Upcoming Michaels Kids Club Events

Michaels offers Kids Club events in their stores on Saturday mornings from 10a-noon with half hour sessions starting every 30 minutes from 10a until 11:30a. Classes cost $2. Parents are free to shop in the store during class, but need to remain in the store.

Upcoming sessions include:

• Saturday, June 8 - Father's Day Card
  
• Saturday, June 15 - Father's Day Duck Tape® Frame
  
• Saturday, June 22 - Silly Shells
  
• Saturday, June 29 - 4th of July Hat
  
• Saturday, July 6 - Summer Games
  

Images taken from the Michaels Kids Club site. Event listings are correct to the best of my ability at the time that they are listed. Events may change after publication. Please verify that your local store is participating before planning to attend.

LEGO DC Super Heroes Events at LEGO Stores

LEGO will be celebrating the June 14 release of Man of Steel, the new Superman moving starring Henry Cavill as Superman, with two special events.

LEGO^® Stores will be holding a FREE LEGO Superman™ Mini Model Build on Wednesday, June 19 at 5p. The event is FREE and open to children ages 6-14 only. Quantities are limited to approximately 150 per store, so plan to arrive early.

Then, on Saturday, June 22 they will have a LEGO DC Super Heroes Club Meeting. LEGO Club Meetings are held Saturday mornings before the store opens. The event is $25/child or $20/child for VIP Members. Attendees will recieve a limited-edition LEGO Club t-shirt.

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LEGO City Police Car Build at Toys R Us

Toys R Us and LEGO are teaming up for a FREE LEGO City Police Car Building Event.

from LEGO's Website

The event will be held on Saturday, June 15 from noon-2p at all Toys R Us Locations. The event is for children ages 5 and up while supplies last. We have attended Toys R Us events where they run out of materials, so I definitely recommend arriving early.

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LEGO Mini Model Build for June

from LEGO.com

Each month LEGO Stores offer a FREE Mini Model Build on the first Tuesday of the month beginning at 5p and continuing while supplies last. The event is for children ages 6-14 only. There is one free model per child.

June's Monthly Mini Model Build is a LEGO Fisherman.

Since our "local" LEGO store is over an hour away (without commuter time traffic). we have never been to one of the monthly model builds.  If our store was close, we would definitely attend some of them. We were at Walt Disney World the first Tuesday of April and I did consider visiting the LEGO Store at Downtown Disney for the model build, but decided to stay in the parks.

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Summer Vacation to Chicago? Check out these deals!

Are you considering a family vacation to Chicago this summer? A few years ago my husband attended a conference in Chicago and my daughter and I met him in Chicago after the conference to vacation for a few days.


Chicago is about 4 hours from our home and is also easily accessible via Amtrak. We took Amtrak to get there so we would not have to worry about parking our car in the city.

There are lots of fun activities in Chicago. We enjoyed visiting the museums, the LEGO Store, and the parks/lake shore.

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If you are considering a trip to Chicago, I wanted to share a few Groupon deals that would be great for tourists:

• $9 for a 3 day CTA Pass ($20 value). We used the buses to travel around Chicago particularly to visit the Museum of Science and Industry.
• Amazing Chicago's Funhouse Maze at Navy Pier. I have not been to the maze, but it sounds like it might be fun. $11 admission for 2 ($23.98 value) or $19 admission for 4 (a $47.96 value). Children 4 & Under are free.
• Baseball Deals
• $79 or $99 for a Rooftop Chicago Cubs Game (all-you-can eat and drink)
• or $89 from LivingSocial
• $40, $42, or $50 Chicago White Sox Game & Pre-Party on Patio
• Stray Boots Interactive Walking Tours

There are frequently Groupon Getaways or LivingSocial Escape deals for Chicago, but there are currently none available.  We stayed at the Hampton Inn in Chicago and overall would recommend the hotel.