# Things to do with kids in Delaware, OH

> 14 upcoming family events and 10 places and ongoing programs in Delaware, OH (Delaware County, OH), in the Columbus area. Listings whose address is in this town. Dates and times are Eastern Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Tween Halloween Mystery Night](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/tween-halloween-mystery-night--listing-8e2670f572d51767c4d0e5a1) — Tue, Oct 27 · 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM · Delaware County District Library - Orange Branch Library · Ages 9–12 · checked Oct 14. Who kill the wicked witch and why? Join the monster crew and investigate the mystery! For ages 9-12. Registration required. Costumes welcome!
- [Perkins Observatory Friday Evening Program](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/perkins-observatory-friday-evening-program--listing-6260fa68256b58d011bb56e8) — Fri, Oct 30 (+5 more dates) · 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Perkins Observatory, Delaware · All ages · From $10 · checked Oct 14. Public night programs at Ohio Wesleyan University's Perkins Observatory, described as fun for the whole family. Programs may include telescope observing (weather permitting), an…
- [Spooky Cemetery Night Hike](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/spooky-cemetery-night-hike--listing-f6a235b7116bda2e529c8fbe) — Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM · Stratford Ecological Center, Delaware · Ages 8+ · From $5 · checked Oct 14. Evening family hike (two miles round trip) to Stratford's historic early-1800s cemetery, followed by Edgar Allan Poe readings on hay bales under candlelight and a bat-and-spider…
- [Kids Cosplay Parade](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/kids-cosplay-parade--listing-a9dca00c0e5f774cc74ad1ba) — Fri, Nov 6 · 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM · Delaware County District Library - Delaware Branch Library · Ages 0–12 · checked Oct 14. Show off your costume on our stage! Ages 0-12. No registration required. Kick off Great GeekFest with a Kids Cosplay Parade! Children ages 0-12 can share their costumes as they…
- [The Great GeekFest](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/the-great-geekfest--listing-809f899b8914dc153252d172) — Fri, Nov 6 · 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Delaware County District Library - Delaware Branch Library · All ages · checked Oct 14. The Great GeekFest returns for its 9th year to celebrate everything fans of all ages geek out over! The Great GeekFest returns for its 9th year to celebrate everything fans geek…
- [Handmade: Crafting in Early America at Gallant Farm](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/handmade-crafting-in-early-america-at-gallant-farm--listing-3ad002c0b73093271e68e1cc) — Sat, Nov 14 (+1 more date) · 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM · Gallant Farm, Delaware · All ages · checked Oct 16. Handmade: Crafting in Early America is a hands-on program at Gallant Farm, the Preservation Parks history farm near Delaware. It introduces traditional Early American crafts and…
- [LEGO Club @ Delaware](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/lego-club-delaware--listing-d78ac97b5a967d794af9a00e) — Tue, Nov 17 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM · Delaware County District Library - Delaware Branch Library · Ages 6–12 · checked Oct 14. Show off your LEGO skills! We'll provide the LEGO bricks and will challenge participants with engineering, teamwork, and creative goals. Children Ages 6-12. Join us for an hour…
- [Sibling Minute to Win It — Delaware Branch Library](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/sibling-minute-to-win-it-delaware-branch-library--listing-02e9f6b7cde013ef2e7c163a) — Mon, Nov 23 · 6:30 PM · Delaware County District Library - Delaware Branch Library · Free · checked Oct 16. Brothers and sisters team up for a Minute to Win It-style competition at the Delaware Branch Library, testing whether they are the best sibling team in town with quick, silly…
- [Sibling Minute to Win It — Orange Branch Library](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/sibling-minute-to-win-it-orange-branch-library--listing-5e24f330ffa8fff9e85b1a73) — Fri, Nov 27 · 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Delaware County District Library - Orange Branch Library · Free · checked Oct 20. On the day after Thanksgiving, the Orange Branch Library invites teams of siblings to compete in quick Minute to Win It-style challenges against other sibling teams. It is aimed…
