Category Archives: kids ‘burgh

Elvis the Penguin, Brett Keisel, Books and Kids

Well this is a whole lot of random fun wrapped into one event. The Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley is hosting this event to collect books and money for the Homeless Children’s Education Fund. Penguin Bookshop Children’s Festival Satruday, July 16 2011 10:00 am Location: 420 Beaver St, Sewickley, Pennsylvania 15143-1502 With special more

LEGO Kidsfest, Wawadoo and Play Unplugged

Lego Kids Fest Comes to Pgh This Weekend – Win Tickets!

Who doesn’t love Legos? Possibly one of the greatest toys ever made – and I have been thinking about them recently – Swiss-Miss, a design blog based in NYC, recently posted this photo of Lego walls. And I want to share this photo with you, because it is awesome and brings together Legos and Bon Jovi. This was in the window of S.W. Randals on Forbes more

Happy Birthday Theodor Seuss Geisel

I just got this email from the WQED education email list about a Dr. Seuss birthday party at the Children’s museum this weekend.  I love that there always seems to be a birthday party to celebrate in this town – did anyone go to the Toonseum or this case the Tunaseum to celebrate Charlie the Tuna’s big 5-0 birthday last Saturday? But this more

Pittsburgh Parking Chair Day at the Children's Museum

Image by Funky Dung via Flickr Thanks to the folks at The Cotton Factory for tipping us off to this oh so Pittsburgh event (they are also the founders of the Facebook Group for The Parking Chair). Stop by the Children’s Museum on Saturday between 10am and 3pm to watch artists decorate Praking chairs and play some musical chairs too. Pittsburgh more

KazooFest

Image via Wikipedia Free family fun from the good fun loving folks at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh! Fourth Annual Oakland KazooFest Saturday, January 30, 2010 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Kazoos will be provided, but you may BYOK (Bring Your Own Kazoo) if you wish. We’ll practice our standard repertoire then open the program to requests. ANYONE can more

Kidsburgh – Campfire Building

Image via Wikipedia I am going to see if I qualify for the kids age range because I would like to participate in this activity too. Venture Outdoors has an activity this weekend to help you stay warm outdoors – Campfire building. Think you can start a campfire with just one match? Prove it! We’re going to break this course down into three sections: more