The Wild Little Things

12/12/2024

Christmas countdown is on! Post any festive events or activities you find for this weekend! ❄️

12/06/2024

It's the weekend! What events or activities are you checking out? Share links below!

11/30/2024

We’re looking for family fun activities this weekend and could use your help!

If you know of any events happening, drop the details or links in the comments below.

11/30/2024

We’re back and excited to keep you updated with all the best events to keep your little ones entertained this winter!

But we can’t do it without you—if you come across any fun events, drop the details or links in the comments of our weekly event posts. We’ll be sharing our finds too. Let’s make this a go-to space for family fun!

02/24/2024

You may have noticed we’ve been quiet on here for a bit, sorry for that!

We’re not ready to say goodbye but we are taking time for ourselves while we are in a busy stage of life at the moment. ♥️

We hope you will continue to follow and we will be sure to update with more details about our return closer to!

01/27/2024

Another quiet January weekend in terms of events happening for little ones, let us know if you know of anything going on!

The next couple months can be challenging with little ones at home and energy to burn!

We wanted to share some of our favourite go to outings to help everyone from going crazy this winter ❄️

🩵 West End:

Landmark Cinema
https://www.landmarkcinemas.com

Xtreme Trampoline Park
https://www.xtpark.com

Kids Kingdom
https://kidskingdom.ca/kanata/

Rideau Gymnastics
$6 drop in 10am to 12pm Mon- Fri
https://rideaugymnastics.org

Starr Gymnastics
Drop ins Tues 11:15am, Thurs 9am and 10:15 am

🩵 Carleton Place

Mississippi River Walk Trail
Park by the CP arena and this trail is pretty stroller friendly even with snow

Chasing Turkeys Bowling
https://www.chasinturkeys.ca

Parents and Tot Swim
Mon 10:30-11:30am

🩵 Ottawa

Museum Trip

🩵 Different Location Options:

Home Depot Kids Work Shops
https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/ideas-how-to/workshops.html

Indoor Skating drop-in

Public pool drop in

Tour the Mint
https://www.mint.ca/en/visit-the-mint/ottawa-mint

01/20/2024

Happy Friday! Looks like it’s going to be a chilly weekend, here’s what we found going on to keep your little ones busy ❄️😊

🩵 Saturday

❄️ Carleton Place

earlyON Intergenerational Playgroup at Waterside Retirement 10am-12pm
See pic below in comments!

❄️ Arnprior

Horse Wagon Rides- Arnprior Optimist Winter Carnival
https://facebook.com/events/s/horse-wagon-rides-arnprior-opt/1352975872054666/

Children’s Entertainment- Arnprior Optimist Winter Carnival
https://facebook.com/events/s/childrens-entertainment-arnpri/2137052153361204/

❄️ Kanata

Toddler Paint a Story: The Mitten
https://facebook.com/events/s/toddler-paint-a-story-the-mitt/6975045199277815/

01/17/2024

A fun intergenerational program, bring your little ones for a fun playgroup at Waterside - A V!VA Retirement!

This Saturday 😃

01/13/2024

With all this snow there is going to be some great sledding! Where are your favorite hills? Help us compile a list!

01/12/2024

Another light weekend for events! Did we miss anything? What are you checking out?

❄️Saturday, January 13th

⭐️Carleton Place
L'heure du conte en francais at the CP library (CANCELLED DUE TO SNOWSTORM)
https://facebook.com/events/s/lheure-du-conte-en-francais/1020765282301091/

⭐️Ottawa
Mini Pop Kids live (tickets required)
https://facebook.com/events/s/mini-pop-kids-live-the-good-vi/242373215514009/

⭐️Arnprior
Children's Movie at O’Brien Theatre: Trolls World Tour
https://facebook.com/events/s/childrens-movie-at-obrien-thea/3562257477370241/

⭐️Navan
Zoo Crew Drop in Animal Event (tickets required)
https://facebook.com/events/s/family-drop-in-animal-shows-ot/903980504255428/

01/08/2024

Winter is here, and with that it's getting harder to find events!

We're asking that if you come across something, please share it with us, so that we can share it with everyone else!

01/06/2024

Did you know that many libraries offer passes to museums? A great way to make a great learning experience less expensive! Below is the link to the Carleton Place Library passes and if they are available or not, but be sure to check your local library for passes too!

https://carletonplace.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=pass&searchType=smart

Here are some of our favorite museums! Are you checking any of them out this weekend?

https://www.historymuseum.ca/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAhc-sBhCEARIsAOVwHuTsRzYqq68ZnBUUV0wtRMUf1SfTCcFhs2SbBTPy2QbOzA3gd8-xWGYaAiBqEALw_wcB

https://ingeniumcanada.org/scitech

https://nature.ca/en/

https://www.warmuseum.ca/

https://diefenbunker.ca/en/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gmb_listing

https://ingeniumcanada.org/aviation