Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

This weekend may be a long weekend for some to celebrate Good Friday and Easter. My family has to work on Friday but we are looking for something to do on Saturday that has an Easter theme. On Sunday, the little one will spend the holiday with her mom, and the teen has to work. So Tommy and I are going boating!

Even though we have a few plans I still wanted to look for some kid friendly (and free) events. I found a ton! I used TBO.com and tampabay.com to get the events listed below. They each have very nice and easy to read community calendars. www.tampabay.com has put together a nice Easter-only list with one event for each area around town. Have a nice Easter, and spend some extra time with the family this weekend, it is supposed to be a beautiful Florida weekend!

Saturday, March 22 from 9am-11am at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center is the Eggstravaganza sponsored by Magic 94.9. This event is free and for the whole family. There will be breakfast, photos with the Easter Bunny, face-painters, a petting zoo, a strolling magician, a safe-kids activity area, Patel Conservatory tours, a Rock School demonstration, coloring and 20,000 candy-filled eggs! IMPORTANT change for this year’s event- Due to construction in Curtis Hixon Park, there will be no egg hunt this year. Instead, candy-filled eggs will be distributed throughout the event to children ages 10 & under. So remember to bring your Easter Basket!

Saturday, March 22nd opening at 9:30 am at the Community Center Park & Pool, St. Pete Beach, The 1st Annual Underwater Easter Egg Hunt! The park is located at 7701 Boca Ciega Drive, St. Petersburg. This is a free event. They will have an underwater egg hunt and a traditional hunt in the park. Don’t forget to bring your own basket to fill up! I selected this event because it is different then all the others by using the pool! If you have older kids I bet this one will go over very well!

Saturday March 22 from 10am–2pm at the Florida Aquarium you can have your picture taken with the Easter Bunny before he takes a dive in the coral reef. This event has the regular admission to the aquarium of $17.95, $14.95 seniors, $12.95 ages 3-12. Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine will be sponsoring this event and will have child friendly activities scheduled. The Explore A Shore area is great for the kids; make sure to bring the little ones a change of clothes, they are sure to get wet!

Sunday, March 23rd from 12pm–2pm at Coachman Park, 16th Annual Easter Egg Hunt. This is a free event. There are separate areas for the big and small kids, so all children will enjoy finding eggs. A few special eggs contain the fabled “Golden Egg” inside, which is redeemed for a plush bunny to take home. There will be vendors set up and a handful of rides. I suggest bringing a picnic lunch to this event and hang out for the entire day!

While I was looking for Easter events I found one thing that I would like to mention for this weekend that does not have an Easter theme.

The Florida International Museum will be open to the public for free this weekend. The hours are Saturday 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday 1pm–5pm. They are having a Art Parade: A celebration of Creativity and the Art in the Park Family Day. For more information please go to floridamuseum.org. The museum is located at 244 2nd Avenue North. I went to the website but did not find a lot of information regarding the free admission but they have listed this event at TBO.com.

Happy Easter everyone!

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