Family Friendly New Year’s Eve Celebration

ThisSideUp Family Friendly New Year's Eve Celebration

Turn Back Time the Ball Drops at Nine! New Year’s Eve Celebration

December 31st from 6:30-9pm at Fairview Farms

Families today are struggling just to survive. Social, economic and time pressures have robbed parents of the ability to slow down and invest the time needed to create healthy relationships with each other and their children. This missing foundation of “intentional quality” family time has huge implications for children, marriages and the community at large.

The holiday season is no different. The holidays should be about family connection, but instead this is a time where stress, hurry and tension are more top of mind than love, relationships and purpose.

This Side UP! Family Center (a local family-strengthening non-profit) and The City of Plano’s Police and 9-1-1 Departments have teamed up to provide a solution to holiday over-stress!

Sci-Tech is Throwing a Big New Year’s Bash and You’re Invited!

Sci-Tech Discovery Center Family New Year's Eve Party

Ring in the New Year with Family Friendly Fun at Sci-Tech Discovery Center

 

On December 31st from 3:00pm-5:30pm, Sci-Tech Discovery Center will be hosting our second annual New Year’s Eve celebration and you’re invited!

There will be games, crafts, hands-on-activities as well as refreshments. This will also be your last opportunity to explore our amazing Animal Grossology exhibit.

Easy Kids Crafts: Cutest Snowman Craft Ever!

kid-friendly snowman craft

Cutest Snowman Craft Ever!

 

I admit, I love snowmen and I have a growing collection. I try to add one to my collection every year and am always on the lookout for the different and unique snowmen. I also love picking up holiday magazines at the grocery store and flipping through. I rarely make anything I find but I love to look and get ideas. This year was different. I picked up a copy of Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Holiday Craft magazine. As soon as I saw their “Snow Pal” craft, I knew I had to make one.

Not only do I think these snowmen are adorable, but they were very easy to make and a great craft for kids. I also think they would make an excellent teacher gift and a cute centerpiece for a table. Oodles of ideas for using these cute snow pals.

See Cirque Dreams: Holidaze on Opening Night!

Win Tickets to See Cirque Dreams: Holidaze

Presented by AT&T Performing Arts

An international cast of more than 30 multi-talented and brilliantly costumed artists come to life and perform astonishing feats of disbelief. Experience gingerbread men flipping midair, toy soldiers marching on thin wires, snowmen daringly balancing, icemen powerfully sculpting, penguins spinning, puppets dancing and reindeer soaring high above a landscape of holiday wonderment.

Win Tickets to An Evening with Mallory Lewis & Lamb Chop!


A Lamb Chop Celebration!

Presented by AT&T Performing Arts

This show starring Shari Lewis’ daughter, Emmy Award-winner Mallory Lewis, and Lamb Chop, her irrepressible puppet sidekick, is a delightful evening of laughter and song for the whole family. The high-energy nostalgic show is filled with contemporary music, topical comedy and hilarious audience participation—plus classic vintage footage of Shari and Lamb Chop.

For Baby Boomers, the evening rekindles cherished memories of a sweeter, simpler time when kids sat in front of the TV enthralled by the songs, stories and adventures of Shari and Lamb Chop. Teens and 20-somethings will remember Lamb Chop from the fun-filled PBS show Lamb Chop’s Play Along. When Mallory and Lamb Chop take the stage, there are fond memories and new adventures for every generation to enjoy!

Mallory Lewis & Lamb Chop Holiday is playing at the Wyly Theatre at the AT & T Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 15th at 2pm.

‘Ho, Ho…Uh Oh!’ Get Ready to Jingle with Junie B at DCT

Junie B Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells - Dallas Children's Theater

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

 

by Mina Frannea

We caught a recent performance of Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells at the Dallas Children’s Theater. It’s a light-hearted show that the whole family can enjoy and will make you laugh out loud!

The Performance

As the performance opens, it’s the last week before winter break and Junie B’s class in Room One is about to participate in a Holiday sing-along. The class has also been chosen to lead the entire auditorium in a chorus of “Jingle Bells.”  Nervous about the upcoming show, Junie B has a flashback to last year’s disastrous performance of a Columbus Day play when her arch rival May tries to take over and chaos ensues. The Columbus Day skit, a show within a show, is FUN and wonderfully portrayed by the cast. I especially liked the creative use of silk-like fabric to represent roiling ocean waves.