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Cool Kids Winter Play

 | Lisle

A guided glimpse into the world of outdoor play will depend on the day. Possibilities include snowman and snow fort building with natural materials or garden scavenger hunt for natural objects

Where: Morton Arboretum
When: 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

Gnome Hunt

 | Lisle

Search for gnomes in the Children's Garden using your best "I Spy" skills. Checklist provided.

Where: Morton Arboretum
When: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Ages: Preschool, Elementary
Cost: Free with admission

 

To Snooze or Not to Snooze

 | Crystal Lake

Find out why and how some animals sleep through this time of year while others brave the challenging conditions of the season. Dress for a hike to spot any of the ones that choose not to snooze.

Where: Prairieview Education Center
When: 10:30 a.m.-noon
Ages: Elementary
Cost: $2, free resident

 

Skeleton Skills

 | Crystal Lake

Learn more about local wildlife and how they live through hands-on activities and some outdoor time to develop our skills. Dress for a hike.

Where: Prairieview Education Center
When: 1-2:30 p.m.
Ages: Tweens
Cost: $5, free resident

 

Art on the Run

 | Elmhurst

Free, fun and educational arts project for kids. Projects change bi-weekly.

Where: Elmhurst Art Museum
When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

Unboxed: Adventures in Cardboard

 | Chicago

See a toy so amazing, so unbelievable, it has the power to transform into anything you want it to be. Enter a world where imagination rules, and ordinary becomes extraordinary.

Where: Chicago Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

Snow Much Fun

 | Chicago

Build a snow fort, throw snowballs, dress up a snowman and ice skate - all inside.
The brand new "ice" rink has more space to skate in your socks.

Where: Chicago Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

How People Make Things

 | Naperville

A new traveling exhibit created by Children's Museum of Pittsburgh that links familiar childhood objects to a process of manufacturing that combines people, ideas and technology. Inspired by the factory tour segments from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the exhibit offers hands-on activities using real factory tools and machines to create objects including crayons, a baseball bat and a matchbox car, just to name a few.

Where: DuPage Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

 | Glenview

The exhibit features the illustrations of W. W. Denslow, a Chicago resident whose famous illustrations helped to inspire the design of the classic 1939 MGM film starring Judy Garland. The bright and colorful exhibit provides a variety of learning opportunities and hands-on activities within a three-dimensional representation of Denslow's distinctive illustrations.

Where: Kohl Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $9.50, $8.50 seniors

 

Ravinia Festival Music Makers

 | Glenview

Discover how sounds make music, and how music makes you feel, with activities like making melodies on bolt- and wrench-a-phones, using soft sculpture pegs to make a music box, blowing air over a reed, moving musical notes on a staff, beating percussion instruments, and creating an artistic masterpiece that reflects how music makes you feel

Where: Kohl Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 
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