🌟Local Kiddo SF

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Jasmine Alves
November 14, 2025

📆Issue No. 42 - November 15-16, 2025

Happy Friday, friends! Just in time for the weekend, we’re bringing you the perfect blend of wonder, creativity, and community celebration that makes San Francisco so special. From bubble-filled theatrical magic and museum art adventures to flying trapeze showcases, hands-on pottery workshops, and the SFPL Ingleside Open House (featuring a creepy crawly petting zoo, face painting, music, and screen printing!), we've curated experiences that celebrate both artistic expression and neighborhood connection. Whether your crew is ready to chase bubbles, soar through the air, mold clay, or meet some fascinating critters, you'll find the perfect way to create, explore, and celebrate in this issue.

⚡ TLDR: Weekend Gameplan

Saturday:

Sunday:

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Saturday Highlights

Explore world-class art together on a guided family tour across three artworks in the permanent collection, then create your own masterpieces inspired by the Art of Manga exhibit! This perfect combination of looking and making helps kids connect with art in meaningful, hands-on ways.

Worth Knowing:

  • Saturday, November 15

    • 10:30am - Tour

    • 11:00am-3:00pm - Family Art Making

  • de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park

  • Free

  • Guided family tour of three artworks in the museum’s permanent collection

  • Hands-on art making following the tour

  • Perfect introduction to museum-going for families

  • Professional educators lead age-appropriate explorations

  • All materials provided for art making

  • Great way to combine art appreciation with creativity

Prepare for bubble-filled wonder as the Amazing Bubble Man brings his mesmerizing performance to Fort Mason! Watch in awe as ordinary bubbles transform into extraordinary creations in this theatrical celebration of science, art, and pure magic.

Worth Knowing:

  • Saturday, November 15, 2:00pm-3:00pm

  • BATS Improv Theater, Fort Mason

  • Tickets from $23.18

  • Professional bubble artistry and performance

  • Perfect for kids who love science and spectacle

  • Interactive theatrical experience

  • Educational and entertaining

  • Great introduction to live performance Amazing visual displays that captivate all ages

Sunday Highlights

Dive in and take flight for this whimsical student trapeze showcase! From the shimmering depths of the ocean to the open skies above, SF Circus Center flyers will take you on a journey through waves, wonder, and weightlessness in this celebration of strength, artistry, and imagination.

Worth Knowing:

  • Sunday, November 16, 3:00pm

  • SF Circus Center, 755 Frederick Street

  • Pay what you can

  • Student showcase featuring flying trapeze "Under the Sea" theme brings aquatic magic to aerial arts

  • Perfect for families who love circus and acrobatics

  • Inspiring performances by aerialists of all levels

  • Great introduction to circus arts

  • May inspire your own kids to try circus classes!

Get your hands dirty (in the best way!) at this tactile clay workshop where families learn the ancient art of pinch pot making. Create functional pottery using simple hand-building techniques that connect us to thousands of years of human creativity.

Worth Knowing:

  • Sunday, November 15, 3:00pm-4:00pm

  • SFPL Sunset, 1305 18th Avenue

  • Free

  • Perfect for tactile learners who love working with their hands

  • All materials provided

  • Take home your creations Great introduction to ceramics for beginners

  • Kiddos can learn this skill now and have time to perfect it for making handmade holiday gifts!

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend✨

Ongoing:

Saturday, 11/15: 

Sunday, 11/16:

Found a spot that works for both you and the kiddos? Tell us – we read everything.

Until next week,

Jasmine @Local Kiddo — Because good taste doesn’t end at parenthood.

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