What’s Happening!!

The Lincoln Center for The Performing Arts. (New York City) Has Target FREE Nights. The next show is Saturday May 7th @ 11:00am @ The David Rubenstein Atrium. Dave Eggar & Hammerstep

Dave and the ensemble will bring traditional music and innovative live beats with hip-hop flair together with Hammerstep’s evolved take on Irish step dance. Hammerstep is a young dance troupe comprised of award winning dancers from the worlds of Irish step and hip-hop. From traditional roots spring innovative new sounds and moves, integrating technology with dance and and putting live musical performance in a whole new light.

FREE Chick Fil A For A Year!!  Be the first 100 in line at any newly opening Chick Fil A and you’ll get FREE meals for a year.  Click on the link to read more…  It looks like fund and they take place everywhere!

Philly Fun Guide has something called Funsavers, you sign up and receive an email with 1/2 price ticket offers to Theatre, Dance, Museums & More… This is only available to subscribers so get over there and Sign Up already…You can find wonderful things to do through this sight and what’s happening all over in Philly. They have FREE events all week long!! You are sure to find something that interests you!

LowesBuildAndGrow Saturday May 7th @10am The kids will make A Heart Flower Vase for Mom – Mother’s Day is May 8th. Bring your child into Lowe’s and they can build this great heart flower vase! You supply the flowers

FREE Youth Day on Saturday May 7th
Can you tell I’m missing the warm weather and thinking ahead today????  Ok – this one is a must to put on your calendar NOW so you don’t miss it!  Pintail Point offers a Youth Day completely FREE to your entire family just once a year.  It starts at 10am and you definitely don’t want to arrive any later than 11am.  You’ll receive free lunch for your children (adults pack your own or bring $ to buy) and some freebies like a T Shirt or cooler or water bottle (its different each year) and the activities all day long are FREE! They can play mini golf, moon bounce, giant blow up slide, shooting range with clay plates to shoot, police dog demonstrations and tons of door prizes from start to finish!  This is such an awesome fun frugal and completely FREE day for your entire family that I suggest you calendar it NOW and don’t plan anything else during that time.  I promise you’ll have fun and you won’t regret it!  They even have a fishing pond with rods and free bait for the kiddies!  It’s so nice!  Everything takes place rain or shine and almost everything is outside.  Click here for more info.  For my frugal friends that live further away I’d say this event is worth driving 1 hr to 1 hr and 15 minutes to come see!  Its about 20 minutes past the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Boston Children’s Museum:  Every Friday from 5pm to 9pm $1.00 admission

The Home Depot On Saturday May 7th @ 9am – 12 noon. The kids will make Mom a Tulip Planter.

LakeShore Learning– On Saturday April 30th from 11-3 LakeShore will have their FREE craft clinic, this week the kids will be making A Mother’s Day Purse! – Celebrate Mother’s Day by creating a pretty purse for mom!

Discount Tickets from Acme on the Leonardo Divinci Exhibit at The Franklin Science Center. Go to the highlighted link to learn more on this.

A.C.Moore On May 7th @ 1-3 pm FREE Make & Take A Mother’s Day Duct Tape Frame!

Host Parties for FREE and get FREE goodies The next host parties are the BIC Soleil  Sunny Moments House Party, Expo Washable House Party, Fresh Wave Freshen Up Your Life & Redbook Happy Hour House Parties. One Family Frugal Fun reader was selected to host her first house party!  You could be next!!!! Go the the link to get more information but you have a party featuring the companies product. They send you all the food and supplies you will need to have the party – FREE. They will also send you goodies for being the host!! It sounds like a lot of fun.. FREE   

The Pottery Barn On Saturday Saturday May 7th Mother’s Day Doll Tea Party. This event is FREE!! Celebrate Mother’s Day at tea with your child! Put on your finest & bring your child’s favorite doll or teddy bear in for refreshments, crafting & more. RSVP for this event.  You can call your local Pottery Barn to RSVP for this event.

