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Top Things to Do With Your Kids This Spring In Omaha

Monday, March 20, 2023

by Nancy Heim-berg

Looking for fun things to do with the kids this Spring in Omaha? You don't need to look far for family friendly attractions and fun things to experience with your kids in Omaha. Here's a quick list of some of the top places to keep your kids entertained this Spring.

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

3701 S 10th St, Omaha, NE 68107

The Zoo features an Aquarium, Desert Dome, Nocturnal Exhibit, Children’s Adventure Trails, Lied Jungle, Butterfly Pavilion, Gorilla Valley, and so much more.

Amazing Pizza Machine

13955 S Plaza, Omaha, NE 68137

Experience over 60,000 square feet of indoor fun with exciting rides and attractions such as Amazing Quest Laser Tag, Go Karts, Bumper Cars, Mini-Bowling, the Frog Hopper, our new Mission Vortex thrill ride, and new Hologate Virtual Reality. Additionally, enjoy over 170 of the latest arcade games. Satisfy your hunger with unlimited dining options at the Amazing Buffet, featuring a variety of fresh food including pizza, pasta, salad, soups, breads, nachos, baked potatoes, desserts, soft serve ice cream, beverages and more.

Lauritzen Gardens

100 Bancroft St Omaha, NE 68108

Lauritzen Gardens is a 100 acre public garden located in the heart of downtown Omaha, Nebraska. As a tranquil oasis for personal escape or a destination to learn about the wonders of the natural world, Lauritzen Gardens is a place of joy, beauty, inspiration, education, and reflection in our community.

Kenefick Park

100 Bancroft St Omaha, NE 68108

Two of the greatest locomotives ever to power Union Pacific Railroad sit at the southwest point of the Lauritzen Gardens property, highly visible to passersby on Interstate 80 and welcoming motorists to Nebraska. On grand display are Centennial No. 6900 - the largest and most powerful diesel-electric locomotive ever built - and Big Boy No. 4023 - the world's largest steam locomotive.

The Rose Theater

2001 Farnam Omaha, NE 68102

Omaha's premier venue for the performing arts for children and families, housed in a beautifully restored 1927 vaudeville palace. The Rose Theater is committed to enriching the lives of children and families through live theater and arts education.

Omaha Children’s Museum

500 S 20th St, Omaha, NE 68102

Full of hours of fun for kids with permanent exhibits including Maker Space, Creative Arts Area, Grocery Store, Hospital, Bank, Wiggle Room (ages 0-3), Science Show, and “The Ball Room” – Super Gravitron, a massive ball machine, that is fun for all ages. Plus, enjoy Special exhibits and events throughout the year.

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Omaha's Easter EGGstravaganza Weekend

Monday, April 10, 2017

by Nancy Heim-berg

Easter weekend is upon us, and that means family fun for everyone. Kids are getting excited for the surprises the Easter Bunny will bring, parents are ready for family time and good food, and everyone can't wait to see what the Easter eggs have in store for them. The question is, where do you celebrate?

Lauritzen Gardens is the perfect place to spend the entire Easter Weekend with the family.

Saturday April 15, 2017

Families can come and enjoy Easter egg hunts for all ages! But wait... that's not where the Extravaganza stops! You can snap an eggcelent photo with the Easter Bunny and create beautiful crafts with the family.

The Easter Extravaganza is from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. The crafts will be available from 9:00-11:00 AM and Easter egg hunts for ages 2 - 12 years old will be at 10:00 AM, 10:30 AM, 11:00 AM, and 11:30 AM. If your child is below 2 years old there will be a separate area designated for them to enjoy Easter egg hunts as well. The Easter Bunny is on site all morning (bring your camera) !

The cafe opens on-site at 9:00 AM and will have coffee, beverages, and breakfast to tide your hunger while you enjoy your time.

Registration is required before the event which can be done here or call (402) 346-4002, ext. 262 by 5:00 PM Wednesday, April 12. Standard garden admission rates apply, members are free. A charge of $3 per child will be required to participate in the crafts and Easter egg hunt.

Sunday, April 16, 2017

The fun continues Easter morning with the Garden's Easter Brunch. This annual tradition is a beautiful setting among the Garden's flowers and sells out quickly. The cost is $30 per person, $13 for kids 6-12 and children 5 and younger are free. Reservations are required and along with payment up front. The menu selection is available here.

For reservations and information please contact Merri at (402) 346-4002 ext. 201 or email at [email protected] by Wednesday, April 12.

