# Things to do with kids in Hockessin, DE

> 8 upcoming family events and 0 places and ongoing programs in Hockessin, DE (New Castle County, DE), in the Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington 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

- [Ghostly Tales Candlelit Tour at Ashland Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/ghostly-tales-candlelit-tour-at-ashland-nature-center--listing-21f520612382b67eb9d22aa4) — Fri, Oct 30 · 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM · Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin · From $45 · checked Oct 20. On the evening before Halloween, a Delaware Nature Society naturalist storyteller leads families into the woods at Ashland Nature Center in Hockessin for spooky stories told by…
- [Knee High Naturalists at Ashland Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/knee-high-naturalists-at-ashland-nature-center--listing-d6986a60a87a2d026812762a) — Fri, Nov 6 (+3 more dates) · 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM · Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin · Ages 3–5 · From $15 · checked Oct 20. Knee High Naturalists is the Delaware Nature Society's outdoor nature class for preschoolers and their grown-ups, led by the society's Teacher Naturalists at Ashland Nature…
- [Nature Journaling: Raptor Migration](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/nature-journaling-raptor-migration--listing-9b28c050d5607b2e48492c52) — Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin · All ages · From $30 · checked Oct 20. Delaware Nature Society naturalists lead a morning of nature journaling at Ashland Nature Center in Hockessin during the peak of the fall raptor migration. The group hikes up to…
- [School Day Off: Autumn at Ashland](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/school-day-off-autumn-at-ashland--listing-7451db7da80651f34fd3b5b0) — Wed, Nov 11 · 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM · Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin · From $85 · checked Oct 20. For the November 11 school day off, the Delaware Nature Society's Ashland Nature Center in Hockessin runs a full-day nature camp for children in pre-K through grade 3. The day is…
- [School Day Off: Child Vs. Wild](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/school-day-off-child-vs-wild--listing-1748efa65eb71ddb6a9f0abc) — Wed, Nov 11 · 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM · Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin · From $85 · checked Oct 20. Child Vs. Wild is the Delaware Nature Society's November 11 school-day-off camp for children in grades 3-6 at Ashland Nature Center in Hockessin, built around outdoor survival…
- [Talkin' Turkey at Ashland Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/talkin-turkey-at-ashland-nature-center--listing-75f4035972c26e0d3caaaa7f) — Wed, Nov 25 · 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM · Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin · From $25 · checked Oct 20. The day before Thanksgiving, the Delaware Nature Society's Ashland Nature Center in Hockessin hosts a 90-minute morning program on wild turkeys for children. Kids learn how wild…
- [Lunch Time With the Animals at Ashland Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/lunch-time-with-the-animals-at-ashland-nature-center--listing-64f3ac026b913a069e34ff5d) — Wed, Dec 2 (+6 more dates) · 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM · Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin · Free · checked Oct 20. On Wednesdays through December and into January, Ashland Nature Center in Hockessin invites children to bring a packed lunch and spend the noon hour with the center's animals…
- [Gingerbread House for Birds at Ashland Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/gingerbread-house-for-birds-at-ashland-nature-center--listing-81a6d18fcea1a142535280a9) — Sat, Dec 5 · 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM · Ashland Nature Center, Hockessin · From $40 · checked Oct 20. Instead of a gingerbread house to eat, families at Ashland Nature Center in Hockessin decorate one for the birds. The Delaware Nature Society supplies an assembled house and all…

## Recently ended

- [Hawk Watch ~ Ashland Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/hawk-watch-ashland-nature-center--listing-02a804207e4e99c29de5d98d) — ended Sat, Oct 17
- [Lost Trees of Delaware ~ Ashland Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/lost-trees-of-delaware-ashland-nature-center--listing-8c17e5c3d81ca95f3ef11cc2) — ended Sat, Oct 17
- [Hawk Watch ~ Ashland Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/hawk-watch-ashland-nature-center--listing-21703b9d738fb046e5b91e74) — ended Fri, Oct 16
- [Hawk Watch ~ Ashland Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/hawk-watch-ashland-nature-center--listing-1de5edbab063f81350f6220f) — ended Thu, Oct 15

## Nearby

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