# Things to do with kids in Redlands, CA

> 13 upcoming family events and 14 places and ongoing programs in Redlands, CA (San Bernardino County, CA), in the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario 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

- [Halloween Workshop – paint a Halloween scene on canvas (Redlands Art Association youth class)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/halloween-workshop-paint-a-halloween-scene-on-canvas-redlands-art-asso--listing-dc58a6c2461d6ebed668a4db) — Sat, Oct 24 · 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Redlands Art Association · From $35 · checked Oct 13. The Redlands Art Association's youth Halloween Workshop, taught by Suzanne Burke, is a single Saturday session on October 24, 2026 from 1:00 to 3:00pm in which children paint a…
- [Jack and the Beanstalk — LifeHouse Theater world-premiere musical](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/jack-and-the-beanstalk-lifehouse-theater-world-premiere-musical--listing-c7b8f966dd64e9e7081ab1fc) — Oct 10 – Nov 8 · LifeHouse Theater, Redlands · All ages · From $18 · checked Oct 16. LifeHouse Theater, a faith-based community theater in Redlands, presents the world premiere of its original musical 'Jack and the Beanstalk' from October 10 to November 8, 2026…
- [Museum of Redlands Grand Opening](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/museum-of-redlands-grand-opening--listing-23b578320f52a6f8e1b51bfb) — Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Museum of Redlands · Free · checked Oct 13. Ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the new, free Museum of Redlands in the reimagined former Redlands Daily Facts building, the result of a 26-year community effort and now…
- [Signing Storytime: 'Monster Hands' (San Bernardino County Museum)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/signing-storytime-monster-hands-san-bernardino-county-museum--listing-5689b644cc96b518a1945182) — Sat, Oct 24 · 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM · San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands · From $5 · checked Oct 16. Signing Storytime at the San Bernardino County Museum introduces families to American Sign Language through a picture book. On Saturday, October 24, 2026, Miss Melissa reads…
- [Readers to Eaters Kids' Cooking Demo with Wunderland Pop-Up Kitchen](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/readers-to-eaters-kids-cooking-demo-with-wunderland-pop-up-kitchen--listing-643c1836fd7af4a3d3010a3a) — Sun, Oct 25 · 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM · A.K. Smiley Public Library, Redlands · checked Oct 24. Wunderland Pop-Up Kitchen visits A.K. Smiley Public Library in Redlands on Sunday afternoon, October 25, for two hands-on cooking demonstrations in which children follow along…
- [Underground Voices: Teen Writers' Club](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/underground-voices-teen-writers-club--listing-cd34bf4cc9b66add5f8fef7b) — Tue, Oct 27 · 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM · A.K. Smiley Public Library (Teen Underground, lower level), Redlands · Ages 13–18 · checked Oct 24. Underground Voices is A.K. Smiley Public Library's writers' club for teens aged 13 to 18, meeting in the Teen Underground on the library's lower level in downtown Redlands. Teen…
- [Pajama Story Time at A.K. Smiley Public Library](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/pajama-story-time-at-a-k-smiley-public-library--listing-b8461623c5ee31e6a9016ab8) — Wed, Oct 28 · 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM · A.K. Smiley Public Library, Redlands · All ages · checked Oct 24. A.K. Smiley Public Library's Young Readers' Room holds an evening Pajama Story Time on Wednesday, October 28, from 6 to 6:30 pm, with picture books and songs just before bedtime…
- [Trunk-or-Treat At The Y! – Redlands Family YMCA](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/trunk-or-treat-at-the-y-redlands-family-ymca--listing-852a000ec1802e26e2ccf585) — Thu, Oct 29 · 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM · Redlands Family YMCA · checked Oct 13. The Redlands Family YMCA hosts Trunk-or-Treat At The Y! on Thursday, October 29, 2026 from 5:30 to 6:30pm. The YMCA of the East Valley's Halloween events page lists it as open to…
- [Day of the Dead Arts Fest at the San Bernardino County Museum](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/day-of-the-dead-arts-fest-at-the-san-bernardino-county-museum--listing-e62f9b53648cc7576a35b222) — Sat, Nov 14 · 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM · San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands · From $5 · checked Oct 16. The San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands and Arts Connection host a new, family-friendly Day of the Dead Arts Fest on Saturday, November 14, 2026, from 4 to 8 pm. The evening…
