Weekend PhillyFun Picks For Kids -- July 18-20, 2014
There's fun for the whole family in Philly this weekend! Enjoy one of these kid-friendly happenings on this beautiful mid-summer weekend. -Jennifer Oxenford
Free Pizza Underground Performance and Pizza Party
The Oval
Eakins Oval
Philadelphia, PA
www.theovalphl.com/events/pizza-party
Head to The Oval on Friday, July 18th to celebrate America's beloved Friday night staple – pizza! Enjoy a performance by Macaulay Culkin's cover band, Pizza Underground, and then watch a screening of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. Plus, starting at 6 p.m., Pizza Hut will give away a free slice of pizza to the first 200 guests! Free.
Comcast SportsNet We Live Philly Sports Festival
Please Touch Museum
4231 Avenue of the republic
Philadelphia, PA
www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/play/programs/csnfest
Head to the Please Touch Museum this Saturday, July 19th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. for Comcast SportsNet We Live Philly Sports Festival. Meet your favorite mascots, including the Phanatic and SWOOP, and meet and greet with the Sixers Dancers, Flyers Alumni, and CSN On-Air personalities too. Wear your favorite team gear for the parade at 12 noon. Kids 14 and under get a free backpack. Free with museum admission. $17. Get a $2 off discount code by using the code use promo code: CSNfest at www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/CSNFest
Art Splash: Wonderful Weavings
Philadelphia Museum of Art
2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA
www.philamuseum.org/artsplash
Families can explore, create and play all summer long with the new Art-Splash program running Friday, July 18th – Sunday, July 20th. Kids and families get to "Meet the Masterpieces" all summer long as ten treasures from the museum's collection are featured and come to life through play and hands-on activities. Museum admission for kids 12 and under is always free. Adult admission $23.50.
Free Admission on Sunday Mornings
Brandywine River Museum
1 Hoffman's Mill Road
Route 1
Chadds Ford, PA
www.brandywinemuseum.org
Enjoy free admission to the beautiful Brandywine River Museum on Sunday mornings between 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Free.
Tree House Festival
Tyler Arboretum
515 Painter Road
Media, PA
www.tylerarboretum.org
Don't miss the Tree House Festival happening at Tyler Arboretum this Sunday, July 20th from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Celebrate all things trees as well as the animals that call trees their home, featuring a variety of birds and hawk and falcon shows, too. Plus try a hand climbing, enjoy pizza for sale and more. Free with admission. $11 for adults, $7 for children ages 3-17, free for under 3.
Jennifer Oxenford is a mother of two and the founder of phillyfun4kids www.phillyfun4kids.com your place to find free and mostly free things to do with your kids in and around this great city of motherly love. You can also follow phillyfun4kids on twitter at @phillyfun4kids and Facebook.
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