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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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Naperville Park District Santa House| Naperville |
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Santa's little house on the Naperville Riverwalk will be occupied by Santa and kids can visit and have their photo taken.
Where: Riverwalk at Jackson Avenue and Webster St. - Naperville
When: Check website for schedule.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free, photos $8 or two for $15
Santa House Special Needs Night| Naperville |
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This is an evening for families with special needs to visit Santa in his house on the Riverwalk, and have a photo taken. Reservations required.
Where: Riverwalk at Jackson Avenue and Webster St. - Naperville
When: 5-8 p.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free; phos $8 or 2 for $15
Aurora Festival of Lights| Aurora |
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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
Enchanted Railroad| Lisle |
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See model trains loop around a holiday-themed track. Santa has his own car. Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas.
Where: Morton Arboretum
When: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 26-Jan. 6
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Cool Kids Winter Play| Lisle |
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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 |
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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 |
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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)
Festival of Lights and Trees| Wheaton |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
















