Spring Activities
Head down to the Kids’ Market for weekend fun. Visit www.kidsmarket.ca for more information.
Family Sleepovers at the Vancouver Aquarium. Come explore the hidden jewels in Stanley Park and aquatic life in the Aquarium’s galleries. Then curl up in your sleeping bag and drift off to sleep in the company of majestic beluga whales. Enjoy an evening snack and continental breakfast. Visit www.vanaqua.org for dates and details.
Honeybee Centre. A fun and educational Spring outing. www.honeybeecentre.com
Get climbing at the Cliffhanger Climbing Gyms in Vancouver and Coquitlam. Climbing walls to suit all skill levels. www.cliffhangervancouver.com or www.cliffhangercoquitlam.com
Head down to the Vancouver Public Library and spend some time with a book. Check your local branch for programming. Visit www.vpl.ca
Get buggy at the Bug Lab in New Wesminister. Live bugs on display. Great for budding entomologists. Information, 604-523-2847 or visit www.thebuglab.com
Pan for gold at the BC Museum of Mining in Britannia Beach. Take a train ride inside a mining tunnel and explore a real mining tunnel. Information, www.bcmuseumofmining.org
Get Crafty this Spring. Head down to Urban Source (3126 Main St., Vancouver) and pick up some new and reclaimed art supplies. You and your kids are only limited by your imaginations. Create original works of art to adorn your home. www.urbansource.bc.ca
Head down to Chinatown for the day. With lots of shopping and good food on offer this a fun and historic outing. Visit Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden while you are in the neighbourhood. 604-689-7133.
Go play outside. Bike, walk, or rollerblade the Stanley Park Seawall. Hike Lighthouse Park. Take a walk through Pacific Spirit Park.
Visit the George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island in Ladner. In spring, millions of Western Sandpipers pass through the Fraser River estuary, and often feed and roost in the managed shallow ponds of the Sanctuary. The spring is a particularly good time to see hawks, eagles, seals, cormorants, ospreys and other fish-eating wildlife which follow schools of migratory salmon and eulachon (a small oily fish species) to the mouth of the river. Information, www.reifelbirdsanctuary.com
Lions, zebras, giraffes and more await you at the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove. www.gvzoo.com
Enjoy hands-on activities and numerous themed displays at the BC Sports Hall of Fame. Visit www.bcsportshalloffame.com
The Making Place at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 2nd and 4th Sundays, each month from 12:00 pm–4:00 pm. On the 4th floor of the Gallery, the Making Place offers explorative, hands-on workshops featuring collaborative and independent activities for all kinds of making. Bring your own camera to capture your child’s projects. www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
Art Agents at the Vancouver Art Gallery Saturdays, 12:00 pm–4:00 pm. Grownups and kids can explore the galleries with our team of bold, whimsical, funny and informed Art Agents. www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
Art Tracks at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Saturdays 12:30 pm & 2:00 pm. Art Tracks are child-oriented tours led by artists, educators, dancers, musicians and others offering interdisciplinary ways of looking and thinking about art. www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
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