Family-Friendly Fun in the DMV this Weekend (11/7 – 11/9)

Lost in Oz at the MD Corn Maze
It's Oz Month!
November is finally here and I'm counting down to Wicked: For Good, the sequel to Wicked, which premieres November 21st! This past weekend we caught the final days of this year's fall festival at Maryland Corn Maze, which was... Wicked themed! They had a bunch of photo ops and a new giant bubble section in honor of the play/movie. Keeping with the theme this weekend, there's a Wicked Part 1 Sing-a-Long event at Harmony Hall Arts Center in Fort Washington, MD. Tickets are $5 per person. You can find details for this event under the "Watch Movies" section below. AND for the premiere weekend, the Alamo Drafthouse will host a movie party on Saturday, November 22nd at both DC and Crystal City, VA locations. This party includes themed take-homes & a themed menu, which I'm excited to try!! Stay tuned; any additional events I find, I will absolutely share widely. Tap the image above for the movie party info! Happy planning for this weekend.
Sarah in a hot pink dress
Sarah Acors
Creator of 4DMV Kids & Founder of BCB DMV+

Upcoming Events

Be More Pippi Family Day at the MLK Memorial Library in NW DC
Featured Event | Join the Embassy of Sweden and DC Public Library for a celebration honoring Pippi Longstocking on Sunday (11/9) from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm. There will be birthday cake, arts & crafts, storytimes and a musical performance! Tap the image above or see details below for more info.

Top Activities This Weekend

Washington, DC

  • Saturday (11/8) at 10:00 am | Saturday Morning Live! presents: Capoeira with EducArte at the National Theatre in NW DC (Best for ages 3-6)
    • Experience the vibrant Afro-Brazilian tradition of capoeira, a blend of dance, music, acrobatics, and martial arts!
  • Saturday (11/8) at 11:00 am | Kingman Meadow Mural Unveiling in NE DC
    • There will be paint supplies available for kids to join in the artistic fun!
  • Saturday (11/8) at 2:00 pm | 100th Birthday Memory Making at Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library in NW
    • Bring 1-5 items (photographs, letters, other documents, 8.5×11” or smaller) that represent the neighborhood, the library, and its people through the last 100 years. We will make digital copies, which can be emailed to you or taken on a flash drive (you have the option to leave a copy for the library). 
  • Sunday (11/9) at 1:00 pm | Family Day: 80th Anniversary of Pippi Longstocking at MLK Memorial Library in NW ♥
    • Features a birthday cake celebration, film screening, exhibition, storytime, musical performance and arts and crafts.
Welcome to Wellness by KAISER PERMANENTE
Featured Event | FREE to attend, two-day festival at 3 Kaiser Permanente locations in Maryland and Virginia this weekend! Happening Saturday (11/8) & Sunday (11/9) at Bowie, Timonium and Haymarket locations, attendees can enjoy yoga, Zumba, face painting, food trucks, giveaways & more + FREE health screenings and you don't have to be a member to participate! Tap the image above for additional details.

Maryland

  • Friday (11/7) – Monday (11/17) | Cirque Italia ~ Water Circus: Gold Unit at National Harbor ($) 
  • Saturday (11/8) at 9:00 am | Sankofa Mobile Museum at Greenbelt Library
    • Features two exhibits including “Our Own Liberators: The Butler Family’s Fight for Liberty and Justice” and “To Make Her Own Way: A Free Black Woman’s Fight for Equality in Early America”
  • Saturday (11/8) at 10:00 am | Woolly Bear Wingding at Watkins Nature Center in Kettering
    • Enjoy a FREE family-friendly day of nature-themed crafts, games, story times, and hands-on activity stations.
  • Saturday (11/8) at 12:00 pm | Owl Moon Annual Festival at Black Hills Regional Park in Boyds 
    • Learn more about Birds of Prey.  Educational stations and opportunities to see raptors up close will be available to everyone.

Northern Virginia

  • Friday (11/7) – Sunday (1/4) | 2025 Meadowlark’s Winter Walk of Lights in Vienna ($)
    • Meadowlark’s Winter Walk of Lights is an elegant garden trail decorated with thousands of sparkling lights, perfect for a date night or family holiday outing.
  • Saturday (11/8) at 9:00 am | TPK’s 2025 Annual Fall Fest and Fun Run in Fairfax ($) 
    • Includes moon bounce, carnival games, face painting & raffles!
  • Saturday (11/8) at 11:00 am | Pupatella European Car Show at Pupatella Neapolitan Pizza in Fairfax 
  • Saturday (11/8) at 1:00 pm | Freedom House Museum Ribbon Cutting in Alexandria ($)
    • Tickets for timed entry!
    • The Freedom House Museum is what remains of a large complex dedicated to trafficking thousands of Black men, women, and children from 1828 – 1861. Slavery, race-based laws, and racial terror erased and diminished African American history and contributions from the national narrative.
We are Water Protectors book image
Featured Event | Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with several events listed below including Global Tales and Traditions at Suratts-Clinton Library on Saturday (11/8) at 11:00 am. You'll read "We Are Water Protectors" by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade, and make beaded pipe cleaner corn.

