Tuesday, October 2, 2012

some more distractions....


Foothills Art Center SCFD Family FREE Day!
809 15th Street
Golden CO
303-279-3922
footillsartcenter.org

Pumpkin Harvest Festival! All day event Location:
Four Mile Historic Park
715 South Forest Street
Denver CO

303-399-1859
fourmilepark.org

Enter a pie eating contest or win something yummy in a old-fashioned cake walk. Find the perfect pumpkin in the patch, create your very own scarecrow, listen and dance to old time music, play historic games or make a historic craft. Homemade caramel apples, authentic Native America fry bread and other goodies. Be sure to visit the mountain men and Native American encampment, take a horse-drawn ride and tour Four Mile House. There is a charge for pumpkins and some activities. FREE!

41st Annual Friends Craft Fair! Littleton Historical Museum
6028 South Gallup St.
Littleton CO

303-795-3950
littletongov.org/museum

Browse among 300 booths and eight food concession stands. Next to Ketring Park, the living history activities at the Littleton Historical Museum will be underway on the 1860's and 1890's farms. Visit the farms and discover life in the 19th century when hand made items were more common.

Fee: FREE!

Home Depot's Kids Workshops
09:00AM Location:
Participating Home Depots
homedepot.com/he workshops teach children do-it-yourself skills and tool safety, while at the same time helping to instill a sense of accomplishment. In addition to the newly constructed project kit, each child receives a kid-sized orange apron and an achievement pin. Call or stop in local HD to reserve a spot.

Fee: FREE!

GaGa for Garlic! All day event
Tagawa Garden Center
7711 S. Parker Rd.

303-690-4722
tagawagardens.com

New celebration of the garlic planting season!! Classes about cooking and growing garlic as well as some samples of locally made specialty foods made with garlic as a main ingredient!

Fee: FREE!

Pumpkin Fest! 10:00AM
Fairmount Park
5222 Quaker Street
Golden

prospectdistrict.org

FREE Pumpkins! FREE Pancakes! FREE Air Castle! FREE Live Music! FREE Hay Rides!

Fee: FREE!

Lowe's Build and Grow Kid's Clinics! 10:00AM
lowesbuildandgrow.com

Bring the kids into any Lowe's store and build a FREE wooden project. Each participant also receives a free apron, goggles, a project themed patch, and a certification of merit upon completion of their project. MUST pre-register! Call or visit your local Lowe's or register online.

Fee: FREE!
Rodents of Unusual Size Comedy Family Improv! 06:00PM
Puppet Theatre
3156 West 38th Ave.
Denver

303-717-1238
coloradoimprov.com

The Rodents offer free interactive family improv show the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of eah month at the Denver Puppet Theater. Shows are similar to the show "Whos Line is it Anyway?" in that suggestions come from the audience and the rest is made up on the spot.

Fee: FREE!

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