Kick off fall With 14 Family Weekend Ideas
Friday
17th Annual Moms@Work Conference
Find a balanced approach to your busy life! Attend breakout sessions on work-life balance, stress management and family finances, plus, enjoy a continental breakfast, networking, exhibitors and a celebration of the Family-Friendly 50 Companies. Win up to $3,000 in door prizes! Featuring Sonja Gantt. Charlotte Convention Center, 501 S. College St.
Bug Ball
Dress up like your favorite bug and enjoy a bunch of games and activities. Parents stick around for a silent-auction for loads of goodies. Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, 6500 S. New Hope Road, Belmont.
Denver Days
Hang out with friends and family and enjoy food, family activities and more today and Saturday. Children with special needs are invited for a kids fun day, too! Downtown Denver, 3635 N. Hwy 16, Denver.
Mount Holly Arts and Music Festival
Live music, vendors, music and even a kids zone. Historic Downtown Mount Holly, 106 S. Main St., Mount Holly.
Saturday
Artfest of Matthews
Today and Sunday, enjoy a children’s hands-on art area with pottery lessons and lots of craft making. Matthews Town Green, 232 Matthews Station St., Matthews.
Back to HomeSchool Fair
Learn about the many opportunites that homeschool can offer your child. Activities include face painting. Beatties Ford Regional Library, 2412 Beatties Ford Road.
Day out with Thomas
An all-weekend affair! Make sure to bring your family and friends to enjoy a 25-minute ride on Thomas the Train, plus story telling, live music and activities for kids. NC Transportation Museum, 411 South Salisbury Ave., Spencer.
Jane Austen Tea and Fashion
Learn tea, fashion and etiquette customs. Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville.
National Family Empowerment Conference and Family Fest
Play in the kids corner and enjoy a family fashion show. Make sure to wear something that you love the most! Carole A. Hoefener Center, 610 E. 7th St.
The Giver
Watch the story of a young boy’s discovery of his world and destiny unfold on stage. Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, ImaginOn, 300 E. 7th St.
Sunday
Know Your Farms Tour
Get to know your local farms and what they offer. Pack a cooler and load it up with farm-fresh goodies at 13 area farms.
Early American Cornhusking
Learn about corn and how the early settlers made it a nourishing and useful crop. The Schiele Museum, 1500 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia.
PWS Consignment Sale
Shop for infant and children’s clothing, room decor and maternity wear. All items are gently used at affordable prices. First Presbyterian Church Gastonia, 1621 E. Garrison Blvd.,Gastonia.
Sunday Fun Day: Dots, Dashes and Paint Splashes
Make fun painting projects and draw outside the lines at this kid-centric event. Mint Museum Uptown, 500 S. Tryon St.
If you need more ideas, find them in our daily calendar.
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