More Adventures

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month

 
Maryland
  • Friday (11/7) at 2:00 pm | Reader’s Advisory: Native American and Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month on Zoom
    • Learn about recent books to celebrate Native American and Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month. Books for children and tweens will be shared!
  • Saturday (11/8) at 10:30 am | Ready 2 Read Storytime at Bladensburg Library
    • This storytime is being held in honor of Native American and Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month! Bring your preschooler for a fun-filled half-hour of stories, songs, and fingerplays!
  • Saturday (11/8) at 11:00 am | Celebration of Native American Heritage Month featuring Eaglebear at Kensington Park Library
    • Program of traditional storytelling, song, and dance, featuring Eaglebear.
  • Saturday (11/8) at 11:00 am | Global Tales and Traditions at Suratts-Clinton Library ♥
    • Read “We Are Water Protectors” by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade, and make beaded pipe cleaner corn.
  • Sunday (11/9) at 3:00 pm | Southwest Dancers at Chevy Chase Library
    • Story and dance from Aztlan, the land of the native people of the Southwest.
Northern Virginia 
  • Saturday (11/8) at 12:00 pm | Native American Paper Vest Craft at Glencarlyn Library (Best for grades K-5)
    • After learning about the meaning of symbols used in various Native American cultures, make a decorated vest using the symbols.
  • Saturday (11/8) at 2:00 pm | Celebrate Hula with Halau O’Aulani at Cherrydale Library in Arlington
    • Enjoy refreshments, music, dancing and learn some basic moves.

Create Art 

 
Washington, DC
  • Friday (11/7) at 5:00 pm | Thanksgiving Card Making at Arboretum Recreation Center in NE DC 
  • Saturday (11/8) at 10:00 am | The Phillips Plays ~ Fall Colors at The Phillips Collection ($)
    • Go on a quick scavenger hunt to identify fall colors and then paint your own colorful canvases.
Maryland
Northern Virginia 
  • Friday (11/7) at 5:30 pm | Family Art PAUSE at Studio PAUSE on Columbia Pike in Arlington ($ pay what you wish) (Best for ages 5+)
    • While the parents or adult caregivers relax (with the younger kids) Studio artists work with kids 5 and older. Materials included.
  • Saturday (11/8) at 10:00 am | Make Fall Plaid Cakepops at Tiny Chefs in Alexandria ($) (Best for ages 4-8) 
  • Saturday (11/8) at 10:00 am | Spy Craft at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park in Chantilly ($) (Best for ages 7+)
    • Explore the lives of the men and women during the Revolutionary War who passed along secrets and information and the technology they used in dangerous times. Try your hand at a little spy craft to take home.
  • Saturday (11/8) at 1:30 pm | Second Saturday Crafternoon Workshop at Fairlington Community Center
    • Make some glass bead magnets to decorate your fridge!

Maryland STEM Festival

  • Friday (11/7) at 11:00 am | Little Scientist Storytime at Gaithersburg Library (Best for ages 5 & under)
  • Friday (11/7) at 2:00 pm | STEM Festival ~ Chemistry Magic Show and Mathstravaganza at Stevenson University in Owings Mills
    • The Chemistry Magic Show (2–3 PM) will showcase the magic of chemistry through demonstrations that make ordinary materials behave in extraordinary ways. The Mathstravaganza (3–4 PM) features hands-on math demonstrations that makes problem solving come alive. Explore the Monty Hall problem with jelly beans, create fractal patterns through the chaos game, experiment with bubble surfaces, investigate probability with Buffon’s needle using Pixy Stix, and more!
  • Friday (11/7) at 4:30 pm | STEM Club and Skating Fun at Bowie Ice Arena ($) (Best for ages 6-12) 
  • Friday (11/7) at 6:00 pm | Paranormal Librarians at La Plata Branch Library
    • A hands-on ghost hunting experience! Participants will learn the methods used by professional paranormal researchers, including how to operate equipment such as EMF detectors, spirit boxes, dowsing rods, audio and video recorders, and trigger objects.
  • Saturday (11/8) at 1:30 pm | Legos: Fall Building Challenge at Oxon Hill Library 
  • Saturday (11/8) at 3:00 pm | Science Saturday – Egg Drop Engineering Challenge at Maggie Nightingale Library (Best for ages 6-10)

Storytimes & Book Events 

Washington, DC 
Northern Virginia

Watch Movies 

Sensory Friendly & Accessible

For Older Kids & Teens

Washington, DC

Maryland

Northern Virginia

  • Friday (11/7) at 6:00 pm | Teen Nights at Arlington Mill Community Center 
  • Saturday (11/8) at 10:00 am | Nature Charms at Burke Lake Park in Fairfax (Best for ages 9+)
    • Learn how to preserve nature by creating resin pendants encapsulating small natural specimens.
  • Saturday (11/8) at 11:00 am | Vision Boards ~ Shaping Your Legacy at Barrett Branch Library (Best for teens & adults)
    • Visualize your life aspirations and how you want to be remembered by making a vision board.
  • Saturday (11/8) at 1:00 pm | Make Fall Plaid Cakepops at Tiny Chefs in Alexandria ($) (Best for ages 9-14) 
  • Saturday (11/8) at 7:00 pm | Teen Takeover at Barcroft Sports & Fitness Center in Arlington 

This Week's Book Recommendation

Local Bookstore Laces & Pages recommends...
This week's book of the week is full of life and song. Deemed a charming and irresistibly fun picture book, "Song in the City" is about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city. You can purchase this book for $11.99 by tapping the image above.
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MD STEM Festival is winding down!

I've just added a bunch of events to the MD STEM Festival blog! You'll find events near the DC metro area filtered by age and interest.
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