Updated 1-30-2019 with a giveaway! Scroll below for details! Calling all kids who want to save the day: their favorite four-legged heroes welcome them on their latest rescue mission! PAW Patrol, the animated Nickelodeon series that is wildly successful with toddlers and preschoolers, comes to life in a stage show. The production heads to EagleBank Arena (on the George Mason University Campus) in Fairfax February 1-3, 2019. "PAW Patrol Continue Reading...
Kid Junction celebrates with ‘Mega Event,’ free admission
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...
Enjoy silly, not spooky, fun at Busch Gardens Spooktacular
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun If your kids are lamenting that summer is gone and that means no more trips to a theme park, it's time to hit the road: In the fall, you can still enjoy family fun at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, which opens briefly for the season. At night, its popular Howl-O-Scream event turns the park into a scary place, but during the day, you can enjoy silly, not-too-spooky fun with The Count's 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...
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...
Touch-a-truck events coming soon!
Tractors, forklifts, trash trucks, fire trucks, you name it: if it's a big vehicle, chances are good that some kid would love to get up close to it to explore it. People of all ages, but especially young children, seem to enjoy these vehicles and that is why touch-a-truck events are so popular. At these events -- often they are fundraisers for schools, non-profit organizations, or moms' clubs, but sometimes they're open houses for 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...
Sesame Street Live returns with ‘Elmo Makes Music’
Monsters making music? Sure, why not? When the "monsters" are the adorable creatures of Sesame Street, and the music is through a live-action show, it's guaranteed to be a delightful time for families. Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all their Sesame Street friends are taking to the stage to share their love of music in “Elmo Makes Music,” the next Sesame Street Live production coming to our area. The shows take place at the EagleBank Arena Continue Reading...
