Local events for kids Week of June 22

Local events for kids Week of June 22

• Michaels; Passport to Imagination Come Craft  every Mon-Weds-Fri, 10am until noon, $2 per workshop, ages 5-12 years old
• Cobb, Free Summer Kids Movies, June 24-25-26 at 10 am, doors open at 9:30 am; This week showing Epic and Free Birds
• Cinemark Summer Movie Clubhouse, June 24 at 9:30 am showing The Croods, $1 per movie or $5 for all ten movies if bought in advance
• Mulberry Library; Lego Bots activity for Elementary, Tuesday, 6/24 at 11am, for Preschool with storytime, Robot crafts on Wednesday, 6/25 at 10:30 am and for Teens and Tweens on Thursday, 6/26 at 1 pm with Dr. Who Trivia game, Friday, June 27 at noon-Lego Free Play and at 1 pm the Lego Movie
• Bartow Library; June 25th at 10:30 am The Wonderful World of Bats (meet some live bats and learn why they are important to the health of our ecosystem and Thursday June 26th from 4:30-5:30 pm Family Book Discussion: The Silver Chair (pre registration required) for 9-12 year olds, Saturday, June 28th, 10 am until 11am: Paws to Read-Come read to Charlie the Therapy Dog and receive a free book
• Lakeland Library Summer Program at Lake Mirror Center Presents Giving Tree Music "Drum Circle", Friday, June 27 at 10 am
• Larry R. Jackson Library Summer Program at Simpson Park Community Center Presents Bits N Pieces Puppet Theatre (Marionette Show), Thursday, June 26 at 10:30 am 
• Auburndale Public Library At the Auburndale Civic Center, Tuesday, June 24 at 2pm "Out of my hands" Juggling and Illusion Show
• Auburndale Public Library at the library:  Wednesday, June 25, 10 am Children's programs- RU Curious?,  Thursday, June 26 at 10:30 am Preschool-Color My world and at 5:30 pm Tweens and teens- Forensics: CSI techniques
• Winter Haven Library: Tuesday, June 24 at 10:30 am- Performer: Miz Daisy; Registration required at whplyouth.eventbrite.com

Michaels Passport to Imagination Museum Road Trip

Our "100 things to do this Summer" List is complete

Our Summer List is complete and hanging up ready for school to be out for the summer. We are ready for some lazy days and some days free of lunchboxes, homework and projects. Can't wait to have lazy pj and movie days and do some projects we have been putting off since Christmas like using my son's Rock Tumbler. We also look forward to seeing friends that we don't see much during the school year and planning some day trips to check out local sites that are only open during the summer like Lake Eva Aquatic Center or we haven't been to before. Also, we always take advantage of the FREE summer movies and all the great summer programs offered at our local libraries.
Stay tuned to my blog for more fun ideas for summer activities and to see how many of our 100 things we actually accomplish (last year we did 85 out of 100)!

The Countdown to Summer is ON!!!

I can't believe how fast this school year has gone. In just a few short weeks I will have a 7th grader and (2) 4th graders.  YIKES!  Once again, my thoughts are about what to do to occupy my boys this summer so they don't say, "I'm bored" all day and so they don't stare at a screen all day. They are hitting an age where lots of the FREE community programs may not be right for them so I am going to challenge myself to continue to come up with FRUGAL activities to share on my blog that appeal to all ages. 
In addition, to the usual Free or reduced movies and bowling and Library programs  I am planning some day trips to see some sites around our area so I will be sharing those ideas with you as well. 

I can't wait to see what adventures my family can come up with this summer and can't wait to share them with you. Stay tuned, as I start to post activities very soon as I am already researching and getting ideas together.