🌟Local Kiddo SF

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Jasmine Alves
May 02, 2025

📆Issue No. 15 - May 3-4, 2025

Happy Friday, friends! Hope everyone's having a great week! This weekend brings opportunities for kiddos to create alongside professional artists, discover botanical wonders, and immerse themselves in Asian cultural treasures. And with May the 4th falling on Sunday, the force is definitely with us as lightsabers and Jedi robes make their appearance at libraries across the city. We've curated experiences that balance structure with free exploration, giving kids room to discover while providing parents with those magical moments of seeing creativity bloom right before your eyes.

⚡ TLDR: Weekend Gameplan

Saturday:

Sunday:

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Saturday Highlights

The de Young Museum is hosting their 4th annual de Youngsters Day Out! This awesome event is free for all Bay Area families and lasts all day.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 9:30am-4:00pm

  • de Young Museum

  • Free, with the opportunity to donate to museum’s free school and family programming

  • Hands-on art-making stations led by teaching artists

  • Live performances throughout the galleries

  • Interactive interpretations of the permanent collection

🚌 Getting There: N-Judah, 5-Fulton, 7-Haight/Noriega, 44-O'Shaughnessy

Head over to the Botanical Garden for their Bean Sprouts Family Days! Your little ones will love the hands-on activity stations in the Garden's special "yes space" for kiddos.

Worth Knowing: 

  • 12:00pm-4:00pm

  • SF Botanical Garden - Children’s Garden

  • Free

  • Activities rotate between stations

  • Dress for mess - gardening activities included

Parent intel: If you want to make it a Golden Gate Park day start at de Youngster’s Day Out in the morning and head to Bean Sprouts for some time outdoors in the afternoon. Bean Sprouts excels at introducing ecological concepts through multisensory activities that appeal even to children who might not initially express interest in plants. The educators understand children's natural energy levels, alternating focused tasks with movement opportunities throughout the gardens.

🚌 Getting There: N-Judah, 5-Fulton, 7-Haight/Noriega, 44-O'Shaughnessy

Sunday Highlights

The monthly free admission day features special programming that introduces families to the diverse artistic traditions of Asia through interactive tours, performances, and hands-on art activities.

Worth knowing:

  • 10:00am-5:00pm

  • Asian Art Museum

  • Free admission

  • Storytelling sessions: 11:00am (ages 3-6), 1pm (all ages)

  • 11:00am: Art-making activities

  • 12:00pm: Museum Architecture Tour

  • Gallery treasure hunts available

🚌 Getting There: Muni to Civic Center, 5-Fulton, 6-Haight/Parnassus, 7-Haight/Noriega, 21-Hayes

The Noe Valley branch of the SFPL transforms into a galaxy far, far away for this celebration of all things Star Wars, featuring themed activities that delight both dedicated fans and newcomers to the franchise.

Worth knowing:

  • 2:00pm-3:30pm

  • SFPL Noe Valley Branch

  • Free admission

  • All ages welcome

  • Costumes encouraged

🚌 Getting There: J-Church, 24-Divisadero and 35-Eureka

✨Full List of What’s Good This Weekend

Ongoing:

Saturday, 5/3:

Sunday, 5/4:

🔭 On Our Radar

Cuddle up and watch Moana 2 at Thrive City’s Blankets & Blockbusters (May 11).

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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