Start planning a weekend full of family fun with the top kid-friendly things to do in Metro Detroit this weekend!
It’s hard to believe but August is only days away, find inspo and ideas to check off your summer bucket list before school starts.
Head to downtown Birmingham for family fun and shopping deals during Day on the Town from 9am to 6pm on Saturday.
Suit up and stay up late at a DIVE-In Movie at Deer Lake Beach in Clarkston on Friday night!
The Detroit Zoo hosts Animal Day Celebration for Tigers on Saturday and mark your calender for August 1st because the Detroit Zoo will celebrate its 95th birthday with FREE admission and more! Get the details
There’s a NEW playground at Elizabeth Park in Trenton and you’ll want to check it out!
Calling all train lovers, Thomas the Train rolls into Crossroads Village next month and tickets ($22) are on sale now! You can also have FREE train fun at David Shepherd Park in Oak Park, the larger-than-life playground structure is fun for kids to climb on.
Looking for a festival or fair? Here’s the weekend line-up:
- Fowlerville Family Fair
- Lenawee County Fair
- Sterlingfest
- Monroe County Fair – Fireworks Friday
- Arab & Chaldean Festival (Detroit)
Join the Summer Beach Party at Downtown Tecumseh.
Get Hooked on Fishing at the DNR Outdoor Adventure Center (Detroit) and join Kid’s Fishing Day at Farmington Hills Nature Center.
Don’t miss this week’s giveaway – a Birthday Party for 30 guests at SEA LIFE Michigan!
SAVE Money and MAKE Money with the Just Between Friends children’s resale event in Livonia this fall. Learn more about how to sell your clothes (they do all the work for you!)
Attention Muggles, Canterbury Village is celebrating Harry Potter’s Birthday this weekend!
The sun is out and school almost is too. Start making plans and check out LittleGuide Detroit’s FREE digital SUMMER Magazine!
Here are more ideas for the weekend!
MAKE A SPLASH
- Blue Heron Bay Spray Park (Hamburg)
- Lake St. Clair Metropark Beach (Harrison Township)
- Water Warrior Island (Lake Orion)
- The Sprayscape (Plymouth Township)
- H20 Zone Spray Ground Park (Westland)
- Rolling Hills Waterpark (Ypsilanti)
GO TO A FARMERS MARKET
- Eastern Market
- Birmingham Farmers Market
- Farmington Farmers & Artisans Market
- Rochester Farmers Market
- Trenton Farmers Market
- Ann Arbor Farmers Market
VISIT THE PLAYGROUND
- Lower Huron Metropark (Belleville)
- Innovation Hills (Rochester Hills)
- Gallup Park (Ann Arbor)
- Normandy Oaks (Royal Oak)
- Lakeshore Park (Novi)
- McClumpha Park (Plymouth)
- Kiwanis Park (Southgate)
INDOOR PLAY
- LEGOLAND Discovery Center (Auburn Hills)
- Kidcadia Play Cafe (Dearborn)
- Urban Air Adventure Park (Sterling Heights)
- Rev’d Up Fun (Woodhaven)
- Stemville (Northville)
- Yoyo’s Fun Center (Westland)
- Rochester Play (Rochester)
- Bounce It Up (Livonia)
Find more family events on our Event Calendar!
Photo credit: Thorn Park, Brownstown
