Monthly FAMILY activities
November 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
Re-occuring and Special Events:
SATURDAYS
Kids Fishing
Bass Pro Shops, Fort Myers 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Bring your kids out on the first Saturday of every month from 10am-1pm to enjoy fishing by the lake with our fishing associates. Fishing poles and tackle will be provided. 461-7800
Children’s Storytime
Barnes & Noble, 13751 S. Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers 11AM
Share the joy of reading with your children, exciting sing-a-longs and coloring activities. All ages are welcome. 437-1289
WEDNESDAYS
Kids Crafts Miromar Outlets, Estero - Playland
10 a.m. – Noon
Kids from toddlers to 12 are invited to participate in supervised fun activities. Free. 948-3766
Lil’ Hands Preschool Program 10:30- NOON 2ND WED OF EACH MONTH
Imaginarium Hands-On Museum & Aquarium
2000 Cranford Ave, Fort Myers
10:30 a.m.
Monthly workshops with fun & educational hands-on activities for 3 to 5 year-old children and a grown-up! (Pre-registration is required for all sessions). 321-7410
SUNDAYS
Cooking Class at Williams-Sonoma Bell Tower Shops, Fort Myers - NOON
Enjoy learning new recipes and skills for the most delicious dishes using Williams-Sonoma cookware, seasonings, and techniques. Meet other culinary enthusiasts and enjoy your tasty creations. This free event is appropriate for all ages. 415-4222
Southern Extreme Waterski Show
Miromar Outlets, 10801 Corkscrew Rd, Estero
4 p.m. Free. 494-2774
SPECIAL EVENTS
2010 American SandSculpting Championship & Beach Festival
6890 Estero Blvd., Fort Myers Beach
November 10 - 14
www.sandsculptingfestival.com
Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, Fort Myers
November 11 - 28
Coconut Festival - 40th City Birthday Party
Sun Splash Family Waterpark
November 12-14
The Cape Coral Coconut Festival will celebrate Cape Coral’s uniqueness to the Lee County area. This will include bands, entertainment, carnival games, food, contests, crafts and much more. The kick-off will start on Friday night from 5 p.m. – midnight, continue Saturday with bands and activities from noon – midnight, and conclude Sunday from noon. – 8 p.m.
Fireworks spectacular will be on Saturday night!
Holly Jolly Christmas
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, Fort Myers
Nov. 25 - Dec. 25 Join Santa and Mrs. Claus as they celebrate the season with a
holiday song and dance extravaganza that's perfect for all ages! Holly Jolly Christmas embraces the season with festive production numbers, precision dancing, dazzling costumes and more than 30 holiday songs.
The Nutcracker
The Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples
Nov. 27 - 28
597-1900
Breakfast with Santa
Sydney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers
8 - 11 a.m.
Tickets $12, 333-1933
Live Nativity
Corner of First & Fowler Street, Fort Myers
Nov. 27, Dec. 3, 12, 17, 19
www. fumcftmyers.org. 332-1152
Festival of Trees
Sydney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers
Friday, Nov. 26- Friday, Dec. 3
Hours vary - Free - www.tuxandtrees.com
Children’s Workshop
Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers
Nov. 26 - 28
Letters to Santa, arts & crafts, storytime, cookie decorating, coloring contest and more. $5. Event times www.tuxandtrees.com
Lil’ Hands Preschool Program
Imaginarium Hands-On Museum & Aquarium
2000 Cranford Ave, Fort Myers
10:30 a.m.
Lil’ Hands Preschool program for children ages 3-5 and a parent are offered the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 10:30-noon at the Imaginarium September 8th thru April 13th. Monthly workshops with fun & educational hands-on activities for 3 to 5 year-old children and a grown-up! (Pre-registration is required for all sessions). 321-7410
Friday Nov 5th
Movie Under The Stars: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers 8 p.m.
Join us for a Free Family-Friendly movie event. Bring your family, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and plan to have a picnic on the lawn while you watch "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" under the stars on a giant inflatable screen.
Saturday Nov 6th
Operation Christmas Child
Chick-fil-A in Estero, 21900 S. Tamiami Trail
Bring a gift-filled shoe box and receive a free Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich.
Share God’s love by packing a shoe box with gifts for a hurting child overseas
Santa's Wonderland - Opening Day
Bass Pro Shops, Fort Myers
5 p.m.
This year, the magic returns with Santa's arrival, Saturday, November 6th at 5 p.m. Families can enjoy the wonder of Christmas inside the Bass Pro Shops store with "Santa's Wonderland"- an over 3,500-square foot Christmas village chocked full of fun games, activities and crafts for the whole family - from November 6th through December 24th. 461-7800
The Doggy Dash
Miromar Outlets, Estero
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Not only supports a good cause but will provide a rare opportunity for dog owners to have a day of fun with their pets,” says Mimi Schwartzel, event co-chairman. Participants will shop with their dogs as they cruise the Doggy Dash walk route. Featured activities include games, contests, raffle and photos with Santa for pets, children and the whole family. 533-7387
Sunday Nov 7th
Sunday - 7
Cooking Class at Williams-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma, Bell Tower Shops, Fort Myers
Noon
Enjoy learning new recipes and skills for the most delicious dishes using Williams-Sonoma cookware, seasonings, and techniques. Meet other culinary enthusiasts and enjoy your tasty creations. This free event is appropriate for all ages. 415-4222
28th Annual Taste of the Town
Centennial Park, downtown Fort Myers
Sunday, November 7 • 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
This is a perfect event for families! There is plenty of entertainment for the children such as: Inflatables including bounce houses, giant slide, obstacle course and bungee run as well as an enormous rock wall by Moonwalk and More. A state-of-the-art, climate-controlled mobile gaming theater for Xbox and Wii games played on flat-screen monitors, super cool interactive laser tag by the Game Guys. Face painter and airbrush tattoo artists Joyce and Joe Wolff of Playful Pallett. Take a ride on a mechanical rodeo shark for all ages.
Miracle Baseball Pitching game and Miss-A-Miracle mascot makes an appearance. The Imaginarium Hands-On Museum & Aquarium will offer ‘Shrink Magic’ shrinky dinks that kids color & cut, then cook up their polymer pieces to create necklaces or magnets.
The SWFL Museum of History will operate a fossil dig where children can take home a real local fossil find after they dig it up.
Also, an appearance by the Nesquick Bunny. Entrance to the park is $5 and children under 10 enter FREE.
Tuesday Nov 9th
Thanksgiving Turkey Craft Chick-fil-A Cypress Lake
13610 S. Tamiami Trail, Ft Myers
5-8 p.m.
Kids help us decorate our store with our giant turkey! Get a FREE Kid's Meal with purchase of a Combo Meal. 433-9030
Sat Nov 13th
Aviation DayPage Field General Aviation Airport, Fort Myers
Saturday, Nov. 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
This a free, annual community event organized by the Lee County Port Authority. Attractions will include experimental, antique and military plane exhibits, plane rides, performances by a 17-piece big band ensemble, children’s activities and character appearances, demonstrations by airport police and fire departments, refreshments and more. 590-4504
