Linden Hills Littles Calendar
Looking to keep your kids busy? Here are upcoming activities in Linden Hills that are still enrolling or don’t require pre-registration. For events for all ages, check out our Linden Hills All Ages Calendar. Email additional suggestions to newsletter@lindenhills.org.
WEEKLY RECURRING
Mondays: Baby Storytime at the Linden Hills Library on Mondays at 10a & 11a. For children from birth to 24 months and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement in a format especially designed for babies.
Mondays: Ballet, Tap and Creative Movement at the Linden Hills Recreation Center on Mondays at 5:45p. Next session runs from 3/10 to 4/21. Ages 5-9, registration required, $72 for residents.
Tuesdays: Weekly Story Time with Wild Rumpus on Tuesdays at 10:30a. Primarily geared towards toddlers and pre-schoolers. (NO STORY TIME ON 4/18)
Wednesdays: Family Storytime at the Linden Hills Library on Wednesdays at 10a & 11a. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Talk, sing, read, write and play together. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.
Thursdays: Family Ceramics: Open Studio at the Linden Hills Recreation Center on Thursdays from 4:30-6p. Next open session runs from 4/10 to 5/8, registration required, $40 for residents.
Fridays: Family Indoor Playground at the Linden Hills Recreation Center on Fridays from 10-11:30a, through 3/28. This is an unsupervised activity; parents or a guardian must accompany their child(ren). Note that a Neighborhood Naturalist will have a drop-in nature corner set up from 10-11a. Free for kids under 6, register online.
MARCH
March 1: Smash Burger Day at the Lake Harriet Masonic Hall on Saturday, 3/1 from 11a-1p. Open to the public! We serve fresh beef smashed burgers with all the fixings, plus a bag of chips and pop for just $10. All-beef hotdogs and hand-scooped shakes are also available.
March 7: Dinner and a Movie at the Linden Hills Rec Center on Friday, 3/7 from 6-8p. Take a break, kick your feet up and catch a flick with fellow movie fans. Reserve your spot for a pizza dinner and the latest movie. Ages 5-10, $10 for residents, registration required.
March 8: Story Theatre: Mo Willems at the Linden Hills Library on Saturday, 3/8 from 10:15-11a. Ages 3-6 and their caregivers. Learn how to bring storybook characters to life using beginning theatrical skills through imaginative play, collaborative storytelling, active games, and family engagement. Free, registration required (currently waitlist only).
March 8: Freya Manfred at Wild Rumpus Books for the release of her new book Fumious Rex, The Outcast Cat on Saturday, 3/8 from 10:30-11:15a.
March 15: Ursula Murray Husted at Wild Rumpus to celebrate the release of her newest graphic novel, Botticelli's Apprentice on Saturday, 3/15 from 10:30-11:15a.
March 17: Hunger Games Midnight Release Party at Wild Rumpus on Monday, 3/17 at 10p. It’s a classic midnight release party! We are so excited for the upcoming fifth book in the Hunger Games series, Sunrise on the Reaping, and decided to throw a party about it! Tickets required, due to limited space capacity. SOLD OUT.
March 20: Preschool Spring Festival at Heartfelt on Thursday, 3/20 from 10:30a-12p. Celebrate the coming of our long-awaited spring while planting little dish gardens with grass seeds for the children to tend. Adults will learn to make a beeswax animal to live in the garden. Space is limited; please register in advance by calling 612-877-8090; $28 for each child with an adult, $14 for each additional child per family. For children aged 2.5+ with an adult.
March 21: Dinner and a Movie at the Linden Hills Rec Center on Friday, 3/21 from 6-8p. Take a break, kick your feet up and catch a flick with fellow movie fans. Reserve your spot for a pizza dinner and the latest movie. Ages 5-10, $10 for residents, registration required.
March 24: Jonathan Stroud Author Appearance at Wild Rumpus on Monday, 3/24 from 6-7:30p. He is coming back to the United States to tour the grand finale title of his Scarlett & Browne series, The Legendary Scarlett & Browne. Tickets required, due to limited space capacity.
March 26: Cow Tipping Press at Wild Rumpus to celebrate newly released work from a number of neurodiverse authors, and hear about their work as writers!
March 29: Let's Clay Gnomes at the Linden Hills Library on Saturday, 3/29 from 10-11:30a. Grades 1-5. Create your own enchanted land where gnomes frolic on the green forest floor. Learn different sculpting techniques to form the sweetest little gnomes and mushrooms out of polymer clay. Free; registration required (currently waitlist only).
March 29: Frog Walk in the Roberts Bird Sanctuary on Saturday, 3/29 from 8-9p. In March and April, we will be listening for Wood Frogs, Chorus Frogs, and Leopard Frogs. Our guide will be Don Luce, a naturalist, avid birder, writer, artist, and former curator at the Bell Museum. This in-person event is free and open to the public. Children are welcome when accompanied by a caregiver and able to listen quietly for the calls of frogs.
March 31 - April 4: Spring Scavenger Hunt at Linden Hills Park: Stop by the park building to pick up a scavenger hunt card and enjoy looking for signs of spring throughout the park. Turn in your card and receive a treat!
APRIL
April 5: LEGO® Lab at Linden Hills Library on Saturday, 4/5 from 10a-12p. Calling all future engineers and architects! We've got the bricks, but we need you to bring your imagination. Drop in for a while or stay the entire time! We'll also have DUPLOS®, so all ages are welcome. No registration is required, but room capacity is limited.
April 5: Smash Burger Day at the Lake Harriet Masonic Hall on Saturday, 4/5 from 11a-1p. Open to the public! We serve fresh beef smashed burgers with all the fixings, plus a bag of chips and pop for just $10. All-beef hotdogs and hand-scooped shakes are also available.
April 5: Frog Walk in the Roberts Bird Sanctuary on Saturday, 4/5 from 8-9p. In March and April, we will be listening for Wood Frogs, Chorus Frogs, and Leopard Frogs. Our guide will be Don Luce, a naturalist, avid birder, writer, artist, and former curator at the Bell Museum. This in-person event is free and open to the public. Children are welcome when accompanied by a caregiver and able to listen quietly for the calls of frogs.
April 15: Cori Doerrfeld at Wild Rumpus Story Time on Tuesday, 4/15 from 10:30-11a. She's got a new picture book, Nellie's Big Splash, and we know it's going to be a story time fave!
April 16: Frog Walk in the Roberts Bird Sanctuary on Wednesday, 4/16 from 8-9p. In March and April, we will be listening for Wood Frogs, Chorus Frogs, and Leopard Frogs. Our guide will be Don Luce, a naturalist, avid birder, writer, artist, and former curator at the Bell Museum. This in-person event is free and open to the public. Children are welcome when accompanied by a caregiver and able to listen quietly for the calls of frogs.
April 17: Preschool Bunny Festival at Heartfelt on Thursday, 4/17 from 10:30a-12p. We will make rabbit-shaped bread rolls, and several bunny crafts. Near the end of our time together, a real rabbit will come for a visit! Space is limited; please register in advance by calling 612-877-8090; $28 for each child with an adult, $14 for each additional child per family. For children aged 2.5+ with an adult.
April 19: Linden Hills Earth Day Cleanup at Linden Hills Park on Saturday, 4/19 from 9:30a-12p.
April 19: Angie Kang at Wild Rumpus to share her new picture book, Our Lake, for a thoughtful story time.