10 of the best things to do with kids this long weekend

Sat 14 Feb – Mon 16 Feb

Photo credit: Stackt Market

Part of the weekend-long CBC Olympic House event

  • 9.30am: Kids’ activity station opens
    • Create your own Olympic medal craft
  • Meet host Joojo, Gary the Unicorn & Chase from PAW Patrol
  • 10am – 10.45am: CBC Kids stage shows
  • 11.15am: Cirque de Soleil live on stage

Visitors are encouraged to wear red & white.

Edwardian afternoon tea

Limited parking is available onsite at a cost of $20 per vehicle.

Free family-friendly activities

Sat – Mon 📍Miss Lou’s Room

  • African musical storytelling with audience participation (ages 4-12):
    • 12pm – 1pm: Adventure about courage, identity & finding your voice
    • 2pm – 3pm: Learn how nature became both teacher & compass for enslaved Africans

Sat – Sun 📍Community Rink

  • 1pm – 1.20pm & 3pm – 3.20pm: All-ages ice skating performances
  • 3.30pm – 4pm: A public family skate with the cast – bring your skates

Sun

  • 12pm – 4pm: Musical instrument-making with PowerKids 📍The Bays
  • 12pm – 5pm: A hands-on drop-in human health experience 📍West Bays
    • Families can check their blood pressure, learn about blood draws & explore the human body
    • Interactive activities include VR headsets, robotic arms & microscopes

Mon 📍West Bays

  • 12pm – 5pm: Learn about Black inventors & scientists in STEM
    • Hands-on coding, communication & robotics using Ozobots (educational robots)

DJ Skate Night & drag skating performance is happening on Mon 4pm – 6pm. 

Location: Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay W)
Date: Sat Feb 14 – Mon Feb 16
Time: Sat (12pm – 4pm), Sun & Mon (12pm – 5pm)
Price: Free
Age: All

  • Hands-on creative projects where you make:
    • A collaborative Winter Wonderland sculpture
    • Prints
    • Shiny paper sculptures
    • Family time capsules
  • Enjoy:
    • An interactive installation inspired by the light, colour & sound of oceans & the Northern Lights
    • A quiet room to relax in
  • Expanded kids’ menu at the Bistro:
    • Mac ‘n’ cheese & hot dogs
    • Each meal comes with cookie decorating
  • Pizza, drinks & combos will be available at the Espresso Bar

Family-friendly highlights

  • 12pm: Live caricature – custom drawings (from $15)
  • 1pm – 1.40pm: Circle time for ages 0-5
    • Music, movement & stories
  • Mon
    • 12pm: Outdoor games
      • Beanbag toss, basketball arcade & giant chess
    • 2pm – 4pm: Family rave
      • Blend of house/ disco/ new wave

Pre-registration required for circle time & family rave.

Location: Stackt Market (28 Bathurst St)

Date: Sat Feb 14 – Mon Feb 16
Time: 12pm – 8pm
Price: Free
Age: All

Hands-on activities & experiences

10am – 4pm:

  • Crafts & activities – indoors
  • Face painting – indoors
  • Balloon twisting – indoors
  • Curling rink – outdoors
  • Inflatable carnival game – outdoors
  • Ice carving demo – outdoors – Mon only
  • Mini hockey arena – outdoors

11am – 11.30am & 12pm – 12.30pm:

  • Storytime with Yolanda T. Marshall – indoors

1pm – 1.30pm & 2pm – 2.30pm:

  • Children’s music performance – indoors

3.15pm – 3.45pm:

  • Magic show – indoors

Keep an eye out for a roaming Jack Frost – a winter themed character.

Kid-friendly activities

  • Sun & Mon
    • 10am – 11am: A complimentary family-friendly workshop series 📍Upper Ground
      • Certified instructors lead hands-on sessions focused on skating safety for ages 4+
  • Sun
    • 12.30pm – 1.30pm: Lion Dance & Kung Fu Performance 📍Lower Ground
  • Mon
    • 9am – 11.30am: Face painting📍Lower Ground
    • 10am – 5pm: Skate with complimentary skate rentals📍Upper Ground
      • Helmets are mandatory for kids ages 12 & under
      • 11.30am – 12.40pm: Wiggles with Karla
        • Music, movement, storytelling & games (ages 0-6) 📍Lower Ground

Free skate aids available to borrow; first-come, first-served.

Location: The Well (486 Front St W)
Date: Sun Feb 15 – Mon Feb 16
Time: Sun (9am – 3pm)
Price: Free
Age: All

Kid-friendly activities

  • The first 100 families will receive a free package of HARIBO candies
    • All guests will receive a free sample of HARIBO Goldbears
  • All‑day play in the interactive zones
  • 11am – 1pm: Meet the mascot Slapshot
  • Take a family photo with the Stanley Cup
  • Learn about winter wetlands through interactive displays & games
  • Each youth will receive a free Upper Deck collectable card of recent releases
  • Watch the latest 17min feature film “Little Big Shot”

Up to a max of 4 youth (13yrs & under) will be admitted free with the purchase of 1 adult admission. Children 3 and under are always admitted free.

Location: Hockey Hall of Fame (30 Yonge St)
Date: Mon Feb 16
Time: 10am – 5pm
Price: $25 (adult), children 3 & under are free
Age: All

CF x Canadian Olympic Committee

  • Immersive ski simulator 📍MAC Court
  • Hockey zone📍Trinity Court
  • Indoor curling📍Victoria’s Secret Hallway
  • Olympic Games Viewing Area📍Queen’s Cross Food Hall



Location: CF Toronto Eaton Centre (220 Yonge St)
Date: Thu Feb 5 – Sun 22
Time: Mall hours; Sat (10am – 9pm), Sun (11am – 7pm)
Price: Free
Age: All

Family-friendly activations

  • Sensory Station
  • Game Station
  • Craft Station
  • Temporary Tattoo Station
  • Book Giveaway Station

On Sun & Mon: receive 1 free Adult/Senior ticket when you purchase 1 Youth/Child ticket (ages 13 and under). 


Location: Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada (288 Bremner Blvd)

Date: Sun Feb 15 – Mon Feb 16

Time: 9am – 4pm

Price: Adult ($46), kids below 3yrs are free

Age: All 


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