All summer long (insert eye roll here since there's still snow in my yard) I'll be posting on Fridays about the cheap fun we find here in Colorado, and what may be available in your area.
A few weeks ago I read about a free festival at the JCC (that's the Jewish Community Center for you shiksas out there) in Colorado Parent magazine. Since Mr. Greenhab is Jewish (or "Jewish-ish" as I tease - he hasn't been to temple since his bar mitzvah about a hundred years ago) I decided we should go.
Entry to the festival was free. Rides were a buck, or $5 for unlimited rides. I was going to buy the kids a few tickets each, but Mr. G sprang for the unlimited rides. He said something about contributing to "his people".
There was an area where you could pet snakes, turtles and lizards~
(No turtles were harmed here. They can actually carry up to 150 lbs and the owner was trying to prove the point.)
A petting zoo with sheep, a donkey and rabbits~
They had a "Jew-grass Band", magician, balloon artists, several people painting faces, Science Matters was doing experiments, kids were making rockets and launching them, the Butterfly Pavilion did a demonstration and there was a helicopter landing.
The kids got to sit in the helicopter~
And ride a train~
There were arts and crafts, a rock wall to climb and two jumpy castles. The icing on the cake was the free snacks: Udi granola, bananas, organic milk, bagels and cream cheese, organic cheese puffs, juice and coffee (Helloooo free lunch, nice to see you my friend!).
So for $15 we had an entire day of fun, Marc "gave back to his people", we had a free lunch, and the kids felt like they spent the day at Disneyland.
Can't beat that...but we'll try. Come back next Friday for more frugal fun!
1 comments:
We find free family-centric festivals from time to time here too. Now the weather's warming up, it's almost time for them to start up again!!! YAY!
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