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Make Your Own Wooden Toys| Crystal Lake |
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Learn how to make your own wooden toys. The wood being used comes from a non-native, invasive plant called European Buckthorn. Learn about this invasive plant and why we work so hard to remove it from our natural areas.
Where: Prairieview Education Center
When: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Ages: Tweens
Cost: $3, free resident
Doll Tea and Tour| Arlington Heights |
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Includes tea with finger sandwiches and sweets (dolls are welcome to attend) and a tour of doll and dollhouse exhibits.
Where: Arlington Heights Historical Museum
When: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Ages: Elementary, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Cost: $20
Snow Flake Skate| Merrillville |
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Ice skating party for girls 6 and up. Girls are encouraged, but not required, to bring a doll or stuffed animal. Event includes skating, a photo, making a souvenir to take home, and lunch. Purchase tickets by calling (219) 769 PARK, Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4:30p.m. or from the Lake County Parks business office, 8411 E. Lincoln Highway, 4 ½ miles east of I-65 on Route 30, just west of Deep River Waterpark. Tickets are also available at the Waterpark when the ice skating plaza is open.
Where: Deep River Waterpark
When: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Ages: Elementary, Tweens
Cost: $15, $12 adults
Mrs. Claus, a Holiday Musical| Chicago |
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Join the Elf Class as they try to find the missing list in time for Christmas in this musical show. Performances at Stahl theater from Nov. 24-Dec. 21 and from Nov. 28-Dec. 21 at the Beverly Arts Center.
Where: Beverly Arts Center
When: Visit the Web site for performance schedule.
Ages: Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary, Tweens
Cost: $12
Midwinter's Tales| Oak Park |
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Performance is a celebration of the marvelous, merry madness of the holiday season. Includes lighting of the first candle of the menorah, music from The Madrigal Singers of Grace Episcopal and a visit from the Maiden Street School of Irish Dance. Following the performance, guests are invited to enjoy cider and homemade desserts in Unity House.
Where: Oak Park Festival Theatre
When: 7 p.m.
Ages: Elementary, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Cost: $20, $15 students and seniors, free kids 12 and under
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey| Chicago |
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When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch him work on it. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday from Nov. 21-Dec. 23. Also have a select number of Wednesday morning matinees at 10 a.m.
Where: Provision Theater Company
Ages: Elementary, Tweens, Teens
Cost: $32, $15 student, $10 kids 11 and under
Little Women: The Musical| Itasca |
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Little Women The Musical follows the story of the beloved March sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy--as they grow up in Civil War America. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday from Nov. 23-Dec. 15. The last three Saturdays also have a matinee at 2 p.m.
Where: Overshadowed Theatrical Productions
Ages: Elementary, Tweens
Cost: $14, $12 students
Snow Day| Naperville |
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Act out skits and play theater/improv games - all with a snow theme.
Where: Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center Classroom 202
When: Noon-2 p.m.
Ages: Elementary, Tweens
Cost: $37, $25 resident
Westfield Old Orchard Ice Skating| Skokie |
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A skating rink near Bloomingdales opens Nov. 17 (weather permitting). Hours are Monday through Thursday noon to 9 p.m., Friday noon to 10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Holiday hours may be extended, visit westfield.com for details.
Where: Westfield Old Orchard
Ages: Preschool, Elementary, Tweens, Teens, Parents Only, Family/All Ages, Adults
Cost: $12. $10 if you bring your own skates
