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As part of our goal of being a great resource for the South Shore, we are compiling a list of great family activities. Below are some family friendly activities. Click on the text to read a full blog of the activity.
Fall

1. Visit King Richard’s Faire Carver, MA. Weekends August 31st – October 20th.
2. Go Apple Picking: Check out our list of places to pick apples in Massachusetts.
3. Visit a Corn Maize: Check out our list of corn maizes in Massachusetts.
4. Visit the Lakeville Haunted House: Lakeville, MA
5. Visit the South Shore Science Center for a Fall Event! Norwell, MA
6. Attend a Friday Night High School Football Game.
7. Attend a High School Sporting Event.

October 2013

1. October 3rd – November 3rd, 2013: Visit the Roger Williams Zoo Jack O Lantern Spectacular For the full schedule and pricing info visit https://rwpzoo.org/178/jack-o-lantern-spectacular.
2. October 5, 2013: Scituate Family Friendly Fall Festival Enjoy the annual ChowderFest, entertainment, an invitational artisan show, special merchant activities and lots of community involvement.
3. October 5, 2013: Octoberfest, Marshfield Fairgrounds, Marshfield, MA.
4. October 5, 2013: Plymouth Barktoberfest 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Nelson Street Park, Plymouth, MA.
5. October 12th: Spooky Animal Encounters Day 3:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m at the South Shore Science Center in Norwell, MA.
6. October 12th, 13th, 14th: Attend the Kennedy’s Country Gardens Fall Festival. Scituate, MA. 
7. October 14th: The 9th Annual Play FORE! Kids Golf Tournament at The Children’s Museum in Easton.
8. October 14th: Family Archeology Day 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m at the South Shore Science Center in Norwell, MA.
9. October 19, 2013: Family Farm Day, Marshfield, MA.
10. October 19, 2013: Green Harbor Harvestfest, Marshfield, MA.
11. October 19, 2013: Toll House Cookie Celebration at the Whitman, MA Public Library. For a full schedule of events visit: http://www.whitmanpubliclibrary.org/
12. October 25 – November 24, 2013: Attend a performance of the Hobbit at the Wheelock Theatre Boston, MA.

November 2013

1. October 25 – November 24, 2013: Attend a performance of the Hobbit at the Wheelock Theatre Boston, MA.
2. November 1, 2013: Cranberry Day 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m at the South Shore Science Center in Norwell, MA.
3. November 23, 2103: Fall Discory Day 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m at the South Shore Science Center in Norwell, MA.

December 2013

1. December 13 – 22, 2013:Attend a performance of It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play Boston, MA.

January 2014

1. January 24 – February 23, 2014: Attend a performance of Hairspray Boston, MA.

April 2014

1. April 11 – May 11, 2014: Attend a performance of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Boston, MA.

Any Time

1. Visit the Boston Museum of Science. The Boston Museum of Science is AWESOME for Families
2. Visit the Boston Children’s Museum: Great for younger kids!
3. Attend a Harlem Globetrotters game at the TD Garden or the Dunkin Donuts Center Providence, Rhode Island DCU Center (April 2013)
4. Attend a Brockton Rox baseball game.
5. Attend a Plymouth Pirate Cruise: great for 4 – 12 year-olds.
6. Attend a Wheelock Family Theatre Production
7. Visit the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton.
8. Go on a beach walk.
9. Celebrate Lincoln Days.
10. Celebrate Maple Days.

Special Events (by Month)
March 2013

1. Celebrate Pi Day at The Boston Children’s Museum – March 14th is Pi Day.
2. Go to a St. Patrick’s Day Parade – March 9 – 17. This is a listing of St. Patrick’s Day Parades.

April 2013

1. Participate in a Local Easter Egg Hunt like the one sponsored by the Marshfield Recreation Department. The Patriot Ledger lists many other family friendly activities.
2. Visit Minute Man National Park (Patriot’s Day April).

