North Shore Kid Stories, Events, Activities, Camps and Recipes

The The Trustees of Reservations are hosting The Orchestra on the Hill for a Spring concert at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate! Celebrate Spring with a  delightful evening of concerto favorites performed at the beautiful Crane Castle with music by Mozart, Bach and Vivaldi.  Tickets are available at the door.

Here's a plant sale that will beautify your garden, help reduce your carbon footprint and benefit a local community organization that's dedicated to helping children! Come to Stage Fort Park to shop for perennials supplied by your neighbors to help fund programs through the Gloucester Education Foundation! This sale is organized by Generous Gardeners Inc.  a unique North Shore Business that  promotes philanthropy through gardening – check them out to swap or donate plants online!

MAC Blue Sky Adventure Camp invites all campers to pursue and achieve personal growth through group challenges and individual success. B.S.A.C is a uniquely designed program that uses outdoors as part of the adventure, whether hiking up to JD’s Peak or exploring areas around a bubbling stream there are always surprises around the bend. Every hike includes unique discoveries providing challenging and fun team building activities using Project Adventure elements hidden along the forest paths.

This fun and engaging exhibit explores the world of pop-up books through an amazing array of pop-ups on display as well as hands-on opportunities for you to make your own pop-ups, be a character in a giant interactive pop-up book, and an exploration of the history and mechanics of pop-up creations.

Every kid loves pizza and Prince Pizzeria has the perfect recipe for fun. That's why Prince Pizza has created their 'Make It Yourself' pizza party package! Children can assemble their own cheesy creations with a choice of 5 toppings on a "make your own" mini pizza.

The Pan-Mass Challenge Marblehead Kids Ride will be one of 35 PMC Kids Rides held in neighborhoods throughout New England and beyond. Through the PMC Kids Rides program, nearly 6,000 cyclists between the ages of two and 15 will ride between one and 26 miles in mini-bike-a-thons to raise money for cancer research.

Enjoy ongoing activities throughout the day at our 14th Annual Audubon Nature Festival. The entrance fee for the festival is $12 per car (members and nonmembers). Save a tree and get $2 off at the gate if you mention that you saw this online - no need to print out a coupon!

This summer, the Pan-Mass Challenge Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) Greater Newburyport Kids Ride will be one of 38 PMC Kids Rides throughout New England and beyond. The PMC Kids Rides program in 2012 attracted nearly 4,500 cyclists between the ages of 2 and 15, who rode between one and 26 miles in mini-bike-a-thons to raise money for cancer care and research.

Beverly Public Library  hosts their annual party on the library lawn at the Beverly Farms Branch.  Come for a fun afternoon that features entertainment by “Mike the Hatman”, lawn games for all ages, balloon hats and activities  for children, and cool summer refreshments. Learn about the  Summer Program for Children, “Dig Into Reading”. Fun for the whole family.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Beverly Farms Library. *The Lawn Party goes on rain or shine.*

Moms and families are invited to Maudslay State Park to celebrate Mother's Day! This flower walk is a perfect after-lunch walk with Mom and the park interpreter to learn about the fabulous flowers at Maudslay, one of the premier viewing locations in Massachusetts. Meet at the park headquarters on Curzon Mill Rd. Wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes.

The beloved annual Duckling Day Parade has become Boston’s most adorable Mother’s Day tradition, and that’s no lie. Children (and sometimes parents too) don duckling attire and retrace the route taken by Mama Mallard in Make Way for Ducklings (Viking Kestrel picture books) by Robert McCloskey. Each year our little ducklings flock to the Boston Common ready for an adventure. They are greeted by a magician, a juggler a face painter and others who are there to celebrate this special occasion. When the time comes the ducklings line up with their families and the parade begins. They march out of the Common down Beacon Street and take a stroll through Beacon Hill. If you haven’t seen it in person, just imagine waking up on Mother’s Day to hundreds of children dressed as ducks parading past your home. Did we mention this is Boston’s most adorable Mother’s Day tradition? It may even be the most adorable Mother’s Day tradition in the world. Others seem to agree.

Join watercolorist Brenda Sloane in a monthly program that combines nature and art. We will start with a walk on the sanctuary to observe the topic of the month. We will then return to the Nature Center to create a follow-up work of art.