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Father/Daughter (and Mother/Son) Dances – 2011

Posted January 08, 2011 10:20pm by Kate

We’ve already been receiving emails asking where the 2011 Kansas City-area Father-Daughter Dance list is going up on the site! (We’ve included a few mother/son events as well.) Many of these will sell-out – so call the Parks & Rec and get registered soon!

As in years past, most of the events seem to be scheduled in the few weekends just before and just after Valentine’s Day. All of them include dancing, many include dinner. It’s a great excuse to gather some friends, dress up and pay extra attention to the littlest lady in your life! (And all of these events welcome “other-than-dad” dates like grandpas, uncles and family friends!)

Here’s our list of Kansas City-area father/daughter dances for 2011:

Friday, February 4, 2011

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Friday, February 11, 2011

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Friday, February 18, 2011

Saturday, February 19, 2011

  • Daddy/Daughter Dance sponsored by Gladstone Parks & Rec – girls from 3 to 15, registration req’d

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011

Did we miss your favorite “night out”? Let us know in the comments and we’ll be sure to add it to the list!

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FREE Museum Day– Sat. Sept 25, 2010 (and a whole lot more!)

Posted September 22, 2010 7:56am by Kiran

Now THIS sounds like lots of fun.  FREE fun!  And, with locations throughout the metro, you’re sure to find a museum close by your house.  National Geographic Smithsonian Magazine (whoops!) is hosting another “Museum Day” in which museums across the nation give away FREE admission to one person, plus a guest. Here’s the link to their site to get your free admission ticket (needed for entry):

Most impressive?  Check out the list of KC-area participating museums!  Get out there and have some fun!

(Tin Man image from OZ Museum, Wamego, KS.)

  • National World War I Memorial Museum  – Kansas City
  • Wonderscope Children’s Museum of Kansas City — Shawnee
  • Pony Express National Museum — St. Joseph
  • Puppetry Arts Institute – Independence
  • Toy and Miniature Museum – Kansas City
  • Vaile Mansion — Independence
  • National Frontier Trails Museum –  Independence
  • Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art – St. Joseph
  • American Jazz Museum –  Kansas City
  • Bingham-Waggoner Estate — Independence
  • Harry S. Truman Library and Museum –  Independence

And don’t forget to check out our extensive EVENTS CALENDAR- always filled to the brim with fun things for you and your KC Kids to do every day of the week!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Friday, September 24, 2010

  • Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO – September 24 thru September 26 – spend some time at the Kids’ Art Workshop!
  • Liberty Fall Festival, Historic Downtown Square, Liberty, MO – September 24-26 – carnival, parade and more throughout the weekend
  • “Applefest,” at Grinter Place State Historic Site, KCK – Friday-Saturday, September 24-25. Vendor booths open at noon Friday, followed by a music show at 6 p.m. Activities run from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and include history reenactors, apple pie contest, craft show, quilting demonstration, children’s carnival and entertainment on stage, food, bake sale, and vendors. Grinter Place State Historic Site, 1420 South 78th Street, at the intersection of 78th Street and K-32 in KCK. The Grinter home will be open for tours during the festival.
  • The Doo-Dads at the Record Bar, KCMO – 6pm to 8pm

