Kid Baltimore | Family Activities with Children in Baltimore, Maryland

Homemade Bread in Five Minutes A Day

2009-11-08T21:54:45-05:00

Will someone please tell me why there are 30 ingredients in my store-bought bread? I'm trying, really hard, to feed my family healthy food. I really am. But I am starting to realize that the bad stuff sneaks in, no matter what I buy. I suppose I brought this on myself. I had just finished reading In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto , by Michael Pollan, and then I foolishly followed it up with King Corn , starring Michael Pollan (again) and Ian Cheney. So let's just say I have been operating on Michael Pollan overload. Still, both the...

Boo...

2009-10-31T15:00:19-04:00

Two of my three children happily settled for off-the-shelf costumes this year: an angel and Ironman. Hardly creative, but functional. The third one wanted to be an octopus. Hmmm... I started picturing my late night sewing session with too many appendages and got a little queasy, but then I realized that she was perfectly capable of handling this one herself, with just a little guidance from me. She made the pattern for the legs and cut them out of fleece. Then she machine stitched them, right sides together, turned them inside-out and stuffed them. My only contribution, aside from buying...

Shake Rattle & Roll Event

2009-10-15T20:32:57-04:00

WHEN: Saturday, Oct 24th, 2009, 12:30–3:30 pm WHERE: Luckie’s Tavern at Power Plant Live 34 Market Place, Baltimore MD General Admission: Adults $28 / Children (ages 3–12) $15 / Children under 2 Free VIP Admission: Meet the band before the show. Adults $40/ Children (ages 3-12) $25 Order Tickets at www.bcaci.org/milkshake All proceeds go to support BCAC. A great event and a great cause. Just in case you haven't had your Milkshake fix lately, you can still get tickets for Shake Rattle & Roll, featuring a Live Concert by Milkshake plus Halloween Costume Contest, Pumpkin Bowling, Pumpkin Painting, Karma Dogs,...

Apple Picking at Baugher's

2009-10-13T11:42:07-04:00

When we pulled into the drive at Baugher's to pick apples, I was honestly shocked. Never underestimate the power of the apple. Cars were lined up all the way back to the road, and scouts were directing traffic. All this for apples? I mean, I love a good apple, but really? Then I realized, it's not just about apples. It's apples, pumpkins, hayrides, apple butter, kettle corn and even a petting zoo, all wrapped up in one. Well, maybe for the rest of the crowd, but for me, it's about the apples, so outta my way. We headed to stand...

Fall Harvest Festivals

2009-10-13T11:40:21-04:00

There are lots of great Fall Festival's going on this weekend. Two that definitely sound like fun are the Harbor Harvest and Harbor East's Fall Harvest Fest. Both are FREE and both have lots of kid-friendly activities. _______________________________________________ Saturday, October 17, 2009 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. HARBOR EAST'S FALL HARVEST FEST Harbor East celebrates autumn’s bounty and the season’s best shopping and dining with Harbor East’s Fall Harvest Fest. Musical entertainment will include The Crawdaddies from 11 am to 1 pm; Mambo Combo from 1:30 to 3:30 pm; and the Junkyard Saints from 4 to 6 pm. Throughout the...

Kids' Cooking Class

2009-10-07T19:40:11-04:00

WHAT: Kids' Cooking Class with Chef Diane WHERE: Green Spring Station WHEN: Saturday, October 10, 2:30-4:00 pm Saturday, November 21, 2:30-4:00 pm I'm a big fan of kids learning to cook. Such a big fan, that I often turn my own kid loose in the kitchen to prepare meals now that she is the ripe old age of 10. Yes, I hover close by for anything that involves heavy lifting or high temperatures, but she is in charge. For her cooking days, she plans the meal, writes the grocery list and does most of the cooking herself. I have to...

Leonardo Da Vinci — The Genius

2009-10-01T21:25:41-04:00

I stopped by the Maryland Science Center for a sneak peek at their new show Da Vinci — The Genius, which opens Saturday October 3, 2009 and runs through January 31, 2010. While this is a very grown-up show, they also have kid-friendly activities. My favorite parts are the working models that are marked with a "please touch gently" symbol. The intricately built models show Leonardo's sketches for mechanical studies in real life, with cranks that turn and pulleys that lift. There is even an example of one of his military inventions, an emergency bridge, where kids will be able...

The Violin

2009-09-28T22:07:20-04:00

A while ago, I mentioned in passing, to my parents, that my daughter was thinking about playing violin for orchestra in 5th grade. "Oh, we have your grandpa's old violin. We'll give it to you," they said. And then added, "It may need some work." Grandpa played violin? I missed that. I like to think that I knew him well. I knew he was a brilliant electrical engineer. I knew he grew countless varieties of African violets under fluorescent lights in the basement. I knew he could make anything and everything out of wood, from candlesticks, to dollhouses (that one...

October is Kids' Month

2009-09-25T21:40:55-04:00

Thanks to The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, October is chock full of family-friendly activities. There are too, too many activities to list, so go check out the Kids Love Downtown Baltimore website. Many events are free or discounted. My favorite picks? The Lexington Market Chocolate Festival. Hey, everyone needs a little chocolate. Or the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Shaolin Warriors theatrical production.

Maryland Farms Roundup

2009-09-25T21:30:03-04:00

Since I have had kids in three different preschools for the last eight years, I was pretty sure I had visited every farm known to mankind, or momkind, at least in Maryland. There are the annual pumpkin patch trips (where the temperature magically drops 40 degrees), the petting farm trips (three cheers for hand sanitizer), the apple/peach/whatever picking trips (I need to work on saying "no" to produce), the corn maze (please let me find the way out before my kid loses it). I can't even blame preschool for many of them. The ugly truth is that I can't pass...