Moving into December already! We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend spending time with your families! Time is not slowing down, if you haven’t already tackled those Christmas decorations, what are you waiting for? Lots of holiday activities will be starting up this week including a Chanukah storytime at Emmet O Neal. There is no shortage of opportunities to see Santa or do some holiday shopping! Have a great week!!
Be sure to check this page often throughout the week as it’s constantly updated!
It’s Not Our Fault if Your Kids are Bored!
Sunday November 28th
Santa Special Train Rides – Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
Santa rides the train with you! Tell him what you would like for Christmas as he greets passengers, poses for photos, and gives a special treat to each child. Bring your camera!
Trains depart at 11am and 2pm. Advance purchase recommended.
All coach seats $15 (2 years of age and older), Caboose $20, Locomotive $30, plus processing fee for each ticket. Admission to museum is Free. | Buy Tickets
Santas Lane – Summit
Capture the holiday magic with a free professional photo with Santa (in his sleigh in front of Belk). Every child will receive yummy cookies compliments of Bud’s Best Cookies.
10-11 am
Noon-4 pm
Barts Art Cart – Birmingham Museum of Art
The Museum is offering a new, fun, and free drop-in art program for kids and families. Visit Bart’s Art Cart in the main lobby to explore great art and create some of your own with the help of our Teen Volunteers. Each month will highlight a different gallery and feature a new art activity. Learn how to look at art with your child. Stop by and make art with Bart!
Scholastic Chess Club at Books-A-Million Brookwood Village
In our upstairs Kids Nook. Beginners are welcome, lessons
available, K-12, other mind sport activities are available such as
checkers and GO. Free to attend!
2PM – 5PM
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Monday November 29th
Toddler Tales- Emmet O’ Neal Library
Lapsit storytime with Ms. Traci.
Ages 24-36 months and a caregiver.
Registration required – call 879-0497 to register.
9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
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Tuesday November 30th
MOPS Meeting – Riverchase United Methodist
“Game Night” at Mothers Of Preschoolers (MOPS) for Expecting Mothers
thru to Mothers with preschoolers
6:30-8:30 pm
RSVP child care with Lynn 664-4531. http://riverchase.cc/mops.php
Together Time – Emmet O’Neal Library
Action-packed storytime with Ms. NayNay.
All ages. 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Storytime – Homewood Library
Join us for the fun of it! All ages welcome.
10:30am
Storytime – Barnes and Noble Summit
11:ooam
Education Celebration – Barnes and Noble Summit
Join us for a fun-filled hour of hands-on learning featuring our brand-new Barnes & Noble @ School section with educational toys and games.
11:30am
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Wednesday December 1st
Every Little Bottom – Diaper Drive Kickoff
Stay tuned for details on how you can help!
Family Story Time with Mr Mac – North Shelby Library
Storyteller Extraordinaire – Come join Mr Mac and his musical storytime complete with puppets! All Ages, no registration required.
10:45am
Storytime – Homewood Library
Join us for the fun of it! All ages welcome.
10:30am
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Thursday December 2nd
Holy Inappropriateness – We couldn’t find any special events happening in the Ham’ today! Check out something going on daily on our list below
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Friday December 3rd
Holiday Craft Bazaar – South Avondale and Forest Park
The 5th Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar is back & it is bigger & better than ever. December 3rd, 4th and 5th, crafters and artists will be setup in current businesses and empty retail spaces on 41st Street in Avondale as well as in Forest Park. Offering holiday gift items for the holiday and Christmas season shopper.
5pm – 9pm
Storytime Special: Chanukah Tales – Emmet O’Neal Library
All ages are welcome
9:30 a.m.
Santas Lane – Summit
Capture the holiday magic with a free professional photo with Santa (in his sleigh in front of Belk). Every child will receive yummy cookies compliments of Bud’s Best Cookies.
9-11am
Noon-4 pm
5-9 pm
Santa Special Train Rides – Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
Santa rides the train with you! Tell him what you would like for Christmas as he greets passengers, poses for photos, and gives a special treat to each child. Bring your camera!
Trains depart at 11am and 2pm. Advance purchase recommended.
All coach seats $15 (2 years of age and older), Caboose $20, Locomotive $30, plus processing fee for each ticket. Admission to museum is Free. | Buy Tickets
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Saturday December 4th
Holiday Craft Bazaar – South Avondale and Forest Park
The 5th Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar is back & it is bigger & better than ever. December 3rd, 4th and 5th, crafters and artists will be setup in current businesses and empty retail spaces on 41st Street in Avondale as well as in Forest Park. Offering holiday gift items for the holiday and Christmas season shopper.
