Friday
Just Between Friends consignment event at the fairgrounds in Puyallup Biggest JBF event west of the Mississippi! Score a bargain on kids gear and duds.
KaBOOM! Imagination Playground™ at the Sumner Library It’s a moveable playground at the library! 2-4pm
Full STEAM Ahead – Spring at the Orting Library 2:30pm – 3:30pm Learn about the season of spring through science, technology, engineering, art and math activities. All ages; under 6 with an adult.
Mini Robot Exploration: Ozobots at the Puyallup Public Library
Learn how to program these pocket-sized robots to follow commands, complete mazes, and perform simple tasks.For ages 8 – 15 years old. No registration required. 3:30-4:30
Kent Area High School Cherry Blossom Festival
The Cherry Blossom Festival is a longstanding Kent School District tradition that celebrates the region’s connection to Japanese and Asian cultures and provides an opportunity to meet Japanese exchange students currently visiting the high schools.
The festival celebrates Japanese culture and will feature many activities, including martial art demonstrations, children’s activities, food, and more!
Ticket sales will benefit Kent high schools’ Associated Student Body (ASB) programs: $5 in advance $7 at the door. Children under 12 years old are free with a paid adult admission.
Paradise Theater in Gig Harbor presents Charlotte’s Web
Featured: Pinocchio the Ballet from Tacoma City Ballet opens at the Federal Way Performing Arts Center. There are still 15.00 tickets available to this performance! Professional dancers, beautiful scenery, and a live orchestra. Your little ballerinas will love it! 7:30 tonight; afternoon shows Saturday and Sunday
Saturday
All Over
Barnes and Noble story time Most area stores offer a story time for children at 11am. We do suggest confirming with yours as we have found participation to be inconsistent. It’s Little Blue Truck’s Springtime at most stores today.
Kids’ Club at Michael’s Stores
Choose from two different classes for kids every Saturday. 2.00 or 5.00 per child, depending on class. Gnome themed crafts today. Note: Select, “Kids’ Club,” and then find your store by location.
South King County
Featured: Pinocchio the Ballet from Tacoma City Ballet is at the Federal Way Performing Arts Center. Professional dancers, beautiful scenery, and a live orchestra. Your little ballerinas will love it! Fairy tale dress up invited! 2PM Saturday and Sunday
Come use the Ableton Live 9 suite and Push 2 board. Ableton is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for composing, recording, arranging, mixing and mastering. For ages 10 and up; registration required
Meet Gekko at Learning Express Toys
Auburn Avenue Kids presents You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown 2PM; tickets are 10.00.
Annual event for children with special needs and their families. There will be pony rides, a petting zoo, face painting, games to play and a free lunch. Note from SFM: I don’t see any registration requirements, but you may want to check on this before you head out.
Free Kids’ Carnival at Kent Covenant Church found on fb; new to the list
Visit the HCC Mast Center at Redondo The center and its touch tanks of sea critters are free and open to the public every Saturday from 10-2
Puyallup/Greater Pierce County
Just Between Friends consignment event at the fairgrounds in Puyallup Biggest JBF event west of the Mississippi! Score a bargain on kids gear and duds.
Huge toy show with over 100 vendors with toys, action figures, Lego, comic books, and more. The Toy Show will open at 9 am for Early Bird ticket holders and then at 10 am for all General Admission entry. General Admission Tickets are only $5 ($10 for Early Bird Tickets) and kids 12 and under are free with an adult. All tickets are purchased at the door before the show.
Ever wanted to learn about gold prospecting? Here’s your chance. Kids 12 and under are free, and readers in the past have said they had fun trying gold panning. Adults are 5.00 in advance/10.00 at the door; military and veterans with ID are free. Also Sunday
Explore Your World – Squishy Circuits at the Bonney Lake Library 2pm Explore STEM at your library! Create working circuits using electricity-conducting Play-Doh. Lights, sounds and motors bring electric learning to life!
