Grab & Go Kids Planner: Mother Goose, Maple Sugaring and More

The weather is warming up so why not take the kids out this weekend? Looking for some fun family activities? Smithtown Patch has you covered with five suggestions for outdoor activities, as well as some indoor, on tap for this weekend. If you have any ideas or suggestions on local family destinations let us know, email peter.verry@patch.com with where you like to bring your family and why.

Maple Sugaring

Where/When: Hoyt Farm. 200 North Highway, Commack on Sunday, March 6 from 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Why Go: Learn the process of boiling down fat from trees to make maple syrup then boil it down further to make maple sugar and the history of maple sugaring from the Native American time up through modern times.

Pricing: $3 per person, $8 per family.

Fun for Fours and Fives

Where/When: Smithtown Main Library, 1 North Country Road on Friday, March 4 from 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Why go: Parents enjoy some time to themselves as the kids enjoy story time unattended. For ages four and five.

Pricing: Free

Mother Goose

Where/When: Smithtown Main Library, 1 North Country Road on Saturday, March 5 from 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Why go: Interaction between adults and children encouraged in this rhyme time for ages birth to 35 months.

Pricing: Free

Kings Park First Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Where/When: Parade starts at Kings Park Memorial Field and ends at St. Joseph’s Church. Starts at 12 p.m. on Saturday March 5. For more information check out the Town of Smithtown website.

Why go: Get outside and enjoy marching bands, firefighters and more at this first annual parade.

Pricing: Free

Youth Art Showcase

Where/When: Smithtown Township Arts Council 660 Route 25A, St. James, March 4, 5 and 6 – from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Friday and from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Why go: Enjoy photography, painting and drawing as 300 pieces of student work from high schools across Suffolk County are exhibited.

Pricing: Free