Saturday and Sunday, April 16th and 17th, Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago will be performing sheep shearing. Watch at workers shear the flock of sheep while learning how the collected wool is made into yarn. This is sure to be an event that children will enjoy!
Come out to Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago this Saturday and Sunday, March 12th and 13th to see how a family in the 1890’s would collect maple sap. Watch and learn how the collected sap is boiled and transformed into maple syrup and maple sugar. This educational and fun event is family-friendly.
This Sunday, March 13 (and next Sunday, March 20th), come out to Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in Oakbrook to collect maple sap and turn it into sweet maple syrup. This family-friendly event takes place from 12PM to 4PM.
Celebrate this New Year’s Eve family-style and bring the kids over to the DuPage County Children’s Museum for the Bubble Bash 2010 Blast Off celebration.
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County will be hosting a number of events in the last weeks of November. If you haven’t attended any of their events in the past, they are usually a great time and suitable for the entire family (and most are free of charge too). Get out and enjoy the mild late-fall weather we’ve been having!