Free & Frugal Family Fun May 30 – June 5

 

Family Fridays, Midtown Global Market, Minneapolis, 5 – 8 PM

Saturday, May 31
Discover Aviation Days, Anoka County Airport, 7 AM – 4 PM 

Spring Birding: The Basics, Cedar Lake Regional Farm, New Prague, 9 – 10 AM, $5

Brickmania Toyworks Open House, Minneapolis, 10 AM – 4 PM

Family Flicks, Theatres of Mall of America, 10 AM, Enchanted

IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas Exhibit, Historic Fort Snelling, 10 AM – 5 PM

Flint Hills International Children’s Festival, F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium, 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM, $5

 

 

Historic Train Depot Open Day, St. Louis Park, 7 – 8:30 PM

 

Summer Flower Anklet Craft, American Girl, 2 PM

Midtown Global Market Neighborhood Night, 5 – 8 PM

 

Brickmania Toyworks Open House, 5 – 9 PM

Barnes & Noble StorytimeBrickmania Open House, First Thursdays, 5 – 9 PM & 2nd Saturday 10 AM – 4 PM

Como Zoo (suggested donation) $3 adult/$2 child

F.A.N.tastic Saturday at Eagan Community Center, 5 – 9 PM, $3

Family Fridays, Midtown Global Market, Minneapolis, 5 – 8 PM
Fraconia Guided Tours, Sundays, 2 PM, FREE!Hennepin County Library Storytime, Book Clubs, and Events

Kids Bowl Free   Mastermind, Mold, and Make:Creativity Jam, Children’s Museum, St. Paul, 9 AM – 8 PM, $9.95/ticket or buy a membership (exhibit closes 9/7)

Mommy & Me Music Class, Teeny Bee Boutique, Thursdays, 3:30 – 4:15 PM, birth – 3 Play Date Wednesday, Teeny Bee Boutique, St. Paul, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Pottery Barn Kids Summer Reading Challenge (through 7/17)
Saturday Morning on the Gale Woods Farm, Minnetrista, 9:30 AM – 12 PM, all ages, $5 

Shrek the Musical (until 6/8)and The Cat in the Hat (until 7/20), Children’s Theatre, MinneapolisState Capital LEGO Model Display, State Capitol, St. Paul, 8:30 – 5 PM

Summit Avenue Walking Tours, James J. Hill House, St. Paul, 11 AM & 2 PM, $8 kids, $12 adults, discount for members

Sunday Guided Tour of Fraconia, 2 – 3 PM
Tail Time, Wild Rumpus, Mondays, 10:30 AM

St. Paul Public Libraries, events and classes

Toys of the 50s, 60s, & 70s, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, 10 AM-5 PM, $6 kids/$11 adults or buy a membershipHistoric Fort Snelling, Opening Weekend, Veterans receive free entrance on Memorial Day, 10 AM-5 PM, kids $6, adults $11 or buy a membership

Ultimate Dinosaurs, Science Museum of Minnesota, (runs until 8/24), kids FREE! (until 5/31) with paid adult

Walking Tours, St. Paul, 1st, 3rd, and 4th Wednesday, 10 AM

ADDITIONAL FAMILY FUN RESOURCES
Family Fun Twin Cities highlights several free family-friendly activities going on this weekend and also provides an on-going free calendar of activities each day.
Macaroni Kid is a great resource for finding kid-friendly events in your area.
MELSA Library Calendar makes it easy to find events at your local library (and they have much more than just reading-based activities)
PhenoMNal Twin Cities lists freebies and discounts for adults in the Twin Cities and maintains an events calendar, as well.
Thrifty Minnesota has an “events” category highlighting free and discounted activities for Minnesota folks.
Twin Cities Frugal Mom cherry-picks a wide variety of family-friendly events with her Deals & Events calendar.