The Children’s Museum of Atlanta is having FREE Target Second Tuesday on May 10th. Admission is FREE for all visitors who come during these special hours. The FREE tickets will be available at the museum starting @ 1pm during each Target FREE Second Tuesday, and the museum will close at 7 pm. The FREE tickets are issued on a first come first served basis as museum capacity permits. Once the museum reaches capacity, tickets are only issued as capacity in the museum becomes available. Reservations are not accepted.

The Kennedy Center Go to The Kennedy Center link to see what FREE shows are being offered at The Millennium Stage starting at 6 pm each night!  The Kennedy Center is so beautiful inside!  You should expect to arrive 1 hour early to get in line in order to get seats for your family.  There is an adjoining parking garage but it is not free. The new schedule is out for April and we’re really excited! There are several musical competitions with classical guitar (one of my favorites) and strings and orchestra events playing Beethoven!  Check it out and give your family a good cultural education!!!  The building is absolutely gorgeous!!!

Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament.  If you go and look at this post from Maggie will tell you how you can go and save money with a special code. Also Medieval Times offers a FREE ticket for the “Birthday boy or girl” so keep that in mind if you are thinking of celebrating soon. (must show proof of birth date)  This event is not free like most others listed, but it is greatly discounted.

Michael’s has events going on for the next 3 days, they are;

On 5/05 from 5-8pm – Make-it-Take-it Necklace Event. With the purchase of a t-shirt. Learn to create your own jewelry designs with t-shirts. While Supplies last. For ages 14 and up.
On 5/06 from 6-8pm – The Knack Make-It-Take-It Clay Pot Event. With purchase of the clay pot, create something handy for Mom to hold her jewelry. Make a clay pot jewelry holder for Mother’s Day. While supplies last. For ages 3 and up.
On 5/07 from 10am-noon – FREE Make-It-Take-It Paper Event. Celebrate National Scrapbook Day making gifts for Mom. Create a custom scrapbook page for Mother’s Day. While supplies last. For ages 14 and up.

Toys “R” Us Until Tuesday May 31st. Toys “R” Us will have an Exclusive Event!. FREE Pokémon Secret Egg Download. Get a secret egg that hatches to reveal one of three characters from Ash’s traveling party on the new Pokémon TV series, at DS Download station only at Toys”R”Us!
Bring your Nintendo DS system and your Pokémon Black or White Versions to Toys”R”Us to receive the Character Download!”

Also Toy’s “R” Us will be having the Lego Ninjago Spinjitzu Training Camp on Saturday May 7th 12-2 pm. Learn new spinning techniques! Battle with friends! Get a FREE giveaway! For participating stores, visit ninjagospinjitzucamp.com

Museums on Us through Bank of America. Get FREE General admission to participating museums, zoos, science centers, botanical gardens and more on the first full weekend of every month-just by presenting your Bank of America card. Go to the highlighted link and get all the details and the participating museums, zoos etc..

Buy 1 Large Pizza and Get 1 FREE at Dominos. Yum!

Mark your Calendars for these upcoming events!!

Lego Stores. com Tuesday June 7th @ 5:00 pm. The kids will make The Graduate!!
Visit your local LEGO Store on the first Tuesday of every month and you can learn how to build a cool mini model, like the one you see above – for FREE! Quantities are limited and offer is good while supplies last only. One free per child. Event is open to children ages 6 to 14 only. See store for more details. Arrive 1 hour to 1.5 hours early. 
NOTE: Make sure you go online to find the nearest LEGO store near you and make sure they have mini model builds going on at that store!

The Pottery Barn On Saturday May 21th. National Geographic Little Explorers Club will be hosting their second event in a series of 3. The week they will learn all about Turtles.

The Franklin Institute May 18th – Enjoy FREE admission and a FREE Imax movie in heart of beautiful Philadelphia!  This is an awesome science center!!

June 21, 2011
(First day of summer)

September 24, 2011
(Public Lands Day)

November 11-13, 2011
(Veterans Day weekend)

For more FREE events sponsored by Target click here and enter in the nearest large city!  FREE and reduced events are offered all over the country!!!

Note:  Feel free to post any frugal fun happenings for your area in the comments or on our Facebook Page so others family may enjoy fun FREE events too!!!