Kid Junction Chantilly is celebrating five years of providing fun to young children. In honor of its fifth anniversary, this large indoor playground in Northern Virginia is hosting a celebration on Sunday, August 19, 2018, and admission is free to everyone! The Kid Junction Summer Mega Event takes place all day, 10 am to 6 pm. Extra fun Special activities include balloon twisting, face painting, nail art, a moon bounce, shows by young magician Continue Reading...
Celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America Day
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun It's almost here: Read Across America Day is on March 2! This annual celebration began in 1997 when, as the National Education Association explains, "a small reading task force at NEA came up with a big idea: 'Let's create a day to celebrate reading,' the group decided.' We hold pep rallies to get kids excited about football. We assemble to remember that Character Counts. Why don't we do something to get Continue Reading...
14 things to love about the Kings Dominion Great Pumpkin Fest
Thanks to Kings Dominion for hosting us to explore The Great Pumpkin Fest and share our experiences! By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Fall is here, and for kids that means time for autumn activities like painting a pumpkin and going through a hay maze… stuff you can do at a theme park, right? At Kings Dominion you can do that now because The Great Pumpkin Fest is here! Each year the park opens for a few weekends in the fall so kids and Continue Reading...
New baby, new car? How Cars.com can help
This is a sponsored post, developed for Cars.com. Hello, baby… goodbye sports car. That’s pretty much how it went when I was pregnant and my husband and I went to the local police station for a child safety seat inspection. We knew it was important to get this done BEFORE the baby arrived. You don’t want to leave the hospital with a precious new life only to find out you’ve installed the car seat wrong! Thankfully we could take advantage of Continue Reading...
Day Out With Thomas rolls into B&O Railroad Museum soon
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Mention "Thomas" to the parents of any toddler or young child, and the first thought is likely not of a person, but a train: for more than three decades, the books and animated television series of Thomas & Friends have delighted youngsters with the tales of Thomas the Tank Engine and his other train friends and coworkers on the island of Sodor. Each year in various cities, children can become a Continue Reading...
Review: Disney on Ice presents Dream Big
Guest post by Colleen Levine, family food and travel blogger at Foodie Tots If the street vendors hawking light-up Mickey Mouse ears didn’t alert you to something different than a Capitals game at the Verizon Center on Wednesday night, the glittery princess dresses peaking out from under winter coats should do it. That’s right, Disney on Ice is back in DC. The show opened on February 15 and runs through Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. After clearing Continue Reading...
Review: Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music
By Mariana Azuero for Fairfax Family Fun On this very cold day, my munchkins and I had a very heartwarming experience. Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music was such a fun and interactive show! My daughters, ages 4 and 5, truly enjoyed it! The live show starts off just like the television show we all love, with all of neighborhood characters, and featuring the Letter of the Day (J) and the number 8. To make matters interesting, there is Continue Reading...
Great fun at the Great Play open house!
Don't let the end of summer mean the end of fun! Great Play of Fairfax, a unique indoor fitness facility for kids, offers classes year-round that helps kids perfect their playing skills, learn about new sports, and just have fun with fitness. Owned by a local mom, Great Play of Fairfax (a sponsor of Fairfax Family Fun!) offers award-winning programs make it fun for kids to develop motor skills, sport skills, fitness and coordination in its Continue Reading...
PB & Jack in Fairfax closing this month
Hi, everyone! In case you had not yet heard, indoor playground PB & Jack in Fairfax (a former sponsor of Fairfax Family Fun) is closing its doors at the end of this month. While it's always a sad time whenever a small business closes, parents of young kids will especially miss this facility, as it was a place that catered exclusively to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, with classes and activities for kids from just a few months old to age Continue Reading...
Kid Junction to host all-day anniversary celebration
Guess who's turning three? No, not one of our kids. But three-year-olds -- and kids younger and older -- are all invited to celebrate when Kid Junction hosts a party for its third anniversary! This fun indoor playground in Chantilly has been serving fun for young children, who come for the variety of options: tot play areas, big indoor climbing structures, pretend-play rooms in a Kid Village, a nice cafe, arcade games, and more. Kid Junction is Continue Reading...
