(4-13 yrs.) Join a naturalist as they demonstrate how to feed our site display animals. Activities include making a birdfeeder to take home and searching for worms and insects to assist in serving dinner. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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Rug hooking demonstration and hands‑on instruction with a frame, pattern and colorful wool pieces, plus brief history, at Chantilly Regional Library meeting room, ages 18 and up.
Friendly non‑rated chess games let participants play, practice skills, and meet other players in the Chantilly Meeting Room for ages 5–10.
Candlelit tour of Sully Historic Site’s buildings and grounds reveals light’s impact on free and enslaved residents, followed by refreshments; preregistration required, ages 8 and up.
Public stargazing with NOVAC volunteers using museum‑provided telescopes on the Udvar‑Hazy Center bus parking lot, with astronomers answering questions; free, weather‑dependent.
Storytelling session at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park Visitor Center & Amphitheater includes a book reading, nature activities, a short hike, and a craft, for ages 3–6.
Pokemon cards are traded, library decks borrowed, and monthly Pokémon crafts made in the Chantilly Regional Library meeting room, for ages 5–10.
Chantilly's Close-KNIT Community (Chantilly Regional Library, Chantilly Conference Room) — Weekly knitting group where participants bring projects, chat, and share techniques, supplies required, ages 13 and up.
Family Fun Fridays at Riverbend Park’s Nature Center offers books, crafts, games, microscope exploration, puzzles, sandbox digging, and hourly naturalist read‑alouds, all ages.
Spooky Dry Ice Science (Hidden Oaks Nature Center) — bubbling concoctions, screaming spoons, and Boo bubbles demonstrate states of matter, for ages 5 and up.
Turkeys and habitat restoration discussion at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park Visitor Center & Amphitheater, exploring cultural roles and future conservation, for ages 7 and up.
Bat Walk at the Bend (Riverbend Park) — Educational scavenger hunt through woods about bats, ending with a handcrafted bat decoration, ages 5 and up.
Craft and experiment with a naturalist, exploring new pumpkin uses and getting messy at Burke Lake Park, for ages 4–18.