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LEGOs and Nature Come Together

Thursday, April 6, 2017

by Nancy Heim-berg

Using over 450,000+ LEGOs, Sean Kenney's third exhibit Nature Connects: Art with LEGO Bricks at Lauritzen Gardens brings together a display of nature's beauty with the creativity and art of the LEGOs we all know and love. The amazing exhibit is one for family and friends young and old. Everyone can relate to the days when they would spend hours putting together creations of their own with the tiny colorful bricks.

With over 13 magnificent hand-built displays, these larger than life sculptures show the web of connections that nature sustains in everyday life. Kids can gaze as the wingspan of a monarch butterfly, see the colorful display of the peacock’s tail, or hang with the buck and his deer.

The exhibit's interactive messaging educates on how the environment thrives on each other to survive and grow. The chain starts with the plants and goes all the way to the top of ecosystem showing the intricate necessity of species reliance on each other to live. It also teaches visitors the effect that humans can have on the natural environment. "Play and Let It Stay Station" lets everyone interact with the LEGOs to build their own creations. It gives visitors an opportunity to take a trip back to their childhood and escape for some fun with the kids.

This exhibit is available through May 15 from 9:00AM - 5:00PM daily, and is included with admission to the Laurtizen Gardens - $10 for adults, $5 for children 6-12 and free for garden members and children under six.

More information: Nature Connects: Art with LEGO Bricks

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Pay Homage to the Equestrian Art

Thursday, March 23, 2017

by Nancy Heim-berg

Horses are a beautiful species that many don't take the time to learn and truly understand. The depth of the horse's beauty and mind is often something that only few devote their life to truly embrace. This Equus Film Festival is one of few events that allows those individuals to display their works of art and literature.

For three days film makers of all sorts are able to feature their videos, commercial, educational films and much more to open the eyes and hearts of those who have not had the opportunity to truly enjoy horses from their point of view. The Equus Film Festival truly empowers those involved to share and highlight the true depth and vibrant history that horses have in human culture.

The Equus Film Festival runs from Thursday, March 30 through Saturday, April 1 at Marcus Midtown Cinema. The schedule is available on the event page. It is held in conjunction with the 2017 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping & FEI World Cup Dressage Finals Omaha.

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Nature Connects at Lauritzen Gardens

Thursday, April 25, 2013

by Nancy Heim-berg

Where can you savor the once-in-a-lifetime experience created by 500,000 LEGO® bricks, clicking together to form 27 breathtakingly realistic sculptures, and 14 mind-blowing displays? The unique place available to take this all in is Lauritzen Gardens, located north of Interstate 80 and south of Omaha's historic Old Market district. Some of the other landmarks nearby include Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and the Durham Museum.

Bring the family on down to Lauritzen Gardens and stroll underneath an 8-foot tall hummingbird, wander aimlessly next to 7-foot roses, look a 5-foot butterfly in the eye, and then show off your own personal skills and abilities at building inside the Nature Connects exhibit's LEGO® Brickyard.

An indoor exhibit that is both inspiring and inspired at the same time, the Nature Connects at Lauritzen Gardens has been created, designed and developed to bring to light, and teach the public about, the myriad life-sustaining connections there are to Mother Earth.

Out of those half million legos already mentioned, 45,143 are on magnificent display in the mother bison, which is the exhibit's most massive structure. In addition to ‘mama’ bison, visitors will be able to enjoy creatures from six inches to eight feet in size, along with other LEGO® creations, such as a tiger swallowtail butterfly, a hummingbird, a gardener.

All throughout Nature Connects and its coinciding interpretive messages, attendees can gain extensive knowledge on the inner workings of how ecosystems are dependent upon diverse aspects of the natural world in order to survive. The exhibit also teaches how healthy and well-balanced populations are maintained, about connections between pollinators and plants, and how our endeavors as humans impact, often in a permanent and deep-rooted way, our home planet, Earth.

The wildly imaginative mind and artistically gifted building skills of Sean Kenney are responsible for bringing Nature Connects to life. An artist with 10-plus years working with LEGOS, and whose work has been highlighted by some of the nation's most well-known media outlets, such as the New York Times, Good Morning America and the Wall Street Journal, Kenney is far from a newcomer in the world of LEGO® sculpting. Among the medium's various challenges is its relatively limited palette of colors, block-shaped pieces and their respective grids.

Kenney blazed the trail for other artists with aspirations of becoming a LEGO® artist as the first LEGO® Certified Professional who is not a LEGO® employee, but enjoys official recognition by the company as a trusted business partner. For more information about the artist, and to view other works, visit Sean Kenney's website at www.seankenney.com.

Nature Connects is scheduled to run from Feb. 2nd through May 19th. The hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The price for admittance into the Nature Connects exhibit section at Lauritzen Gardens is included with the usual admission fee: $6 for adults ($7 after April 1), $3 for children 6-12 and free for garden members and children less than six.

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