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 4/4/15:
Easter Bunny Fly-In
Cost: FREE
Description: This is one unconventional Easter event. Sure its got photo ops with the Easter Bunny, but he arrives in true style—on an airplane! And there is plenty to do post-meet-and-greet. With a bounce house, face painting and the kids can even run around inside a hot air balloon, before they watch a hot air balloon launch at 5:30 pm.
Location: Solberg Airport, 39 Thor Solberg Rd, Whitehouse Station, NJ
Time: Gates open at 1:30-2:00; Easter Bunny arrives at 3 pm
More Info: Easter Bunny Fly-In
Now You See It: The Art of Magic and Illusion
Cost: Museum admission is $10/adults, $7/children & seniors, and FREE for members
Description: Illusions are surprising and intriguing. They distort our senses and mystify our logical thinking. This mind bending exhibition explores how the human mind can be fooled through optical illusions, a magician’s sleight of hand, and an artist’s distortion of perspective. More than 20 different hands-on, interactive stations will invite visitors to test the boundaries of clarity and confusion. Artists, magicians, and illusionists have been tricking the human eye for centuries. From the trompe l’oeil paintings of the Baroque period, to the Op-Art illusions of the 20th century, artists have distorted the viewer’s perception to create masterpieces of illusion. Magicians, using “sleight of hand” in the same way artists use hue, value, and perspective, have delighted spectators with seemingly impossible tricks. Similarly, contemporary illusionists have harnessed technology and animation to augment reality in logically defying ways. This exhibition will invite visitors to explore how these visual stunts distort perception.
Location: Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ
Time: 11 am – 5 pm
More Info: Now You See It: The Art of Magic and Illusion
Sunday 4/5/15:
Bunny Chase At Terhune Orchards
Cost: FREE
Description: Celebrate the arrival of spring at Terhune Orchards’ Bunny Chase on Easter weekend. Spring has sprung at Terhune Orchards! The farm animals are enjoying spring in the pasture and the bulbs are blooming. Come for a free, fun event for all young ones and their families. Follow the treasure hunt clues and find our spring surprise at the end of the hunt! Wonderful for children ages 2 – 8 years. Each child can make a bunny to take home; everyone can enjoy a Terhune Orchards bunny cookie. Enjoy wagon rides around the farm and pony rides too. Hungry? Our Farm Food Tent will be filled with homemade goodies including donuts, pie, cookies, apple cider, soup, chili, salads, hot dogs and much more. Adults visit our Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery Tasting Room to sample our award winning wines made from grapes grown right here on the farm. Fun event for all ages. Celebrate the end of winter and the beginning of our spring season on the farm.
Location: Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, NJ
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
More Info: Bunny Chase At Terhune Orchards
Morey’s Piers Kicks-Off 2015 Season on Easter Weekend
Cost: FREE
Description: Morey’s Piers & Beachfront Water Parks, the classic seaside attraction located on the boardwalk of the Wildwoods, NJ, kicks-off its 2015 season with the grand opening of Mariner’s Pier on Saturday, April 4 and annual Easter celebration on Sunday, April 5. Families are invited to hop over to the pier starting at noon on Easter Sunday for special activities including pictures with the Easter Bunny from 1:00pm to 5:00pm at the Parents Pavilion located behind the Carousel. Children 12 years of age and younger can pick an Easter egg for a chance to win an assortment of fun prizes.
Location: Morey’s Piers & Beachfront Water Parks, 3501 Boardwalk, Wildwood, NJ
Time: noon – 6 pm
More Info: Morey’s Piers Kicks-Off 2015 Season on Easter Weekend
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!