10am – 4pm
Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic
You don’t want to miss this clinic! This is part one of a three part Train kit! Come back each weekend in December to build a new piece of the Train!
10am
Breakfast with Santa – North Shelby Library
Breakfast Buffet 9:00am-9:30am
Craft & Pictures with Santa: 9:30am-10:30am
Registration Required: $5.00 Fee per child due at time of registration
Breakfast with Santa – Village Tavern
Join us from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. for an event for the entire family.
Enjoy a delicious, hot breakfast, as well as art activities. Visit with Santa to
tell him what’s on your wish list, and let us capture the magic in a photo taken by
the fireplace. There’s also a special goody bag for the kids. The $15 ticket
benefits the Bell Center for Early Intervention Programs
Kids 2 and under are free. Call 967-0111 for more details.
Christmas Extravaganza – New Covenant Fellowship, Pinson
Visit vendor booths for crafts, unique gifts, home baked goods, custom monogramming, Alabama/Auburn paintings, family Christmas portraits, free entertainment and refreshments and much more!
Come shop in a “Winter Wonderland” while enjoying free entertainment and refreshments. Vendors will offer on site purchases while others will have custom ordering available also. Children 10 and under are admitted FREE – General Admission of $5.00 to benefit “Helping Hands Ministry”.
9am – 5pm
Holiday Faire – Alabama Waldorf School – Crestwood Neighborhood
Join us for HOLIDAY FAIRE!. Bring in the season with games, an international buffet and bake sale, live music, and vendors, featuring local artists, crafts, and handmade goods. Fun for the whole family!!
10am – 3pm
Santas Lane – Summit
Capture the holiday magic with a free professional photo with Santa (in his sleigh in front of Belk). Every child will receive yummy cookies compliments of Bud’s Best Cookies.
10-11 am
Noon-4 pm
Barts Art Cart – Birmingham Museum of Art
A new, fun, and free drop-in art program for kids and families. Visit Bart’s Art Cart in the main lobby to explore great art and create some of your own with the help of our Teen Volunteers. Each month will highlight a different gallery and feature a new art activity. Learn how to look at art with your child. Stop by and make art with Bart!
11am – 1pm
Helena Market Days/Farmers Market – Helena Amphitheater
8:00am – 12:00pm
Harvest and Holiday Market at Pepper Place
Autumn in Alabama means fresh-grown apples, pumpkins and squash for your fall meals. November markets will also bring hand-made gifts just in time for the Holiday Season!
7:00am – Noon
Santa Special Train Rides – Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
Santa rides the train with you! Tell him what you would like for Christmas as he greets passengers, poses for photos, and gives a special treat to each child. Bring your camera!
Trains depart at 11am and 2pm. Advance purchase recommended.
All coach seats $15 (2 years of age and older), Caboose $20, Locomotive $30, plus processing fee for each ticket. Admission to museum is Free. | Buy Tickets
Saturday Storytime at Barnes and Noble Summit
2:00pm
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Sunday December 5th
Holiday Craft Bazaar – South Avondale and Forest Park
The 5th Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar is back & it is bigger & better than ever. December 3rd, 4th and 5th, crafters and artists will be setup in current businesses and empty retail spaces on 41st Street in Avondale as well as in Forest Park. Offering holiday gift items for the holiday and Christmas season shopper.
11am – 4pm
Holiday Iron Pour – Sloss Furnace
Create that unique gift this holiday season: cast iron art!
Are you looking for a unique Christmas gift this year? Make a cast iron tile or a cast iron bowl.
Santa will also be at Sloss! Come have your picture made with the Jolly Old Saint! Each picture costs $10.
1pm – 4pm
Visit their site for more information on what you can make or to purchase tickets
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – Birmingham Children’s Theatre
What happens when the notoriously nasty Herdman kids show up at church group and volunteer to be the starring roles in the church’s annual Christmas Pageant? Only the BEST Christmas Pageant Ever! Experience the joy of the season with your family and begin a new Christmas tradition by attending BCT’s “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”, every member of the family will walk away with a good feeling and a wonderful lesson learned. Don’t miss this modern Christmas Classic as only BCT can tell it!
