Museums | Nature Centers | Performances | Excursions | Classes | Tours | Get Togethers

Museums

American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis

American Girl Tea at the Anoka County History Center

Introduction to Magnets at the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis

Butter Churning and Ice Cream Making at the Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life in Falcon Heights

Creepy, Crawly Insects at the Bell Museum of Natural History on the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Campus

Solar System, The Moon, Paint the Sky, Wandering Stars, and Wander Through the Planets at the Como Planetarium in St. Paul

Eidem Homestead Brooklyn Park Historical Farm in Brooklyn Park

Firefighters Hall and Museum in Minneapolis

Element Prizes at the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum on the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Campus

Scavenger Hunt and Historic Demonstrations at Historic Fort Snelling in St. Paul

Travel over Time at Historic Murphy's Landing

Minnesota Transportation Museum’s Jackson Street Roundhouse in St. Paul

Field to Table and Kitchen Tested at Mill City Museum in Minneapolis

Louvre Exhibit and Treasures of European Art at Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis

Guided tour of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden followed by an Art Lab at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis

Minnesota Air National Guard Museum in St. Paul

Piece of the Puzzle and Grand Tour at the Minnesota State Capitol

Knights and Armor at the Oakeshott Institute

Minnesota Historical Society’s Oliver H. Kelley Farm in Elk River

Twin City Model Railway Museum in St. Paul

Down in History Tour of the Wabasha Street Caves in St. Paul

Nature Centers

Apple Picking at Aamodt's Apple Farm in Stillwater

Maple Syruping at Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center in Hastings

Nature Detectives at Eastman Nature Center in Elm Creek Park Reserve in Dayton

Naturalist led walk through the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary in Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis

Farm Explorers at Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista

Snow Adventure at Harriet Alexander Nature Center in Central Park Dale East in Roseville

Tour of Hugo Animal Farm in Hugo

Winter in the Wild at Kroening Interpretive Center in North Mississippi Regional Park in Minneapolis

Grain Tales at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska

Falcons and Falconry and Our Feathered Friends at The Raptor Center in St. Paul

Romping Raccoons at Richardson Nature Center in Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington

Salamander Secrets at Tamarack Nature Center in Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park in White Bear Lake

Insects at Wargo Nature Center in Bunker Hills Regional Park in Lino Lakes

Honeybees at Westwood Hills Nature Center in Saint Louis Park

Seed Collecting at Wild River State Park

Jump, Slither and Slide at Como Zoo in St. Paul

Performances

Ordway Center for the Arts including Bad Boys of Dance, Dance Brazil, Shidara and Diavolo

Children’s Theatre Company including Cinderella and Burt and Ernie, Goodnight, Moon

Stages Theater Company ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Snowy Day, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, The Outsiders, and Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka

Youth Performance Theater including But, My Soul is Rested

Excursions

Minneapolis Queen Narrated Mississippi River Paddleboat Cruise from Boom Island Park in Minneapolis

Como-Harriet Streetcar Line Trolley Ride in Minneapolis

Osceola & St. Croix Valley Railway Train Trip in Osceola

Padelford Riverboats Narrated Mississippi River Cruise from Harriet Island in Saint Paul

Minnesota Renaissance Festival in Shakopee

Classes

Painting on Canvas at Abrakadoodle

Pottery Class at Edina Art Center

Workshops at the Minnesota Center for Book Artsin Minneapolis including Faux Limp Vellum, hardcover bookbinding, Paper Marbling

SAORI weaving with a local artist in her Shakopee studio

Cookie Decorating and Candy Making at Sweet Wishes

Magic For Beginners at Twin Cities Magic and Costume

Way Cool Cooking School

Beekeeping and Candlemaking at Woodland Cottage in Elk River

Sewing Workshops

Tours

Bachmans on Lyndale Behind the Scenes Tour in Minneapolis

Braun Intertec

Great Harvest Bread Company in Minneapolis

Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam in Minneapolis

Sunrise River Alpaca in Sunrise

E2’s Emu Ranch

Fire and Police station tours

Get Togethers

Bowling at Elsie’s Restaurant, Bar, & Bowling Center in Minneapolis

Weekly Preschooler Fun & Conversation Playdate

Spring Thing party

Sweetheart Soiree party

Harvest Howl party