Weekend Picks

Are you looking for stellar plans to follow this week's historic start to the week? Lucky for us, this weekend is jam-packed with out-of-this-world activities. Plus, we have a giveaway that the entire family will flip for - one lucky winner will win a four-pack of Flip Circus tickets at the Plymouth Meeting Mall on 4/16 (a $90 value).

April 12

• 10:30 AM: Baby Storytime - New Castle Public Library
• 6 PM: FREE Family Movie Night - WISH - Hockessin United Methodist Church

SponsoredGIVEAWAY TIME: Win 4 Tickets to Flip Circusl

Seven Ways to Entertain the Kids with Sidewalk Chalk

April 13 

• 8 AM: Christina River Watershed Cleanup - Multiple Sites
• 10 AM:
  • Earth Day Volunteering - Talley Day Park
  • Adriana Camacho-Church - Author Event and Bilingual Storytime - Newark Free Library
  • Sibshops - Hockessin Recreational Center
• 10:30 AM: Tech Club for Kids - Newark Free Library
• 11 AM: 
  • You + Me + Art - New Castle County Art Studio
  • Kids' Greenfest 2024 - Newark Center for Creative Learning
  • 3rd Annual Pow wow of Arts and Culture - Delaware Art Museum
• Noon: Kite Day! - Brandywine Creek State Park
• 1 PM: Faerie Lantern Family Art Class - New Castle County Art Studio
• 1:30 PM: Meet Live Animals - DuPont Environmental Education Center
• First State Ballet Theatre presents - The Sleeping Beauty -The Grand Opera

STEAM Fun: Make Giant Bubbles In Your Backyard

Sunday, April 14

• 9 AM: Sensory Friendly Sunday - Delaware Museum of Nature and Science
• 2 PM: Family Movie Time! Puss-in-Boots: The Last Wish - Newark Free Library
• 3 PM: Healthy Kids Running Series - Siegel JCC

ICYMI It's National Library Week! After you "check out" our library guide, subscribe to our email list to get your free library passport!  Need another reason to love our local libraries? Drop off your Eclipse Glasses at your local library! Astronomy without Borders and Eclipse Glasses USA can use them! No, you're crying over an octopus. It starts with one boy and an octopus. This TikTok shows how far the parents will go to fulfill their son's lifelong dream of having a pet octopus. You think the story will stop when the octopus finally arrives after months of conditioning salt levels and tanks. Then, something unusual happens - something rarely seen in animals in captivity - Terrance has babies... lots of them.