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Fun Things Top 10 Weekend Events for July 12, 13 & 14

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Our top 10 picks for this weekend July 12th 13th & 14th

Friday

1. Dress like a cow and get some free chicken at Chick- fil- A during Cow Appreciation Day

2. Catch the Fireworks at the Malvern Fire Company Fair

3. Enjoy family-fun activities, an outdoor concert, and behind-the-scenes experiences at Longwood Gardens

Saturday

4. Experience Nottingham Park at night while searching for our flashy friends.

5. Head Lionville Park for Uwchlan Community Day for games, food, live music and Fireworks

6. Watch the Chesco Grand Prix Cycling Finals in Downtown Kennett Square

7. Make some crafty summer bugs at Michaels

8. Make the Toy Story Pizza Planet Truck at Lowes

9.Bring your favorite beach towel and celebrate summer at storytime at Barnes & Noble Exton

Sunday

10. Free Sunday mornings at Brandywine River Museum

Check out the calendar for more ideas.

Holiday Websites for Kids

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Here are some fun websites for kids to try during the holiday season, as I find more of them I will add them to the list. Enjoy

Email Santa your list and he'll write back to you. This a good one if you have more than one child. When we tried it my daughters got 2 different letters.

Gingerbread Man make your own gingerbread man on Starfall

North Pole has a list of free things kids can do. They can chat with elves, write to Santa, coloring pages and much more all for free.

NORAD Santa this fun site serves as great countdown til Christmas. On Christmas Eve your kids can track Santa

Elf yourself this is a fun and free site sponsored by Office Max. You can upload a picture of yourself and your family and watch everyone dance.

Hanukat this site offers a playful, interactive way for children both Jewish and non-Jewish - to celebrate Hanukkah and Passover. They use videos, stories and games.

Spoonful this is a Disney run site that has coloring pages, crafts and many holiday ideas.

Snowman Construction Kit this site allows your kids to build a snowman on-line

Santa Claus Fun this site has it all coloring pages, recipes, jokes, poems, stories and much more

Storytelling & Bonfire at Warwick County Park

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Storytelling & Bonfire

at Warwick County Park

Friday October 12th
6 - 9 pm

Miss Maggie, a children’s performer who combines singing, guitar, percussion, poems and stories to entertain and teach children of all ages, will be on stage from 6:30 - 7:30pm.

From 8:00 - 9:00pm, Richard Pawling’s History Alive will share professional, historically accurate local iron making and canal stories. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the forests within Warwick Park provided much of the raw timber used to make charcoal for the region’s iron furnaces and forges. Remains of the iron industry can still be seen in the park at the various charcoal hearths and old cart paths.

The Friends of Warwick Park will have a concession stand and offer hayrides through the park.

For more information: http://www.chesco.org

Location: Warwick County Park

This event is appropriate for: the whole family

Cost: Free admission; parking is $5/ car

Downingtown Fall Festival

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October 13th

9 A.M. - 4 P.M.

Downingtown Friends Meeting will hold its annual Friends Fall Festival on October 13th from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. on the historic grounds of Downingtown Friends Meeting. Families have gathered here for over 30 years to enjoy the music, delicious foods, a variety of activities for children, and plant, craft, and white-elephant sales. It’s simply an enjoyable day for families to participate in activities aimed at fun for everyone–and all practically in your own back yard.

As one of the largest fall festivals in the region, our Friends Fall Festival offers families a day of wholesome fun and value. A special supervised area includes children’s crafts and games. There’s also a hay wagon ride and exceptional face painting for both kids and adults.

For more information: www.downingtownfriendsmeeting.org

Location: Downingtown Friends Meeting on East Lancaster Avenue (Business Route 30, just west of Wegman’s) in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

Cost: Admission and parking are free.

Just Between Friends Consignment Sales Event on September 22nd & 23rd

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Do you have baby/children’s clothes, toys, and furniture that have been outgrown? Do you want to get rid of them and earn extra cash? If so, Just Between Friends is right for you.

Anyone can consign during this semi-annual event. Just register online, tag your items before the day of the sale using their on-line tagging system, and then drop them off at the sale. JBF does the rest.

Consignors make 60% of their sales (consignors who also volunteer make 70%).

You set your own price and decide if your item is discounted during half price days

Consignors will receive a presale pass to shop before the public.

The fee to consign is only $10.

Consignors are required to have a minimum of 20 items or $100 worth of items.

With the on-line bar-coding system (www.myjbftags.com), it is easy to enter your tags and print them off.

You will then be able to track your sales during the event

They accept seasonally appropriate clothing items during the sales as well as toys, books, and furniture.

If you don’t want to consign, you can shop for great deals on quality items.

