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 familyβs 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: Womenβs 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 β 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: Womenβs 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. Gregoryβs 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
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