Creative outlets will abound during the third annual Family Fine Arts Day, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 11 at the Community Recreation Center, 3000 Glenview Road, Wilmette.
You and your children, ages 3 and older, can paint with watercolors or acrylics or work in mixed media. There will also be DIY stations throughout the building where you can create candles or magnets or work with plaster and charcoal.
Julie Nichols, Wilmette Park District’s Center for the Arts Supervisor, said the event was created to encourage “families to come out and get messy, try new mediums and make art with materials and supplies they may not have at home.”
Nichols noted that the event provides “a wonderful combination of staff-led projects and volunteer-assisted do-it-yourself stations that results in approximately a dozen opportunities for each child.”
The cost is $9.25 per child for residents; $11.25 for nonresidents. Registration is required. Kids receive event t-shirts.
For details, call (847) 920-3927 or go to www.wilmettepark.org.
Give back at the Grove
Your family can help keep the Grove beautiful by volunteering to help on Restoration Work Day, 9 a.m. March 4 at 1421 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview. You will collect seeds and remove nonnative invasive plants. Bring work gloves if you have them.
For details, call (847) 724-5670 or go to www.glenviewparks.org.
Unplugged fun
Enjoy an afternoon away from electronic devices during ScreenBreak at the Wilmette Historical Museum, 609 Ridge Road, 1-3 p.m. March 5. Drop-in for free fun including old-fashioned toys and games, a craft project and a scavenger hunt around the exhibits. The event is in conjunction with the Alliance for Early Childhood’s 23rd Annual ScreenBreak.
For details, call (847) 853-7666 or go to www.wilmettehistory.org.
Pizza primer
You and your children, ages 4-10, will learn how natural ingredients used in pizza are grown during a Pizza Party, 9:30-11 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m. March 25 or April 2 at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe. They will plant an herb container garden. The cost is $19.20 per child for members; $24 for nonmembers. Registration is required.
For details, call (847) 835-8261 or go to chicagobotanic.org/education.
Perfect for preschoolers
There will be music, movement and fun for you and your child, ages 2-4, at Wiggleworms Music for Kids, 10:30-11 a.m. March 7 at Northbrook Public Library, 1201 Cedar Lane. The class will be led by an instructor from the Old Town School of Folk Music.
For details, call (847) 272-6224 or go to www.northbrook.info
