Weekend Warrior: 2/8-2/10
Here’s the scoop for the weekend. For more ideas on what to do this weekend, check PDX Kids Calendar and the urbanMamas calendar page.
Beginning Friday and lasting through the weekend, OMSI is
hosting the 62nd annual agate and mineral show.
Free with museum admission. Winter hours are 9:30 to 5:30.
This month as part of Powell's at
Cedar Hills Crossing's writing workshop Book Fan Friday, kids ages 10 to
18 can take part in a discussion with author Kirby Larson about reading other
people's letters and how they help inform historical fiction. Friday at
4:30.
Dragon Theater Puppets is now
performing a weekly show at Playdate PDX
every Friday at 6. This week they will be performing Rapunzel Redeems
Rumpelstiltskin. Free !
Saturday is family day at the Washington County
Museum (note the new location in Hillsboro). This month, join
the museum to make crafts, play games, and honor the county's Hispanic
community. Saturday from 10 to 1. Free!
The Northwest Family and Kids Festival
at the Washington County Fair
Complex is this Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 4. Games,
facepainting, petting zoos, pony rides, bounce houses, mad science, and other
activities for kids. $10/family. ($2 coupon available on their
website.)
Yikes! Valentine's Day is next week already! If your
kiddos haven't yet made a card for that special someone, there are lots of
opportunities this weekend at your local library. Make a Valentine Saturday at 12 at
the Sellwood Library, at 1 at the
Hollywood Library, or at 2 at the Central Library. Free!
Art a la Carte is taking it on the
road on Saturday! Head to the Gresham Library
from 2 to 4 for an artistic free-for-all. Free!
The traditional Chinese rod puppet theater,
Dragon Art Studio, will be performing traditional Chinese folk tales and other
stories with traditional rod puppets at the Clark County Historical
Museum on Saturday at 2. Free with admission of $2 kids, $3
seniors/students, $4 adults, of $10/family.
The Chinese New Year celebrations begin at Lan Su Gardens
on Sunday and last through the 24th. Today you can enjoy lion dancing,
make-a-snake activities, calligraphy demonstrations, and more. Details here.
Hours are 10 to 5. Regular admission rates apply.
Oodles 4 Kids
is also ringing in the new year
with dragon face painting, dragon crafts, dragon puppet making with help from
Olde World Puppet Theatre (at 1), book readings of traditional Chinese
tales. Festivities last all day!
For even more ways to ring in the Chinese New Year, check PDX Kids Calendar’s
complete guide here.
Hope this gives you some ideas. Have fun out there! And don't forget to double-check event details by calling or checking the website of the venue, performer, or host organization.
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