Boston family events
Family-friendly events around Boston, MA: museum programs, shows, nature activities and more, Sep 25 - Oct 9, 2026.
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Free Admission at the Harvard Museum of Natural History10aWheels & Wings10aJeff Jam Sing-a-long18 more
10aLesley Ellis School Open House3pDrop-In Board Games3pBoston Teachers Union: Homework Help (Lower Mills)19 more
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Sunday, September 27 24 events
Fantastical Cardboard Forest9am to 4:30pm, day 3 of 3, Sep 25 to 27177 Main Street, Acton, MA 01720Walk under cardboard trees, skip along a cardboard river, and scramble over a cardboard hill in this temporary forest installation built by hand by Museum staff and local students, with materials available for visitors to add their own creative cardboard elements.discoveryacton.org
Pop Quiz: 1776 at the Harvard Museum of Natural History9am to 5pm, day 3 of 15, Sep 25 to Oct 926 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138A four-museum scavenger adventure across Harvard's museums uncovering surprising ways life at Harvard in 1776 was similar to and different from today.mommypoppins.com
Collecting Wonders: Tomorrow's Discoveries9am to 5pm, day 3 of 15, Sep 25 to Oct 926 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138Explore treasures from Harvard's 26-million-specimen collections, spanning billions of years of stone, bone, plant, animal, feather, and fossil.mommypoppins.com
Wheels & Wings10am to 2pmFree71 Airport Road, Concord, NH 03301Kids climb into and explore fire trucks, police vehicles, planes, helicopters, and DPW vehicles, plus food trucks and a portable planetarium; free.mommypoppins.com
Jeff Jam Sing-a-long10 to 10:30am, every SundayFree100 Hanover Street, Boston, MAJeff Jam performs acoustic sing-along songs for children ages 0-10 at the Nook in Boston Public Market; free.mommypoppins.com
Backyard and Beyond: Working in the Garden10:30am to 12pm177 Main Street, Acton, MA 01720Learn what plants need to grow and help take care of the Discovery Woods Garden by watering plants, checking for weeds, and watching for insects that help plants grow.discoveryacton.org
Storytime and Book Signing with Kelly Riera at Hummingbird Books11 to 11:30amFree55 Boylston Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467Author Kelly Riera reads What Trucks Love to Do 2: Help and Serve Crew under the Great Oak Tree at Hummingbird Books, with a free book signing.mommypoppins.com
Vermont Pumpkin Chuckin' Festival11am to 4pm$10120 Weeks Hill Road, Stowe, VT 05672Stowe's 17th annual pumpkin-catapulting festival with live music, food trucks, children's activities, and a chili cook-off.mommypoppins.com
KidsFest at Wachusett Mountain11am to 5pm, day 2 of 2, Sep 26 to 27$11499 Mountain Road, Princeton, MA 01541Wachusett Mountain's KidsFest weekend brings magic and circus performances, live animal shows, Dino Day Saturday, Princess and Pirate Day Sunday, and Skyride views.mommypoppins.com
Celebremos Puerto Rico!1 to 4pmFree26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138Celebrate Puerto Rico's culture at the Harvard Museums with bomba and plena music, saint carving demos, coqui calls, crafts, and food for purchase; free with registration.mommypoppins.com
Little Pearl Drop off Childcare ft Caleb's Cookies1 to 2:30pm14 Green Street, Boston, MA 0212990-minute drop-off play session led by a professional teacher with fall crafts, games, and cookies from Caleb's Cookies to take home.eventbrite.com
Cirque Us: Stories2pm, day 3 of 3, Sep 25 to 27200 The Riverway, Boston, MA 02215Cirque Us: Stories is a circus adventure celebrating community, identity, and beloved tales through aerialists, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, and clowns.wheelockfamilytheatre.org
Members-Only Evening4:30 to 8pm, one of 2 dates177 Main Street, Acton, MA 01720Members enjoy a special evening at the Museum when it is closed to the general public.discoveryacton.org
Sunday Funday @ Summer Shack Cambridge5pm, every Sunday149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, MA 02140Summer Shack Cambridge's Sunday Funday offers families seafood, a make-your-own sundae bar for kids, and a balloon sculptor.mommypoppins.com
Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience6 to 10:30pm, day 3 of 4, Sep 25 to 28$31.951 Franklin Park Road, Boston, MA 02121A glowing nighttime walk through Franklin Park Zoo filled with giant lantern displays of animals and plants, interactive activities, and nightly Chinese dance performances.meetboston.com
Free Admission at the Harvard Museum of Natural HistoryAll day, one of 4 datesFree26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138Free admission to the Harvard Museum of Natural History and three partner museums for Massachusetts residents Sunday mornings and Wednesday afternoons.mommypoppins.com
Screemfest at Canobie Lake ParkAll day, day 2 of 2, Sep 26 to 27$3985 North Policy Street, Salem, NH 03079Canobie Lake Park's Screemfest brings spooky characters and six terrifying haunts to the park; haunts are 13 and up, rides are all ages.mommypoppins.com
All Ages Story Time at BPL CentralAll day, day 2 of 2, Sep 26 to 27Free700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116Fun story time for families with young children at the BPL Central Library in Copley Square.mommypoppins.com
King Richard's FaireAll day, day 3 of 3, Sep 25 to 27$46235 Main Street, Carver, MA 02330New England's largest Renaissance festival offers jousting knights, eight stages of music and stunt shows, artisan wares, and turkey legs on 80 wooded acres.mommypoppins.com
The Great Halloween FestivalAll day, day 3 of 3, Sep 25 to 27$151782 Fall River Avenue, Seekonk, MA 02771An expansive outdoor festival in Seekonk with games, food, and spooky attractions designed for both the young and the young at heart.mommypoppins.com
The Big EAll day, day 3 of 10, Sep 25 to Oct 4$17.501305 Memorial Avenue, Springfield, MANew England's autumn tradition, the ninth-largest fair in North America, with the Super Circus, Avenue of States, thrill shows, rides, animals, and global foods.mommypoppins.com
17th Annual Flying Horse Outdoor Sculpture ExhibitAll day, day 3 of 15, Sep 25 to Oct 9Free537 Highland Street, South Hamilton, MA 01982More than 50 new large-scale sculptures plus a permanent collection spread across Pingree School's 100-acre campus, free and open daily dawn to dusk.mommypoppins.com
Ruckus!All day, day 3 of 15, Sep 25 to Oct 9310 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108A 25-minute immersive show inside Old South Meeting House that drops visitors into the debates and defiance that ignited the American Revolution.meetboston.com
Exhibition: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of HappinessAll day, day 3 of 15, Sep 25 to Oct 9Free700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116To mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, BPL's Community History Department partnered with Revolutionary Spaces on a free and public program series called Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.bpl.bibliocommons.com
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