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Thursday, December 13, 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
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
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
Junior Naturalists| Wheaton |
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Activities nurture every child's curiosity about natural science. Class meets for four weeks at Lincoln Marsh and and four weeks at the Northside Park Girl Scout Cabin.
Where: Lincoln Marsh Natural Area
When: 4:15-5:15 p.m.
Ages: Elementary
Cost: $60, $48 resident
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
Music Time| Oak Park |
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Stop by for live children's music, a great introduction to the magic of music.
Where: Wonder Works
When: 11:15 a.m.
Ages: Toddlers, Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
A Century of Girls Leading the Way| Oak Park |
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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
















