Find out all the kids' activities in Fernandina Beach and Amelia Island as well as children's events in Yulee, St. Marys, Kingsland and more.
There is a house in Hilliard that literally appears to dance during the holidays as its 60,000 lights move to Christmas music. We took the drive to the house, set on a quiet dead end street near Hilliard Elementary School, and soon we were parked in a line of at least a dozen cars watching [...]
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens is just gorgeous at night this month for its first-ever ZOOLights, a celebration of the holidays in which visitors can visit the zoo at night and admire the lights. In addition to Christmas lights throughout the zoo, there is also a nightly snowfall (at 8 p.m.), Santa and Mrs. Claus, bounce [...]
We toured this schooner for FREE Saturday morning in Fernandina. The French Naval Schooners Etoile and Belle Poule, translated “The Star” and “The Pretty Hen,” made their first stop on a tour of the East Coast right here in Fernandina. We took a free tour April 28. Don’t worry if you missed it: they’ll [...]
My son had no idea what we were doing when we showed up to Veterans’ Memorial Arena in Jacksonville Friday to see Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 3 on Ice. Then we saw a little boy in a Buzz Light Year costume stroll down the sidewalk. We stepped inside the building and saw girls in [...]
What kid wouldn’t want to spend the day tramping through town, eating cookies prepared specially by some of the best hosts and hostesses on Amelia Island? I have to admit, I didn’t take my kids when I went to Amelia Island’s Holiday Cookie Tour of Inns hosted by The Amelia Island Bed and Breakfast Association. [...]
One of the fanciest car shows in the world is on Amelia Island every March, and children under 12 can visit it for FREE when they join a paying adult. We first attended Concours d’Elegance when our son was about to turn 2, and I was more than nervous that our little guy would be out [...]
Each year St. Marys has a special day set aside where the spirit of giving is shown in a way we rarely see these days. It’s all thanks to the Dixon family, who decided one year to organize an event reminiscent of the “old days” in St. Marys, when the paper mill used to pass [...]
Holding a hammer, pounding nails, making a pile of wood pieces turn into a genuine toy… these are accomplishments a child will talk about for days. I know this to be true, because I took my son to build a castle at one of Lowe’s free “Build and Grow” clinics recently. When we were done with [...]
Kids ages four to 16 are invited to Fort Clinch’s annual FREE Kids’ Fishing Clinic once each spring. In 2012, the event fell on March 24. The first 500 children got a FREE rod and reel, and everyone received free tackle boxes, fishing books and a free hot dog lunch! My 4-year-old loved the event, [...]
I was more than a little nervous the first time my family went to The Players Championship Sawgrass — the ultimate golf event right down the road in Ponte Vedra. At the time, we only had our little guy, who had just turned two, and I thought an upscale golf course — during its most [...]
