Kid-friendly Weekend Activities in DC, Maryland and Virginia (9/13 - 9/15)
Hey y'all! This past weekend we spent an afternoon in Chevy Chase, Maryland checking out their kid-friendly spots. We visited Red Panda Art Studio and made beach-themed paintings at their pop-up location in the old Busy Bees space. There, they also have tumbling mats, which the kids thoroughly enjoyed! Afterwards, we grabbed pizza from Potomac Pizza, which we've always hit up their College Park location but never Chevy Chase. We got it, let's try it and rate it 1-10, or whatever Keith Lee says... LOL! Service was excellent! We love their pizza, although it can be a bit oily. The combination of the day would make a great birthday party option, which Red Panda and Potomac Pizza can both accommodate. Suggestions, suggestions... anywho on to this weekend's events!
Sarah Acors
Creator of 4DMV Kids & Founder of BCB DMV+
Events
Friday, September 13, 2024
Washington, DC
- 3:00 pm | Family Program: Fruit to Poop: A Seed’s Journey at the U.S. Botanic Garden
- 4:30 pm | Ukulele Sing-Along at Cleveland Park Neighborhood Library (Best for ages 0-7)
- 7:00 pm | Cirque du Soleil OVO at Capital One Arena ($)
Maryland
Prince George’s County
- 10:30 am | Kids Kaboose at Old Bowie Welcome Center (Best for ages 5-10)
- 10:30 am | Pre-K Story Hour at Springhill Lake Recreation Center
- 3:00 pm | Crafternoon: Pipe Cleaner Plants and Animals at Mount Rainier Library
- 5:30 pm | Family Campfire at Clearwater Nature Center ($)
Montgomery County
- 11:00 am | Play Day in the Park at Black Hill Discovery Center (Best for ages 1-3)
- 11:00 am | Friendship Bracelet Making Workshop with Dov & Company at Cabin John Village ($)
- 3:30 pm | Movie and Crafts at the Library: Teen Time at Kensington Park Library
- 4:00 pm | Teen Craft – Wish Bracelets at Wheaton Library
- In honor of Citizenship Day!
- 5:00 pm | Long Branch Festival in Silver Spring
- 5:00 pm | Nature Girls Club at Black Hill Discovery Center ($) (Best for ages 9-12)
- 5:00 pm | Fun Fridays with My Gym Potomac at Cabin John Village
More Maryland Events
- 10:30 am & 1:30 pm | Homeschool Day at Port Discovery in Baltimore ($)
- 4:00 pm | Teen Crochet Circle at Miller Branch Library in Ellicott City
- 4:30 pm | Friday Coding Club at Elkridge Branch Library
- 6:00 pm | Nite Bite Fishing at Centennial Park South Boat Launch in Ellicott City ($)
Virginia
Arlington County
- 5:30 pm | Geology for Kids at Long Branch Nature Center (Best for ages 8-12)
- 6:00 pm | Bug Helpers in the Garden at Fort CF Smith Park ($) (Bedt for ages 6-10)
- Learn about all the different types of creepy crawlies and do a little bit of bug-catching to get a closer look at these awesome creatures.
More Virginia Events
- 7:00 am | Wandering Warblers at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens ($) (Best for ages 7+)
Virtual
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Washington, DC
- [Few Tickets Left] 9:30 am | Saturday Morning Live! Presents: Don Quixote performed by Virginia Ballet Company at The National Theatre (Best for ages 3-6) (ASL-interpreted)
- 10:00 am | Book Launch: I am Everything by Dr. Gillian Berry at Sankofa Cafe
- 10:00 am | Celebrate Van Ness Main Street! includes:
- Children’s Day at Peirce Mill
- Storytime at Politics & Prose (Best for ages 3-7)
- Taylor Swift Dance Party
- 10:00 am | Mid-Autumn Festival Community Day at the Chinese American Museum
- Make a mooncake out of clay, build lantern, and enjoy a guzheng musical performance.
- 10:00 am | The Phillips Plays ~ Color and Creativity at The Phillips Collection ($)
- 10:15 am | Crafty Tales: The Color Blue at Merry Pins in NW
- 10:30 am | Family Day: Hispanic Heritage Month at the Library of Congress
- 11:00 am, 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm | Cirque du Soleil OVO at Capital One Arena ($)
- 11:00 am | Saturday Workshop: Pop-Up Cards: Make it Personal! at Art Enables in NE
- 11:00 am | Adventuring Party (Dungeons & Dragons) for Kids at Woodridge Neighborhood Library (Best for ages 8-14)
- 11:00 am | Parking Lot Palooza at Bryant St. NE Market
- Action-packed day featuring outdoor games, special guest authors, live music from our DJ, deals on kids meals & more that will keep the whole family entertained.
