Some Halloween Weekend Events

NE Wildlife Center, Weymouth: “Night of a Thousand Faces” from 4:30-8:30 on Friday night.  Hundreds of jack o lanterns line nature trails.  $7/adults, $5/kids.

Wareham Crossing, Wareham:  Best Buy is having face painting, costume contest from 11-3 on Saturday.  The stores will also have trick or treating throughout the day on Sunday.  Friendly’s Express is also giving a free kids meal with an adult entrée on Sunday.

Borders Stores:  Halloween Spooktacular at 11 am on Saturday.  Scary stories, games, craft and parade.  See website for participating stores.

Independence Mall, Kingston:  Mall-wide trick or treating from 3-5pm on Sunday and a costume contest at 4:45 in Center Court.

Hanover Mall, Hanover:  More mall wide trick or treating from 3-5pm on Sunday.  Stop by Uno’s in your costume and kids get a free make your own pizza (see restaurant for details).

Silver City Galleria, Taunton:  Visit on Saturday from 6-8pm  and children 12 and under can trick or treat at stores displaying an orange poster.  Kids can also enter a coloring contest in the center court.  Costumed kids will get a raffle ticket for a chance to win prizes.  (No Masks Allowed)

Carousel, Fall River:  Family Halloween Party at the Fall River Carousel.  For kids 12 and under.  Costume contest, candy hunts, ghost stories, crafts, face painting and more.  $10 per person.  Reservations Required.  Saturday, 3-5pm.

Halloween Day Event, Hanover:  West Hanover Crossing will have halloween fun…face painting, photos, games, crafts and more.  Sunday, 1-4pm.  1415 Hanover Street (Rt. 139).  All proceeds will benefit Hanover PTA.

Paragon Carousel, Hull:  “Haunted” Carousel, 12-3 on Sunday. Fun, prizes and ice cream!

Halloween Family Festival, Everwood Day Camp, Sharon:  Meet Wally the Green Monster, pumpkin painting, hayrides, facepainting, moonwalks and much more!  Free!  Noon –2pm, Sunday.

Zoo Howl, Franklin Park Zoo:  Saturday & Sunday 11-3pm.  Crafts, games, trick or treating and a haunted maze.  Hayrides available too!

Halloween Howl, South Shore Natural Science Center, Norwell:  5-7:30pm on Saturday.  Crafts, activities, pumpkin decorating and a wildlife presentation.  $10 for non members, $8 for members.  Includes a walk through Spooky Woods too.

Unscary Halloween Party, Soule Homestead, Middleboro:  Hayride, games, story, costume parade.  4-6pm Saturday (rain date Sunday).  $5 for members, $7/nonmembers.  Must preregister.

7th Annual Cranberry Harvest Celebration

The Cranberry Harvest Celebration will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 9th & 10th.  The event is held 10-4, rain or shine at Tihonet Village in Wareham.  There will be  cranberry bog tours, helicopter rides, pony rides, demonstrations, crafters, entertainment, games and more!  Admission is $2, under 6 is free.  Parking is free.

Hands On Workshops

Both Home Depot and Lowes have hands on kids building workshops pretty regularly.  Most of them are FREE and are geared towards ages 5-12.

Home Depot does their projects on the first Saturday of each month.  The next project is a football display stand project on Saturday, September 4th from 9-noon.

Lowes has Build & Grow Clinics where they do the project, get an apron, googles and patch…all for FREE!  Saturday, August 28th is a School Bus and Saturday, September 11th is a Pet Leash Hanger.

Have fun building!

Easter Egg Hunts

Carver is having an Easter Egg Hunt for residents on Saturday, March 20th, 9am at Shurtleff Park.  The hunt will be split by ages with the youngest group going first.

Tihonet Village in Wareham is having an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 27 (raindate April 3) at 10am for kids ages 2-8.  All participants receive a goodie bag from the easter bunny.  Space is limited…please pre-register and pre-pay.  Cost is $5 per child.

Hingham Newcomers Club is having an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 3 at 10:30 at the South Shore Country Club.  10 egg maximum for kids.  Cost is $9 per child, $25 family max.  Pictures with the Easter Bunny are an additional $5.  You can buy tickets online here.

Updates:

Pembroke Recreation Department is having an egg hunt on the Town Green on Thursday April 1st at 3:30.

Paragon Carousel in Hull is having an Egg Hunt on Sunday, April 4 at 12:30.

You can find some other Massachusetts hunts listed here.

If you know of any other egg hunts on the South Shore, please email me and let me know!

