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Saturday, April 07, 2012
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Mr. Hippity Hop at Tot Spot| Chicago |
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Kids 4 and under join Mr. Hippity Hop in an egg hunt and receive a prize.
Where: Berger Park Cultural Center - Chicago
When: 10-10:30 a.m.
Ages: Babies, Toddlers
Cost: Free
Mr. Hippity Hop at Tot Spot at Loyola Park| Chicago |
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Kids 4 and under can join Mr. Hippity Hop in an egg hunt and receive a prize.
Where: Loyola Park - Chicago
When: 11-11:30 a.m.
Ages: Toddlers, Preschool
Cost: Free
Storybook Square| Chicago |
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Navy Pier's Family Pavilion is transformed into a town filled with numerous interactive characters, live music, games and more. Watch Mother Goose and her friends act out our favorite stories, take family photos with Bonny Bunny (through April 8), and listen to The Chicken or the Egg Orchestra.
Where: Navy Pier
When: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-6:30 p.m Friday-Saturday
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free
Buggin' Out| Chicago |
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Make a bug friend, design bug bling, complete bug challenges, take part in a bug flash mob, learn fun facts about bugs or maybe even snack on one.
Where: Chicago Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
Circus Zirkus| Chicago |
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Children can immerse themselves in backstage preparation, perform routines in center ring or manage the behind-the-scenes action of lights and sound. Plus, try making a circus balance toy or dress up like a clown.
Where: Chicago Children's Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
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
Undiscovered Worlds| Chicago |
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Through the discovery of exoplanets, we have learned our solar system is not alone in the universe. IN this new space show, learn how, with new instruments like the Kepler Telescope and rapidly improving technologies, the discovery of exoplanets puts us one step closer to finding an Earth-like world.
Where: Adler Planetarium
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission.
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
Opening the Vault: Mummies| Chicago |
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View more than 20 mummified humans and animals from Egypt and Peru. The Field Museum obtained most of these remains from the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, and many have not been on display since. The mummies are shown along with detailed scan images, allowing visitors to see pointers to the methods used for mummification, signs of serious injuries and illnesses, and offerings and jewelry placed inside the wrappings.
Where: Field Museum
Ages: Family/All Ages
Cost: Free with admission
















