If you’re interested in learning about the many different habits of Ocean County’s turtles, come down to Cattus Island County Park. This event allows you to see the turtles in the natural habitats. There will also be discussions of the different types of reptiles who live in the park. The event will also include getting to meet live turtles during a demonstration feeding
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Come down and join us on March 8th from 7:00-9:00 pm to paint your own personable emoji tote! This activity is for any guest Ages 7+ …We ask that all guests arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled time. See you soon!
The hit Disney Junior Dance Party On Tour Presented by Pull-Ups® Training Pants is coming to Asbury Park! Sing and dance along to Disney Junior’s greatest hits with your favorite characters at this interactive live concert experience – now featuring Fancy Nancy! Kids of all ages and their families are all invited to the biggest dance party around!
Guests may bring their own standard or in-line skates or they can rent them from our facility. Admission fee is $5 per person. Skate rental is $2 for traditional skates and $4 for in-line skates. Admission for non-skaters is $2. Skaters can take a break from the rink and enjoy soft drinks, water, and light snacks at the concession stand.
*Teen skate is $5 for skaters and non-skaters.
Scheduling is available for birthday skate parties and private events.
Please contact the Recreation Department at (609) 884-9565 for more information about scheduling a skating event.
On March 22 from 7:00-9:00 pm there is a paint workshop to paint some awesome Harry Potter painting. All witches and wizards will bring home an adorable HP mug – and meet more Harry Potter fans just like them! Ages 8+
On March 29th from 7:00-9:00 pm there is a mother/daughter paint night to each paint half of a adorable unicorn picture on two 16×20 canvases. Put both masterpieces together at the end, and you will have an absolutely amazing piece of art! The perfect outing for some mother/daughter bonding time. Ages 7+
Over 1000’s of toys and gifts $5 and under. Featuring 75+ tables of vintage and modern toys, comic books, video games, and pop culture inspired work from local artists, crafters, and makers. Perfect for some Sunday family fun !
Come enjoy a fun breakfast buffet with the Easter Bunny and Slider. Children can make a frame. Balloons and face painting will also be provided! Registration online is available. (There are two times for the breakfast, 9:30am or 11am)
Step in time, it’s one heart-tugging, toe-tapping song after another in the beloved film Mary Poppins! This family-friendly, symphonic cinema event features the five-time Oscar-winning classic Disney film unfolding on the big screen with the NJSO performing the charming and delightful musical score. Don’t miss this Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious wonder live with the NJSO!
While you enjoy a delicious hot breakfast buffet at Game Time Bar and Grill, inside of iPlay America, Sonny the Bunny will walk around and visit with guests at their tables. Miss Sheri will be performing live in City Square along with many other performances and activities! The whole family can get in on the fun and dance and sing along! Then, gather the whole family together for a picture with Sonny the Bunny taken by our professional photographer with a free digital download. You can also add on special treats from Sonny the Bunny himself at check out!
After breakfast, head into the park for the Colossal Carrot Adventure to hop around the bunny trail to collect eggs filled with treats and prizes as well as raffle prizes!
Calling all children 12 and under!! Come join in for some arts and craft fun and created cute and colorful Easter crafts and even visit the Easter Bunny! Limited supplies so try not to be too late! The Easter bunny will be waiting.
Kids start and finish at the same location running 1/2 mile south on the Boardwalk and back. Parents are welcome to run or walk with kids, but are not required. Awards will be given to the First, Second and Third place overall boy and girl and in each age group.
It’s your classic tea party with an undersea twist and a perfect event for your children! Enjoy snacks and “tea”, make a craft, and more! Dress in your best mermaid outfit and join Jenkinson’s for a magical afternoon. Pre-regristration is required, ages 4-10 only. Contact Jenkinson’s aquarium for more information on tickets.
