Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! Route One Fun’s got you covered this weekend, you know – just in case you need to burn some energy/escape family/get outside…! For the kiddos, how about an indoor splash playground, open bounce or a close encounters with some birds of prey? For those wishing to escape from your/any kids (no judgments here…), how about some post-turkey yoga at Numi, shopping locally on Small Business Saturday, sipping and sewing at Hyattsville’s Three Little Birds, and riding out the weekend with a coffee ride to Vigilante with College Park’s Proteus crew? Sign me up!
FRIDAY
Black Friday Picture Frame Ornament
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Join Home Depot’s hands-on kids workshop, where you and your child can build a keepsake for your holiday memories! You’ll work together to create a picture frame ornament, perfect for adding some personalized decoration to your Christmas tree. Once the ornament is built, your child can decorate it with paint & add their own photo of family fun. All kids get to keep their craft, receive a FREE certificate of achievement, a Workshop Apron, and a commemorative pin while supplies last.
When: 9am – 12pm
Where: Local Home Depot, including in Hyattsville & College Park
Admission: Free!
Open Bounce at PG’s Pump it Up!
Our Pop In Play Times are open play time where your child can have the time of their life. Our massive inflatables spark their imaginations to run wild. It’s not only fun for the kids, but provides a healthy workout that burns off excess energy and helps keep them fit. It’s fun for kids of all ages.
When: 10:15am – 12: 15pm & 3 – 5 pm
Where: Pump it Up! 4230 Forbes Blvd Ste H, Lanham
Admission: $9 per child plus tax
Spanish-English Ready 2 Read Storytime
Stories, Fingerplays, and songs will be presented in Spanish and English. Ages 3 -5.
When: 10:30 – 11:00 am
Where: Bladensburg Public Library, 4820 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg
Admission: Free!
Rollingcrest’s Indoor Splash Playground!
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This is the perfect place to play indoors on a cold day and exhaust the kids! 😉 Basically, an indoor water park right here in PG. Specialized water play area for pre-schoolers with slides and spray features, family pool with water slides and spray features, a vending area and shower /changing facilities with lockers (lockers are available but require you to bring your own lock). While parts of the facility are dated but the kids always have a blast.
When: 6:30 am – 8:30 pm weekdays
Where: Rollingcrest Chillum Splash Pool, 6122 Sargent Road, Chillum
Admission: 2 & under are free! Ages 3-17: $5. Adults:$6
SATURDAY
Smaland at College Park’s Ikea
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Free, 1 hour, supervised, enclosed, safe & clean play area near the entrance. Enjoy some shopping or just relax/eat/peoplewatch at the restaurant upstairs while your young one(s) has a blast at Smaland. Children must be potty trained and be 37” to 54” tall (so children typically b/w ages of 3-6). Tips: (1) Best to arrive earlier on in the day as day progresses, so do the entrances lines; & (2) Join Ikea Family & kids get extra 30 minutes to play (depending on capacity) & you get free coffee!
When: 10:30am – 7pm
Where: 10100 Baltimore Avenue, College Park
Admission: Free!
Spanish-English Ready 2 Read Storytime
Stories, Fingerplays, and songs will be presented in Spanish and English. Ages 3 -5.
When: 11 – 11:30 am
Where: Hyattsville Public Library
Admission: Free!
Raptors Reign at Patuxent Research Refuge
Join special guest and licensed falconer, Rodney Stotts, as he shares the power of nature through discussions and up close encounters with birds of prey. No registration is necessary. All ages.
When: 1 – 3 pm
Where: Patuxent Research Refuge, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel
Admission: Free, donations appreciated.
SUNDAY
Paint Branch Parkway Park Playground
Get outside and check out this recently renovated playground, rivaling any great playground you’ve been to in DC, NYC or anywhere! Among other great things, its fireman’s pole use a fun hydraulic lift to boost kids (and adventurous adults…) up and down a log plank is a blast!
Where: 5202 Campus Drive (if old GPS, enter 5202 Paint Branch Parkway), College Park
Admission: Free!
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ADULT-FRIENDLY FUN ALONG ROUTE ONE! 😉
FRIDAY
Numi Yoga Happy Hour Fusion Flow
Great chance to for a post-Thanksgiving yoga class at College Park’s latest hot spot! What do you get when you put some breath-based movement together with alignment cues and some longer holds? Our Fusion Flow! Get the best of both worlds in this blended class. Class temperatures from 70-76.
When: 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Where: 4513 College Ave, College Park
Admission: $8
Black Friday Sale at the Brentwood Arts Exchange
One day a year, fittingly the day after Thanksgiving, we reduce our commission on sales and mark down everything in the Brentwood Arts Exchange Fine Craft Store 20% – but still pay the artists the same as with a regular sale.
