Heading Out With Kids in Maryland

April 1-3

No tricks, just fun this weekend with the kiddos! Here are a list of free events happening throughout Maryland for kids!

As always, check out the event website before you head out.

April 1

First Free Friday
Calvert Marine Museum – Solomons
5:00 – 8:00pm
The museum is open and FREE to the public from 5 – 8 p.m. with docents in every gallery.Enjoy entertainment by the Redwine Jazz Group in the Harms Gallery starting at 6 p.m.

April 2

Toddler Happy Hour 
Donald M. Wade Aquatic Center, 10:30 – 1130 am
Lackey High School, 9:15 – 10:15 am
Free until April 30th
Bring your toddler to the pool for free swimming during an hour specifically for them. Enjoy time with your little fish in the zero-depth entry area. Adult required to be in the water with their children. 3 months to 5 years; Adult required to be in the water with their children.

Build A Butterfly House – Home Depot Kids Workshop
Various Locations
9:00 – 12:00pm
Join the hands-on workshop with your child and build a butterfly house to welcome some fluttering insect friends after a long winter. After the butterfly house is built, your child can decorate their project with paint.

Baby Expo: Presented by Babies R Us and the Judy Center
Babies R Us – Waldorf
11:00am – 1:00pm
Families can participate in presentations, raffles, giveaways and more!

National Harbor World Peeps Eating Championship
National Harbor
12:00 – 4:00pm
Celebrate Peeps Day with us! Our waterfront will be overflowing with colorful fun. Watch the National Harbor World Peeps Eating Championship, where you can see the top competitive eaters set a World Peeps Eating record! Kid’s dance contest, DJ, Outdoor Moe: Up! and so much more!

Children’s Book Day Celebration
LaPlata Library
2:00 – 3:00pm
Celebrate Children’s Book Day and become a real life author! Enjoy some light refreshments while you listen to a story, and then pick up a pencil and crayons to write and illustrate a tale of your own.

Bowie Summer Camp Fair
Kenhill Community Center – Bowie
10:00am – 12:00pm
Your kids are sure to find the camp that’s perfect for you and for them. Special camp registration discounts available at Camp Fair. As much as $50, $100 and $200 off registration! Preregister to attend then receive a list of these ONE DAY ONLY deals at the door.

Light City – Festival of Lights and Ideas
Baltimore
March 28 – April 3
The inaugural Light City Baltimore features the 1.5 mile BGE Light Art Walk with 50 attractions including illuminated visual artworks, street theater, musical performances and concerts. The original artworks are by local, regional, national and international artists selected by a jury through a call of entry held in the spring of 2015.

April 3

Rural Heritage Museum Open House
Boonsboro
April 2-3; 10:ooam – 4:00pm
This event will start the visiting season off by showcasing the many new highlights at the RHM.
Special spotlight on the Rural Heritage Transportation Museum. Buildings open including Village and Farmstead, Special Transportation features and highlights, Children’s activities with 4-H Youth Development, Master Gardener programming, artisan bread baking.

National Cherry Blossom Festival
Washington, DC – Constitution Ave.
Now – April 16
One of DC’s largest spectator events, the energy-filled Parade runs for 10 blocks along iconic Constitution Avenue. Giant colorful helium balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands from across the country, celebrity entertainers, and performers burst down the Parade route in a grand spectacle of music and showmanship seen only once a year during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. #CherryBlossomDC

FEATURED EVENTS

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Presents Circus XTREME 
Verizon Center from March 31-April 3 
EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Va., from April 6-17
Featuring artists who redefine the word extreme in everything they do, magnifying traditional elements of the circus and combining them with never-before-seen spectacles, original fast-paced performances and incredibly hilarious moments. Audiences will be dazzled and astounded by the beautiful Bengal tigers, double-humped dromedaries ridden by brave Mongolian women and, for the last time, the most popular members of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey family: the magnificent Asian elephants.

Where are you headed this weekend? I wanna know!

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