It’s that time of year again where novice kite flyers and OG kite enthusiasts ascend upon every inch of Zilker Park to enjoy all things kite competition related as well as Austin’s popular food trailers. The ABC Zilker Kite Festival goes down…or up…Sunday, March 2 at Zilker Park. The Festival opens at 10 am.
Embrace your love of all things pirate at a Kaleidoscope Toys on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 10 am to 1 pm for a free Pirate Party!
The 10th annual “That Takes the Cake!” Sugar Arts Show will take place at the Austin Community College(ACC) campus at Highland Mall, Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 22-23, and promises to be a treat in every sense of the word.
Saturday, Feb. 15 from 1 pm to 3 pm, bring the whole family out to enjoy a reading, book-signing and crafting event! Local author, Yolanda King, will read her debut children’s book, Curlilocks and the Three Pink Pandas, followed by an awesome butterfly craft that all the children will enjoy.
Do512 Family and Castle Hill Fitness have teamed up with Total Mommy Fitness to bring moms and their families a Free Workout Series! There are four upcoming dates where you can attend a free 45-minute workout followed by refreshments from KIND bars and smoothies from The Soup Peddler.
Bring your family to the Paramount Theatre on Sunday, Feb. 9 to see We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – The Musical. In this amazing production from the UK, children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen’s ever popular award winning book is brought noisily and vividly to life on stage. This is the Austin stop of the play’s world tour and is not to be missed!
Love is in the air… already?!? Valentine’s Day isn’t for a couple of more weeks, but if you and your little ones want to start early, you can! There are lots of fun Valentine-themed activities happening this weekend, check ’em out!
The Long Center Presents Peking Acrobats, Sunday, Feb. 9 at 3 pm. Here’s our chance to see the China’s most amazing acrobats without interruption. Who needs a net when you have hundreds of years of tradition and countless hours of practice, preparation and mastery under your belt? Not the Peking Acrobats.
Check out the new Ashley’s Playhouse, a drop-in childcare center, at their open house on Saturday, February 1 from 1 pm to 5 pm. In addition to getting to tour the facility and test out all their new fun toys (including the Imagination Playground where children can build structures as big as themselves!), they will have food trucks, bounce houses, giveaways, free Amy’s Ice Cream for the first 100 people, and FREE registration during the event.
Kaleidoscope Toys is hosting a Lego Play event with Learning Fun 101 on Saturday, Feb. 1 from 2 pm – 4 pm. Bring non-perishable food items to be donated to the Round Rock Area Serving Center and you’re in!
Do512 Family is all about what to do in Austin with kids. We love to be out and about in Austin and are always looking for fun things to do with the family.