- [Miracle on 34th Street — LifeHouse Theater (Redlands)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/miracle-on-34th-street-lifehouse-theater-redlands--listing-837eca909b5f665baf8e7879) — Nov 21 – Dec 27 · LifeHouse Theater, Redlands · From $18 · checked Oct 16. LifeHouse Theater in Redlands stages the Christmas favorite 'Miracle on 34th Street' from November 21 to December 27, 2026. New York City is turned upside down when a…
- [Redlands Christmas Parade](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/redlands-christmas-parade--listing-b77315f89bba7176697388ef) — Sat, Dec 5 · 6:00 PM · State Street, downtown Redlands · checked Oct 13. The Kiwanis Club of Redlands' annual Christmas Parade on State Street in downtown Redlands, listed on the parade's official site for Saturday, December 5th at 6pm with the theme…
- [Bethlehem Marketplace — walk-through Christmas experience (Redlands)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/bethlehem-marketplace-walk-through-christmas-experience-redlands--listing-0c35915de66e2b39a5125f4c) — Wed, Dec 9 (+9 more dates) · 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Pathway Church, Redlands · Ages 3+ · From $15 · checked Oct 16. LifeHouse Theater turns Pathway Church in Redlands into a bustling first-century Bethlehem for its Bethlehem Marketplace, December 9–19, 2026, from 5 to 9 pm each evening. Based…
- [Holiday Lights & Victorian Nights Evening Tours (Kimberly Crest)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/holiday-lights-and-victorian-nights-evening-tours-kimberly-crest--listing-0789018a93d214626cff9bc5) — Thu, Dec 10 (+5 more dates) · 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM · Kimberly Crest House & Gardens, Redlands · Ages 9+ · From $20 · checked Oct 13. Evening holiday tours at Kimberly Crest, December 10 – 20 on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays only, 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM: stroll the historic gardens lit for the season, then tour…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Baby, Toddler, Preschool and Spanish Story Times at A.K. Smiley Public Library](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/baby-toddler-preschool-and-spanish-story-times-at-a-k-smiley-public-li--listing-6e5674e8ec729d4f31b03d2f) — Week of Oct 26, 2026 the calendar lists: Preschool Story Time Monday 10:30–11:00 am… · A.K. Smiley Public Library, Redlands · checked Oct 24. The Young Readers' Room at A.K. Smiley Public Library in Redlands runs short weekday story times for young children, each about 20 to 30 minutes. Baby Story Time with Miss…
- [Cartooning Fantasy Characters – youth art class at Redlands Art Association (Session B)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/cartooning-fantasy-characters-youth-art-class-at-redlands-art-associat--listing-02554dc022fb554d5e9762e2) — Thursdays 3:30–5:00pm, Oct 1–Oct 29, 2026 (five sessions) · Redlands Art Association · Ages 6+ · From $85 · checked Oct 13. Cartooning Fantasy Characters is a five-week youth drawing class taught by Darlene Douthit at the Redlands Art Association gallery, part of Fall 2026 Session B. It meets…
- [Clay Trek – youth ceramics class at Redlands Art Association (Session B)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/clay-trek-youth-ceramics-class-at-redlands-art-association-session-b--listing-4dde72468f4bd1ca8997da33) — Mondays 3:30–5:00pm, Sept 28–Oct 26, 2026 (five sessions) · Redlands Art Association · Ages 6+ · From $100 · checked Oct 13. Clay Trek is a five-week youth ceramics class taught by Kristy Sullivan at the Redlands Art Association gallery on East State Street, part of the Fall 2026 Session B youth…
- [Color Me Mine Redlands (paint-your-own pottery studio)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/color-me-mine-redlands-paint-your-own-pottery-studio--listing-1e9b5ea4470d553676fba10a) — Open 11:00am–8:00pm, Sunday through Saturday · Color Me Mine Redlands · Paid · checked Oct 13. Color Me Mine Redlands is a paint-your-own-pottery studio on Alabama Street, open 11:00am to 8:00pm every day of the week. The studio's site describes its approach as making it…
- [Fun Friday – youth art class at Redlands Art Association (Session B)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/fun-friday-youth-art-class-at-redlands-art-association-session-b--listing-c4df56a9a8684810aa68569d) — Fridays 3:30–5:00pm, Oct 2, 9, 16, 30, 2026 (no class Oct 23) · Redlands Art Association · Ages 6+ · From $65 · checked Oct 13. Fun Friday is a four-session youth art class taught by Rosie Anaya at the Redlands Art Association gallery during Fall 2026 Session B. It meets Fridays 3:30–5:00pm on Oct 2, 9…
- [Kimberly Crest House & Gardens](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/kimberly-crest-house-and-gardens--listing-b6667592f6186c6076ed4bf3) — Estate grounds Monday – Friday and Sunday 10 AM to 4 PM; closed Saturdays. House tours… · Kimberly Crest House & Gardens, Redlands · All ages · Free · checked Oct 13. 1897 French-chateau-style mansion and Italian Renaissance-style terraced gardens two miles south of downtown Redlands. The estate grounds are open Monday – Friday and Sunday 10…
