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• Mom’s Day Craft • Historical Tour • Animanga Day • Baby & Me • Historical Tour
• Concert • Storytime Fun • Sundown Cookouts
• Family Storytime
• Storytime & Crafts
What’s
Mother’s Day
Inside
• Family Storytime • Storytime Fun • Knit Happens • Baby & Me • Peach Fest
• Music & Dance • Truckmania • Peach Fest • Arizona Reptiles
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• Nature Walk
• Day With Horses
Helping mom help herselfm heellp herself
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Places for ‘me time’
• Peach Fest
• “Bee Movie” • Storytime & Crafts
• Animanga Day
• Baby & Me • Sundown Cookouts
• Kid Time • Bubble Fest
• Aqua Explorers
• Day With Horses
• Toddler’s Club
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Just 4 Kids Sponsored by
Memorial
City of Chandler
Day
• Kids Club • Knit Happens • Baby & Me • Day With Horses
Recreation Division
• Toddler’s Club • Handprint Tile
• Shavout Ice Cream
2 6, 13 15-17 N. Greenfield Rd., Gilbert.
Chihuahuas race at Chandler’s Storytime Fun, 10:15 a.m. Peach Festival, 7:30 a.m.-5
602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org.
12th annual Cinco de Mayo
Perry Branch Library. Enjoy
p.m. Schnepf Farms. Sample
Celebration, 10 a.m. to
books, flannel board rhymes,
peach-based goodies and enjoy
midnight, Downtown Chandler
music, shakers, bubbles and
entertainment, rides, arts and
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Library courtyard. See little
more. Ages 18 months-3 years
crafts vendors, hay rides to Aqua Explorers: Parent/Child
doggies run at 5 p.m. and the peach orchards for picking
Splash & Swim, 9:30-11:30
the crowning of the king and
with a caregiver; space limited.
peaches, a peach pancake
queen Chihuahuas at 3 p.m.
Free. 1965 E. Queen Creek Rd.
breakfast, chef demonstrations,
a.m. Gold Medal Swim School.
The accompanying Dia de los
at Perry High School, Gilbert.
$2 train rides and children’s Supervised open swim time
Niños Health Fair offers free
602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org.
crafts. There will also be a peach
introduces kids to the joys of
health screenings, cooking pie eating contest, peachy
“Safety, Skills and Success” in
demonstrations and library 7, 21 parade and petting barn. All
tours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Animanga Day, 3 p.m. Perry ages. $2 ea. or $10 per family;
the water. Ages 6 and younger
and there will be music and Branch Library. View, discuss unlimited-ride wristbands with an adult; tots younger
entertainment throughout the
and draw Animé and Manga
are $10. 22601 E. Cloud Rd.,
than 3 must wear a washable,
day. Free. 100 E. Commonwealth
(Japanese comics). Ages 12-18.
Queen Creek. 480-987-3100.
St.
www.chandleraz.gov/
Free. 1965 E. Queen Creek Rd.
www.schnepffarms.com.
reusable swim diaper available
cinco,
www.sisepuede.cc.
in the swim shop (no disposables
at Perry High School, Gilbert.
Vase Craft
602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org.
16 permitted). Free. Preregistration
, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Arizona Reptiles, noon-1
required. 6909 W. Ray Rd., Suite
Mind Over Splatter. Make p.m. Chandler Environmental
a vase for Mother’s Day.
8, 15, 22, 29
Education Center. Join the Arizona
27, Chandler. 480-961-SWIM,
All ages. $10. Registration
Baby & Me Time, 10:30 a.m.
Herpetological Association for
www.goldmedalswimschool.com.
required. 64 S. San Marcos
Perry Branch Library. Share books,
an intriguing presentation on
Pl., Chandler. 480-899-1174,
sing songs and enjoy fingerplays
fascinating reptiles. See live
21, 28
www.mindoversplatter.com. while building a foundation snakes, chuckwallas and more. All
for reading. Ages newborn-18 ages. $6. Preregistration required.
Toddler’s Book Club, 10 a.m.
5 months with a caregiver. Free. 4050 E. Chandler Heights Rd., Chabad Center for Jewish Life.
Mom’s Day Craft, 4:30 p.m.
1965 E. Queen Creek Rd. at
Chandler. 480-782-2890.
Open to all denominations
Southeast Regional Library. Make
Perry High School, Gilbert.
interested in learning about
a special gift for mom. Ages 5-9.
602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org.
Nature Walk, 10 a.m. Chandler
Free. Preregistration required. Environmental Education
Jewish heritage and learning
775 N. Greenfield Rd., Gilbert.
602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org.
