On The Go Chicago

This Saturday is suppose to be beautiful, so get outside and enjoy some good old fashion family fun at Family Adventure Days at Northerly Island.  Your kids can learn to fish, build a fort, fly a kite or even make a painting with mud.   Best of all, the entire event is FREE.

• Where – Northerly Island (1400 S. Lynn White Dr.)
• When – Saturday, May 22nd from 10am-3pm
• Cost – FREE

Kids Activities Include:

• Discover Illinois Wildlife: Kids will learn about the different wildlife that lives throughout this region.
• Build a campfire: Kids will learn about fire safety, how to build a safe campfire, sing songs and enjoy marshmallows!
• Mapping/ Geo-caching: Use a compass to follow a trail or a GPS device to uncover geo-cache locations on Northerly Island.
• Discovery Hike: Kids and families can partake in a naturalist-led walk around Northerly Island starting every 15 minutes.
• Mayor Daley’s Fish’n Kids Program: Free fishing instruction for kids 6 and up. Kids are guaranteed to catch a fish!
• Fort Building: Kids will use found materials from the natural surroundings to build their own forts.
• Land Art: Kids will use found materials from the natural surroundings, create their own artwork in nature and photograph it!
• Earth Balloon: Learn about geography in the 20-foot tall earth balloon, presented by the Geographic Society of Chicago. Kids can enter inside and explore geography.
• Fairy Houses: Do fairies really exist? If you build it, they will come. Kids use their imagination and create a fairy house from nature.
• Frogs and Toads, Oh My!: Feel the difference between a frog, toad and a turtle with crazy educator David Stokes. Everyone will learn something new!
• Mud Painting: Create your masterpiece from mud! Garfield Park Conservatory will help kids create a masterpiece using natural elements such as mud.
• Kite flying: Kids and families can enjoy flying kites for free! Check out a kite and let them take to the skies. Wind dependant!
• Pitch a Tent: Kids can learn how to properly put up a tent and explore a campsite with help from Inner City Outings.
• Stars and Constellations: Inner City Outings helps kids learn about stars and constellations by arranging “stars” on the grass.