Category Archives: Free or Nearly Free

White Clay Creek Fest!

Creek Fest 2009

  Where: White Clay Creek State Park; the picnic grove in Carpenter Recreation Area off 896 When: May 5th, 12-4pm   (Rain date 5/6) What: Creek Fest + pre-fest hike Start out with a hike to the Arc Corner Memorial and learn some history about the site, then have fun at the fest, which has…

PNC Free Sunday Morning at DE Museum of Natural History

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  When: Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:30 am – 12:00 noon Where: Delaware Museum of Natural History 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington DE 19807 What: Free admission courtesy of PNC Bank. A second PNC Free Sunday Morning will be on September 9, 2012. Directions and more information: www.delmnh.org     Robin EltonRobin writes about real food,…

$2 Night at Delaware Children’s Museum

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  Just $2 Wednesday night, March 21st from 5:00- 7:00 pm at the Delaware Children’s Museum. Go play! Robin EltonRobin writes about real food, family health & fitness, conscious consumerism, the great outdoors and the power of play at simple. green. organic. happy. She rants about everything else at HoneyBadgerMom.com.More Posts – Website – Twitter…

Attention Bird Lovers and Citizen Scientists: Delaware Breeding Bird Atlas

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What follows is a press release I got in an email. This is a great way to get your kids listening and in touch with nature, while helping researchers collect data about our local wildlife! Have you ever watched a pair of robins build a nest, lay some bright turquoise eggs and then raise a…

Grandparents’ Week at Delaware Children’s Museum

Grandparents play for free from March 19th- 25th at the Delaware Children’s Museum! GrandparentsWeek_8.5X11 Robin EltonRobin writes about real food, family health & fitness, conscious consumerism, the great outdoors and the power of play at simple. green. organic. happy. She rants about everything else at HoneyBadgerMom.com.More Posts – Website – Twitter – Facebook

Take a Kid Fishing! Days at DE State Parks

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Got a budding fisherman, aged 6-15? Thanks to DNREC’s Aquatic Resource Education Center and Delaware State Parks, your child and a parent/guardian can cast a line for free (park admission not included) on Take a Kid Fishing! days. Take a Kid Fishing! days feature activity stations and prizes, and fishing equipment is provided as staff…

Mirror Mirror Valentine’s Day Cards

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  Need a few last-minute Valentine’s Day cards or just like to be a little ahead of the curve? Click here for 8 different designs from the new movie Mirror Mirror One of the most beloved stories of all time is coming to life in the motion picture event, Mirror Mirror. A fresh and funny…

Year of the Dragon: Chinese New Year at DE Art Museum

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Come celebrate Chinese New Year: the Year of the Dragon! Saturday, January 28th 11:00 am – 3:00 pm FREE sixth annual Chinese New Year Celebration at the Delaware Art Museum! Includes: traditional Chinese art activities artist demonstrations dragon art scavenger hunt dragon dance and Chinese yo-yo performance by the Chinese American Community Center Folk Dance…

Free Museum Admission with Bank of America Museums on Us

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Free museum admission this weekend for Bank of America cardholders! Your B of A or Merrill Lynch card gets you in free to 150 museums nationwide, the first full weekend of every month. 2012 dates: January 7th & 8th, February 4th & 5th, March 3rd & 4th, April 7th & 8th, May 5th & 6th,…