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Fun stuff to do with the family

Below we've provided a list of fun, interactive events the whole family can enjoy doing together. If you want to simply go out and watch a movie, here are a couple places with movie reviews from a Christian perspective.

Kids' Stuff East Bay | South Bay

West Bay

  • Ice Skating at Embarcadero Center (Nov.7 through Feb.16)
    Kristi Yamaguchi Embarcadero Center Ice Rink
    Justin Herman Plaza
    (at Market and Embarcadero)
    San Francisco, CA 94111
    (800) 733-6318

  • Snow Village at the Grand Hyatt SanFrancisco (Nov.12 to Jan.5)
    Grand Hyatt (Union Square)
    345 Stockton
    (between Sutter and Post)
    San Francisco, CA 94108
    (415) 398-1234

  • Morrison Planetarium
    Music Concourse
    (between Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy drives)
    San Francisco, CA 94118
    in Golden Gate Park
    (415) 750-7145

    View scenes from the Hubble telescope, Galileo probe and other spacecraft.

  • The Velveteen Rabbit (San Francisco)
    Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens
    701 Mission St.
    (at Third St.)
    San Francisco, CA 94103
    (415) 978-2787
    Performance Dates

    Based on the charming English children's story by Margery Williams, "The Velveteen Rabbit" is a heartwarming dance-theater piece focusing on a little boy's love for a stuffed rabbit. The boy's love and loyalty, along with the rabbit's perseverance, bring the toy to life.

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  • The Physics of Toys (Saturdays, Nov. 29 to Dec. 27)
    Exploratorium
    3601 Lyon St.
    (at Marina)
    San Francisco, CA 94123
    (415) 561-0360

    *Children break their toys to learn how they work. It's instructive destruction.

  • Bay Area Discovery Museum
    557 McReynolds Road
    Sausalito, CA 94965
    (415) 487-4398

  • Coyote Point Museum
    1651 Coyote Point Drive
    (off Bayshore Boulevard)
    San Mateo, CA 94401
    (650) 342-7755

    Nestled in a eucalyptus grove overlooking the Bay, Coyote Point Museum, the United States' first museum for environmental studies, is perfectly situated for its mission to educate the public about the native animals and ecology of the area.

  • Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
    180 Woz Way
    (at Auzerais)
    San Jose, CA 95110
    near W. San Carlos, off Highway 87 and I-280
    (408) 298-5437

    Among the most popular exhibits: a fire truck for climbing all over (some youngsters wear scaled-down firefighter's coats), face painting, various types of bubble blowing, designing ad-hoc art in the "Doodad Dump," and making and eating blue-corn tortillas. The intended age range is toddler to about 10, but kids of all ages can't resist getting involved.

East Bay

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  • Oakland Zoo
    9777 Golf Links Road
    (at 98th Avenue)
    Oakland, CA 94605
    (510) 632-9523

    The Oakland Zoo exhibits its brand new naturalistic habitat for two sun bears.

  • The Velveteen Rabbit (Walnut Creek)
    Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts
    1601 Civic Drive (at Locust)
    Walnut Creek, CA 94596
    (510) 295-1400
    Performance Dates

    Based on the charming English children's story by Margery Williams, "The Velveteen Rabbit" is a heartwarming dance-theater piece focusing on a little boy's love for a stuffed rabbit. The boy's love and loyalty, along with the rabbit's perseverance, bring the toy to life.

South Bay

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