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Aurora Festival of Lights

 | Aurora
FREE  

Drive-through light show includes a mile of Santa, reindeer, candy canes, penguins, Old Man Winter, lighted trees and more.

Where: Phillips Park - Aurora
When: 5-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 5-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free; donations accepted

 

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

 

Arbor Reading Adventures

 | Lisle

Interactive story time and fun crafts indoors before heading out on the grounds for a winter walk. Themes change each week. Wednesdays and Fridays.

Where: Morton Arboretum
When: 11-11:45 a.m.
Ages: Preschool
Cost: $5 (discounts for members)

 

Turkey Trot Hike

 | River Forest
FREE  

Families take a special post-holiday hike on the scenic Forest Preserve trails around Trailside Museum with a naturalist. Registration required. No strollers.

Where: Trailside Museum of Natural History
When: 1-2:30 p.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free

 

Festival of Lights and Trees

 | Wheaton
FREE  

20,000 twinkling lights and hand-decorated trees transform Cosley Zoo into a fairy tale winter wonderland.Visit the animals and purchase a cup of hot chocolate, your tree, wreath, and holiday gifts.

Where: Cosley Zoo
When: 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free

 

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

 

TRAINS – All Aboard Art!

 | Naperville

Kids enter artist Gino Severini's interpretation of trains by role-playing engineer, passenger or conductor in a child-size train and look for objects in an eight-foot wide "hidden pictures" mural of artist Don Stewart's "Steam Train."  Plus, enjoy specially designed wooden train tables and a huge new interactive crane.

 

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

 

A Century of Girls Leading the Way

 | Oak Park

A special exhibit on the history of Girl Scouting, with special focus on Oak Park, River Forest, and Forest Park. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts of the USA.

Where: Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission

 

Drop 'n Shop science day camp

 | Aurora

Kids enjoy a day of crazy science camp while parents shop.

Where: SciTech Hands-On Museum
When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Ages: Elementary, Tweens
Cost: $45, $35 members

 

Social Skills Classes

 | Aurora

Program is managed by Stepping Stones Therapy. Social skills groups provide interactive and fun opportunities to increase speech, language, oral-motor, motor planning, socialization and sensory processing and modulation skills. Visit www.airtastic.com to request additional information.

Where: Airtastic Playland
Ages: Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary
Cost: Check website

 
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