9, 23
Center. A guided trek through good character traits. Class
Sundown Cookouts
Veterans Oasis Park. Explore
, call for
includes stories, art, songs,
wetland habitats, the shores
Concert, 7-9 p.m. Freestone
times. Rawhide at Wild Horse
of the urban fishing lake and
activities and snacks. Ages 18
Park. Listen to the music of
Pass. Enjoy a chuck wagon dinner
hilltop viewing. Includes a
months-3 years. $8 ea. or $30
Cold Shott and the Hurricane
of steak or barbecue chicken or
themed activity. All ages; 17 and for five sessions. Preregistration
Horns under the stars. All ribs, mule-drawn hay wagon younger must be with an adult.
required. 3875 W. Ray Rd., Suite
ages. Free. 1045 S. Juniper rides into the desert, live country $6. Preregistration required.
Ave., Gilbert. 480-503-6200. music, line dancing, tales of 4050 E. Chandler Heights Rd.,
6. Chandler. 480-313-8874,
the Old West, stunt shows,
Chandler. 480-782-2890.
tzipi@chabadcenter.com.
5, 12
marshmallow roast and more. All
Family Storytime, 6 p.m.
ages. $45 adults, $19 children;
16, 23, 30
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Perry Branch Library. Ages
free parking. Preregistration
A Day With Horses, 9 a.m.-1
3-8 with a caregiver. Free.
Westcor Kids Club, 10 a.m.
1965 E. Queen Creek Rd. at
required. 5700 W. N. Loop
p.m., Heart2Heart Hope Ranch.
Groom, bathe, halter and walk San Tan Village. An interactive
Perry High School, Gilbert.
Rd., Phoenix. 480-502-5600,
with horses. Play water games
602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org.
www.rawhide.com.
music-filled program features
and do a horse craft, too. Ages
8-10, 11-13 and 14-16. $35 per
Persephone, Webster the
5, 19
12
day. Preregistration required;
Warthog, Dewper the Prairie Dog
Storytime & Crafts, 10:30 Music & Dance, 4:30 p.m. space limited. 858 W. Kingbird and guests that lead children
a.m. Mind Over Splatter. Kids Southeast Regional Library. An Dr., Chandler. 480-221-0630.
through story, song and dance.
of all ages listen to a classic after-school party with tunes and
story and make a related craft.
All ages. Free. 2218 E. Williams
fancy footwork. Ages 5-9. Free.
18
$8 per child. Registration
775 N. Greenfield Rd., Gilbert.
Watch “Bee Movie,” 9:30-11:30 Field Rd., Gilbert. 480-282-9500.
required. 64 S. San Marcos
602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org.
a.m. Chandler Environmental
Pl., Chandler. 480-899-1174, Education Center. Ages 12
29
www.mindoversplatter.com.
13
and younger with an adult.
6, 9
Truckmania
Preregistration required. $2 ages
Handprint Tile Craft, 10 a.m.-6
, 1 p.m. Southeast
2-12, free adult companions p.m. Mind Over Splatter. Make
Historical Tour, 5-6 p.m. Meet
Regional Library. Hear stories
and ages 1 and younger.
10 minutes prior to tour. Living
and do activities that feature
a handprint tile for Father’s
4050 E. Chandler Heights Rd.,
history character Lucille Wilson
monster trucks, fire trucks
Chandler. 480-782-2890.
Day. All ages. $10. Registration
leads visitors on foot through
and more. Ages 3-5. Free. required. 64 S. San Marcos
historic downtown Chandler Preregistration required. 775 Kid Time, 2 p.m. Perry Branch Pl., Chandler. 480-899-1174,
and discusses the stories about N. Greenfield Rd., Gilbert. Library. Children in grades
www.mindoversplatter.com.
town during the 1920s and ‘30s. 602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org. K-2 enjoy stories, games and
Stroll down San Marcos Place crafts. Free. Preregistration
and Boston Street and learn
14, 28
required. 1965 E. Queen Creek
Shavout Ice Cream Party,
about the town’s founding, the
Knit Happens, 2:15-3:45 p.m.
Rd. at Perry High School, Gilbert. 10:30 a.m. Chabad Center for
cotton crash and how the railroad
Perry Branch Library. Teens learn
602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org.
Jewish Life. Open to families
impacted the area. All ages. $8.
Preregistration required two days
to knit and crochet courtesy of
19
of all denominations. Create
prior. Meet at the Starbucks at
The Common Threads Knit and
Bubble Festival, 4:30 p.m. an ice cream delicacy and
the Crowne Plaza San Marcos
Crochet Club. Free. Preregistration
Southeast Regional Library.
hear the Ten Commandments
Golf Resort, 1 San Marcos
required. 1965 E. Queen Creek
Make all kinds of bubbles
Pl., Chandler. 480-782-2878,
Rd. at Perry High School, Gilbert.
read from the Torah. All ages.
and maybe end up inside a
www.chandleraz.gov/history. 602-652-3000,
www.mcldaz.org. giant bubble. Ages 5-9. Free.
Free. 3875 W. Ray Rd., Suite
Preregistration required. 775 6. Chandler. 480-855-4333.
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