This Week at a Glance (October 26-30)
Free and low-cost scheduled activities for babies and toddlers this week in DC
Programming Updates:
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 26)
9:00am - 7:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Pumpkin Decorating Contest
10:00am - 10:30am: Chevy Chase Library Baby Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: DC Public Library Family Story Time at Reservoir Recreation Center - for ages 0-5
10:30am: Heritage and Kingman Island Free Forest School Meetup
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Toddler Play Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Capitol View Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Southwest Library Baby and Toddler Play Time
11:00am - 11:45am: Woodridge Library Baby Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Northeast Library Toddler Play Time
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: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Afternoon Story Time for the Spectrum
TUESDAY (October 27)
9:00am - 7:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Pumpkin Decorating Contest
9:15am - 9:45am: Northeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
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 - 11:00am: Woodridge Library Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 12:00pm: Hirshhorn Museum Estudio de Cuentos: ¡Feliz Halloween! (ticket required, on a first come first serve basis, two time slots: 10am or 11am)
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 - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:30am - 11:00am: Anacostia Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Deanwood Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Parklands-Turner Library Preschool Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Southwest Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:15am: Benning Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Cleveland Park Library Lego Play Time
10:30am - 11:30am: Lamond-Riggs Library A Not So Spooky Story Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Natural History Museum Play Date at NMNH
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Baby Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 11:30am: Palisades Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: American Indian Museum Performance: Welcome to a Native Place
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Mt. Pleasant Library Baby Story Time
4:00pm - 6:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
WEDNESDAY (October 28)
9:00am - 7:00pm: Parklands-Turner Library Pumpkin Decorating Contest
10:00am - 10:30am: Southeast Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Takoma Park Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:00am - 10:30am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
10:00am - 11:15am: Benning 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
10:30am - 11:00am: American Indian Museum Baby Story Time Cradleboards and Crawlers
10:00am - 10:30am: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: Rosedale Recreation Center Family Story Time
10:30am - 11:00am: West End Library Family Story Time
10:30am - 12:00pm: Shepherd Park Library Family Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: National Museum of American History DC Public Library Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Takoma Park Library Baby and Toddler Story Time
10:45am - 11:15am: Tenley-Friendship Library Family Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: Rosedale Recreation Center Pumpkin Painting
11:15am - 12:15pm: Francis A. Gregory Library Family Play Hour
11:30am - 12:00pm: Chevy Chase Library Family Story Time
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Cleveland Park Library Strong Start Playgroup - with Multicultural Rehab
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
5:00pm - 8:00pm: Turkey Thicket Recreation Center Trunk or Treat Splash
5:30pm - 6:30pm: Lamond-Riggs Library A Not So Spooky Storytime
THURSDAY (October 29)
9:30am - 1:30pm: National Zoo Little Critters: Nature Play (at the Bird House)
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 - 11:30am: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Toddler Story Time
11:00am - 12:00pm: DC Air and Space Museum Story Time (timed ticket required; ask at the Welcome Center for the exact location of that day's story time)
11:30am: East City Bookshop Story Time
1:00pm - 1:30pm: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Baby Story Time
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Southwest Library Baby Story Time
1:30pm - 2:00pm: Takoma Park Library Baby Story Time
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)
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Because Science Craft: Skull Jewelry
3:30pm - 6:30pm: Benning Library Trunk-or-Treat
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Georgetown Library Outdoor Halloween Party
4:00pm - 5:00pm: Northeast Library Arts and Crafts
4:00pm - 5:30pm: Parklands-Turner Library Monster Mash Party
4:00pm - 6:00pm: The Explore! Kid's Maker Space (395 Ingraham Street NE) Kids Maker Space Activities
4:00pm - 7:00pm: Barry Farm Recreation Center MARS Halloween Bash 2026
4:00pm - 7:00pm: Southeast Library Kids Halloween Party
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Shepherd Park Library Arts and Crafts
4:30pm - 7:00pm: Capitol View Library Monster Mash Party
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Child's Play DC Game Night
6:00pm - 7:15pm: Banneker Recreation Center DPR Tennis Monster Smash
6:30pm - 8:00pm: Ridge Road Community Center Halloween Trunk or Treat
6:30pm - 8:30pm: Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens Spooky Scary Trick-or-Treat Event
6:00pm - 10:00pm: Labyrinth Board Game Night
FRIDAY (October 30)
9:00am - 9:30am: People’s Book Story Time
10:00am: Rock Creek Park Little Picnic in the Park with a Ranger at the Peirce Mill
10:00am - 11:30am: Postal Museum Story Time (meet in the historic lobby)
10:00am - 12:00pm: Tudor Place Trick or Treat at Tudor Place (Member Child: $15 | Non-Member Child: $20 | Accompanying Adult: $10)
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: 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
10:30am - 12:00pm: Air and Space Museum Story Time and Meet the Author! A Quilt Of Stars: Astronaut Karen Nyberg Stitches a Dream
11:00am - 1:00pm: Hardy Recreation Center Halloween Party at Hardy
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)
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Northeast Library Baby Story Time
4:00pm - 5:30pm: Bellevue Library Movie Matinee
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Because Science Craft Night
5:00pm - 7:00pm: Ketcham Recreation Center Ketcham Glow and Ghouls Bash
5:00pm - 8:00pm: Riggs LaSalle Recreation Center Riggs Halloween Bash 2026
5:00pm - 8:30pm: Benning Stoddert Community Center Halloween Costume Show Off and Spook Trail
6:30pm - 7:30pm: Lafayette-Pointer Park and Recreation Center Lafayette's Halloween Special
6:30pm - 8:30pm: Rosedale Recreation Center Halloween Trunk or Treat
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