- [Lincoln Memorial Shrine](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/lincoln-memorial-shrine--listing-ecfcbf534127ff62dec7b95c) — Tuesday – Sunday 1pm – 5pm; closed Monday and major holidays · Lincoln Memorial Shrine, Redlands · Free · checked Oct 13. Abraham Lincoln and Civil War museum in Smiley Park, Redlands, operated by the City of Redlands / A.K. Smiley Public Library and the Lincoln Memorial Association. The octagonal…
- [Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Patch & Christmas Tree Farm (2026 pumpkin season)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/live-oak-canyon-pumpkin-patch-and-christmas-tree-farm-2026-pumpkin-sea--listing-09a38efb06fb566792708c0b) — Open Sept 17-Nov 2, 2026 (closed Oct 19); Mon-Thurs 4-9pm, Fri 4-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm… · Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Patch & Christmas Tree Farm, Redlands · Paid · checked Oct 13. A large pumpkin farm on Live Oak Canyon Road in Redlands with pumpkins, a corn maze, a petting zoo of 300+ animals, flower gardens and family photo spots, a food court and 70+…
- [Module 2 "A World of Color" – youth academy art class at Redlands Art Association (Tuesdays, ages 6-12)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/module-2-a-world-of-color-youth-academy-art-class-at-redlands-art-asso--listing-819ad107239d56359b00850d) — Tuesdays 3:30–5:00pm, Sept 29–Oct 27, 2026 (five sessions) · Redlands Art Association · Ages 6–12 · From $85 · checked Oct 13. Module 2 'A World of Color' is one of the Redlands Art Association's academy classes based on the Elements of Art, taught by Kristy Sullivan for ages 6-12 during Fall 2026…
- [Museum of Redlands](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/museum-of-redlands--listing-f27ec9c20180db922d0b3089) — Opens October 24, 2026; Wednesdays through Sundays, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. · Museum of Redlands · Free · checked Oct 13. New free local-history museum in the reimagined and expanded former Redlands Daily Facts building at 1 N. Center St., administered by the A.K. Smiley Public Library. It opens to…
- [San Bernardino County Museum](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/san-bernardino-county-museum--listing-b8dbc61dd101e277729eb7f4) — Open Tuesdays through Sundays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; closed all County holidays and… · San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands · From $5 · checked Oct 13. County natural and cultural history museum in Redlands, just north of Interstate 10 (California Street exit), with halls of Earth Sciences, Biodiversity and History under its…
- [Sensory Hours at the San Bernardino County Museum](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/sensory-hours-at-the-san-bernardino-county-museum--listing-0fa1eab5d4815d1eebf322fb) — Third Wednesday of the month, 3–5 p.m. (as posted) · San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands · From $5 · checked Oct 13. Monthly low-sensory afternoons (3–5 p.m.) when lighting is softened and the museum environment is quieter, designed for visitors with sensory sensitivities, including those on…
- [STEAM Saturdays in the STEAM Lab (San Bernardino County Museum)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/steam-saturdays-in-the-steam-lab-san-bernardino-county-museum--listing-8528a76e2b2ae9981282047e) — Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. · San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands · With admission · checked Oct 13. Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the San Bernardino County Museum's STEAM Lab offers simple hands-on crafts designed for young learners and their families. October "Monster…
- [We Rock the Spectrum Kids Gym Redlands – Open Play](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/we-rock-the-spectrum-kids-gym-redlands-open-play--listing-47ba24cb0536b28af3ea5b31) — Open seven days a week 10am–6pm; hours may change because of private rentals and… · We Rock the Spectrum Kids Gym Redlands · All ages · From $18 · checked Oct 13. We Rock the Spectrum Redlands is an inclusive indoor kids' gym on Orange Tree Lane with sensory-friendly equipment designed for children with special needs and children who are…

## Recently ended

- [Shake or Treat (San Bernardino County Museum)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/shake-or-treat-san-bernardino-county-museum--listing-32a22531e6d427b0df4d02e1) — ended Sat, Oct 17
- [Spread STEM: Halloween-Themed STEM Activities (A.K. Smiley Public Library)](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/spread-stem-halloween-themed-stem-activities-a-k-smiley-public-library--listing-cd18556a9c2c30ec760a6083) — ended Sat, Oct 17
- [Pajama Story Time](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/pajama-story-time--listing-4a763e18bbdd9e5498331bd5) — ended Wed, Oct 14
- [Virtual Reality in the Teen Underground](https://grassyknees.com/riverside/activities/virtual-reality-in-the-teen-underground--listing-2459bd7f57a4851251f4f747) — ended Wed, Oct 14

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