FYI

We are a family with a tight budget and it seems like I am constantly trying to rid my children of boredom and find "something to do" other than home activities. But it seems like everything costs money and makes it impossible for us to do. So I am on the hunt to find things to do that are free or nearly free. Especially this next week during spring break but also for the summer. I came across some cool info on some free things to do. Some of you may already be aware of these, and I may be a bit behind in discovering them, but for what it's worth, here they are...

• The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden--Always Free! (except when there are special events going on)
• The Minnesota State Capital--tours are held everyday and are free.
• Walker Art Center--Free admission on the first Saturday of the month and Thursday Evenings after 5pm
• The Bell Museum of Natural History--Free admission on Sundays
• The Children's Museum--Free admission on the 3rd Sunday of the month
• Minnesota Landscape Arboretum--free all day on Thursdays in the winter (Nov 1st- April 24) and free on Thursday evenings from 4:30-8pm or sunset in the Summer. There are also free family events and music on Thursday evenings in the summer.
• I was already aware of this, but your at your local library you can check out Adventure Passes which are 2 or 4 free passes to various museums and zoos.
• In addition to the free admission Como zoo and Conservatory offers a children's story time at 12:30 on Thursdays (although I'm not quite sure where at the zoo this is)

I am not done searching for these free activities, so if you have any ideas, PLEASE pass them along!!