Dates and Times for Shopping:

Saturday, September 22nd from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm - $3 admission fee until 1:00 – click here for a free admission pass
Sunday, September 25th from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm - no admission fee - most items are 50% off on this day

Shopping Tips & Information

Wear comfortable shoes, so you can get to the good deals quickly.
Bring your child's measurements and a tape measure to check the items you are buying.
We prefer Cash but also accept Visa, MasterCard & Discover. For your convenience we will have the Sun East Federal Credit Union Mobile Branch in the parking lot with an ATM machine
Children are welcome during the public shopping hours however it gets very busy. If possible, we recommend getting a babysitter so you can enjoy your shopping experience.
We have a hold area and extra-large shopping bags for your convenience.
We are unable to allow children to play with the toys at the sale. Items are the property of consignors and if they are broken or separated they cannot be sold.

I participated in the last fall's Just Between Friends sale and it really is a convenient way to de-clutter your house. I sold a ton of my girl’s clothes and even two strollers. What I really loved was that you could check exactly what was sold through the JBF website.

Check out this great sale September 22nd & 23rd Brandywine Youth Club, 41 Thornton Road - Glen Mills, PA 19342

Print out this coupon for free admission to the sale

Uptown Theater Presents The Fabulous Fable Factory

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Saturday

August 11, 11:00 AM

Monroe wanders into a seemingly abandoned factory and accidentally trips a lever that activates the factory “machinery,” an assembly line of seven actors who create fabulous fables. Mr. Aloysius A. Aesop, the owner, says a missing part had made the factory idle for 2,000 years. Monroe meets the “machinery:” Story Starter, Plot Plotter, Word Worker, and Grammar Guardian. The stories become fables when Monroe surprises everyone by supplying the morals. The troupe then performs some of the best of Aesop’s fables.

Performance takes place at the Chester County Historical Society, 225 North High Street. Matinee performance starts at 11:00am on Saturday, July 28th. For tickets, show and schedule information, go to Uptown! Entertainment Alliance.

For more information: http://uptownwc.org/

Location: 225 North High Street West Chester PA

Cost: $8 - $10

LEGO Super Heroes at Toys R Us

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LEGO Super Heroes!

Saturday, June 16th

2 - 4 PM

Create your own Batman or Superman shield with LEGO bricks and take it home!

For more information: http://www.toysrus.com

Location: 18 WEST LIGHTCAP ROAD POTTSTOWN PA 19464

103 EAST SWEDESFORD ROAD EXTON PA 19341

Cost: free to attend

Bank of America and Merrill Lynch’s Museums on Us

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Get Culture for Free from Bank of America

Bank of America and Merrill Lynch’s Museums on Us offers free access to Philadelphia cardholders Saturday, June 2nd and Sunday, June 3rd (and the first full weekend of each month).

Museums in the Philadelphia area: African America Museum in Philadelphia, National Constitution Center, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) and Philadelphia Museum of Art

In the Wilmington DE Area: Delaware Art Museum, Delaware Museum of Natural History and Winterthur

Museums on Us is a national program and includes more than 150 leading U.S. cultural institutions, in 91 cities, benefiting Bank of America and Merrill Lynch customers from coast to coast. Photo ID and a valid Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit card must be presented. One free general admission limited to cardholder at participating institution, excluding fundraising events, special exhibitions and ticketed shows the first full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of each month. Not to be combined with other offers.

For more information: http://museums.bankofamerica.com.

Parents Night Out/Kids Night In at The Center on Central

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Friday June 1, 2012

Summer Fun

6:30pm-9:00pm

Enjoy a night out while your children enjoy exploring their creativity at our Parents Night Out/Kids Night In. Includes a pizza snack, an arts activity and/or craft project – which will have a different theme each month, and ends with a movie-chill out time to be ready for bedtime after pick up.

Cost: $30 for first child, $20 for each additional sibling. Pre-registration is preferred. Drop-ins are accepted if there is space available – please check ahead for space availability.

*The Center on Central reserves the right to cancel this event if minimum enrollment is not met when advance registration period ends 2 days before, in which case you would be notified and your registration fee would be refunded.

For more information: http://thecenteroncentral.com/parents-night-out/

Location: The Center On Central, 24 W. Central Avenue, Paoli, Pa

This event is appropriate for: for ages 4 & up

Cost: Cost: $30 for first child, $20 for each additional sibling.

Make an Ice Cream Truck at Lowes Build and Grow Clinic

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On Saturday May 26th check out this fun indoor activity for the kids! Starts at 10am and goes till 11am. You need to register -click here to register

For more information: www.lowesbuildandgrow.com

Location: 561 HEPBURN ROAD
AVONDALE, PA

1250 CORNERSTONE BOULEVARD
DOWNINGTOWN, PA

1136 TOWN SQUARE ROAD
POTTSTOWN, PA
This event is appropriate for: kids ages 6 and older

Cost: free