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Saturday, February 23, 2013
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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
Storytown| Chicago |
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From superheroes to undersea adventures, princesses to dinosaurs, Storytown takes children on an interactive, improvised adventure. The actors use kids' suggestions and ideas to create a different story each week. Kids design the setting and help shapes the story. Runs through the end of February 2013, then moves to Stage 773 in Chicago.
Where: iO Theater
When: 10:30 a.m.
Ages: Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary
Cost: $10
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales| Arlington Heights |
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Famous fairy tales as you've never seen them before. Jack is trying to escape from the Giant, but other fairy tale characters keep getting in his way.
Where: Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
When: 10 a.m. Tuesday-Friday; 1 p.m. Saturday
Ages: Preschool, Elementary
Cost: $14, $12 kids
Gustafer Yellowgold's Show| Chicago |
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Equal parts pop rock concert and animated storybook, Gustafer Yellowgold concerts are a truly different multimedia experience that entrances children and adults alike.
Where: Schubas
When: 11 a.m.-noon
Ages: Preschool, Elementary
Cost: $10, free kids 2 and under
Oink, Baa, Moo: Farm Fun| Waukegan |
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Interactive learning centers include a barn slide, apple orchard and chicken coop. Maggie, a life-sized fiberglass milking cow sponsored by Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda, will be the focus of the new exhibit. Maggie is over five feet tall and features a working udder that recirculates the water that children "milk."
Where: Waukegan Public Library
Ages: Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary
Cost: Free
















