Detroit–Warren–Dearborn · MI
Things to do with kids in Detroit
106 family events in the next 30 days, plus 62 places and ongoing programs. Every listing links to the organizer’s own page, and shows the date we last checked it (latest check 2026-10-13). Dates are in Eastern Time.
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- Through Oct 31Brick or Treat at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Michigan
- Tue, Oct 13 · 7:00 PMGlow Slime Party
- Wed, Oct 14 · 6:00 PMLego Storybuilders
- Wed, Oct 14 · 7:00 PMWinnie-the-Pooh Centennial Celebration
- Thu, Oct 15Glenlore Trails: The Haunted Forest - CarnEvil 2
- Thu, Oct 15 · 6:00 PMHallowe'en in Greenfield Village
- Thu, Oct 15 · 5:00 PMLEGO Club (Grades K-2)
- Thu, Oct 15 · 11:00 AMPreschool Monster Mash
- Fri, Oct 16Canterbury Village Halloween Stroll
- Fri, Oct 16 · 7:00 PMDearborn Haunted Trail: Creatures of the Woods
- Fri, Oct 16 · 3:30 PMFairytale Tea Party
- Fri, Oct 16Fall Festival at Bowers Farm
- Fri, Oct 16 · 6:00 PMHalloween at the Y – Downriver Family YMCA (Southgate)
- Fri, Oct 16 · 6:00 PMHalloween Hoopla at the Macomb Township Recreation Center
- Fri, Oct 16 · 6:00 PMSpookyland at Blake's Big Apple
- Fri, Oct 16 · 6:00 PMVideo Game Night at The Robot Garage
- Fri, Oct 16 · 3:00 PMZoo Boo at the Detroit Zoo
- Sat, Oct 17 · 1:00 PM2026 Harvest Festival at Crosswinds Marsh
- Sat, Oct 17 · 10:00 AMApple Cider Pressing at Red Oaks Nature Center
- Sat, Oct 17 · 10:30 AMFamily Concert with Jim Gill: Celebrating 10 Years of 1,000 Books before Kindergarten
- Sat, Oct 17 · 11:00 AMGuardian + Child Tile Making Workshop (children 7-15) – Pewabic Pottery
- Sat, Oct 17 · 2:00 PMHalloween Fairy Garden
- Sat, Oct 17 · 3:00 PMHalloween Spooktacular Family Movie: The Little Vampire
- Sat, Oct 17 · 7:00 PMHarvest Moon Hayrides at Upland Hills Farm
- Sat, Oct 17 · 6:00 PMKids Night Out! at the Mad Science Lab (Pre-K/TK - Grade 5) – Mad Science of Detroit
- Sat, Oct 17Maybury Farm Corn Maze Weekends
- Sat, Oct 17 · 1:30 PMNature Explorers: Fall Colors
- Sat, Oct 17 · 12:00 PMPick Your Pumpkin Hayrides at Kensington Farm Center
- Sat, Oct 17 · 10:30 AMSaturday Mixed Media Workshops for Kids – Anton Art Center
- Sat, Oct 17 · 4:15 PMSaturday Public Skating – Detroit Skating Club
- Sat, Oct 17 · 1:00 PMSTEMgineers: Drone Programming
- Sat, Oct 17 · 10:00 AMSterling Frights at Dodge Park
- Sat, Oct 17 · 10:00 AMUpland Hills Farm Harvest Festival
- Sat, Oct 17 · 11:00 AMWestland Harvest Festival at Jefferson Barns
- Sun, Oct 18 · 11:30 AM15th Annual Pumpkin Palooza in Downtown Plymouth
- Sun, Oct 18 · 1:00 PMFree Kids Costume Shop
- Sun, Oct 18 · 2:00 PMHalloween Hoopla
- Sun, Oct 18 · 11:00 AMSky Tykes Mini Ropes Course at Howell Nature Center
- Sun, Oct 18 · 6:00 PMTrick or Treat Trail at Clawson City Park
- Sun, Oct 18 · 1:00 PMWild Michigan: Bats at Lake St. Clair Metropark Nature Center
- Tue, Oct 20 · 6:30 PMFairytale STEM: The Crane Wife
- Wed, Oct 21 · 6:00 PMCandy Pumpkin Catapult Engineering Challenge
- Thu, Oct 22 · 6:00 PMWinnie the Pooh Party
- Fri, Oct 23 · 7:00 PMCandlelight and Shadows: Spooky Favorites on the Kilgen Organ
- Fri, Oct 23 · 6:30 PMFive Nights at Freddy's Party (Grades 6-12)
- Fri, Oct 23 · 6:00 PMHalloween at the Y – Farmington Family YMCA
- Fri, Oct 23 · 5:00 PMHalloween at the Y – Macomb Family YMCA (Mount Clemens)
- Fri, Oct 23 · 5:30 PMHalloween at the Y – South Oakland Family YMCA (Royal Oak)
- Fri, Oct 23 · 4:00 PMRingling Brothers Performance (Reading with Ringling)
- Fri, Oct 23 · 5:00 PMSkeleton Crew: Pirates and Bones Family Program
- Fri, Oct 23 · 5:30 PMTrick or Treat Boo Fest at Green Oak Village Place
- Fri, Oct 23 · 5:00 PMTrick-or-Treat: Under the Sea! at Troy Historic Village
- Fri, Oct 23 · 6:00 PMWildcraft: Bonfire Magic
- Sat, Oct 24 · 11:00 AMBoo at the Nature Center (Belle Isle)
- Sat, Oct 24 · 5:00 PMBoo Bash in Downtown Milford
- Sat, Oct 24 · 6:00 PMCalling All Owls at Kensington Metropark Nature Center
- Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AMDinosaur Bone Cleaning Demonstrations with PaleoJoe
- Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PMDowntown Clawson Trick or Treasure
- Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PMDowntown Lapeer Treat Walk
- Sat, Oct 24 · 11:00 AMHalloween at the Y – Boll Family YMCA (Downtown Detroit)
- Sat, Oct 24 · 5:00 PMHalloween Open Skate – Detroit Skating Club
- Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PMHarrison Township Hallowpalooza at Tucker Park
- Sat, Oct 24 · 4:00 PMJack-O-Lanterns Among the Trees
- Sat, Oct 24 · 6:00 PMMinecraft Night at The Robot Garage
- Sat, Oct 24 · 11:00 AMMonster Mash
- Sat, Oct 24 · 2:00 PMMonsters! Featuring Matt Faulkner
- Sat, Oct 24 · 5:00 PMScareFest: Camp Palmer (Halloween in the D)
- Sat, Oct 24 · 9:45 AMStagecrafters Youth Theatre Workshop at the Baldwin Theatre
- Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AMStreets of Treats in Downtown Northville
- Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PMHalloween at the Y – Carls Family YMCA (Milford)
- Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PMOrdinary Fire – Scenes, Monologues and Songs by Mosaic Youth and Jr Ensemble
- Sun, Oct 25 · 2:30 PMTreats in the Streets at the Detroit Historical Museum
- Sun, Oct 25 · 1:00 PMTreats in the Streets: Sensory-friendly Hour
- Mon, Oct 26 · 4:30 PM1,000 Hours Outside: Bat Week Bonanza!
- Mon, Oct 26 · 7:00 PMSilly Scarecrow Bubble Show
- Tue, Oct 27Curious George: The Golden Meatball (Macomb Center)
- Tue, Oct 27 · 10:00 AMHalloween Storytime and Costume Parade
- Tue, Oct 27 · 7:00 PMLit Lab Productions: The Leaf Thief (ages 4-8)
- Wed, Oct 28 · 5:30 PMHalloween Candy Crawl at the Main Library
- Wed, Oct 28 · 4:30 PMHalloween Storybook Trail Adventures
- Thu, Oct 29 · 6:00 PMHalloween Crafts (Grades K-4)
- Thu, Oct 29 · 7:00 PMSTEAM Curiosity: Spooky Science (ages 8-10)
- Fri, Oct 30 · 1:30 PMDSO Relaxed Open Rehearsal: Spooky Spectacular
- Fri, Oct 30 · 10:00 AMHalloween Monster Mash (ages 0-5)
- Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PMKids' Night Out – Halloween Special at The Robot Garage
- Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PMTrail 'r' Treat – Angel's Night at Claude Allison Park (Redford)
- Sat, Oct 31 · 2:00 PMAutumn Family Art Adventures
- Sat, Oct 31 · 12:30 PMBrick-or-Treat Drop-In Play at The Robot Garage
- Sat, Oct 31 · 10:00 AMDSO Tiny Tots: Miss Paula & The Candy Bandits
- Sat, Oct 31 · 11:00 AMDSO Young People's Family Concert: Spooky Spectacular! Halloween at Orchestra Hall
- Sat, Oct 31 · 2:30 PMHalloween Skate at Garden City Civic Ice Arena
- Sun, Nov 1 · 11:00 AMDia de los Muertos at Valade Park
- Sun, Nov 1 · 5:30 PMGlow Dig II Family Event at Dinosaur Hill
- Sun, Nov 1 · 2:00 PMTPL Global Culture Series: Alfeñique (Sugar Skull) Workshop
- Tue, Nov 3 · 9:00 AMElection Day One-Day Camp (Grades 1-4) – The Robot Garage
- Thu, Nov 5 · 11:00 AMCookie Monster's Birthday Party
- Thu, Nov 5 · 6:00 PMLEGO Night
- Fri, Nov 6 · 6:30 PMNankin Mills Players Puppet Show
- Sat, Nov 7 · 1:00 PMInternational Games Day
- Sat, Nov 7 · 2:00 PMJapanese Yokai Festival
- Sat, Nov 7 · 11:00 AMStorytime in Sign Language
- Sat, Nov 7 · 12:00 PMWestland Library 30th Anniversary Celebration
- Sun, Nov 8 · 3:00 PMClifford The Big Red Dog: The Musical (The Berman Center)
- Sun, Nov 8 · 10:30 AMLittle Makers Open House – Paint Creek Center for the Arts
- Tue, Nov 10 · 4:30 PMLive the Story: American Girl Samantha (Troy Historic Village)
- Wed, Nov 11 · 10:00 AMBaby Rave
Places and ongoing programs
- Session in progressAdult & Tots Create Together! (Ages 3 & 4), Mondays – Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
- Visit on your scheduleArab American National Museum
- Session in progressArt Discovery: Preschool/Kindergarten (Ages 4 & up), Saturdays – Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
- Visit on your scheduleBelle Isle Aquarium
- Visit on your scheduleBelle Isle Nature Center
