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Grab & Go Kids Planner: Tea Time, Summer Camp, Hungry Caterpillars
Pick and choose from this week's array of family events.
Family best bets for the week ahead:
Why go: This is an opportunity to spend a special afternoon with just girls. Dress in your Sunday best, bring your daughter (six years old and up) and a favorite tea cup. Come for mini-sandwiches, tea and punch, cookies, bingo and a craft.
Where:
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When: 2 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $12 residents, $17 non-residents
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What else: RSVP by calling 248-451-1900 or visit westbloomfieldparks.org for more information.
Why go: It’s hard to pick a camp for the summer. Take your kids and browse through the camps West Bloomfield offers, meet camp directors, get sneak previews of camps, participate in activities and win door prizes.
Where:
When: 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday
Cost: Free
What else: For more information, call 248-865-6462 or visit wbsd.org
Maple’s Sweet Story
Why go: It’s your last weekend to take a guided tour of the sugar bush, see the process of tapping the trees and boiling the sap to make maple syrup. Treat your kids to a peek behind the grocery shelves.
Where: Kensington Metropark Farm Center, 2240 West Buno Rd., Milford
When: Guided tour: 12-2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Self-guided tour: after 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Cost: Guided tour: $3 adults, $1 seniors and children (3-12 years), younger than 3 are free
What else: For more information, call 248-685-1561 or visit metroparks.com
Arts & Scraps
Why go: It’s a shopper’s paradise, especially if you like doing projects with your kids or grandkids. Fill a grocery bag, choosing from more than 300 recycled industrial scraps. Or come to make things and learn in six different stations.
Where: 16135 Harper Ave., Detroit
When: Open hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. Arts & Scraps also offers group field trips, birthday parties and a ScrapMobile service that will come to your festival.
Cost: Free admission for shopping, $7 / bag. $3 / person admission if making things at stations or get a Museum Adventure Pass from your library for four to make things for free.
What else: For more information, call 313-640-4411 or visit artsandscraps.org
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'
Why go: The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia retells Eric Carle’s books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Little Cloud and the Mixed-Up Chameleon on stage in black light.
Where: Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, 350 Madison Ave., Detroit
When: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday
Cost: $20 adults, $10 children
What else: For more information, call 313-887-8500 or visit musichall.org