- [First Friday Tree Lighting in Downtown Delaware](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/first-friday-tree-lighting-in-downtown-delaware--listing-ae1e0747b59f02d4cd5369a0) — Fri, Dec 4 · 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Downtown Delaware (corner of William and Sandusky Streets) · Free · checked Oct 14. Main Street Delaware's First Friday Tree Lighting: main stage performances by local music groups, community vendors and festive activities from 6–9 p.m.; the tree lighting…
- [Free Holiday Skating Rink in Downtown Delaware](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/free-holiday-skating-rink-in-downtown-delaware--listing-5a50a2e40612a39218f5bc5e) — Fri, Dec 4 (+2 more dates) · 5:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Skating rink behind the Delaware Welcome Center · Free · checked Oct 14. Free ice skating behind the Delaware Welcome Center provided by Snappy's Automotive and The Mason Foundation during Main Street Delaware's Christmas in Downtown weekend. Dec 4…
- [Visit Santa at the Delaware Welcome Center](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/visit-santa-at-the-delaware-welcome-center--listing-d2109e49ceb12c6d27523adf) — Fri, Dec 4 (+5 more dates) · 7:00 PM · Delaware Welcome Center · Free · checked Oct 14. Free visits and photos with Santa (one print and a digital copy, photos by For His Glory Photography) at the Delaware Welcome Center during Main Street Delaware's Christmas in…
- [Tweens Create: DIY Hot Chocolate Snowman](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/tweens-create-diy-hot-chocolate-snowman--listing-4ce9bf22045846de33db0dc2) — Thu, Dec 10 · 6:30 PM · Delaware County District Library - Orange Branch Library · Ages 9–12 · Free · checked Oct 16. Tweens ages 9 to 12 fill stacked jars with cocoa, marshmallows and candy, then decorate them with felt and paint to turn them into a hot chocolate snowman, a homemade holiday…
- [Your Stuffie in Winter: Chalk Pastel Portrait Workshop](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/your-stuffie-in-winter-chalk-pastel-portrait-workshop--listing-c3775d7e3e90f0c1c5d7d653) — Tue, Dec 22 · 2:00 PM · Delaware County District Library - Orange Branch Library · Ages 10–17 · Free · checked Oct 16. Artist Becky Gehrisch shows tweens and teens ages 10 to 17 how to blend chalk pastels, layer color and use pastels expressively while they draw a winter portrait of a favorite…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Deer Haven Park and Birds of Prey Aviary](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/deer-haven-park-and-birds-of-prey-aviary--listing-ae3e68686880390d86ccae55) — Park winter hours 8 a.m.–7 p.m. (Nov 1–Feb 28); Nature Center Wed–Mon 10 am–4 pm, closed… · Deer Haven Park, Delaware · checked Oct 14. 122-acre park with an education center and an aviary of permanently injured birds of prey and perching birds (with Ohio Nature Education), viewable during park hours. Wildlife…
- [Delaware Family Storytime](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/delaware-family-storytime--listing-7b38be90955e563be4d2636c) — Thursdays 6:30-7:00 p.m. (feed shows weekly Thursday sessions through at least 2026-12-17) · Delaware County District Library - Delaware Branch Library · Ages 0–6 · checked Oct 14. Kids will have fun learning while caregivers learn ways to help their children get ready to read! Storytime leaders will demonstrate and share about early literacy while engaging…
- [Delaware Toddler Storytime](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/delaware-toddler-storytime--listing-d8a53423cce3c4ec77bc2e93) — Wednesdays 10:30-11:00 a.m. (feed shows weekly Wednesday sessions through at least… · Delaware County District Library - Delaware Branch Library · Ages 2–4 · checked Oct 14. Kids will have fun learning while caregivers learn ways to help their children get ready to read! Storytime leaders will demonstrate and share about early literacy while engaging…
- [Fall Farm School and Farm Preschool](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/fall-farm-school-and-farm-preschool--listing-692c8f685fe0b1d6ecb01820) — Farm Preschool Fridays 9am–12pm (Oct 16, 23, 30, Nov 6, 13, 20); Farm School 9am–3pm… · Stratford Ecological Center, Delaware · Ages 4+ · From $50 · checked Oct 14. Drop-off nature-and-farm school days where children care for animals, tend gardens and explore native Ohio habitats, aligned with Ohio Academic Standards (may count for…
