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Breakfast with the Bunny| Lisle |
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Kids have a delicious breakfast that mom or dad doesn't have to cook. While spending family time together, the Easter Bunny visits with each table. Tickets on sale March 17. Register online or call (630) 968-0074.
Where: Morton Arboretum - Lisle
When: 9-11 a.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $32, $26 kids 4-12, free kids 3 and under; $25 Arboretum members, $21 member kids
Railway Garden| Valparaiso |
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The new Railway Garden, a G-gauge model railway running through a 2.5 acre site, opens April 30. Visitors enter through a 1920s-era railway depot to see trains running through a garden of miniature plants, water features and a variety of landscapes. May 1 through October.
Where: Taltree Arboretum & Gardens
When: 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $10, free kids 3 and under
Eggcellent Adventures at the Farm| Caledonia |
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Meet the chickens and ducks, find out how baby birds develop, and collect colorful eggs from rare-breed chickens. Using natural dyes, each family will color eggs to bring home. Dress to be outside on the farm. Please register for each family member age 3 and up.
Where: Angelic Organics Farm
When: 10 a.m.-noon
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $11
Charter One Family Week| Chicago |
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Extended kid-friendly and family programming at the Adler Planetarium is presented by the Charter One Foundation.
Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with museum admission
Space Junk 3-D| Chicago |
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A visually explosive journey of discovery that weighs the
solutions aimed at restoring our planet's orbits. Visitors
experience mind-boggling collisions in time lapse sequences
captured with the magical imagery of 3D.
Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
3-D Sun| Chicago |
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New space show gives audiences the chance to see the sun
up close in dazzling, high-definition 3D. Stand above the Arctic
Circle and witness brilliant auroras. Take a ride on a solar blast
from the Sun's surface to Earth's Magnetosphere. Witness the most
powerful explosions in the solar system - equal to the force of a
billion megaton nuclear bombs.
Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Bubbles Academy Egg Hunt| Chicago |
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An egg hunt, open play, cooking decorating, music, face painting, Music + Motion activity, craft, and refreshments are all part of this seasonal event. Classic Kids Photography also offers 15 minute portrait sessions.Call (312) 944-7677 to register.
Where: Bubbles Academy
When: 2-4 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $30
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat| Lincolnshire |
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Performances run most Tuesdays through Saturdays at 10 a.m., and added performances March 27, 29 and 30 at 12:30 p.m.
Where: Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences
When: 12:30 p.m.
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: $15
The Three Little Pigs| Arlington Heights |
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Join the three little pigs on their journey in this musical version of the classic fairy tale. Performances at 9:45 and 11:30 a.m. weekdays from April 5-13 and 11 a.m. April 7.
Where: Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Ages: Preschool, Elementary
Cost: $14, $12 kids 12 and under
The Three Little Pigs| Arlington Heights |
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A fun, musical retelling of the classic fairy tale.The three little pigs have just been sent out into the world by their mother to seek their fortune. Each pig builds his own home - one of straw, one of sticks and one of bricks. But when the big bad wolf comes to town, each house is put to the test against his mighty huffs and puffs.
Where: Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
When: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Ages: Preschool, Elementary
Cost: $14, $12 kids