Borders Spootacular Party

Local Borders Stores are having a kids halloween party on Saturday, October 24th at 2:00. They will have games, crafts and more! Check out their website for more information.

Massachusetts 4th of July Events

Wondering what to do this Saturday? The state website has put up a listing of all the local 4th of July events & fireworks....I'm sure there's something going on near you.

Here on the South Shore...here's a few places to check out:

Halifax: Parade, events & fireworks.
Hingham: Parade, fireworks
Plymouth: No parade this year but they are still doing fireworks.
Wareham: Fireworks, concert

Have a happy & safe 4th of July!

3-D Movies!

Yea! 3-D Movies are coming to Flagship Cinemas in Wareham! It's the only theater in our area that will be offering the movies in 3-D that I know of!

Starting Friday, May 29 you can go see the new movie Up! in 3-D. Of course, the 3-D movies are more expensive but I know the kids will love it!

Check out their website for more info....

Spring Fling at Borders

Head on over to your nearest Borders bookstore on Saturday, April 11 at 2pm for their Spring Fling Kids Easter Party. Have the kids dress up for a parade, participate in sing a longs, listen to stories and more. Bring a camera to capture the fun, then upload your photos to their Facebook page. You can read more about it here and see if your store is participating.

Halloween Spooktacular at Borders

Borders Stores are having a halloween event Saturday, October 25 from 2-4. There's a costume contest, storytime, games, activities and more!

RF Morse

Ok, so it's not really a "kids" place but if you want to go buy some plants/flowers and happen to have the kids with you....RF Morse in Wareham is a good place to go! My kids love going to this nursery with me for 2 reasons:

1. Free Popcorn. They have a popcorn machine inside and you're welcome to help yourself. The kids love this.
2. The bird. They have a big parrot-like bird (don't know the type) inside by the popcorn. It will talk to you on occasion and the kids like seeing it.

So when you have to go out to get your fall mums and the kids are in tow, this would be a good stop to make with them! And you might luck out and go when they are having a great sale!

Water Wizz

If you are tired of the heat and looking for something cool to do, you have to hit Water Wizz in Wareham. It is a water park that looks small from the street but once you get in there, it is packed with things to do. From the last river, small slides, big slides, pirate slide and the wave pool. You will find something to keep you cool!! Anyone under 48” has to have a life jacket on, so if you have one that your child likes bring it. They have free ones to use but they aren’t very stylish and sort of hard to maneuver when on the lazy river in a tube. We went with my sons cub scout pack so we had discounted tickets. It was really worth the trip.

Normally :Admission - $30.00; under 48" and seniors (65)- $15.00. All children under 48" must follow the 48" rule (life jackets). Children 2 and under are FREE. Group rates are less depending on the size of your group 25 is the minimum for a group.

You can find coupons at $2 off coupons when available at participating Burger King, Tedeschis/Lil'l Peach Stores.

They are located on Route 28 in Wareham and it is open from 10 -6 usually, verify at the website http://www.waterwizz.com/. If you plan to spend the day it is worth the $ as you will be able to ride anything you want all day long. There is an adventure island for little ones with pint size slides and for those who aren’t afraid of anything try the pirate plunge, it is a water slide partially in the dark and it is fast and scary. What a ride!!!

My children had a ball in the wave pool. The pool starts and stops on a schedule. The kids really loved going in deep and waiting for the waves to start, then they kept hopping the waves until it was done and wait to do it all over again.

I loved the lazy river as I could park my butt on a tube and float around for hours and enjoy the sounds of waterfalls and kids laughing and screaming with excitement!!!

Plus the best thing is you can bring in your own snacks/lunch (less glass bottles) and drinks. Or you can hop across the street to Burger King to grab lunch and then go back for more fun on the slides!

The only down fall for me was that my camera wasn't waterproof so I didn't get to take a lot of pictures.

It's Almost Blueberry Picking Time!

The kids love to go blueberry picking and have me make up some yummy treats with them. Our place of choice is a Blueberry picking farm on N. Carver Road in Wareham. It's just off Rt. 58, near Rt. 495. Parking is on the side of the road. I don't even know if this place has an actual name! Picking usually starts mid to late July. Hours are 8-5 daily!

Another local place is the Blueberry Farm in Hanson. They are on W. Washington St. off Rt. 14.

We've been to a place on the Plympton/Halifax line a few years ago but I think Sauchuk Farm purchased them and I don't know if they still do the PYO.

Here's a great site to find PYO farms locally: PickYourOwn.org