Family Movie Matinee at the Fife Library It’s “Alpha” (2018). Rated PG-13. 2-4pm
Read to a Dog at the Eatonville Library
Share a book with a furry friend while improving your reading skills. 3-4pm
Yoga Story Time at the South Hill Library 10:30am Yoga movements, books and songs for preschoolers! Register
Tacoma
Featured: Pinocchio the Ballet from Tacoma City Ballet is at the Federal Way Performing Arts Center. Professional dancers, beautiful scenery, and a live orchestra. Your little ballerinas will love it! Fairy tale dress up invited! 2PM Saturday and Sunday
Fieldhouse Flea Market at UPS
Celebrating it’s 51st year, the Fieldhouse Flea Market is the University of Puget Sound Women’s League’s annual one-day fundraiser. This popular community event has been held since 1968 and has raised over a million dollars for student scholarships.
Tickets are available on the day of the event at the door. $5 to enter at 10 a.m.; $15 to gain early access at 8:00. You’ll get a hand-stamp that allows you to come and go all day! Best part? Your admission price goes directly to student scholarships! Note from SFM:O.K….not a kids’ event, but I mean to go to this every year, so I thought I’d mention it in case you do, too!
Free Easter Bunny Pics at Kids Kaboodle
Commencement Bay Jazz Festival
High school vocal and instrumental jazz ensembles are invited to compete in this multi-stage, divisional event. Inspire your young musicians! Day Pass for both sites – $10.00
All access pass (includes day events and either evening concert) – $20.00
Afternoon Story time at Mottet 1:30 with Miss Elizabeth
Drop in Spring Craft at Mottet 2-3PM
Drop in to celebrate the Spring Equinox and create a fun craft
Summer Camp Preview at Sprinker
Register for Pierce County Parks & Recreation Summer Day Camps at this Preview Fair! Free drawstring backpacks while supplies last; raffles
Concordia Community Preschool FairLearn about family and preschool services in the area, pot a few starter plants, receive seeds and gardening materials, receive a snack and have a fun family-friendly event with other area families! Rhubarb the Rainier, a fire truck, and other fun
Read to a Dog at the Parkland/Spanaway Library Kids can share a book with a furry friend while improving their reading skills. Drop in between 1-2PM
Spring Nature Journal – Watercolor Workshop with Artist Molly Hashimotoat the Lakewood Library 2-3:30 Sketch and paint the beauties of spring using pencil, pen and watercolor. All supplies provided. Ages 8-18. Register
See a show at the Pierce College Science Dome The area’s only indoor planetarium. It’s great! This interactive planetarium show is specially designed for visitors aged 3-12.
Why is the Moon bright? Why do we have shadows? Are there types of light we can’t see? Come solve these mysteries! Approximately 45 minutes. $6 for participating children. Adults get in free! You only need to reserve seats for children.
Saturdays in March at 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm
Gig Harbor
Explore Your World: Chemistry at the Key Center Library 2-3pm Explore basic principles of chemical experimentation.
The Peninsula Marketplace is open each Saturday from 9 am – 3 pm. Live Entertainment, Good Food, lots of Vendors, Free Admission and plenty of parking. Located at 5503 Wollochet Dr. NW., Gig Harbor.
Paradise Theater in Gig Harbor presents Charlotte’s Web
Ribbon Cutting For Ancich Waterfront Park 12pm Location: Ancich Waterfront Park, 3557 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor 98335 Note from SFM: I’ll let you decide if this would be of interest to your kids. Do let me know if the park is a place you’d recommend!
Olympia area
Fish Frenzy at the Puget Sound Estuarium
Come check out the current rotating exhibit featuring cool fish specimen, Puget Sound centered education, fish printings, dissections, and more. From salmon to rockfish, it’s a complete fish frenzy at the Estuarium! Fish printing is scheduled for 11-4 Saturday, and Steelhead dissections are scheduled from 12-3
Arbor Day Event at Percival LandingFree Western Washington native tree, shrub and wildflower seed giveaway,Kid’s art activities and games, Self-guided tour of shoreline native plants and other fun
Olympia Family Theater Presents The Hundred Dresses
Inspired by a true story, The Hundred Dresses tells the story of a Polish immigrant Wanda Petronski whose classmates tease her. Wanda’s classmate Maddie realizes that allowing her friend to be a bully can be just as bad as acting that way herself. Maddie stands up to her classmates and makes an unlikely friend in the process. This play is a poignant tale of bullies and bystanders. Recommended for ages 7 and up. 2PM today and tomorrow
Create Comics the Low-Riders-in-Space Way! at the Lacey Timberland Library 2pm Best for ages 9-18; tips on drawing comics with ballpoints and time to make your own with artist and author Cathy Camper
Natural birth and parenting expo Note from SFM: While not a kids’ event, I thought this might be of interest. Let me know how it is if you go.
