Check our Kids Calendar for in-person and virtual family events. We are proud to offer this popular community resource for things to do with kids in Portland.
Large gatherings are not currently permitted. Many events have been changed or moved online. Always be sure to confirm information with the organizer for the most up-to-date information.
Click here to submit an event, or read more about the types of activities we include on the calendar.
Music Together® of Portland – Online Music and Movement Classes
VirtualTry a free interactive, online class with Music Together of Portland anytime during our winter session! Join the musical fun as your teacher leads activities for you and your family to sing, play, and jam along to. You’ll explore all sorts of silly ways to play musically with your little one. Make everyday items like …
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Try One of Our Readers’ Favorite Playgrounds
These are the playgrounds our readers love, according to our 2021 readers' poll. WINNER: Westmoreland Park An immediate hit from the moment it opened, Westmoreland Park is the place in the city to build a log fort, wade in a stream and scale a boulder. TOP 5 Harper’s Playground at Arbor Lodge Park Harper's Playground ***** Kʰunamokwst Park …
PP&R Stay and Play Videos
VirtualPortland Parks & Recreation's new Stay and Play video series presents content for you and your family on fun subjects like performing arts, preschool, visual arts, nature, sports, fitness, and swimming. Let's Stay and Play until we can be together again! Check out the entire series on the Portland Parks & Recreation YouTube channel.
Oregon Zoo Open Daily (Advance-purchase Tickets)
The Oregon Zoo is open every day from 9:30 am to 5 pm. Online advance-purchase tickets only All guests, including members, must reserve their tickets in advance online. Tickets are for specific dates and times and are available up to 10 days in advance of the current date. Purchases are limited to 10 tickets …
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Rainy-Day Fun Ideas
If you head out, follow the CDC's social distancing best practices. Double check information with the organizers since there may be changes at any time. What: The Oregon Zoo. Something about the rain gets the animals out and about but makes it more likely that the humans stay home. So you can see way more …
Family-friendly Volunteering during COVID
Volunteering with your family is a great way to help others and model giving back to the community. This year that is more logistically challenging, but it is still possible — and more people than ever need help. Read on to find ways your family can help this holiday season if you are able. Make …
Virtual Gymnastics Classes
VirtualPrecision Elite Gymnastics has created a private facebook group to provide safe and fun gymnastics instruction to children in the comfort of their home. Improve your gymnastics skills and interact with your coaches! Classes range from ages 3-14. We have live class times for specific age groups. After the live class, the video will be posted …
PP&R Ladybug Walk at Columbia Park (9:30am)
Columbia Park Meet at the north side of the park at the paved path (N Foss Avenue and Winchell Street, near the tennis courts), PortlandLadybug Walk at Columbia Park – 9:30am Ladybug Nature Walks are a way for children ages 18 months-6 years (with an adult) to explore a local Portland park or natural area with a trained educator. Walks are child-directed and open-ended. Nature educators walk with the children in small groups, encouraging them to learn through questions, …
Celebrate National Crafting Month with The Craft Factory!
The Craft Factory 7832 SW Capitol Hwy Suit B, PortlandKeeping imagination and creativity alive in a COVID-friendly way with Crafts To Go from The Craft Factory! A great option for at home crafting, birthday celebrations, and other special events. Only $10 each when you order five or more crafts! FREE delivery in the Portland/Metropolitan area! Call today to place your order (503) 577-4310
Multnomah County Library – It’s Book Babies Storytime! Live
ZoomParents and caregivers with babies and early walkers, join us for a short storytime filled with fun, baby-approved bounces, songs and rhymes, plus early literacy and child development tips. Includes social time for parents and caregivers of infants to meet in a virtual environment and share the joys and challenges of life with baby!
Music Quest Livestream Show
Online Event N/A, PortlandCome join me on Mondays for the time being, 10:30 AM-11:15 AM with music and laughter on a Music Quest! Let me take you on a livestream music and movement adventure. Songs, dancing, and a joke or two. Pirates, Cluster Flies, and a Riggabamboo!!! To watch live and/or subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk74iUXISW0zLDyxYa1QZuQ Event is FREE with a …
PP&R Ladybug Walk at Columbia Park (11:00am)
Columbia Park Meet at the north side of the park at the paved path (N Foss Avenue and Winchell Street, near the tennis courts), PortlandLadybug Walk at Columbia Park – 11:00am Ladybug Nature Walks are a way for children ages 18 months-6 years (with an adult) to explore a local Portland park or natural area with a trained educator. Walks are child-directed and open-ended. Nature educators walk with the children in small groups, encouraging them to learn through questions, …
Prenatal Yoga
VirtualThis class is designed to provide pregnant people with a safe space to connect with their changing bodies as well as other parents to be, connecting their experience to others in their community as well as that of birthing people throughout history, tapping into the innate wisdom within. You will be guided through asana that …
The Cinema Unbound Drive-In: The Future is NOW
As part of the Portland International Film Festival, the Cinema Unbound Drive-In at Zidell Yards welcomes guests to safely gather and experience the power that truly radical and entertaining cinematic storytelling can bring. Featuring 10 films and 5 shorts exploring what the future can be, this year's Drive-In experience won't be one to miss. Each night, you will …
PP&R Stay and Play Videos
VirtualPortland Parks & Recreation's new Stay and Play video series presents content for you and your family on fun subjects like performing arts, preschool, visual arts, nature, sports, fitness, and swimming. Let's Stay and Play until we can be together again! Check out the entire series on the Portland Parks & Recreation YouTube channel.