The Wild Kratts LIVE! stage show that has kids across North America buzzing is coming to the Basie Center with an ALL NEW show: “Wild Kratts LIVE 2.0 – Activate Creature Power!” Get ready to dive into another classic Wild Kratts adventure with the Kratt brothers as they combine live action and animation, with Martin and Chris LIVE on stage and the rest of the Wild Kratts team on screen, at the Tortuga HQ. Which creature powers will they activate and what new and amazing ‘WOW!’ facts will you learn? Experience, live-on-stage, the electrifying excitement and the inspiring quest of the Kratt Brothers that make the hit television series Wild Kratts a family favorite time and time again!
Jacob’s Ladder improves the leadership skills of our youth by providing opportunities for development of leadership and self perseverance. We are encouraging our youth to emerge in STEM programs to help them become more college/career ready. Our scholarship dance will help support our efforts in sending our 50 kids, K-12, to those classes.
Come to Monmouth Museum to see physical therapist Yaffa Liebermann present “I Stand up Straight”. “I Stand up Straight” is a fun and educational picture book that teaches children correct posture through a memorable poem, beautiful illustrations, and easy to follow children exercises. Space is limited with only a 25 person maximum capacity.
Children ages 7 and up are welcome to come to Monmouth Museum for a fun interactive hour of science and learning. Chaperones are required to attend and booking sessions max out after 10!
Join us for one of our most popular events, our annual Easter Egg Hunt and Festival! A day of Easter fun for the entire family! This year we will have over 15,000 eggs on the village green. Hunts will take place every 15 minutes between 11:30 am and 4pm. Children will be grouped according to age, into the following categories: 0-1 (with an assisting adult), 2-3 (with an assisting adult), 4-5 (kids only, no adult assistance), 6-7 (kids only, no adult assistance), and 8-10 (kids only, no adult assistance). Each child can hunt for 6 eggs total. No more than 6 eggs will be allowed per child. Please realize the plastic eggs contain small toys not suitable for small children.
Pre-registration for this event is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED; We sold out last year prior to the event and expect to sell out this year again. No tickets will be sold at the door if event is SOLD OUT prior to the event. All members of your party must have tickets, not only the children participating in the hunt. Tickets are $8 per person, and children under 1 year old are free. Day of tickets will be $12 at the door if event is not sold out. Doors to event will open at 11am and the first hunt will begin at 11:30am. Egg Hunt times will be assigned to you once you enter the event with a ticket.
Grab your kids and come join in on the meet and greet of Mario and Luigi and some free face painting! perfect way to spend your Saturday with the kids.
Join the Methodist Church for a musical performance like no other!
On Wednesday, April 24th there is the Wacky Science at the Monmouth Museum. The Mad Science special events are spectacular science-themed shows designed to amaze and entertain audiences.
Children will learn what a polymer is, watch the audience participant make an giant batch of slime, learn about static electricity, and more! Early bird registration is only $15.00 if you register on or before April 12th.
Come see author Sarah A. Long present her book, “Colors Of The City”. A craft event based off of the book will be held after presentations. Sarah will stick around after the event for any questions.
Come celebrate Arbor Day by learning how trees grow. Investigate the different types of trees that grow here in Monmouth County. We will then decorate twig tree crowns with different leaf shapes and colors we create. Wearing our crowns, we will pair up and create shadow drawings of ourselves as trees. The workshop will culminate in a group street mural, a larger chalk drawing in the museum’s Art and Nature Center of all of us as trees creating a temporary group mural! Children must be accompanied by a chaperone, one chaperone per child/group.
Advance Tickets: $15
DOS Tickets: $15 (children under 1 free)
Doors Time: 11:00AM
Show Time: 11:30AM
The Rock and Roll Playhouse, a family concert series hosted at The Stone Pony, Brooklyn Bowl, The Capitol Theatre, Industry City, Ardmore Music Hall, The Sinclair, Boulder Theater, and more, allows kids to “move, play and sing while listening to works from the classic-rock canon” (NY Times). Using the songs created by the most iconic musicians in rock history, The Rock and Roll Playhouse offers its core audience of babies and kids games, movement, and stories and an opportunity to rock out. The Rock and Roll Playhouse is an early and often first introduction to a child’s lifelong journey with live music and rock and roll.