Weekend Guide: What to do in Edmonton with Kids January 27-29, 2023
Things to do in Edmonton this weekend with Kids
Friday
Friday Night Snow Tubing
Hit up the Hill at Sunridge for Friday Night Snow Tubing! Friday night is Hops on the Hill with live music, snow tubing and a new brewery to sample, every week. It’s the perfect time to hit the chalet while the kids snowtube down the hill (no tickets are required for guests not tubing)
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Try Ice Carving at Ice on Whyte
Watch our resident carvers in action in Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park Jan. 27 - 29, 2023. While you’re there, you can try your hand at chiselling and carving yourself! Try your hand at carving some ice with our chippers ice carving lessons. You’ll get a hands-on instruction, safety gear, and your very own piece of carving ice. Chippers are first come, first served. Safety gear and tools provided. There are no set class times and we will run the program from opening to closing in Dr. Wilbert McIntrye Park January 27 – 29, 2023
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Saturday
FREE: Try Ultimate Frisbee
This Winter, EUPA will be hosting a free monthly pick-up clinic for youth! They invite you to join us on the below dates to play ultimate, develop skills, and have fun! Bring friends of any skill level that would be interested in playing Ultimate to join the fun for these inclusive and welcoming youth clinics. These sessions will be opened to ages 10 to 17 years old. There is no previous experience required, everyone is welcome!
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NERF Wars at Sherbrooke Hall
Everyone loves a NERF war! This Saturday, join in at Sherbrooke Hall for a fun Saturday afternoon NERF war. Enjoy a break from being locked inside your house to being inside the Community Hall, so much room to run, hide and win!
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City of Edmonton Play Rangers: Showshoes and Snow Forts
Get outside for rotating activities, at rotating playgrounds throughout the city. City of Edmonton Play Rangers is back for the winter session and is getting your whole family outside with activities like tobogganing, snow fort building, and fire making. Programs are facilitated by local leaders to engage the kids in winter play.
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Snowshoe and Stargaze at Elk Island Park
Come take part in two unique experiences at Elk Island National Park: snowshoeing and stargazing! A short guided snowshoe hike around the shore of Astotin Lake keeps you floating atop the snow while stars twinkle overhead. With a park interpreter and Orion as your guide, gaze up into a sky full of stars and learn to navigate the night sky of the Beaver Hills Dark Sky Preserve. Without the glow of city lights you’ll see more than you knew existed!
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Duggan and Rideau Park Winter Festival
Get outside and enjoy a Saturday afternoon to celebrate winter in the Duggan community, because it’s Winter Park Festival season. You’ll take part in skating, tobogganing and winter fun to work up an appetite, with doughnuts and hot cocoa when you’re finished!
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See a $2.99 Movie on the Big Screen
This weekend at Cineplex Family Favourites, the $2.99 Saturday morning movie, you can watch Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank - Family Favourites, with the kids. It’s a fun way to bring the kids to the movies, on the cheap, and see classics on the big screen.
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Winter Celebrate at Caernarvon Hall
Drop in for some free family fun. Outside you will find snowshoes, skating, snow painting, and more. You can warm up at the fire pit, or head inside for hot chocolate and chili before decorating a cookie, creating a bird feeder, or a number of other fun indoor activities.
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Movie Night at McLeod
Watch Minions: The Rise of Gru. Doors will open at 5:30 and the movie will start at 6. There will be a concession but you can bring your own snacks too! Bring something to sit on - a blanket, a bean bag chair, we've even seen air mattresses! We look forward to seeing you!
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Sunday
Family Sunday at The Oil Kings Game
Visit the Oil Kings home games on Family Sunday for a fun afternoon out with the whole family! There are games, meet and greets and special experiences during a Sunday home game. Tickets start at $20 for an inexpensive weekend outing with the whole family!
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Free Skate Rentals at City Hall with Swing Dancing Lessons
As part of Winter City Weekends here in Edmonton, you can take advantage of skate rentals (free) at City Hall, with programs like swing dancing lessons (indoors), music broadcasted outdoors, or live entertainment at the rink on Friday nights. Get out for a skate this weekend!
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Get Sketching! Youth Comic Jam
A comic jam is a creative process where one or more comics artists collaborates on drawing or painting one single comic. Often the process is that one artist creates the first panel or page, and then another artist creates the second, and a third does the next, and so on. There is no script that the artists work from, and the content of the comics is improvised. You will need to bring a pen and pencil (or a few), an eraser, and a sketchbook.
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Free Kids Makebreak at Michaels
Visit your local Michaels store on Sunday afternoon for a Makebreak event where kids can take part in crafts every week, for free. It leaves the mess out of your space, and encourages kids to get creative with new themed activities every week.
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