Here are some free or cheap children’s activities available this week to keep the kiddos busy. I thought posting these now will help you plan your week.
These are all the things that are free to do this week with just a few that are very inexpensive.
Lego Store: August 1 from 5:00 pm to close is an exclusive Lego Friends Building Event to build and decorate a model jewelry box. The models are free for kids to build and take home. (ages 6-14)
Quantities are limited so it is best to get there early!
Pottery Barn Kids: Every Tuesday from 11AM-11:30AM, kids of all ages are invited to story time. Times can vary slightly from store to store so you might want to call ahead to verify.
Home Depot: Home Depot’s free Kids Workshop will be on Saturday, August 3rd and your kids can build a Home Depot Load ‘n Go Truck from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. You can get all the information about registering here.
AC Moore: Free Make & Take July 31st from 1pm-3pm. Kids can create a Scratch Art Tube.
Lakeshore Learning: Make a Ring Toss Game August 3rd. Children get to make a game set themselves from 11am- 3pm.
Michaels: Kid’s Club Event: Handy Growth Chart on August 3rd. Let your kids explore their creativity while you shop. Only $2 per child reserves 30 minutes for your creative kid. Sessions starting every half hour from 10am – 11:30am. See a store associate to join.
Barnes and Nobles: August 1st at 10:30 am is Summer Storytime/Hands on Learning Event. Explore the new LeapFrog LeapReader. Reading, writing and dinosaurs!
There is also a free storytime Tuesday and Thursday as well as Saturday of each week with with books, a cookie and usually coloring pages and activities. You should check your store because dates and times might vary.
Regal Cinemas: Children’s movies every Tuesday and Wednesday for just $1.00 per person at 10 am. This does tend to be pretty popular in my area so be sure to get there early.
Cinemark: Children’s movies for $1 or $.50 if purchased in advance. The Summer Movie Clubhouse days depending on what state you live in. It’s best to just click on your actual theater to get show dates and times because it greatly varies.
If you live near an American Girl Store, you might check out their events. Times and dates vary.
And if you want to see a list of Free Summer Reading Programs for Kids, just head over here.
I am bummed that the Lego Friends event has age limits. My daughter is almost five and would love this! Charlene, do you know if they are strict on the ages (6-14)?
Nicole,
I am taking my 5 year old. She is going to be six in 3 weeks but I think you just need to assess your child. If you think she has the patience and ability to stand and focus and behave during the event I think 5 would be ok ;). I will take my little one that is 4 to the event too but we will probably do other things while big sister does this Lego thing. Just remember to call the day of- I haven’t been to one of these events but I find TRU isn’t always that organized so best to make sure they know they have the event going on :D.
Thanks, I think she would be fine. It is a long drive for us to the Arden Mall to be turned away. It’s time for Lego to bring a store to the Roseville Galleria, don’t you think? 🙂 I will call the day of to find out the details. I tried to do the TRU lego builds one time, and it was a nightmare. I think I just bought my son a $5 set and we left.
Oh for heaven’s sake. I was thinking it was at TRU. Clearly I need more coffee. Yeah Lego stores I have heard a child slightly younger is just fine- as long as they can focus for the 10 min or so to build it :).
Last month i took my kids ( age 5 and 4 ) to lego store when the store build the red crab, we waited about 1.5 hours and when our turn to build the legos the people in charge asked my kids questions and we have to leave after all that waiting.. months before we can build legos i think 4 months in a row.. the person on charge that day was different person i tried to explained to her usualy they let us do it, but this person, said i will stand on my ground ( quotes).. so we just left. ( of course both kids dissaponted)