Shake off your cabin fever with these spring events and activities.
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Get outside and celebrate springtime at these wonderful occasions.
Just after dark, visitors can see the remarkable site of fireflies flashing their lights in rhythm with each other.
Fireflies - Congaree National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
For nearly 100 exciting photography & birding events with field workshops that include photographing birds of prey, birds in flight, horses on the beach, creative processes, historic architecture, portraits, flash, and macro led by renown photogr...
Florida's Birding & Photo Fest | Over 130 exciting photography & birding events | 5205 A1A South, St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA
A full schedule of jazz, folk, blues, classical, jam, rock, and global roots artists are set to perform in Savannah’s beautiful downtown setting.
Savannah Music Festival - Savannah GA
Set in the incomparable beauty of Charleston, this festival celebrates the chefs, cooks, authors, and culinary professionals and support staff that make up the talent in this Lowcountry culinary hot spot.
Each March, Macon becomes a pink, cotton-spun paradise as over 350,000 Yoshino cherry trees bloom in all their glory. Originally a sleepy southern town, Macon has now become a bustling center of beauty and international friendship.
International Cherry Blossom Festival | Macon, Georgia
If maple doughnuts and all you can eat pancakes and buckwheat cakes drizzled with fresh maple syrup sound delicious to you, the 63rd annual Highland County Maple Festival might be the springtime event you can’t miss. Known as the "Official Maple Syru...
Maple Festival
Springtime is obvious at the Biltmore Estate, the historic property of George Vanderbilt and America’s largest home. New baby animals are found playing in the farmyard at Antler Hill Farm, and flowers burst out in vivid color.
Spring at Biltmore
With an amazing all-star lineup of national and local artists, this is the place to be if you love music. In addition to the talent, the event is full of the vibrant food and culture that influences and makes up Louisiana. Jambalaya, crawfish bread, ...
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented By Shell - April 28 - May 7, 2022
The spring blooms came early this year! We are saying au revoir to the tulips and are now enjoying the harbinger trees of spring including flowering redbud, Yoshino cherry, red buckeye, and crabapple.
Cheekwood in Bloom: Belles Fleurs - Cheekwood
A bucket list experience for many, the "Greatest Two Minutes in Sports" has run uninterrupted for the last 148 years. One part horse race and one part fashion show, the Derby is known for big, brash Southern hats, seersucker suits, and leggy thorough...
2024 Kentucky Derby & Oaks | May 3 and May 4, 2024 | KentuckyDerby.com
Classic cars, antique tractors, motorcycles, and hot air balloons fill Point Mallard Park in Decatur, Alabama every year on Memorial Day weekend. The mornings begin early with a challenge for hot air balloon pilots to air drop bean bags attempting to...
Schedule :: Alabama Jubilee Hot Air Balloon Classic
Activities
These can be done inside or outside in the sun.
Are you in need of some family activities to keep your kiddos entertained? Try making one of these fabulous kites in this craft round-up.
10 Fun Kite Crafts for Kids
An easy kid’s craft idea, this unique wind chimes craft for kids are a sweet way to decorate your garden and explore an exciting new painting technique.
Beaded DIY Wind Chimes For Kids
Here are all our fun and easy recipes to celebrate Spring! From flower themed recipes to cute garden bugs and lots of fun food, snacks and drinks themed around eggs, chicks, bunnies and lambs!
Spring Themed Recipes for Kids
This DIY windmill project for kids is not only fun to make, but also a great tool to help teach about the wind!
How to Make Paper Windmill – DIY Windmill Project - Easy Crafts For Kids
You can make your own rain gauge with things you have right in your kitchen. Then just set your instrument outside and observe. Keep a log of your data so you can tally your rain by the storm, day, month and even year.
Meteorology at Home: DIY Rain Gauge
Clouds are a neat weather project to explore for spring science. Make a cloud viewer and take it outside for a fun cloud identification activity. You can even keep a cloud journal!
Make Your Own Cloud Viewer
Kids love butterflies! A butterfly garden provides a colorful array of nectar-producing plants that not only attract butterflies (and often hummingbirds as well), but offers plants to feed the caterpillar stage of their life cycle.
Plant a Butterfly Garden - KidsGardening
Some people believe that the gravitational pull of the sun on these days can help keep an egg standing on its end.
Balancing Egg Science Experiment
Birding is awe-inspiring. It connects us with a sense of place, and gets us outside to explore our neighborhoods and towns. It's also great for travel,
Easy Ways to Get Kids Birding
Learning about the butterfly life cycle is a fun educational activity for kids! Kids will love putting together this simple butterfly life cycle craft.
Butterfly Life Cycle Craft (with free template) - The Best Ideas for Kids
Here we have 50+ ideas for using milk cartons, cereal boxes and all those empty toilet paper rolls and turning them into fun art projects and imaginary play props. All of the crafts here are organized by the main recycled materials — so whether you'r...
DIY Upcycling Activities
An outdoor activity that allows children to explore insects in their natural environment.
Go on an Insect Safari - Raritan Headwaters
Here’s a quick and easy spring themed sensory bin to encourage all kinds of sensory play!
Spring Themed Sensory Bin
Experience the fullness of nature in a whole new way - while positively impacting body & mind too - all with one simple activity.
Sound Mapping - The Powerful Way Adults and Kids can Connect with Nature — Nattie Up North
This flower painted rock craft is perfect for beginners and crafters of all ages.
DIY Flower Painted Rock: The Perfect Craft for Spring