Happy Weekend Modern Boca Moms & Dads! Here are all of the great MBMom-recommended Boca kids activities & weekend family fun in South Florida for January 6- January 8, 2017! Happy New Year!
Weekend Family Fun in South Florida
Friday, January 6th:
Register Your Baby (Only 1 Spot Left!) or Toddler for “Modern Boca Mommy & Me at Grandview Preparatory School!
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The New Year has arrived, which means it’s time to register your child for the“Modern Boca Mommy & Me” January-May session at Grandview Preparatory School in east Boca Raton!
We have Spring 2017 class passes for toddlers (strong walkers-age 3) and babies (6 weeks-walking) available and rotate between educational yoga, movement/dance and music classes!
$15 per class. We hope to sing, dance and move with you this season!
More details/schedule/registration HERE.
336 Spanish River Blvd. NW
Boca Raton
See Shakespeare in the Park…Mizner Park
Watch a special presentation of “The Merchant of Venice” by Shakespeare Miami that includes a cast of actors, period costumes and original music!
DATE/TIME: January 6-7th @ 8:00 p.m. and January 8th, 6:00 p.m.
COST: FREE
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Boca Raton
Saturday, January 7th:
Enjoy Story Time and the Big Cat Race-Save the Panther 5k at the Palm Beach Zoo!
DATE: January 7th
TIME: 7:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.
COST: More information here!
Registration for the 2017 BIG CAT RACE SERIES and single race registration for the January 7th Save The Panther 5k is now open!
Our state animal, the Florida panther, is one of the most endangered animals on earth. It’s estimated that there are between 100 and 180 left in the wild. Net proceeds from this race help fund our partnership with the Florida Wildlife Corridor, an organization working to protect Florida panthers and their dwindling habitat.
Every runner gets a tech-style, short-sleeve, polyester, running shirt available in men’s and women’s sizes.
Story Time
DATE: January 7th
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
COST: Zoo Admission
Story Time: Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
This popular event takes place at the Zoo’s Conservation Station by the Safari Train and the Wildlife Carousel. Story Time at the Zoo is geared towards encouraging children to connect with wildlife through reading, and it is included in the cost of Zoo admission.
1301 Summit Blvd
West Palm Beach
Art-e-ology-Wendy Wischer: Dazzling Art Forms
DATE: January 7th
TIME: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
COST: Free for children who are Museum Members; $5 all other children.
Hands-on children’s program for grades 3–5. Reservations required at www.bocamuseum.org/programs-events/families or call 561.392.2500, ext. 105.
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton
See “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at Showtime Performing Arts Theatre in Boca Raton!
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DATE: Saturday January 7th, 14th
TIME: 4:00 p.m.
COST: $10 children (under 12), $14 adults
Join the Peanuts Gang when Charlie Brown attempts to restore the real meaning of Christmas with a forlorn little fir tree. First shown as an animated television special in 1965, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS has been part of the holiday tradition ever since. The stage adaptation was completed in 2013.
Limited Seating. Reservations Highly Recommended! Reserve tickets for these shows here!
503 SE Mizner Blvd., Royal Palm Place
Boca Raton
Sunday, January 8th:
Celebrate the Japanese New Year at Oshogatsu at the Morikami
The New Year is Japan’s most important and celebrated holiday. Oshogatsu, Morikami’s traditional New Year’s Festival, offers entertainment and games, many surrounding the theme of each year’s Japanese zodiac.
4000 Morikami Park Rd
Delray Beach
ARTful Adventure Sunday- Gilded Painting at the Boca Raton Museum of Art
DATE: January 8th
TIME: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
COST: $5 per family
Hands-on family program for all ages. $5 per family. Call 561-392-2500 or visit www.bocamuseum.org.
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton
Make & Take at Sugar Sand Park
DATE: January 8th
TIME: 11:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m.
COST: $5 per craft (drop-in)
Ages 5 and up
This Month: Magic Slime
Magic and chemistry collide, as kids concoct their own batch of color-changing slime. Supplies are limited so arrive early.
300 S. Military Trail
Boca Raton
Palm Beach International Polo Season has arrived!
DATE: January 1 – April 23, 2017
TIMES/COST: Palm Beach International Polo Season
The “sport of kings” once again makes its annual visit to The Palm Beaches at the International Polo Club Palm Beach, bringing an entire season of exciting competition, highlighted by the US Polo Open.
This awesome weekly Sunday afternoon event will be the epicenter of social activity, as many of the world’s finest competitors come to compete!
Read about our experience HERE.
3667 120th Ave S
Wellington
Check Out the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium- Our Body: The Universe Within Exhibit
DATE: Through April 23, 2017
TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.*
COST: Admission to the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium during Our Body: The Universe Within is $16.95 for adults, $12.95 for children ages 3 to 12 and $14.95 for seniors aged 60 and older. Science Center members and children under 3 are free.
Our Body: The Universe Within, the Science Center’s seasonal blockbuster exhibition is open to the public! Appropriate for all ages, Our Body literally goes “under the skin” to reveal the mysteries of human anatomy. Visitors will tour three-dimensional human bodies, specimens and organs, which were preserved using a process known as polymer impregnation.
More details about this family fun in South Florida HERE.
4801 Dreher Trail North
West Palm Beach
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