When: 10 am – 7 pm
Where: Brentwood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode Island Avenue, Brentwood
17th Annual Gingerbread House Show and Contest
For a sweet treat, view an amazing display of edible gingerbread houses. No nibbling allowed! Visitors will have the opportunity to vote in the Viewer’s Choice Award Competition.
When: 12 – 5 pm
Where: Darnall’s Chance House Museum, 14800 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro
Admission: $1/pp; Ages 4 and under are free!
BLACK FRIDAY Night Open Mic Poetry hosted by E-baby
For two hours, audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians, and a different host every week. Seating first come-first seated.
When: 9 – 11 pm
Where: Busboys and Poets, Hyattsville
Admission: $5 suggested donation (cash only). RSVP online here.
SATURDAY
College Park ParkRun
Head out on for a weekly, free, 5K, timed run. Afterwards, enjoy a post parkrun coffee in The Board & Brew, 8150 Baltimore Ave, College Park. All ages welcome!
When: Saturdays at 9 a.m.
Where: Paint Branch Trail, 4289 Metzerott Road, College Park
Admission: Free but please register before your first run.
2 Stores 2 Days 2 Events @ Tanglewood Works
Showcasing hand crafted GREEN gifts as well as celebrating small businesses everywhere. Please join us for refreshments by Tiered and Petite, a deliciously new Hyattsville catering company, and for some crafty fun. Wear something green to be entered to win a raffle for a $100 gift certificate to Tanglewood Works.
When: 11 am – 5 pm
Where: Location 1: Tanglewood Works for Hyattsville Pop-Up, 5132 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville; Location 2: Tanglewood Works Forklift, 4641 Tanglewood Dr., Edmonston
Green Friday, Small Business Saturday at Community Forklift!
We’ll have live entertainment, free gift-making workshops, local artists, delicious food, and free photos with Santa for all ages. Strolling Magician, Bill Jenkins World of Music & more! It’s FREE for the whole family. (Of course, you are welcome to bring cash so you can patronize the locally-owned businesses, tip the entertainers, and support your favorite nonprofit reuse center!) Check here for specific info on activity times.
When: 11 am – 4 pm
Where: Community Forklift, 4671 Tanglewood Dr., Edmonston
Sip & Sew @ Three Little Birds!
Our Sip & Sew are becoming one of our most popular workshops! Once a month, we host this fun get together where we make a small project and enjoy a glass (or two) of wine! This week we’ll be making infinity scarves! All supplies and refreshments are included. All skill levels welcome.
When: 6:30 pm
Where: Three Little Birds, 5132 Baltimore Ave, Studio B, Hyattsville
Admission: $28 p/p
Perry Street Provisions: Small Business Saturday Edition!
This market experience brings together local art, home goods, culinary delights, and tasty beverages in the heART of the Gateway Arts District. Featuring a winter-themed arts activity for all ages.
*Free coffee + hot chocolate!*
Shop, eat, drink + connect locally!
When: 12 pm – 5 pm
Where: ReCreative Spaces, 3501 Perry Street, Mt. Rainier
SUNDAY
Proteus Bicycle Coffee Ride
Join us for our regular Sunday quest for caffeine to Vigilante Coffee in Hyattsville. Meet at Proteus at 10 am for an easy ride along the beautiful Anacostia trail system, 10-12 miles round trip, some on road riding and street crossings. Bring cash/cc, lock. This is a no drop ride (no one left behind), gentle pace (Ave 8-10 mph). We’ll cancel for bad weather so check Facebook, proteusbicycles.com calendar or Twitter (@proteusbikes) to confirm.
When: 10 am- 12pm
Where: Meet at Proteus Bicycles, 9217 Baltimore Ave, College Park
Admission: Free!
Single Lens Reflex-tions Exhibition
This exhibition features the work of documentary photographers turning the “lens” towards a personal project of their family, surroundings, or themselves. Bill Crandall’s “Fairy Tales from the Fault Lines” project is a dream-like vision of DC neighborhoods through the lens of a native Washingtonian. As an immigrant to the United States, Gabriela Bulisova has a complicated relationship with her native Czechoslovakia, returning at least once a year to visit her family in her mother’s hometown. Along the way, she began a very personal project in collaboration with fellow photographer, Mark Isaac, which documents her family’s life and the village around them.
When: 10 am – 5 pm
Where: Montpelier Arts Center, 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel
Admission: Free!
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Always call or check the event website before heading out;
Event information is subject to change or weather cancellation.
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