# Things to do with kids in Beaverton, OR

> 18 upcoming family events and 5 places and ongoing programs in Beaverton, OR (Washington County, OR), in the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro area. Listings whose address is in this town. Dates and times are Pacific Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Synthesizer Petting Zoo — Beaverton City Library](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/synthesizer-petting-zoo-beaverton-city-library--listing-a34f5f59be82adc0d422a0b9) — Sun, Oct 25 · 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Beaverton City Library · All ages · checked Oct 20. Synth Library Portland, which keeps a circulating collection of electronic instruments, sets up a synthesizer 'petting zoo' at Beaverton City Library on Sunday afternoon, October…
- [Kids Costume Dance Party](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/kids-costume-dance-party--listing-da2e4f153f085241152b0a68) — Mon, Oct 26 · 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM · Beaverton City Library · Ages 1–8 · checked Oct 14. Kids Costume Dance Party at Beaverton City Library: come in costume and dance to silly and slightly scary music, followed by an indoor costume parade. For ages 1–8 with family.
- [National Geographic Live: Wild Wolves of Yellowstone (with free OMSI owl-pellet lab)](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/national-geographic-live-wild-wolves-of-yellowstone-with-free-omsi-owl--listing-06502d0c1b71941ccfc86f51) — Thu, Oct 29 · 7:30 PM · Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton · From $31.75 · checked Oct 24. Wildlife biologist and National Geographic Explorer Doug Smith, who led the Yellowstone Wolf Project that brought gray wolves back to the park in the 1990s, presents…
- [Cooler Camp: Halloween Fun! (no-school day ice camp)](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/cooler-camp-halloween-fun-no-school-day-ice-camp--listing-3cfc1ab9e4ac6d0a43ddec81) — Fri, Oct 30 · 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Winterhawks ICE Center Beaverton · All ages · From $80 · checked Oct 14. One-day Cooler Camp at Winterhawks ICE Center Beaverton on the statewide school in-service day. Campers may come in costume for ice skating plus arts and crafts: decorating a…
- [Kids Costume Parade — Beaverton City Library Murray Scholls](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/kids-costume-parade-beaverton-city-library-murray-scholls--listing-3c2933123b26960a14b79cd6) — Sat, Oct 31 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Beaverton City Library — Murray Scholls · Ages 2–8 · checked Oct 20. Children are invited to wear their Halloween costumes to the Murray Scholls branch of Beaverton City Library on Saturday, October 31, from 11 a.m. to noon and join a dance around…
- [Día de los Muertos — Beaverton City Library](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/dia-de-los-muertos-beaverton-city-library--listing-ae9c217af094f38612c4f5ea) — Sun, Nov 1 · 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Beaverton City Library · checked Oct 20. Beaverton City Library celebrates Día de los Muertos with an afternoon of creativity and color on Sunday, November 1, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the main library on SW Fifth Street…
- [Newt Day at Tualatin Hills Nature Park](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/newt-day-at-tualatin-hills-nature-park--listing-1c7f62a2963351c90516aa6d) — Sat, Nov 7 · 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Tualatin Hills Nature Center, Beaverton · All ages · Free · checked Oct 14. Free family event celebrating THPRD's 70th anniversary and the cycles that keep the forest thriving: hands-on activities, discovery stations, self-guided park exploration and…
- [Black Light Painting for Kids — Beaverton City Library](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/black-light-painting-for-kids-beaverton-city-library--listing-098ca3bba1d1cd44d9b556d8) — Wed, Nov 18 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Beaverton City Library · Free · checked Oct 16. Kids in grades 3 through 8 create a vibrant painting that glows under black light at this hour-long after-school art program at Beaverton City Library. Participants paint with…
- [Dive-in Movie at Conestoga Pool](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/dive-in-movie-at-conestoga-pool--listing-eea7542f092d627b96f6d77a) — Fri, Nov 20 · 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM · Conestoga Recreation & Aquatic Center, Beaverton · Paid · checked Oct 16. Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District turns the pool at Conestoga Recreation & Aquatic Center in Beaverton into a movie theater for a Friday evening: families swim and float…
- [Let's Bring Out All the Toys! — Beaverton City Library](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/let-s-bring-out-all-the-toys-beaverton-city-library--listing-aec85e2c23da31fb97d0a641) — Mon, Nov 23 · 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM · Beaverton City Library · Ages 1–8 · Free · checked Oct 16. During Thanksgiving week, Beaverton City Library brings out its whole collection of toys for an all-day drop-in play session for children aged 1 to 8. Families can stop by any…
- [Campana Sobre Campana: Christmas in México at The Reser](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/campana-sobre-campana-christmas-in-mexico-at-the-reser--listing-9b2723cf59a08cf307bcbd1d) — Sat, Nov 28 · 3:00 PM · Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton · From $39.50 · checked Oct 24. Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar and Ballet Folklórico del Río Grande present a bilingual holiday show built around Mexican Christmas traditions and named for the beloved…
