What To Do With Your Kids in Edmonton This Weekend | September 15 - 16

Photo by Kamila Gornia

Edmonton Community Day

If you do nothing else on Saturday, please go attend the Community Day event happening in your neighborhood. While you’re there buy a membership to your community league to help make your neighborhood stronger.

Your Library Inside Out

EPL Squared
What: Join the Edmonton Public Library at an outdoor family festival and book sale.
Why: Go for the stories, games, live music, prizes, food and, of course, the book/ CD/ DVD sale.
Where: Sir Winston Churchill Square
When: Saturday, September 15, 2012. 10am – 6pm

Creative Communities

Art In Our Park
What: Art market, performances, workshops, and activities for all ages.
Why: Get busy! Create sidewalk chalk art, listen to a story, build a birdhouse, get a tattoo, make spin art, learn to walk on stilts, groove in a hip hop dance workshop, build with Lego and more.
Where: James Ramsey Park,
When: Saturday, September 15, 2012

Leaping Lizards

Edmonton Reptile & Amphibian Society Exhibit
What: Get up close and interactive with socialized animals.
Why: Holding a snake could ‘make’ a little one’s day.  
Where: West Edmonton Mall, Phase 4. Main floor. In front of Chapters.
When: Saturday, September 15, 2012. 10am – 4pm

Good Bye Summer Sale

Multi-Store Blow Out
What: A gathering of local merchants with products marked down 40-80% off.
Why: Support great local stores like Adorable Baby, Key-Lime, Baby & Beyond, Maude & Max …  and stock up on items for next summer.
Where: Centre In The Park. (Festival Lane and Sherwood Drive, in the same building as the library). Entry is $2 for adults. (free for kids)
When: Saturday September 12, 2012. 9am – 3 pm.

When I Was Your Age

Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party
What: Remember Saturday morning as a kid? Watching cartoons and snacking on cereal? Put on your best PJs and experience it all over again on the big screen.
Why: Share your childhood cartoons from the 70’s and 80’s with your kids.
Where:  Garneau Theatre. Admission (includes cereal): $10 Adults, $8 Students /Seniors, Children $6
When: Saturday, September 15, 2012. 10am – 1pm.  

Extraordinary vs. Everyday Art

BMO All Day Sunday
What: AGA gets family friendly as educators show how art is lurking in the most common things and spaces.
Why: Get inspired by the newest exhibit: Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque. Then create your own art using everyday objects or create a Baroque inspired picture frame.
Where: Art Gallery of Alberta. Free with Gallery admission
When: Sunday, September 16, 2012. 12 – 4pm. 

Tip: Take ETS, present your transfer to AGA to get a discount on your admission.

Wonderful Whyte

Off Whyte Garage Sale
What: Old Strathcona is holding a family fun street fair – with games, music, shopping, fitness demonstrations, food and shopping.
Why: Check out Imagination Station craft making and EPL’s activity tent with stories, face painting and book making.
Where: Wilbert McIntyre Park (8331-104 Street). Plus, 83 Avenue in front of the farmers market, and in the bus lane on Calgary Trail.
When: Sunday September 16, 2012. 12 – 5 pm