- [Gallant Farm (Depression-era living history farm)](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/gallant-farm-depression-era-living-history-farm--listing-4cc0a4fb997413d3b32de494) — Tuesday–Sunday 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; closed Monday · Gallant Farm, Delaware · Free · checked Oct 14. A representation of a Depression-era farm with a period-furnished farmhouse, a barn with 1890s timbers, granary, machine shed, barnyard animals, crop fields, vegetable garden…
- [Gallant Woods Park (sledding hill and playground)](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/gallant-woods-park-sledding-hill-and-playground--listing-d3800c70d9b0f8ea3cf9b551) — Winter hours 8 a.m.–7 p.m. (Nov 1–Feb 28); summer hours 8 a.m.–9 p.m. (Mar 1–Oct 31) · Gallant Woods Park, Delaware · checked Oct 14. 232-acre park of old-growth woods, meadows, restored prairies and wetlands with a sledding hill, playground and reservable shelter. Across the road from Gallant Farm. Leashed…
- [Olentangy Caverns](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/olentangy-caverns--listing-d8ec535701c4033727185694) — Daily through Nov 1, 2026: 9:30am-6pm Sat & Sun; 9:30am-5pm weekdays · Olentangy Caverns, Delaware · From $4.95 · checked Oct 14. Family activity park north of Columbus with a self-guided cave tour (7 audio stations, 20-30 minutes), gem mining, petting zoo, mini-golf, treasure hunt maze, playground, fire…
- [Read with the Horses at Stockhands Horses for Healing](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/read-with-the-horses-at-stockhands-horses-for-healing--listing-9824be980ee64014dd8a4c1f) — Second Saturday of each month, 1:00-4:00 p.m. (one-hour blocks) · Stockhands Horses for Healing, Delaware · All ages · checked Oct 16. Delaware County District Library sponsors Read with the Horses, a monthly reading session at Stockhands Horses for Healing on Olentangy River Road. On the second Saturday of each…
- [Step Into Fall – Hike Them All Challenge](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/step-into-fall-hike-them-all-challenge--listing-a1b8241d0db5ef104289c09a) — Self-guided, any park open hours through Nov. 30, 2026 · Preservation Parks of Delaware County (all parks); pickup at Deer Haven Park Visitor Center · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 14. Self-paced fall challenge to hike all of Preservation Parks' nature trails between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30. Sign up free for a trail checklist, or register for $15 for a hiking staff…
- [Stratford Ecological Center](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/stratford-ecological-center--listing-8b91a2b0003ddac0f2afc7b1) — Self-guided visiting: Tuesday and Thursday 9am–4pm, Saturday 9am–1pm; Mon/Wed/Fri… · Stratford Ecological Center, Delaware · Free · checked Oct 14. 236-acre private nonprofit educational farm and state nature preserve. Self-guided visitors can walk 4 miles of trails, visit livestock in the barn, explore vernal pools and the…

## Recently ended

- [Trick or Treat Trail at Gallant Woods](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/trick-or-treat-trail-at-gallant-woods--listing-bfa8bf8e56a5c5a53880956a) — ended Sun, Oct 18
- [K-Pop Demon Hunters Dance Workshop](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/activities/k-pop-demon-hunters-dance-workshop--listing-684a2bac8178027d3492da69) — ended Sat, Oct 17

## Nearby

- [Things to do with kids in Delaware County, OH](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/counties/delaware-county-oh) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/columbus/counties/delaware-county-oh.md)
- Other towns in Delaware County, OH: [Westerville, OH](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/towns/westerville-oh) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/columbus/towns/westerville-oh.md), [Powell, OH](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/towns/powell-oh) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/columbus/towns/powell-oh.md), [Lewis Center, OH](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/towns/lewis-center-oh) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/columbus/towns/lewis-center-oh.md)
- [Things to do with kids in Columbus](https://grassyknees.com/columbus) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/columbus.md)
- [This weekend in Columbus](https://grassyknees.com/columbus/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/columbus/this-weekend.md)

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