- 11:00 am | Celebrate Petworth
- Celebrate Petworth is a free neighborhood festival organized by and for the residents of Petworth— celebrating the creativity, diversity, culture, and people of Petworth and its surrounding neighborhoods.
- 11:30 am | Holiday Stamps Family Festival with Guest Artist Katie Kirk at the National Postal Museum
- 3:00 pm | Laser Engraving Photos at MLK Memorial Library (Best for teens & adults)
- Come learn how to engrave photographs and images of real people/places into wood & acrylic!
- 6:00 pm | Tweens Night Out at iGen Educational Academy ($) (Best for ages 8-12)
Maryland
Prince George’s County
- 9:30 am | Nature Club at Watkins Nature Center (Best for ages 10-14)
- 10:00 am | 4th Annual Latinas in Aviation Global Festival at College Park Aviation Museum
- Enjoy demos & children’s activities, food, community art, bilingual story time, author meet & greets, and giveaways while supplies last.
- 10:00 am | 21st Annual Greenbelt Blues Festival
- 10:30 am | Bibliobop Dance Party at Greenbelt Library
- 10:30 am | Beginning Guitar at Hyattsville Library
- 11:00 am | Bowie International Festival at Allen Pond Park
- 11:00 am | Black Author Book Festival at Sandy Springs Slave Museum
- [Limited Seats] 1:00 pm | Crafternoon: Sand Art at Upper Marlboro Library
- [Limited Seats] 2:00 pm | STEM for Families: Ozobots! at Fairmount Heights Library
- 4:00 pm | Mud to Music: Performance and Demo at Harmony Hall Arts Center in Ft. Washington
- 5:00 pm | Hot Joe’s Summer: A Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration! at Joe’s Movement in Mount Rainier
- 6:00 pm | International Observe the Moon Night at the NASA Goddard Visitor Center
- Join us for interactive hands-on activities, 10′ x 10′ Moon selfie station, a photo booth, presentations, lunar and astronomical observing with telescopes and more!
- 6:00 pm | The Brentwood Summer Concert Series: Taisha Estrada at Brentwood Arts Exchange
- 6:00 pm | Disability Services 50th Anniversary Sneaker Ball at Southern Area Aquatics and Recreation Complex (SAARC) ($)
Montgomery County
- 10:00 am | Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at KID Museum in Bethesda ($)
- 11:00 am | Long Branch Festival in Silver Spring
- 11:00 am | Ethiopia Day and Coffee Ceremony at McGee Library in Silver Spring
- 11:00 am | Superb Saturday STEAM at Noyes Library for Young Children in Kensington
- 1:00 pm | Colors of India Through Dance and Music at Morella Library in Bethesda
- 2:00 pm | Write to Right at Gaithersburg Library (Best for ages 9-14)
- 2:00 pm | Molas: Panamanian Art – Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! at Germantown Library
- 3:00 pm | Science Saturday – Kitchen Chemistry at Maggie Nightingale Library in Poolesville (Best for ages 6-10)
- 4:00 pm | Crafts at the Library: Coffee Filter Butterflies at Praisner Library in Burtonsville
- 6:00 pm | Armenian Youth Center of Greater Washington Inc. presents “Armenian Cultural Night” at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in Rockville ($)
More Maryland Events
- 10:00 am | Pumpkin Patch Opens at Clark’s Elioak Farm in Ellicott City ($)
- 10:00 am | Maryland Corn Maze Opens for the Season ~ Taylor Swift-themed Farm Experience in Gambrills ($)
- 11:00 am | Chemistry in the Library: Picture Perfect Chemistry at East Columbia Branch Library (Best for ages 7+)
- 11:30 am | Autumn ASL 2 at Savage Branch Library in Laurel
- Learn ASL vocabulary through stories and activities.
- 12:00 pm | Community & Culture Day at Alice B. Mccullough Field in Laurel
- 2:00 pm | Dances of the Mid-Autumn Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival at Central Branch Library in Columbia
- 2:30 pm | Math Wizards Create: Fraction Art & I Spy Numbers at Savage Branch Library in Laurel (Best for ages 7-11)
- 3:00 pm | Random Crafts of Kindness at Savage Branch Library in Laurel
- 7:15 pm | Public Star Party at Alpha Ridge Park in Marriottsville
Virginia
Arlington County
- 8:00 am | Rock-n-Recycle Open House at Arlington Trades Center in Shirlington
- Dozens of hands-on learning stations, take-home art, environmentally friendly giveaways, music, Kona shaved ice (for purchase) and more. Rain or shine.
