Looking for daily inspiration and ideas for things to do with kids this week? From at-home family fun, to festivities around town – here are our top picks for fun things to do with kids in Metro Detroit this week!

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Find out what’s happening any day of the week, check out our EVENT CALENDAR!

Featured Events

• Open Family Swim @ Aqua-Tots Swim School (multiple locations)
• Storytime @ The Ford House (Grosse Pointe Park)
• FREE Movie Night: Encanto @ New Center Park (Detroit)
• Monroe Street Midway (Detroit)
• Dinosauria @ Detroit Zoo (Royal Oak)
• Family Fun Nights @ Sibley Park (Wixom)
• Paddlepalooza @ Riverside Park (Ypsilanti)
• FREE Great Lakes Steamers Mini Train Rides @ Starr-Jaycee Park (Royal Oak)
• Farm Fest @ Maybury Farm (Northville)
• Summer Celebration @ Redford Library
• Detroit Grand Prix

Festivals + Fairs

• Birmingham Village Fair
• Northville Spring Carnival
• Milan Carnival
• Grosse Isle Islandfest 
• Bark On Biddle (Wyandotte)
• Centerline Festival
• Michigan Lavender Festival (Imlay City)
• Art On The Grand (Farmington)
• Kite Festival (Lyon Township)

Splash Pads

• Riverside Park Splash Pad (Auburn Hills)
• Heritage Park Splash Playground (Canton) 
• Lyle C. VanHouten Spray Park (Dearborn Heights)
• Heritage Park Splash Pad (Farmington Hills)
• The Sprayscape (Plymouth Township)
• Handy Park Splash Pad (Redford)
• Emmons Plaza (Rochester Hills)

Rainy Day Fun

• LEGOLAND Discovery Center (Auburn Hills)
• Fun ZoneZ (Redford)
• Kidcadia (Dearborn)
• Outdoor Adventure Center (Detroit)
• Stemville (Northville)
• Troy Gym Munchkin Ropes Course

Nature Centers + Classes

• Leslie Science and Nature Center (Ann Arbor)
• Hawk Woods Nature Center (Auburn Hills)
• Farmington Hills Nature Center
• Howell Nature Center
• Red Oaks Nature Center (Madison Heights)
• Sterling Heights Nature Center 
• West Bloomfield Nature & Recreation Center 

Photo credit: Birmingham Village Fair

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