Recommended ages: 2nd to 8th Grades
2pm – 3pm – Child $8.00 Adult $10.00 | Buy Tickets
Barts Art Cart – Birmingham Museum of Art
The Museum is offering a new, fun, and free drop-in art program for kids and families. Visit Bart’s Art Cart in the main lobby to explore great art and create some of your own with the help of our Teen Volunteers. Each month will highlight a different gallery and feature a new art activity. Learn how to look at art with your child. Stop by and make art with Bart!
Scholastic Chess Club at Books-A-Million Brookwood Village
In our upstairs Kids Nook. Beginners are welcome, lessons
available, K-12, other mind sport activities are available such as
checkers and GO. Free to attend!
2PM – 5PM
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Open Daily
McWane Science Center
Winter Wonderland Exhibit
Brrrr! When the weather outside is frightful, McWane is so delightful! Come inside the museum this holiday season and let your imagination be your guide through the new Winter Wonderland exhibits where snowflakes glisten above your head and toy trains zip around the tracks. Inside this new holiday exhibit, wonder is in the air as children explore the snow room where everyday they can touch the “almost” snow! Kids’ laughter can be heard as they try to catch fish through the ice. Brave winter wonder seekers can even sled down a giant snow hill between the third and second floors in the museum. Then, skate around the ice pond in your slippery socks.
November 26th – January 2nd
MAGIC OF MODEL TRAINS EXHIBIT
November 6, 2010 – January 2, 2011
The holidays are picking up steam at McWane Science Center with the return of the Magic of Model Trains exhibit. Discover trains of every shape and size inside this popular exhibit which features over a dozen different train displays. Sets include several tiny trains that are built to scale with surrounding cities and scenes including the LG&W that depicts central Alabama in the 1950’s. Every set in the exhibit is designed to scale with the size of the trains. The meticulous detail of the scenery including covered bridges, downtown storefronts and of course, several train stations will keep your family entertained for hours!
Itty Bitty Magic City –
The Itty Bitty Magic City will be on display this summer in addition to The Adventures of Mr. Potato Head exhibit. The Itty Bitty City is a little bit smaller than usual, but favorite areas including the grocery store, Tot Spot area, crane, and factory are still in the city. The Itty Bitty Golf Course and a few other items were removed temporarily to make room for the new exhibit “The Adventures of Mr. Potato Head” that is also designed for an early childhood audience and they will return in the Fall.
NatureScope – Explore the great outdoors from inside the museum. McWane Science Center and the Birmingham Audubon Society are partnering to create a new exhibit called NatureScope. Explore the science of the birds and the bugs in this new area! Get up close and personal with some resident creepy crawlies! Learn what role insects play in our ecosystem with the decomposition chamber. Meet large bugs including emperor scorpions, a tarantula, and even a giant African millipede!
Animalopolis at the IMAX – ANIMALOPOLIS will take you on a voyage into the magical world of animals. A bit fanciful, a bit “Seussian” perhaps, a place of good natured humor, beauty and just plain fun for kids and their parents.
Birmingham Zoo
Lorikeet Aviary – Our Lorikeet Aviary has more birds than ever! Zoo guests can feed these exotic birds every day. You and your family will see these birds’ behavior as they eat nectar out of your hand.
Weekends 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
PELICAN FEEDING – A great way to see our pelicans in action is to witness them eating their favorite treats near the pelican boardwalk.
RHINO ENCOUNTER – Embark on an African adventure and experience one of the world’s most extraordinary animals, the Southern White Rhino. Watch from only feet away as our zookeepers engage in hands-on interaction with the animals inside their African-themed exhibit. Don’t miss this exciting encounter with one of the largest mammals on the planet!
Weekdays: 3pm – 3:30pm
Weekends: 11:30am – Noon & 3pm – 3:30 pm
GIRAFFE FEEDING – This up close and personal animal encounter is a memory you and your family will have for a lifetime.
Weekday: 11am – Noon
Weekends: 10am – 11am & 2pm – 3pm
Southern Museum of Flight
Earn Your Wings – Bring your little pilot and soar above the clouds in our little pilots room. Kids enjoy building aircrafts, flying kites, and more.
Museum Open Tuesday – Thursday
9:30am – 4:30pm
Do you have or know of an event you would like to have added to our weekly calendar? Please email us at contact@birminghammommy.com, subject line “Events Calendar” – We would love to hear from you!
