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Free Kids’ Clinic at Lowe’s

Lowe’s is hosting another free kids’ workshop this Saturday, September 11, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.
This free workshop will teach kids how to build a leash hanger for the family pet. No pets? That’s okay. It’s still a fun activity for the kids, and you can probably find another use for it.
If you want your kids [...]

Free Admission to Grain Valley Fair Days

I’ve never been to Grain Valley Fair Days, but any festival with a carnival, vendors, and a beer garden sounds pretty good to me.
Anyway, Grain Valley Fair Days is this Thursday through Saturday, September 9-11, 2010.
This event includes:

A carnival
A beer garden
Food and craft vendors
Face painting
Tattoos
Hands on crafts for kids
Bingo
Free snow cones, popcorn, and water (Friday [...]

Free Family Fishing Lessons

Families with children 5 and older can learn the basics of fishing from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at Burr Oak Woods Nature Center. Equipment and worms will be provided. 
Admission is free, but registration is required at 816-228-3766. Participants age 16-64 must have a valid fishing license.
Burr Oak Woods Nature Center  is [...]

Free Johnson County Old Settlers Festival

It’s not too late for Kansas City area free festivals. The annual Johnson County Old Settlers is September 9-11, 2010. Their website says they’ll have Kansas’s biggest parade (Saturday at 10:00 a.m.). There are also free concerts, horseshoe pitching, arts and crafts, a carnival and all the activities you’d expect at a community festival. Admission is [...]

Free Kids’ “How-To” Workshop at Home Depot

Are there any football fans in the family with an autographed football? If so, then you should consider bringing your children aged 5-12 to the nearest Home Depot this Saturday (Sept. 4, 2010 between 9: 00 a.m. and noon) so that they can build a display for it. Why buy a display stand when you [...]

American Girl Grand Opening

American Girl is opening its first Kansas City location at Oak Park Mall. The grand opening celebration is September 4-5, 2010. The two-day event will feature free goody bags for the first 100 girls in line, plus crafts, doll drawings and more.
-Mary Theobald
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Free Kansas City Symphony Concert

For the 28th year, the Kansas City Symphony will perform a free Labor Day Weekend concert at The Theatre In The Park inside Shawnee Mission Park, 7710 Renner Road in Shawnee, Kansas. The Symphony’s Associate Conductor Steven Jarvi will lead a program celebrating American music — from The Sound of Music to Spiderman.
The free [...]

Free Admission to Santa-Cali-Gon Days

It’s time for one of the Kansas City area’s biggest and best festivals. 
Santa-Cali-Gon Days is:

September 2, 6:00 p.m. (carnival only)
September 3, noon to 11:00 p.m.
September 4, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
September 5, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
September 6, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

All activities, including the concerts and contests,  are free except for the carnival. Santa-Cali-Gon Days is [...]

Free Admission to Kidscape at Johnson County Museum

I just discovered that Johnson County has a museum. KidScape is the museum’s newest hands-on exhibit for kids ages 3-9. Designed to look like a suburban streetscape, KidScape “immerses children into a colorful, exciting environment where they can learn about community through role-playing and meet some of Johnson County’s most talented citizens – past and [...]

Free Family Science Night at the Kansas City Zoo

You and your kids can become “wild wacky mad scientists” at the Kansas City Zoo’s Free Family Science Night on Thursday, September 2, 2010 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. This is the first of a series of four hands-on science nights for families. The September 2 event focuses on Wicked Weather: how clouds form, why glaciers [...]

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