Connecting Moms in Fredericksburg, Virginia and Surrounding Areas
Connecting Moms in Fredericksburg, Virginia and Surrounding Areas
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Looking for fun things to do in Fredericksburg, VA with kids? Our event calendar is your guide for family-friendly events, local activities, and community happenings in Fredericksburg, Stafford, and Spotsylvania. From festivals and outdoor concerts to library storytimes and weekend events, there’s always something happening. Check back often because we’re constantly updating with new local events for families!
Snead's Farm is open daily from 9 to 6 (last entry 4:45) through November 1 with hayrides, a corn maze, mountain slides, sunflower picking, a helicopter playhouse, a straw barn with rope swings, the Whispering Pines play forest, sand piles, farm animals, and creekside trails.
Downtown businesses dress up their storefronts with themed scarecrows for the whole month of October.
Round Hill Farm celebrates 30 years of fall fun with a tractor-drawn hayride to the pumpkin patch, a six-acre corn maze with a scavenger hunt, rides, farm animals, live entertainment, and food.
Messick's fall festival runs Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm through October 25, with a bonus day on Monday, October 12.
Homecoming Spray Tan Special – Sunless Radiance Get ready for Homecoming with a custom spray tan from Sunless Radiance in Spotsylvania! For a…
Pick up a trail pamphlet at the Visitor Center, then hike the upper Long Pond Trail past spooky decorations and fun stops about local history and wildlife.
Load up the car and follow the map to the spookiest decorated houses around Culpeper, best viewed from 7 to 9 pm nightly.
Thirteen rubber ducks are hiding in shop windows between the 600 and 900 blocks of Caroline Street, and kids can hunt for them all.
Kids can search for ghosts hidden around the Youth Services area and earn a small prize for finding them.
Tour a Civil War cavalry camp with wedge tents, replica gear and live horses, then watch narrated horseback training demonstrations.
The Long Family Markets Stafford Farmers Market hosts a "Howl"oween Party with a howling contest, games, and prizes.
The county's new Sunday market brings local farmers and makers to Spotsylvania Courthouse, a relaxed spot to pick up fall produce and treats with the kids.
Little naturalists can touch and smell real Virginia mammal pelts and skulls, then guess which animal each one came from.
The season finale of this festival fills the museum lawn with Thai street food, live performances and crafts.
X-Golf at Spotsylvania Towne Centre hosts a fall afternoon with face painting, in-store trick-or-treating, pumpkin putt-putt, a photo station, and a costume contest.
The Prince William Community Band plays an afternoon of festive Halloween music.
The Rouse Center parking lot fills with decorated trunks for an afternoon of trick-or-treating in North Stafford.
The Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra brings Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf to life, with each instrument playing a character, plus selections from Carnival of the Animals.
A family-friendly night of creative car trunks, candy, games, and more! Costumes are encouraged, and there will be plenty of activities for kids…
Little monsters can enjoy spooky story time, STEM activities, a craft, a scavenger hunt and a sensory bin.
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