Olympia Youth Chorus: Threads of Joy at the Washington Center for Performing Arts
Family story time at the Olympia Library
Music, movement, and books for the whole family. All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult.
Visit the LOTT Wet Science Center and learn how to rise above plastics today.
Our lives are full of plastic products and now our oceans are full of plastics too. Microplastics get mistaken for food by marine animals, and it’s estimated that by 2050 there may be more plastics in the ocean than fish. Join the Surfrider Foundation for a 2 pm presentation and learn fascinating facts about plastic, how it impacts our environment, and how you can make simple changes in your daily life to combat the plastic pollution problem. Related crafts and activities all day.
Community Baby Shower: For new and expecting parents and their families at the Lacey Timberland Library 10am Community organizations and library staff will provide free information for new parents and answer questions on topics like health, early literacy, and parenting resources. Refreshments and giveaways. Note from SFM: While not a kids’ event exactly, I thought this might be of interest.
Sunday
South King County
Featured: Pinocchio the Ballet from Tacoma City Ballet is at the Federal Way Performing Arts Center. Professional dancers, beautiful scenery, and a live orchestra. Your little ballerinas will love it! Fairy tale dress up invited! 2PM Saturday and Sunday
Puzzle Sunday at the Auburn Library
Tacoma/Pierce County
Featured: Pinocchio the Ballet from Tacoma City Ballet is at the Federal Way Performing Arts Center. Professional dancers, beautiful scenery, and a live orchestra. Your little ballerinas will love it! Fairy tale dress up invited! 2PM Saturday and Sunday
Special concerts just for kids at UPS. A perfect way to introduce children to classical music and instrumentation. Readers have loved these!
Today is Around the World in 80 Drums!
Featuring the Percussion Quartet
Take a whirlwind tour of the percussion family with the Symphony Tacoma Percussion Quartet! Explore the elements of rhythm, timbre, and pulse and get an inside look at the world of percussion instruments from around the world. Pack your imagination as we embark on this exciting adventure!
Ever wanted to learn about gold prospecting? Here’s your chance. Kids 12 and under are free, and readers in the past have said they had fun trying gold panning. Adults are 5.00 in advance/10.00 at the door; military and veterans with ID are free.
Just Between Friends consignment event at the fairgrounds in Puyallup Biggest JBF event west of the Mississippi! Score a bargain on kids gear and duds. Most items half price today. 8am-2pm
Tacoma Giants Part 1: Intro to Point Defiance Trees
Meet Mik and the Beanstalk. Mik is a Certified Arborist happy to share his knowledge of the trees of Point Defiance with you; and the Beanstalk is a 186-foot Pseudotsuga menziesii, a.k.a. Douglas-fir, located a stone’s throw away from Fort Nisqually.
Ideal for kids, older folks and people with mobility issues, the event will include activities around the Fort Nisqually Picnic Shelter and the Beanstalk nearby.
Less than 500′ of walking required. To Register: SIGN UP ONLINE or call (253) 305-1022 4.00/person Note from SFM: I see two different times listed; double check when you register.
There is also a Part II at 12
Kitten shower at the Humane Society
Bring donations to help the Humane Society get ready for kitten season, plus enjoy some light refreshments, have fun with a kid-friendly craft activity, and learn about becoming a kitten foster parent.
Single mom’s gathering at the PodWorks
This is a free community event, open to any single (feeling) mamas in the region, regardless of actual marital status, age, etc.
Olympia
Olympia Family Theater Presents The Hundred Dresses
Inspired by a true story, The Hundred Dresses tells the story of a Polish immigrant Wanda Petronski whose classmates tease her. Wanda’s classmate Maddie realizes that allowing her friend to be a bully can be just as bad as acting that way herself. Maddie stands up to her classmates and makes an unlikely friend in the process. This play is a poignant tale of bullies and bystanders. Recommended for ages 7 and up. 2PM today and tomorrow
Women’s History Tours at the Bigelow House Museum @ Bigelow House Museum
The Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum will offer special women’s history tours of the Bigelow House Museum on Sundays in March, Women’s History Month. Visitors will learn more about the women who lived in and visited the 1860s era Bigelow House as well as the collections of the house illuminating women’s history. 1-4pm
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