This Week at a Glance (October 19-23)
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play is cancelled on Thursday, October 22
Shaw Library is closed for renovations until 2027
Rock Creek Park's Nature Center and Planetarium are closed until further notice. Programs will take place outside when scheduled at the Nature Center
MONDAY (October 19)
10:00am - 11:00am: Smithsonian Gardens Garden Play: Trees! (Flight Garden at the National Air and Space Museum)
10:30am: Heritage and Kingman Island Free Forest School Meetup
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Touch a Fire Truck - Fire Safety Month Event
11:30am - 12:30pm: Portrait Gallery Arts & Crafts and Play Time
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)
3:00pm - 4:30pm: Northwest One Library Family Play Time: Magnetic Tiles
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Because Science Craft: BYO Pumpkin Carving
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Afternoon Story Time for the Spectrum
TUESDAY (October 20)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
10:00am - 11:00am: Southeast Library Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 1:00pm: National Gallery of Art Baby and Toddler Play Time (East building atrium)
10:00am - 4:30pm: American Indian Museum ImagiNations Activity Center
10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am: Smithsonian American Art Museum Art in the A.M.
10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 11:00am: DC Public Library Family Story Time at Goethe-Institut (space is limited; admission is first-come, first-served)
10:30am - 11:00am: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Music and Movement Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Lego Play Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Baby Story Time
11:00am - 11:25am: Northeast Library ASL Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby and Toddler Dance Time
11:00am - 2:00pm: Living Room Cry Baby Crafting
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
4:00pm - 6:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Because Science Craft: BYO Pumpkin Carving
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Because Science Craft: Terror-arium
WEDNESDAY (October 21)
10:00am - 10:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, online pre-registration required)
10:00am - 11:00am: Takoma Park Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Storytime Studio (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Lamond-Riggs Library Family Play Time: Legos
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
10:15am - 11:00am: Tudor Place Tudor Tots: V is for Vase (Member Child: $5 | Non-Member Child: $10 | Accompanying Adult: Free)
10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 11:00am: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Georgetown Library Baby and Toddler Story Time (no walk-ins, online pre-registration required)
11:30am - 12:00pm: Southwest Library ASL Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum STEAM Story Time (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
3:00pm - 5:00pm: Anacostia Library Seed to Steward - Gardening Program
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Just Dance - Move with us on Wednesday afternoons!
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Because Science Craft: BYO Pumpkin Carving
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Because Science Craft: Ghoulish Gemstone Test Tube
6:00pm - 6:45pm: Cleveland Park Library Pajama Story Time
THURSDAY (October 22)
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: National Building Museum Story Time
10:30am - 10:55am: DC Air and Space Museum One World, Big Sky: Big Bird's Adventure (Short Film in Planetarium) (timed ticket required)
10:30am - 11:00am: Solid State Books H Street Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required; note new area: 2nd floor, Pioneers of Flight section)
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
12:00pm - 7:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Pumpkin Decorating Contest
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Story Time
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Story Time
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Georgetown Library Baby Story Time
3:30pm - 5:30pm: Palisades Library Palisades Pumpkin Festival: The Pumpkin Lab - A Spooktacular Community Event
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Toddler Play Time: Tinker Tots (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Halloween Party
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Because Science Craft: BYO Pumpkin Carving
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Because Science Craft: Scardey Cat Ornament Painting
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Benning Library Craft: Create a spooky potion
4:00pm - 6:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Arts and Crafts
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Labyrinth Board Game Night
FRIDAY (October 23)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am: Rock Creek Park Little Tyke Hike with a Ranger at the Peirce Barn
10:00am - 11:00am: Hillwood Estate Garden Tots ($12 Child (age 2-5), with accompanying adult; $10 Member child (age 2-5), with accompanying adult)
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story Time (meet in the historic lobby)
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
10:00am - 5:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Pumpkin Decorating Contest
10:30am: Kidsinger Jim Puppet Show at Eastern Market ($10 in advance, $12 at the door)
10:30am - 11:30am: Anacostia Community Museum Big Moments, Little Stories
2:30pm - 3:00pm: National Children’s Museum Toddler Play Time: Fine Art (hourly timed tickets required, $18.95/person, children under 1 and members free)
4:00pm - 5:30pm: Bellevue Library Movie Matinee
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Because Science Craft: BYO Pumpkin Carving
4:00pm - 6:00pm: Because Science Craft: Witch's Brew Lava Lamp
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Hill Center King Bullfrog Hoppy Hour
5:00pm - 7:30pm: National Children’s Museum Halloween Spooktacular
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