Fun and scary (mostly not-so-scary!) Halloween events and activities for kids in Oakland, Berkeley, and surrounding areas.
Free & Cheap
Baby consignment stores in the East Bay
I love that the East Bay has so many places to get quality used kids’ clothes. Consignment sales are ideal for snow pants, dress clothes, and costumes!
Visit a giant sequoia forest at school
Do you want to invite the largest living things on Earth (hint: giant sequoias) into your science class for FREE? Heck yeah!
Eat Real Fest in Jack London Square
Put the FOOD back into FAST at this intersection of healthy eating and street food September 22-24 in Jack London Square.
Tilden Park steam trains are a cheap thrill
The Tilden Park steam trains in the Berkeley hills are one of the East Bay’s best kept secrets. Kinda. Wonderful fun for toddlers and grandparents.
The Great Peter Pumpkin Patch in Petaluma
Almost everything at Petaluma’s Great Peter Pumpkin Patch is FREE: hay rides, cheese tasting, hay maze, hay towers to climb, and so on.
Solano Stroll Street Festival 2018
300,000 people will party in the street 9/9/18 on Solano Avenue. (Bring your walkie talkies!)
Get your kid a job: toy tester
Sign up for your baby or toddler to be a toy tester at the LeapFrog/VTech lab in Emeryville. We’ve done it and enjoyed it.
Good Free Fun: The East Bay Vivarium
East Bay Vivarium has it all: Cute turtles swimming in tanks, giant tortoises munching on lettuce, tiny lizards, boas, enormous pythons, and more.
10 free and cheap birthday party places
Ten spots to host a kid’s birthday party for cheap — or free!