- 10:00 am | Crafty Kids: Take and Make at Courthouse Library
- 1:00 pm | Grandparent & Grandchild Storytime and Craft at Glencarlyn Library
- 4:00 pm | Nature Network: All About Water at Long Branch Nature Center ($)
- 6:00 pm | Fall into Fall Campfire at Gulf Branch Nature Center ($)
- 7:00 pm | Big Bears Campfire at Long Branch Nature Center ($)
City of Alexandria
- 9:00 am | STEAM-tastic: Painting with Virtual Reality at Del Ray Artisans (Best for ages 6-10)
- 9:00 am | Muster Friendship and Firefighting at Friendship Firehouse Museum
- Muster of over 15 antique, hand-drawn firefighting apparatus. Participating vehicles will include 19th-century suction fire engines and hose reel carriages.
- 10:00 am | 22nd Annual Alexandria Old Town Art Festival
- 10:00 am | Hispanic Heritage at Patrick Henry Recreation Center
- Exploration of Hispanic Art
- 10:00 am | Trash Trekkers at Burke Branch Library
- Community service project + walking club
- 11:00 am | STEAM-tastic: Painting with Virtual Reality at Del Ray Artisans (Best for ages 10-15)
- 11:00 am | 2nd Annual Black Family Reunion at Barrett Branch Library
More Virginia Events
- 7:00 am | Wandering Warblers at Algonkian Regional Park ($) (Best for ages 7+)
- 10:00 am | Family Day at Annandale Park
- 10:00 am | Virginia Native American Festival in Great Falls ($)
- 10:00 am | 48th Annual Falls Church Festival at City Hall and Community Center Grounds
- 10:00 am | Pottery Painting at Manassas Mall
- 10:00 am | STREETFEST at Reston Town Center
- The streets come alive with family fun entertainment, music, food, and vendors.
- 12:00 pm | 3rd Annual Fall Festival at Tysons Corner
- 1:00 pm | Bug Bingo at Lake Fairfax Park ($)
- [Last Chance] 5:30 pm | Sunset Polo at Great Meadow in The Plains ($)
- Encore Night! Last Night of the Season
- 8:00 pm | Boardwalk Astronomy at Huntley Meadows Park ($)
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Washington, DC
- 12:00 pm | MOLA presents: Mi Pequeño El Salvador Festival at Lamont Plaza in NW
- 1:00 pm | Washington Spirit v. Houston Dash at Audi Field ($)
- [Waitlist Open] 1:00 pm | Family Fishing at US National Arboretum with FONA and Anacostia Riverkeeper
- 1:00 pm & 5:00 pm | Cirque du Soleil OVO at Capital One Arena ($)
- 1:35 pm | Family Funday at Nationals Park – Nationals v. Miami Marlins ($)
- Use code 4DMVKIDS for 30% off all home games!
- 2:00 pm | Despicable Me 4 at The Miracle Theatre ($)
Maryland
Prince George’s County
- 12:00 pm | Brushes and Beats: A Go-Go Themed Youth Paint & Sip at National Harbor (Best for ages 5-17)
- 12:00 pm | Riversdale Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month includes:
- One-hour guided tour of Riversdale House Museum in Spanish
- Concert & Reception
- 12:00 pm | Brunch with Rapunzel at Le Fantome in Riverdale ($)
- 12:30 pm | Hispanic Heritage Festival 2024 at Lane Manor Splash Park
- 6:00 pm | Movies on the Potomac: Dora and The Lost City of Gold at National Harbor
Montgomery County
- 9:30 am | Storytime with Gabriella Aldeman for “Squawk of Spanish” at People’s Book Takoma
- 12:00 pm | 10th Annual Friendship Picnic at Wheaton Regional Park
- All are welcome to the celebration, which will include traditional American Kosher, Halal, Ethiopian and vegan lunch options. A wide range of activities for children and adults will include music, dancing, face painting, a petting zoo, a moon bounce, a carousel and rides on the park’s miniature train.
- 12:00 pm | Kids Crafts! Paper Flowers at Aspen Hill Library
- 2:00 pm | Music Everywhere with Teresa Jiménez ~ A Musical Adventure in Spanish and English at Olney Library
More Maryland Events
- 2:00 pm | 5th Annual Mount Airy Duck Race at Fire Department Carnival Grounds
Virginia
City of Alexandria
- 10:00 am | 22nd Annual Alexandria Old Town Art Festival
- 12:00 pm | Torpedo Factory Art Center’s 50th Anniversary
- A family-friendly celebration that will feature live acoustic guitar tunes, fun face painting, and a tie dye event hosted by the Mobile Art Lab.
- 1:00 pm | Miles Morales hosts Kids and Family Day at Hops N Shine ($)
More Virginia Events
- 12:00 pm | Encanto hosts Kids and Family Festival at Shipgarten in McLean
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