- [The Amazing Bubble Man at The Reser](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/the-amazing-bubble-man-at-the-reser--listing-9e57857e9dcd744e7106cb52) — Sun, Nov 29 · 2:00 PM · Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton · All ages · From $25 · checked Oct 24. Louis Pearl, the Amazing Bubble Man, brings his family bubble show to The Reser in Beaverton for a Sunday matinee. Over more than 30 years of touring, including 14 sell-out…
- [Beaverton Winter Light Displays at City Park](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/beaverton-winter-light-displays-at-city-park--listing-6cc506ad9524d2636f9d6b79) — Dec 1 – Jan 3 · 4:00 PM – 8:00 AM · Beaverton City Park · checked Oct 16. Winter light displays are switched on at Beaverton City Park from December 1, 2026 to January 3, 2027, lit each day from 4 pm to 8 am. All displays are wheelchair accessible and…
- [Beaverton Winter Lights & Tree Lighting](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/beaverton-winter-lights-and-tree-lighting--listing-0371b6ee0f5456c79627fdf3) — Fri, Dec 4 · 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM · Beaverton City Park · checked Oct 16. The City of Beaverton's annual Winter Lights & Tree Lighting event fills Beaverton City Park on the evening of Friday, December 4. Winter markets run from 4 to 8 pm: the…
- [The Nutcracker — Oregon International Ballet Academy at The Reser](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/the-nutcracker-oregon-international-ballet-academy-at-the-reser--listing-572aaef49bd064990c47c391) — Sat, Dec 5 (+1 more date) · Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton · From $44 · checked Oct 24. Oregon International Ballet Academy (OIBA) brings its holiday Nutcracker back to the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton for three performances over the first weekend…
- [Beaverton Menorah Lighting at City Park](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/beaverton-menorah-lighting-at-city-park--listing-c33b20e8e57145355e408215) — Tue, Dec 8 · 5:00 PM · Beaverton City Park · Free · checked Oct 16. The City of Beaverton and Chabad Jewish Center of Hillsboro hold a menorah lighting at Beaverton City Park at 5 pm on Tuesday, December 8. It is free to the public, and…
- [Kids' New Year's Eve! at The Reser](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/kids-new-year-s-eve-at-the-reser--listing-45760330d08e8be27d0768f8) — Thu, Dec 31 · 11:00 AM · Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton · Up to 10 · From $15.50 · checked Oct 24. The Reser's daytime New Year's Eve party lets young children ring in the new year without staying up until midnight. Now in its fourth year, the late-morning celebration has live…
- [National Geographic Live: Diving the Great Barrier Reef (with free OMSI whale session)](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/national-geographic-live-diving-the-great-barrier-reef-with-free-omsi--listing-deca95672c4fcc09f3170a90) — Thu, Jan 21 · 7:30 PM · Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton · From $31.75 · checked Oct 24. Marine biologist, divemaster and virtual-reality filmmaker Erika Woolsey, a National Geographic Explorer, takes the audience on a series of dives on the Great Barrier Reef, from…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Cooper Mountain Nature Park](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/cooper-mountain-nature-park--listing-7859386d3ab22f6717a6045e) — Open sunrise to sunset · Cooper Mountain Nature Park, Beaverton · All ages · checked Oct 14. Metro nature park in Beaverton with more than three miles of trails through forests, prairies and oak woodlands, where visitors might glimpse Northern red-legged frogs and…
- [Nature Explorers Winter Break Camps (THPRD)](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/nature-explorers-winter-break-camps-thprd--listing-98d7c972bd370bb3d69c1d12) — Ongoing · Tualatin Hills Nature Center, Beaverton · Ages 7–13 · From $92 · checked Oct 14. Day camps at the Tualatin Hills Nature Center during winter break for ages 7-13: make friends, learn about plants and animals and hike two to five miles daily. Themes include…
- [Tualatin Hills Nature Center and Nature Park](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/tualatin-hills-nature-center-and-nature-park--listing-1bb14be92b07ec945608f7a3) — Park dawn to dusk; Nature Center Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. · Tualatin Hills Nature Center, Beaverton · All ages · checked Oct 14. THPRD nature center at the SW Millikan Way entrance of Tualatin Hills Nature Park in Beaverton, offering nature studies for preschool, youth and families, nature camps, events…
- [Winterhawks Ice Center Beaverton Public Skating](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/winterhawks-ice-center-beaverton-public-skating--listing-9b3a171f263f5a66ecc71870) — Public sessions per the online Beaverton schedule · Winterhawks Ice Center Beaverton · All ages · From $25 · checked Oct 14. Public skate sessions at Winterhawks Ice Center Beaverton for all ages and skill levels; admission includes free skate rental. Ages 5 and under free with a paid chaperone; group…
- [Winterhawks ICE Center Learn to Skate (Mini Hawks & Basic Skills)](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/winterhawks-ice-center-learn-to-skate-mini-hawks-and-basic-skills--listing-cee437431032e585f0ce14ac) — Term-based weekly classes (Fall Term Sept 7 - Nov 1, 2026) · Winterhawks ICE Center Beaverton · Ages 3–14 · Paid · checked Oct 14. Year-round Learn to Skate USA skate school at Winterhawks ICE Centers in Beaverton and Sherwood. Skaters are sorted by age: Mini Hawks Series for ages 3-5, Basic Skills Series…

## Recently ended

- [Halloween Silly Walk & Dance Party](https://grassyknees.com/portland/activities/halloween-silly-walk-and-dance-party--listing-1f34046a757c3683f2e9a3bb) — ended Sun, Oct 18

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