May 2013

1. Attend a Memorial Day Parade – May 27, 2013. This is a listing of South Shore Memorial Day Parades.

Summer

1. Attend a YMCA summer camp or program.
2. Bowl a FREE game at Boston Bowl Hanover, courtesy of Tedeschi Foods.
3. Visit the Blue Hills for a Hike.
4. Go to a Top 10 Massachusetts Beach.
5. Have a squirt gun fight.
6. Have a water ballon fight.
7. Get an ice cream.
8. Attend a Plymouth Pilgrims Baseball game of the NECBL.
9. Watch the Moonrise over the ocean.
10. Attend a Brockton Rox baseball game.
11. Go to Duxbury Beach.
12. Ride the Paragon Carousel.
13. Play Paddle Ball at the beach.
14. Buy an Ice Cream from the Ice Cream Man.
15. Watch a sunset.
16. Go mini-golfing at Pirate’s Cove in South Yarmouth.

June 2013

1. June 1: Help the Friends of the Blue Hills with trail clean-up.
2. June 9, 2013: Participate in the Hingham Pan Mass Challenge Kids Ride. Here is listing of other dates and times.
3. June 7 – 9: Attend the Boston Irish Festival sponsored by the Irish Cultural Centre.
4. June 14th:Attend Hanover Day on . There is a great schedule of events, including a visit from Tim Wakefield.
5. June 15: Attend the Magical MoonAntique Sale & Flea Market at the farm 9 am – 3 pm. Open to the public – 15 antique vendors. A great cause.
6. June 22, 2013: Participate in The Great American Backyard Campout:
7. June 23, 2013: Attend Marshfield Summerfest. Great events all day.
8. June 29: the Magical MoonMagical Strawberry Moon Faery Day at the farm 10 am – 2 pm. Must believe in magic.
9. June 30, 2013: Participate in the PlymouthPan Mass Challenge Kids Ride. Here is listing of other dates and times

July 2013

1. Celebrate the 4th of July. Click for some great activities
2. July 4th:Attend the 4th of July events in Plymouth.
3. July 4th:Attend the 4th of July events in Hingham.
4. July 4th:Attend the 4th of July events in Duxbury.
5. July 4th:Attend the 4th of July events on the South Shore.
6. July 8, 2013: Attend The Winslow House who Welcomes Pulitzer Prize Winner: Tom Reiss
7. Friday, July 12^th 10:30 AM: Trains & Treats at the Winsow House
8. Saturday July 13th: Marsfield Church Fair on the Town Green
9. Friday, July 19^th 10:30 AM: Teddy Bear Picnic
10. Sunday, July 28th 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Daniel Webster Estate Family Day.
11. July 21st – August 2nd: The Duxbury Music Festival

August 2013

1. Thursday August 1st 7 pm: Castle Hill Summer Concert Series: Room Full of Blues
2. Saturday, August 3rd 3 PM: Life at a Revolutionary War Encampment
3. Thursday August 8th 7 pm:Castle Hill Summer Concert Series: Beantown Swing Orchestra (big band swing)
4. Friday, Aug 16^th 10:30 AM: Classic Couture: Fashion & Culture in the 18^th Century
5. Thursday August 15th 7 pm:Castle Hill Summer Concert Series: The Brew (rock)
6. August 16th – 25th. Attend the Marshfield Fair.
7. Thursday August 22nd 7 pm:Castle Hill Summer Concert Series: HELP! (Beatles tribute band)
8. Thursday August 29th 7 pm:Castle Hill Summer Concert Series: Orville Giddings Band (boogie blues)

September 2013

1. September 14, 2013:North Community ChurchRib Cook-Off Marshfield, MA
2. September 15, 2013: Celebrate Dot Day at the Eric Carle Musuem Amherst, MA.
3. September 18, 2013: Watch the Harvest Moon Rise
4. September 21, 2013:9th Annual Endless Summer Waterfront Festival Hull, MA.
5. September 21 & 22, 2013:37th Annual South Shore Science Center Corn Festival Norwell, MA.
6. September 21 & 22, 2013: Life is Good FestivalProwse Farm, Canton, MA
7. September 28 & 29, 2013:Hingham Octoberfest, House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Hingham, MA.

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