🌟Local Kiddo SF

Your weekend plans, handled.

Author

Jasmine Alves
April 25, 2025

📆Issue No. 14 - April 26-27, 2025

Happy Friday, friends! We’re looking forward to a weekend of creative festivals, hands-on workshops, and celebrations honoring children's literature and our planet. Whether your little ones are budding artists, nature enthusiasts, or bookworms (or all three!), we've curated experiences that inspire curiosity while keeping the grown-ups engaged too. After all, the best family memories happen when everyone's learning something new together.

⚡ TLDR: Weekend Gameplan

Saturday:

Sunday:

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Saturday Highlights

The museum's signature annual event transforms the entire space into interactive stations where kiddos and parents can “Play Together“ and explore performances, art, and design through hands-on creation and experimentation.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 10:00am-2:00pm

  • Children’s Creativity Museum, 221 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Free admission

  • RSVP required for Storytelling in Animation with Baobab

  • Activities include: puppet making workshops, songwriting and live music, storytelling and much more!

🚌 Getting There: Bart/Muni to Powell Station, 5-Fulton, 7-Haight/Noriega, 12-Folsom/Pacific, 14-Mission, 31-Balboa, 38-Geary

Looking for a hobby you can share with your kiddo? This Nordic-inspired marketplace hosts a delightful introduction to fiber arts where you and your kiddo can learn the fundamentals of yarn manipulation through the accessible technique of finger knitting.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 2:00pm-4:00pm

  • Saluhall, 945 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103

  • Free

  • All materials provided

Pro move: The workshop is hosted in the marketplace's communal area, surrounded by artisanal food vendors—ideal for grabbing lunch afterward while admiring your child's newly created treasures.

🚌 Getting There: Bart/Muni to Powell Station, 5-Fulton,7-Haight/Noriega,9-San Bruno, 19-Polk, 27-Bryant

Sunday Highlights

The Zoo's annual environmental celebration provides an interactive showcase of conservation initiatives, connecting children with practical ways to protect wildlife and wild places.

Worth knowing:

  • 10:00am-3:00pm

  • SF Zoo, Sloat Blvd &, Upper Great Hwy, San Francisco, CA 94132

  • Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27

  • Regular Zoo admission applies ($31 adults, $20 children 2-11, under 2 free)

  • Pop-up village of conservation partners and activities

  • If you are feeling active consider joining the Family-Friendly Earth Day bike ride to SF Zoo before your visit

🚌 Getting There: L-Taraval, 18-46th Ave and 23-Monterey

The San Francisco Public Library's vibrant celebration of children and books draws inspiration from the Latin American tradition of honoring children while promoting literacy through bilingual storytelling, performances, and hands-on activities. This event has distributed over 20,000 multilingual books in past years!

Worth knowing:

  • 11:00am-3:00pm

  • Parque Niños Unidos, 23rd Street at Folsom

  • Free Admission

  • Detailed Schedule

    • 11:00am – Sensory Friendly Family Time (no amplified sound at this time for individuals with auditory sensitivity)

      11:30am – Sterling Johnson Bubbles

      12:00pm – Danza Azteca Xitlalli-Xolotl

      1:00pm – Capoeira Demonstration and Workshop with Jarrel Phillips

      2:00pm – It's Yoga Kids (inside the park)

      2:30pm – Loco Bloco SF

🚌 Getting There: Bart to 24th St, 9 San Bruno, 12 Folsom/Pacific, 27-Bryant, 29-Sunset

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend

Ongoing:

Saturday, 4/26:

Sunday, 4/27:

🔭 On Our Radar

Engage with new art at de Youngsters Day Out (May 3).

Celebrate AAPI culture at the Children’s Day & AAPI Month Celebration (May 3).

Develop soccer skills at Free Soccer Class (May 3).

Explore hands-on stations and arts activities at the Leap Imagination Fair (May 17).

Experience young voices at the San Francisco Boys Chorus Spring Concert (June 7).

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.

P.S. Forward this to that parent friend who still remembers what uninterrupted coffee tastes like. We've got spots for both of you.

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