30, 2024 | 9:00am – 2:00pm

Easter Egg Hunt (Hodgkins)
March 30, 2024 | 9:00am – 9:15am
Advance registration is required.

The Great Egg Hunt (Frontier Sports Complex, Naperville)
March 30, 2024 | 9:00am – 9:15am

Easter Candy Walk (Spring Rock Park, Western Springs)
March 30, 2024 | 9:00am – 11:00am

Nature Discovery Days (Knoch Knolls Nature Center, Naperville)
March 30, 2024 | 9:30am – 2:30pm

Easter Party (Southminster Presbyterian Church, Glen Ellyn)
March 30, 2024 | 9:30am – 11:45am

Very Hungry Caterpillar Celebration (Wonder Works Children’s Museum, Oak Park)
March 30, 2024 | 9:30am – 3:00pm

Easter Egg Scramble (Memorial Park District)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 10:30am

Easter Egg Hunt (Countryside)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 10:30am

Easter Bunny Parade (Melrose Park)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 11:00am

The Great Easter Egg Hunt (Jefferson Field, Berwyn)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 10:00am

Easter Bunny Event (Windy Acres Farm, Geneva)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 3:00pm

The Forge Celebrates Easter (The Forge: Lemont Quarries)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 3:00pm
Advance registration available.

Commemorative Day: Women’s History Month (Chicago History Museum)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 2:00pm

Easter Storytime (Fountaindale Public Library, Bolingbrook)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 10:30am

Easter Egg Hunt and Photos with the Easter Bunny (Town Square Wheaton)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm

The Great Easter Parade (North Berwyn)
March 30, 2024 | 10:30am – 11:30am

Mark Anderson Cartooning (Wheaton Public Library)
March 30, 2024 | 10:30am – 11:30am
Register in advance.

Budding Botanists (Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago)
March 30, 2024 | 10:30am – 2:30pm

Doggie Egg Scramble (Oak Park)
March 30, 2024 | 10:30am – 11:00am

Easter Egg Hunt (Clarendon Hills)
March 30, 2024 | 10:30am – 11:30am
This event is for Clarendon Hills residents only.

Eggstravaganza: Egg Hunt (River Forest)
March 30, 2024 | 11:00am – 11:15am

Gallagher Way’s Easter Egg Hunt (Chicago)
March 30, 2024 | 11:00am – 2:00pm
Register in advance.

Easter Egg Hunt (Blackhawk Park, Indian Head Park)
March 30, 2024 | 11:00am – 1:00pm

Easter Eggstravaganza (North Berwyn)
March 30, 2024 | 11:00am – 1:00pm

Community Easter Egg Hunt (Burr Ridge Community Church)
March 30, 2024 | 11:00am – 12:00pm

Doggie Eggstravaganza (Berens Park, Elmhurst)
March 30, 2024 | 11:00am – 11:30am

An Uncommon Easter Event (Geneva Commons)
March 30, 2024 | 12:00pm – 4:00pm

Maple Sugaring (Kline Creek Farm, West Chicago)
March 30, 2024 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Easter Egg Hunt (Wild Meadows Trace Park, Elmhurst)
March 30, 2024 | 1:00pm – 1:30pm

Bartlett Lions Easter Egg Hunt
March 30, 2024 | 1:30pm – 2:00pm

Sensory Friendly Movie (Wheaton Public Library)
March 30, 2024 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Open LEGO Building (Elmhurst Public Library)
March 30, 2024 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Sunday

Register in advance for a spot at Museum of Contemporary Art’s Sensory-Friendly Morning, or visit with the Easter Bunny at a delicious brunch.

Sensory-Friendly Morning (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago)
March 31, 2024 | 10:00am – 11:30am
Registration is required.

Budding Botanists (Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago)
March 31, 2024 | 10:30am – 2:30pm

Maple Sugaring (Kline Creek Farm, West Chicago)
March 31, 2024 | 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Things to Do with Kids This Weekend: Northwest Suburbs

Friday

Stroll Streamwood’s Cottontail Trail, enjoy a Movie in the Corner: Luca at the Des Plaines Public Library, or enjoy Navy Pier’s Spring Break at the Pier.