Saturday, September 25, 2010

  • American Royal Parade – 10am – downtown KCMO – the parade takes place on Grand between Pershing and Truman
  • National Museum Day – take advantage of free admission to many of KC’s top attractions, in a nationwide partnership with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D. C. and hundreds of other museums across the nation. Simply go to the Museum Day website atmicrosite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/ and print off the special ticket pass, which is good for free admission for the ticket holder and one guest to one participating museum.
  • Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk and Family Fun Day at Arrowhead Stadium – tons of fun for a good cause – 9am to 1pm
  • Macy’s Oak Park Mall invites kids and shoppers to Dance with the Rockettes at 2:00pm – free dance instruction (just how DO they synchronize all those high kicks?) and secrets on what it takes to be a world-famous Rockette. Photos & Honorary Rockette certificates too! (Any shopper who spends $50 at Macy’s the day of the event will receive a free pair of tickets to the Rockettes Radio City Christmas Spectacular coming to the Sprint Theater on November 19! Additionally, there will be a drawing to win a chance for an exclusive VIP Meet and Greet with the Rockettes as well as 4 tickets to the Sprint Theater show at this event.)
  • Storytime at Oak Park Mall’s Barnes & Noble – 11am – this week: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  • Fashion Doll Tour, Toy & Miniature Museum, KCMO – 1pm
  • Paper Doll Workshop – between 1:30 and 3:30 at the Toy & Miniature Museum, KCMO
  • The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network’s (FAAN’s) Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward a Cure is a 2 mile walk at 10am at Mid-America Sports Complex in Shawnee, KS. The event is sponsored by FAAN to increase awareness about food allergy and to raise money for research and education. Registration is online at www.foodallergywalk.org.
  • It’s a Curious George Party and You’re Invited! Meet George at theReading Reptile in Brookside at 1pm; make stuff, eat monkey treats and have fun. Reservations required.
  • “Applefest,” at Grinter Place State Historic Site, KCK – Friday-Saturday, September 24-25. Vendor booths open at noon Friday, followed by a music show at 6 p.m. Activities run from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and include history reenactors, apple pie contest, craft show, quilting demonstration, children’s carnival and entertainment on stage, food, bake sale, and vendors. Grinter Place State Historic Site, 1420 South 78th Street, at the intersection of 78th Street and K-32 in KCK. The Grinter home will be open for tours during the festival.
  • Wellsville Days Celebrating 140 years! Parade theme: Proud Past, Growing Future! New feature this year – Frontier Town that includes several demonstrations and displays of yesteryear all showing what it was like when our town was founded in the Great Plains of Kansas. We will have a parade, fun zone for kids, lots of great food and fun!
  • Popcorn Festival 2010 – Velvet Creme Popcorn, 47th & Belinder, Shawnee Mission, KS – 11am to 4pm – POPCORN, hot dogs, cotton candy, moonwalks, live band, popcorn ball making, drawings and more!
  • Overland Park Fall Festival, downtown OP – 9am to 5pm (Santa Fe Trail Days parade begins at 10am) – lots to see, eat, hear, buy and do – great kids’ area
  • Ciderfest at the Louisburg Cider Mill, Louisburg, KS – September 25-26 and October 2-3
  • Wild West Show at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farmstead, Olathe, KS – September 25 & 26
  • Liberty Fall Festival, Historic Downtown Square, Liberty, MO – September 24-26 – carnival, parade and more throughout the weekend
  • The Biggest Mermaid at the Puppetry Arts Institute, Independence, MO – 11am and 2pm
  • Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO – September 24 thru September 26 – spend some time at the Kids’ Art Workshop!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

  • Mr. Stinky Feet performs at the KC Pumpkin Patch, Gardner, KS at 2pm
  • Kansas City Symphony presents Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery (a Classical Kids production, part of the Symphony’s Family Series) – Yardley Hall, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS – 2pm
  • Wild West Show at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farmstead, Olathe, KS – September 25 & 26
  • Ciderfest at the Louisburg Cider Mill, Louisburg, KS – September 25-26 and October 2-3
  • Liberty Fall Festival, Historic Downtown Square, Liberty, MO – September 24-26 – carnival, parade and more throughout the weekend
  • Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO – September 24 thru September 26 – spend some time at the Kids’ Art Workshop!
  • Fall Public Hayride at JCPRD’s Theatre in the Park – In addition to fall hayrides for organized groups, JCPRD offers an annual opportunity for individuals and family members to enjoy the crisp autumn air from a tractor-drawn hayride without having to worry about reaching minimum numbers or placing a deposit. Like the group program, this hayride will last approximately 60 minutes, and will be followed by a 60-minute campfire with apple cider and marshmallows. Participants will meet at “Site A” behind The Theatre in the Park at 2:30 pm. Advance registration is required. These one hour rides and one hour campfires events are only $5.50 per person. Advanced registration is required. For more information or to register, please call (913) 831-3359 or visit www.jcprd.com.
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2010 Fall Consignment Sales are here!

Posted August 27, 2010 8:16am by Kiran

Believe it or not, it’s almost time for Kansas City’s 2010 Fall Consignment Sales! There are lots of them popping up all over the city.  Your kids are growing like weeds and the economy is sputtering…a consignment sale might be just what you’ve been looking for– as a buyer, seller or both.

Here’s how they work:  you can generally participate by becoming either a consignor, volunteer or shopper.  (Therefore, you can both make and spend money!)  You’ll need to price and tag your items and be prepared to pay an entry fee in the neighborhood of $10.  Then, get ready to take home up to 70% of your sales!  Some sales are limited in scope to only clothing, while others accept and sell anything from clothing to furniture to sporting goods.  We’ve compiled a listing of upcoming sales and maintain the listing of Consignment Sales year-round–you can click here to see it.

