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Mostly Free and Fun Things To Do with Westchester Kids This Weekend: Musicals, Parties, Maple Sugaring & More, Feb. 22 & 23
If you’re in the mood for some live performances, there are plenty happening in Westchester this weekend. The kids will be mesmerized by the Bossy Frog Band Beach Party in an interactive musical concert. The Missoula Children’s Theater presents a musical adaptation of Hansel and Gretel at the Emelin Theater. And Westchester Community College hosts Danceworks where the performers invite the children to join them up on the stage.
This weekend also kicks off the maple sugaring season in Westchester. Trailside Nature Museum and Teatown Lake Reservation have sugaring events happening this weekend. For more nature themed activities, Make a Seed Bomb at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, have Breakfast with Buster the Bunny at Westmoreland Sanctuary, and participate in a scavenger hunt at the Marshlands Conservancy.
Sunday is the first day of Restaurant Week at Ridge Hill Shopping Center where you can get great deals on lunches, dinners, and treats. New Era Creative Space in Peekskill is hosting two events on Saturday. Design, build and decorate a structure for your favorite toy with the help of ArchforKids educators. You can also drop your children, ages 4-8, off for a Pajama Party which features art, games, stories and dinner.
Read on for our top weekend picks. If you see something that piques your interest, click through to the event listing to view full details. Want the weekend fun delivered right to your inbox? Sign up for our FREE weekly newsletter to stay up to date on all the fun happenings around town. Looking for more options? Be sure to check our Event Calendar for more fun happening this weekend and beyond.
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SATURDAY
Bossy Frog Band Beach Party - White Plains
The Bossy Frog Band will mesmerize children with their banjo driven, costume character dancing, hula hoop fiddling, 100% interactive music concert at the White Plains Performing Art Center. $12-$15.
Make A Seed Bomb - Peekskill
Inspired by the upcoming Spring season and the Hudson Valley Seed Library, mix together both art and gardening and earth and seeds at the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art. $5 child, FREE for accompanying adult.
Build a Home for Your Toy - Peekskill
Kids will have two hours to design, build and decorate a structure for their favorite toy at the New Era Creative Space. $40 includes all materials.
Hansel and Gretel - Mamaroneck
The Missoula Children’s Theater proudly presents an original musical adaptation of the Brothers’ Grimm age-old tale of a journey, a secret and a grand adventure at the Emelin Theater. $13.
Date Night – Pajama Party - Peekskill
A drop off celebration for children ages 4-8 years old featuring art, stories, games, relays, and more at the New Era Creative Space. Party culminates in a dance party. Dinner is provided. Must pre-register. $45.
American Indian Sugaring - Cross River
Kick off the season with American Indian Sugaring demonstrations and fireside stories describing how this cool process was discovered and perfected. FREE.
SUNDAY
Danceworks for Children - Valhalla
This annual show at Westchester Community College features dance performances and invites kids to climb on stage and get in the action. $10.
Breakfast with Buster the Bunny - Mount Kisco
Spend the morning with Buster at the Westmoreland Sanctuary. Feed him some of his favorite foods and take him on a walk around the nature center. Enjoy hot chocolate and donuts during a storytime. $5.
Deer and Turkey Detectives: A Scavenger Hunt - Rye
A guided scavenger hunt and exploration with clues in search of furry and feathered friends at the Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. FREE.
Sugaring Sundays - Ossining
Stoke up the fire, its sugaring time at Teatown Lake Rerservation. From tapping to collecting, boiling to bottling, Teatown’s naturalists will be in Warren’s sugarhouse sharing facts and folklore about this sweet time of year. $5.
Ridge Hill “Restaurant Week” - Yonkers
Sunday starts off Restaurant Week at Ridge Hill Shopping Center. Features lunch specials, prix fixe dinners, two-for-one treats and tasty specials.
BEYOND WESTCHESTER
Head out to Brooklyn for the BAMkids Film Festival 2014. Feature films and short films for all different ages will be showing all weekend.
Stepping Stones in Fairfield is hosting a Winter Wonderland Children's Ball on Saturday. The museum will be transformed into a snow-kissed wonderland to welcome little princes and princesses for a magical evening.
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