ARDENWOOD - Celebrate autumn by creating leaf rubbings, leaf crowns, and a take-home leaf press while discovering the colors, textures, and beauty of the season's fallen leaves. This is a drop-in program; no registration is required. Ardenwood admission fee applies. For information, call (510) 544-2797.
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Quarry Lakes marks 25 years with fishing games, guided walks, Mobile Fish Tank, food trucks, information booths, and a fire truck display, all ages, parking fees apply.
Hand‑knit a soft chunky blanket using only your hands with library‑provided materials at Fremont Public Library, grades 6‑12 workshop, ages 13–18.
Hour of Code block programming guided by teen instructor Sarah at Centerville Library, participants use devices or borrow laptops, tickets handed out fifteen minutes prior, for ages 3–12.
Press fresh apples into cider at Ardenwood, learn its history, then sample the result, drop‑in, no registration required, all ages.
Turn freshly‑harvested flint corn into colorful mosaics at Ardenwood, a drop‑in, disabled‑accessible program; admission fee applies, all ages.
Make a mini yarn hat ornament to decorate lockers or backpacks, using drop‑in kits at Fremont Public Library; kits available while supplies last, ages 13–18.
Create small pendulum‑painted masterpieces while learning physics at Fremont Public Library, ages 5–10.
Story Time at Doug Siden Visitor Center offers a wonder‑filled reading followed by a themed coloring sheet, drop‑in style, all ages.
Pole walking session at Temescal Beach House offers balance, mobility and endurance training using top‑quality poles for adults 18 and up.
Jun Hu reads a Thanksgiving story celebrating moms, followed by a craft, at Fremont Library for ages 3–12.
Close the Little Farm for the night, meeting farm residents at the pig pen, learning their diets and delivering their evening meal, all ages.
Haunted Train (Ardenwood, Fremont) — Nighttime train rides through a haunted forest, spooky but not scary; tickets $20 each, free for children 2 and under.
