This Week at a Glance (December 22-26)
- dcstayathomeparent
- Dec 20, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 22, 2025
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
Petworth Library is closed for renovations until further notice
DC Public Libraries are CLOSED on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
All Smithsonians are CLOSED on Christmas Day
National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play will be closed December 20 - January 2; Postal Museum Story and Play Time on hiatus until January 9
The National Children's Museum is CLOSED on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
MONDAY (December 22)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Snowy Day Story Scavenger Hunt
10:30am - 12:00pm: National Building Museum Winter House Design Workshop ($20 per participating child and $10 per adult)
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Kids Arts & Crafts and Play Time
2:00pm - 4:00pm: Takoma Park Library Winter Break Family Party
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Baby Jam Music Time (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Capitol View Library Library Coloring Time
TUESDAY (December 23)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Snowy Day Story Scavenger Hunt
10:00am - 12:00pm: West End Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am: UPDATE: Now FREE, Outside of North Hall: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Duplo Lego Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Parklands Turner Library Ello Hour: Reading Device Exploration
11:00am: Folger Shakespeare Library Story Time (in the Great Hall)
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Cleveland Park Library Kid and Family Meditation and Yoga
5:00pm - 7:30pm: Southwest Library Holiday Kids Movie: The Polar Express
WEDNESDAY (December 24) Christmas Eve
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Storytime Studio (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)
11:00am: Folger Shakespeare Library Story Time (in the Great Hall)
11:15am - 11:45am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
THURSDAY (December 25) Christmas Day
10:00am - 3:00pm: Capital Jewish Museum December 25 @ CJM: Crafts, Chinese Food, Movie
FRIDAY (December 26)
9:00am - 8:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Snowy Day Story Scavenger Hunt
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Spark!Lab
10:00am - 4:00pm: American History Wegmans Wonderplace
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Little Artists, Big Stories
11:00am - 3:00pm: African Art Museum (Sublevel 2) Kwanzaa Creative Arts Workshops: Join a crochet circle (Umoja)
12:00pm - 2:00pm: Anacostia Community Museum Kwanzaa At ACM: Storytelling and Drumming
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