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Kids out and about in Hartford this weekend

Hartford has tons for kids to do this weekend. Read on to find out about them!

Weekend Highlights for Friday, April 11 - Sunday, April 13 for the Hartford area:

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Friday highlights (click here for more on Friday, April 11)

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Adult and Me Easter Toddler Cooking Class at Stew Leonard's in Newington.!  Let’s make some colorful Easter Basket Cookies, complete with grass and eggs! We will also use cookie cutters to make the shells for our Lemon Curd Flower Cups. Kids will take home some of their delicious treats to share with family.

Free Friend Fridays at Sundae Spa in Milford! Bring your little diva into Sundae Spa for any spa treatment and one of her friends can get the same one - for FREE!

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Open Play at Whippersnapper's Play Gym in Cheshire Whippersnapper's Open play is available to members and non-members. Open play is not monitored by staff. You may use the gym and the equipment that is in the gym as you wish (within gym rules) and you must stay with your children.

CONNECTIONS: A Storytime for Children with Autism at Enfield Central Library. Storytime for ages 3-6 running on the 2nd and 4th Friday of every month, beginning February 14th and ending May 23rd @ 9:30 am This is a drop-in program. No pre-regisrtation is needed.

Full Moon Hike at the Pratt Nature Center Hike the lower fields at the Pratt Nature Center by the light of the full moon then warm up by the campfire with marshmallows! Don't forget your flashlights for this fun, free, outside activity perfect for the whole family.



Saturday's highlights (click here for more on Saturday, April 12):

Make, Bake and Decorate For Kids with Zanda Panda! Learn to use baking molds, pastry bags & icings to make a big 7” puppy cookie! Then bake & decorate it to look like your favorite puppy - or a make-believe one. You get to keep the mold! Pre-Registration is required.

Easter Apple Hunt Lyman Orchards! Save the date for Connecticut's one and only Easter Apple Hunt! Find apples hidden in a Hay Maze; Visit with the Easter Bunny; Enjoy Magic Shows, Pony Rides and Horse-drawn Wagon Rides, too! (Event rain date: Sat., April 19th)

Saturday, April 12: Southington Jaycees Annual Easter Egg Hunt! at Southington Jaycees. Bring your kids to the Southington Jaycees Egg Hunt where 10,000 eggs are up for grabs! Every hunter gets a ticket to win the grand prize. Each age group has a golden egg hidden. Find it and win the extra special prize. Age groups: 0-3, 4-7, 8-10.

Easter Bunny Trolley at Shore Line Trolley Museum Families will ride a 100-year-old beautifully restored trolley to meet the Easter Bunny! There will be springtime crafts too! Plan on spending about an hour at the museum to visit the Bunny, complete the crafts and take lots of pictures!

Kids’ Spring Holiday Sweets and Treats Cooking Class at The Silo at Hunt Hill Farm. Come to the Silo and make treats and sweets for the Easter holiday. Full participation, For children ages 6 to 11 at The Silo!

Breakfast with Peter Cottontail at East Hartford High School!  Families with kids ages 10 and younger are invited to have Breakfast with Peter Cottontail at East Hartford High School! Pancakes, raffles, face painting, crafts, games & a special prize for each child! Photos with Peter Cottontail are $3 each.

East Windsor Eggstravaganza! at East Windsor Parks and Rec. Bring your kids from ages 1 through 4th grade to East Windsor's Eggstravaganza benefiting their Boundless Playground Project! Held at the Broad Brook Elementary School, this fun event features an Easter Egg hunt and a visit from the Easter Bunny!

5th Annual Dino Egg Hunt! at The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art Village. Hunt for hundreds of Dino Eggs in different locations throughout The Dinosaur Place*! Plus, visit the Easter Bunny after the Hunt in the Park! Pre-register and save 10% OFF admission. *Locations will be separated by age.

Easter Egg Hunt at Cove Park in Wethersfield! The Egg Hunt is for children up to 8 years old. It will be held at Cove Park. Starts promptly, so arrive early! If weather or field conditions are poor, the event will be held indoors. Call Parks & Recreation at (860) 721-2890 for location.



Sunday's highlights (click here to see what else is on our calendar for Sunday, April 13):

SCOOBY DOO LIVE! Musical Mysteries at the Palace Theater in Waterbury! A trouble-making ghost is haunting a theater and Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, Velma and Scooby-Doo are on their way to solve it! Filled with wacky characters, fantastic songs and outrageous antics, this hilarious show brings smiles to everyone!

This is Me at the Mattatuck Museum. Free and open to the public! What’s your story? Draw, paint and use mixed-media objects including buttons to tell about your life story as inspired by the special exhibition Stories and Journeys: The Art of Faith Ringgold and Aminah Robinson.

New York International Children's Film Festival at Real Art Ways: Animated Shorts. The New York International Children's Film Festival is North America's largest festival of film for children and teens, and stands at the forefront of a movement to define new, more compelling film for kids.

Easter Bunny Trolley at Shore Line Trolley Museum. Families will ride a 100-year-old beautifully restored trolley to meet the Easter Bunny! There will be springtime crafts too! Plan on spending about an hour at the museum to visit the Bunny, complete the crafts and take lots of pictures!

Easter Bunny Trains at Danbury Railway Museum Celebrate Easter at the Danbury Railroad Museum with your family! You and your kids will enjoy rides, face painting, coloring, model layouts, toys and visits with the Easter Bunny!!

Strong Family Farm Chicken Run and Egg Hunt! Participate in the chicken run or the kids’ egg hunt, see the baby chicks arrive at the farm, and learn about the Adopt-a-Chicken program. There’ll also be an appearance by the farm’s chicken mascot! It's fantastic fun for the whole family!

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