Oregon Zoo Open Daily (Advance-purchase Tickets)
The Oregon Zoo is open every day from 9:30 am to 5 pm. Online advance-purchase tickets only All guests, including members, must reserve their tickets in advance online. Tickets are for specific dates and times and are available up to 10 days in advance of the current date. Purchases are limited to 10 tickets …
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Rainy-Day Fun Ideas
If you head out, follow the CDC's social distancing best practices. Double check information with the organizers since there may be changes at any time. What: The Oregon Zoo. Something about the rain gets the animals out and about but makes it more likely that the humans stay home. So you can see way more …
Family-friendly Volunteering during COVID
Volunteering with your family is a great way to help others and model giving back to the community. This year that is more logistically challenging, but it is still possible — and more people than ever need help. Read on to find ways your family can help this holiday season if you are able. Make …
Virtual Gymnastics Classes
VirtualPrecision Elite Gymnastics has created a private facebook group to provide safe and fun gymnastics instruction to children in the comfort of their home. Improve your gymnastics skills and interact with your coaches! Classes range from ages 3-14. We have live class times for specific age groups. After the live class, the video will be posted …
Ramblin’ with Red Yarn (Livestream Show)
RAMBLIN' WITH RED YARN is a livestream series hosted by Portland family performer Red Yarn & his Critters, bringing their high-energy, joyful, interactive folk music & puppetry show right to your living room! Come ramble with us on Tuesdays & Thursdays at 10am PT throughout the fall for 45 minutes of upbeat folksongs, silly critter …
Celebrate National Crafting Month with The Craft Factory!
The Craft Factory 7832 SW Capitol Hwy Suit B, PortlandKeeping imagination and creativity alive in a COVID-friendly way with Crafts To Go from The Craft Factory! A great option for at home crafting, birthday celebrations, and other special events. Only $10 each when you order five or more crafts! FREE delivery in the Portland/Metropolitan area! Call today to place your order (503) 577-4310
Headstrong Hallie! Virtual Story Time with Illustrator David Hohn!
Presented by Green Bean Books Headstrong Hallie! Virtual Story Time with Illustrator David Hohn! Meet a nature loving girl who grew up protecting the forests!
Prenatal Yoga
VirtualThis class is designed to provide pregnant people with a safe space to connect with their changing bodies as well as other parents to be, connecting their experience to others in their community as well as that of birthing people throughout history, tapping into the innate wisdom within. You will be guided through asana that …
Multnomah County Library – It’s Sensory Storytime! Live
ZoomThis preschool storytime is especially welcoming for children on the autism spectrum and families who are looking for a more adaptive virtual storytime experience.
Origami Online with Willowbrook Arts Camp
VirtualCome and fold with a long time Willowbrook Japanese Art Specialist and Origami Instructor, Yuki Martin. Each class, Yuki will teach you the steps to fold one to two creative origami models, listed by date below. Open to ages 5-18 and all skill levels are welcome, but 5-8 year olds may need adult assistance. Materials …
Portland Audubon-Little Brown Birds
VirtualLittle Brown Birds Instructor: John Rakestraw Learn to identify our local finches, wrens, and blackbirds by learning each species’ distinctive characteristics.
The Cinema Unbound Drive-In: The Future is NOW
As part of the Portland International Film Festival, the Cinema Unbound Drive-In at Zidell Yards welcomes guests to safely gather and experience the power that truly radical and entertaining cinematic storytelling can bring. Featuring 10 films and 5 shorts exploring what the future can be, this year's Drive-In experience won't be one to miss. Each night, you will …
PP&R Stay and Play Videos
VirtualPortland Parks & Recreation's new Stay and Play video series presents content for you and your family on fun subjects like performing arts, preschool, visual arts, nature, sports, fitness, and swimming. Let's Stay and Play until we can be together again! Check out the entire series on the Portland Parks & Recreation YouTube channel.
Oregon Zoo Open Daily (Advance-purchase Tickets)
The Oregon Zoo is open every day from 9:30 am to 5 pm. Online advance-purchase tickets only All guests, including members, must reserve their tickets in advance online. Tickets are for specific dates and times and are available up to 10 days in advance of the current date. Purchases are limited to 10 tickets …
Oregon Zoo Open Daily (Advance-purchase Tickets) Read More »
Rainy-Day Fun Ideas
If you head out, follow the CDC's social distancing best practices. Double check information with the organizers since there may be changes at any time. What: The Oregon Zoo. Something about the rain gets the animals out and about but makes it more likely that the humans stay home. So you can see way more …