Bilingual Spanish Storytime (Palatine Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 10:00am – 10:30am
Register in advance.

Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center Free Admission (Skokie)
March 29, 2024 | 10:00am – 5:00pm

Kids Create: Eclipse Crafts (Arlington Heights Memorial Library)
March 29, 2024 | 10:00am – 11:30am

Easter Egg-Stravaganza (Poplar Creek Public Library, Streamwood)
March 29, 2024 | 10:30am – 11:30am
Register in advance.

Scales-N-Tales Storytime (Franklin Park Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 11:00am – 11:30am
Register in advance.

Friday Fun Day (Wood Dale Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 11:00am – 4:30pm

Spring Break at the Pier (Navy Pier, Chicago)
March 29, 2024 | 11:00am – 6:00pm

Spring STEAM (Indian Trails Public Library – Main Branch, Wheeling)
March 29, 2024 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm

Family Movie: Trolls Band Together (Barrington Area Library)
March 29, 2024 | 1:30pm – 3:30pm

Explore Eclipses (Park Ridge Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 3:00pm – 3:45pm
Register in advance.

Cottontail Trail (Streamwood)
March 29, 2024 | 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Noche de LoterΓ­a / LoterΓ­a Night (Indian Trails Public Library – Indian Trails Branch, Prospect Heights)
March 29, 2024 | 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Movies in the Corner: Luca (Des Plaines Public Library)
March 29, 2024 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Saturday

Visit one of various places in Hoffman Estates to Egg Hunt with Bunny, join the Hippity Hoppity Bunny Trail in Wheeling, or Laugh It Up with Knuckleball Comedy at the Mount Prospect Public Library.

Egg Hunt with Bunny (Hoffman Estates Park District)
March 30, 2024 | 8:30am – 11:30am

Spring Fling (Prospect Heights)
March 30, 2024 | 9:00am – 12:00pm

Commemorative Day: Women’s History Month (Chicago History Museum)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 2:00pm

Easter Egg Hunt (Salt Creek Rural Park District, Palatine)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 10:30am

Hippity Hoppity Bunny Trail (Wheeling)
March 30, 2024 | 10:00am – 12:00pm

Budding Botanists (Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago)
March 30, 2024 | 10:30am – 2:30pm

Laugh It Up with Knuckleball Comedy (Mount Prospect Public Library)
March 30, 2024 | 10:30am – 11:30am
Register in advance.

Gallagher Way’s Easter Egg Hunt (Chicago)
March 30, 2024 | 11:00am – 2:00pm
Register in advance.

Eggcelent Easter Celebration (Elk Grove Village)
March 30, 2024 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Registration required for the egg hunt.

Sunday

Now’s the time to make reservations for Mouth-Watering Easter Dinner and Brunch Options.

Easter Celebration and Easter Egg Hunt (St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, Deerfield)
March 31, 2024 | 9:30am – 11:30am

Sensory-Friendly Morning (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago)
March 31, 2024 | 10:00am – 11:30am
Registration is required.

Budding Botanists (Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago)
March 31, 2024 | 10:30am – 2:30pm

Want to look ahead to next week?

Check out all the family-friendly events happening in your neighborhood and beyond on our events calendar!

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We hope you found some family-friendly fun in our list of weekend events in the west and northwest suburbs of Chicago! This list is updated every week and sent out in the Kidlist emails. (Click here to sign up if you haven’t already.)

We love local businesses, libraries, park districts, villages, and organizations β€” they plan great events for all of us to enjoy. If you are hosting an event or know of an event that should be on our list, click here to submit it to the Kidlist calendar!

We strive to be the most comprehensive source for family fun, which is why you’ll always see so many weekend events listed. It would definitely be easier to just list the details for a few events and call them β€œthe best weekend events for families”, but we recognize that everyone has different interests. Not to mention, sometimes I’m in the mood to go to a huge festival, and sometimes I’d rather go to a low-key storytime at the library. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way. That’s why we work hard and spend a lot of time to find everything going on in our area so you don’t have to!

We hope you find it helpful and we are open to suggestions. The Kidlist Team always talks about how we can improve and evolve to meet your needs, so let us know!

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