It is spring break for many area school communities, and Elizabethtown Parks and Rec has several events planned to help families get out during their time off with their Spring Play in the Park series.
“This is our third year doing the program, and what it is is for families that are maybe just staying home in town doing a staycation for the week of spring break,” said E-Town Parks and Rec Programs Coordinator Adam Case. “It gives them free low-cost activities to do throughout the week.”
Festivities kick off Monday with the scavenger hunt at Funtopia at American Legion Park, and then the State Theater will host two screenings of the film Migration on Tuesday.
“And then that evening, we are also doing our own program,” Case said. “We’ll have the Panther Prowler with Elizabethtown Independent Schools out there doing a glow craft party, so we’re making a glow in the dark craft with the kids and then we’ll be giving out the foam glow wands. It will be a fun time out at the park that evening.”
Panther Prowler will co-host an event at the Oasis at Freeman Lake Park on Wednesday and there will be an Art in the Park craft event at the park on Thursday, which is when the State Theater will have two showings of Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Registration is requested, but Case says the fun is open to all families.
“For families that maybe are just visiting the parks the day of and didn’t know what was going on, if they see us out there we definitely encourage them to come join in on the fun,” Case said. “Don’t let the fact that you need to register discourage you from coming.”
Visit www.etownparks.org to register and for more information.
