[More weekend fun in our list of free family events]
Stormy Weather Story Time Sat, Jan 25 10:30 a.m. Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Center for Urban Horticulture. FREE
Calling all kids 3-8 and their families! Come to UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture to hear wonderful stories and try fun activities that celebrate gardens, plants and nature. The perfect things to do during less-than-perfect weather.
Winter Slime Party! Sat, Jan 25 11 a.m. Mountlake Terrace Library. FREE
Do the kids in your house love science? Head to the Mountlake Terrace Library where they can (safely) combine household materials to make a goopy chemical concoction! Great for kids ages 5-11. Supplies are limited, so please register!
Ranger-Guided Snowshoe Walks Sat, Jan 25 11 a.m. Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center, Mount Rainier National Park. $5 donation.
Guided snowshoe walks at Paradise run weekends January through March, conditions permitting. Join the fun for a 2-hour, 1.8 mile walk for ages 8 and up. Space is limited, sign-up at the Jackson Visitor Center information desk one hour before each walk. All snowshoe walk participants must be present at sign-up. For the walk you will need hat, gloves, boots, sunscreen, sunglasses & snowshoes. Snowshoes are provided by the park during the ranger-guided snowshoe walks for a $5 donation. The park concessioner, Longmire General Store, also rents snowshoes. Check weather conditions here.
The Future Ancient Lunar New Year Party Sat, Jan 25 7-9:30 p.m. Volunteer Park Conservatory. FREE
Join the fun at the Volunteer Park Conservatory this weekend for a public art party celebrating local Asian and Pacific Islander people. Kids welcome between 7 and 9:30 p.m., 21+ after 9 p.m.
I Dig Dinos at Burke Museum Sun, Jan 26 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Burke Museum. Included with museum admission.
Bring your budding paleontologist to explore fossilized fun at five hands-on stations designed for early learners. Dress up like a pterosaur, make your own pterodactyl flyer, dig up theropod fossils, hold fossils and casts at the touch table, then head for the 3rd floor on a Jurassic quest to see the latest fossils being prepared in the paleontology lab. Plus much more! Event recommended for ages 3-7
Family Variety Show Sun, Jan 26 4-5:30 p.m. University Heights Center. FREE
It’s 90 minutes of musicians, magicians, comics, acrobats, jugglers and more at the University Heights Center this Sunday! Come see performers show off their musical and magical talents, as well as their world record-breaking skills.