If you run or represent a consignment sale–and would like to purchase featured, prominent placement via a Sponsored Listing – (like Here We Grow Again, Kids’ Closet Connection and Love it Again) – all you need to do is contact me.  Just email me at kiran@kckidsfun.com or leave a comment below.  I am also happy to update sale dates for you. Happy Selling!  Happy Shopping!

Sponsored Listings:

Here We Grow AgainHere We Grow Again (multiple locations around the Kansas City metro). We are looking for consignors, shoppers and volunteers! We accept and sell quality gently-used and new kids clothing, toys, bedding, furniture, sporting and play equipment–anything having to do with kids!! We hope to see you at the sale!! Next sales: (multiple locations across the Kansas City metro - Sept 22-25, 2010 Olathe, KS @ 588 Santa Fe, Olathe (just west of I-35 in the former Dillons location) Oct 22-24, 2010 Blue Springs, MO/ Independence, MO @ The Cotillion 1717 Burdett Crossing, Blue Springs (on Hwy7 , just north of I-70).. Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2010, Shawnee, KS @ Westbrooke Shopping Center, 75th & Quivira. October 6-9, 2010, Topeka, KS @ 210 SE 29th Street. October 13-16,2010, North Kansas City @ KCI Expo Center (11730 N. Ambassador Dr.) October 27-30, 2010, Grandview, MO @ 15201 US 71 (Crystal Ballroom/Rodeway Inn).

Kids’ Closet Connection (multiple locations across the Kansas City metro) Next Sales:

Gardner, KS –Aug 24-29 2010 (open to public Aug 26-29), Jo. Co Fairgrounds 4H Building 136 East Washington Street; Lawrence, KS – Sept. 1-4 , 2110 Harper St. Bldg. 21; Leavenworth, KS Sept. 22 – 26, 2010, Leavenworth Shopping Plaza 3400 S 4th Street; Overland Park, KS — August 31-September 3, Overland Park Convention Ctr 6000 College Blvd.; Topeka, KS — September 07-11 , 720 NW 50th Street; Blue Springs, MO August 5th – 8th, 2010 , Sports City 425 NE Mock Ave.; Harrisonville, MO — September 17-19 , 2402 N STATE ROUTE 291 Cass County Elks Lodge; Lee’s Summit, MO October 6th – 9th, 2010 , Lakeland Community Church 913 NE Colbern Road; North Kansas City, MO August 25-28, Shoal Creek Community Church 6816 South Church Road; Saint Joseph, MO — September 29-October 01 , American Legion Hall 4826 Frederick Avenue

Love It Again - Eastern Jackson County (Blue Springs, MO)

Consign or shop with us at our Fall Sale– September 8-11, 2010. All consignors earn 70% of the final selling price. Heartland Church (South 7 Highway & Liggett Rd.) 400 SW Lake Village Blvd., Blue Springs, MO 64014

Next Sales: September 8 – Consignor Drop Off (10:00 AM – 7:00 PM)
September 9 – Shopping Day (8:00 AM – 10:00 AM is pre-sale, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM)
September 10 – Open 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
September 11 – Open 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

Basic Listings:

All About Kids (Independence, MO) at the KC Sports Lodge, Sept. 17-19, 2010.

Double Joy Mothers of Multiples Club (Lee’s Summit, MO) – next sale: no fall sale this year.

Greater Kansas City Mothers of Twins Club (metro-wide, meetings in south KCMO) – next sale: September 18, 2010 at First Church of the Nazarene, KCMO.

Johnson County Mothers of Multiples Club (Johnson County, KS) – next sale: September 11, 2010 at Indian Creek Community Church, Olathe, KS

Just Between Friends (Northland) – next sale: August 28-29, 2010, KCI Expo Center, KCMO

Just Between Friends (Lee’s Summit, MO) – next sale: August 29th thru September 1st, 2010

Just Between Friends (Overland Park, KS) – next sale: September 16-19, 2010 at Overland Park International Trade Center.

Just Between Friends (Shawnee, KS & Kansas City, KS) – October 15-17, 2010 at Kansas Speedway.

Kansas City Northland Mothers of Multiples Club – next sale: September 11, 2010 at King of Kings Lutheran Church, Kansas City North

KC Kids Sale – Sept. 9-11, 2010, Lawrence, KS @ Knights of Columbus, and August 26-28, 2010, Tonganoxie, KS @ Leavenworth County Fairgrounds.

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