- Visit on your scheduleBlake's Orchard & Cider Mill and Funland
- Session in progressBubbies, Zaydies and Grandbabies! Fall 2026 – JFamily at The J (West Bloomfield)
- Visit on your scheduleCharles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Recurring / by appointmentCode Ninjas Canton – JR (ages 5-7) and CREATE (ages 8-14) coding programs
- Visit on your scheduleCranbrook Art Museum
- Visit on your scheduleCranbrook Institute of Science
- Visit on your scheduleDetroit Historical Museum
- Visit on your scheduleDetroit Zoo
- Visit on your scheduleDossin Great Lakes Museum
- Session in progressDrawing: Cartooning & Comics (Ages 11-17), Saturdays – Anton Art Center
- Visit on your scheduleDYNO Detroit Climbing Gym (youth climbing from age 5)
- Recurring / by appointmentECHO - Early Childhood Hour Out at Wint Nature Center
- Session in progressFamous Artist Inspirations (Ages 6-9) – Paint Creek Center for the Arts
- Visit on your scheduleFord Piquette Avenue Plant
- Visit on your scheduleFord Rouge Factory Tour
- Recurring / by appointmentFoundations Soccer (4 & 5 Year Olds) – Detroit City Fieldhouse
- Recurring / by appointmentFree Kids Art Class (Ages 6-10) – Paint Creek Center for the Arts
- Visit on your scheduleHenry Ford Museum of American Innovation
- Session in progressHoliday Clay for Kids! (Ages 6-9) – Paint Creek Center for the Arts
- Recurring / by appointmentHoliday Lights at the Farm (Wolcott Mill Metropark Farm Center)
- Visit on your scheduleHuron Lightship Museum
- Visit on your scheduleKensington Metropark Farm Center
- Session in progressKids Ceramics (Ages 6-12), Tuesdays – Anton Art Center, Fall Session 2
- Recurring / by appointmentLearn to Skate Classes (Snowplow age 3-5, Basic Skills all ages) – Detroit Skating Club
- Session in progressLearn to Skate Fall 2 Session (Parent Tot, Snowplow Sam, Basic, Teen) – Suburban Ice Rochester
- Session in progressLearning to Paint (Ages 10-13) – Paint Creek Center for the Arts
- Session in progressLego Club (Grades K-4)
- Visit on your scheduleLEGOLAND Discovery Center Michigan
- Recurring / by appointmentLittle Leapers Toddler Jump – Sky Zone Canton
- Recurring / by appointmentLittle Wing (Ages 4-5) and Rookies (Ages 6-7) Music Programs – School of Rock Troy
- Visit on your scheduleMarvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum
- Visit on your scheduleMaybury Farm
- Visit on your scheduleMichigan Flight Museum (formerly Yankee Air Museum)
- Visit on your scheduleMichigan Science Center
- Visit on your schedulePort Huron Museums – Carnegie Museum
- Recurring / by appointmentRobot Academy Jr LEGO WeDo Robotics Class (Grades 1-3) – The Robot Garage Birmingham
- Visit on your scheduleRochester Cider Mill
- Session in progressSaturday STREAM (Grades K-5)
- Visit on your scheduleSEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium
- Visit on your scheduleSeven Ponds Nature Center
- Visit on your scheduleSky Zone Trampoline Park Canton
- Recurring / by appointmentSnacks with Santa: Kensington
- Recurring / by appointmentSoccer Tots (2 & 3 Year Olds) – Detroit City Fieldhouse
- Visit on your scheduleSpicer Orchards Farm Market & Cider Mill
- Recurring / by appointmentSpider Monkeys Youth Climbing Program (Ages 4-6) – Planet Rock Madison Heights
- Visit on your scheduleStage Nature Center
- Session in progressSuper STEAM at Conely Branch
- Session in progressSupper & Stories
- Session in progressTeen Ceramics (Ages 12-18), Wednesdays – Anton Art Center, Fall Session 2
- Visit on your scheduleTroy Historic Village
- Visit on your scheduleUrban Air Adventure Park Sterling Heights
- Visit on your scheduleWestview Orchards & Winery
- Visit on your scheduleWild Wonders Wildlife Park at Howell Nature Center
- Visit on your scheduleWolcott Mill Metropark Farm Center
- Visit on your scheduleYates Cider Mill
- Recurring / by appointmentYoung Engineers LEGO Engineering Class (Ages 4-6) – The Robot Garage Birmingham
- Session in progressYouth Chess Club (Grades 3-8)