What’s Happening in NJ this Weekend
What’s happening in NJ this weekend? Here are some great free or inexpensive activities to do with your family over the weekend! It’s always nice to have a plan!
Saturday 2/21/15:
MAM Family Art Adventure
Cost: $15 per family
Description: MAM Family Art Adventure Third Saturday of the Month 2–3 p.m. $15 per family/$6 Family-level members and above Come to Montclair Art Museum for an hour-log, drop-in gallery program for children 5 and up and their adult companions. Explore and discuss artworks and engage in fun activities in MAM’s galleries and sculpture garden. Advance tickets are available online at montclairartmuseum.org, in The Store at MAM, or by calling 973-259-5137.
Location: Montclair Art Museum, 3 South Mountain Avenue, Montclair, NJ
Time: 2 pm
More Info: MAM Family Art Adventure
Make a Birdfeeder
Cost: $5 per person members; $7 per person non-members
Description: Birds are one of the best ways to connect with wildlife in and around your home. In this class we will learn how to make a birdfeeder from things we normally consider disposable, and we will even give you some seed so you can get started feeding the birds right away.
Location: Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner Road, Plainsboro, NJ
Time: 2 – 3:30 pm
More Info: Make a Birdfeeder
Sunday 2/22/15:
Rainforest Animals Program
Cost: $8/person; $6 MEC members
Description: Exploring Rainforests with “N.J. Batman” Joe D’Angeli – Designed to delight as well as to educate! Learn about the critical importance of protecting the world’s dwindling rainforests. Audiences will get to “explore” tropical rainforests of the world by getting up close and personal with live exotic rainforest animals from around the globe. Discover the importance of the tropical rainforest, its creatures, and why we must save the last rainforests and their inhabitants.
Location: Meadowlands Environment Center, Two DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, NJ
Time: 2 to 3 pm
More Info: Rainforest Animals Program
Happy Birthday, George!
Cost: $3.00 adults/age 13 and older; $2.00 age 3-12; free under age 3
Description: It’s time to celebrate the birthday of our first president! The program features facts (what exactly were his teeth made of), fiction (did he really cut down that cherry tree), portraits of his life, and other information. A simple children’s craft and limited tours of the museum are also included.
Location: Miller-Cory House Museum, 614 Mountain Avenue, Westfield, NJ
Time: 2 – 4 pm
More Info: Happy Birthday, George!
Be sure to check out NJ Family for even more Family Friendly activities. Feel free to add more events below to share with others. I love to see what’s happening in your neck of the woods 🙂 I would love to know what you’re doing!