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Kids & Family Friendly
From hands-on art activities to plays for and with children, this category has a variety of arts and cultural events for families throughout Delaware.
Quayside @ Nite with Lower Case Blues
- Milton Theatre
- Thursday, September 18
Tie Dye Totes
- Gilbert W. Perry Center for the Arts (The Gibby)
- Thursday, September 18
Rockwood Game Night
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- September 18, 2025 – January 22, 2026
Fort Folk Fest
- Friends of Fort DuPont
- Presented by Delaware Friends of Folk
- Friday, September 19
Family 2nd Sunday
- Delaware Art Museum
- September 19 – December 14
Youth Clay Frankenstein Dish
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, September 20
Rockwood Painting Dutch Tiles-Kids
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, September 20
Sensory Saturday: Slime and Cider
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, September 20
Fall Festival at Newlin Grist Mill
- Newlin Grist Mill
- Saturday, September 20
Flower Impressions - 3 weeks
- Jester Artspace
- September 20 – October 4
Free Community Event: A Musical Hike!
- Middletown (town of)
- Presented by Music Together Presto
- Sunday, September 21
Princess Tea: Live Interactive Show
- Milton Theatre
- Sunday, September 21
Community Day
- University of Delaware, The Green
- Sunday, September 21
Create with Paper Mâché!
- Dover Art League
- September 26 – October 3
In My Artist Era
- Dover Art League
- September 29 – October 20
Youth Open Studio
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Wednesday, October 1
Homeschooling Art Days
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Wednesday, October 1
Macrame Sugar Skull
- Gilbert W. Perry Center for the Arts (The Gibby)
- Thursday, October 2
Story Time in Enchanted Woods
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- October 2–30
Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet Canvas Painting Family Art Class
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, October 4
Truck & Tractor Day
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Saturday, October 4
Bark at Del’Park
- Casino at Delaware Park
- Saturday, October 4
Drawing and Painting – Ages 11-17
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, October 4
Drawing and Painting: Ages 7-10
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, October 4
Youth Clay Pumpkin Creatures
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, October 4
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
- The Everett Theatre
- Saturday, October 4
Art for All
- Mispillion Art League
- Saturday, October 4
Rockwood Conservatory Watercolor-Kids
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, October 4
Descendants
- Delaware Children's Theatre
- October 4–19
Pumpkin Patch Sundays at Loblolly Acres
- Loblolly Acres
- October 5–26
Mini Sea Glass Canvas Art
- Gilbert W. Perry Center for the Arts (The Gibby)
- Thursday, October 9
Spooky Graveyard Terrarium Family Art Class
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Thursday, October 9
Old State House concert series
- The Old State House
- Presented by Delaware Friends of Folk
- Friday, October 10
Free Creative Art Saturday at The Art Studio
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, October 11
Halloween Slime
- Gilbert W. Perry Center for the Arts (The Gibby)
- Saturday, October 11
Art & Story Stop: Fall Feelings Edition
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, October 11
Fired Up! Pottery & Pizza Night (Session 1)
- Dover Art League
- October 11–18
Tuesday Sketch Night: The Artist
- Jester Artspace
- Tuesday, October 14
Zombie Fest 2025
- Hudson Fields
- Presented by Milton Theatre
- Saturday, October 18
Not Too Spooky Story Day
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, October 18
Pumpkin Painting Party
- Dover Art League
- Saturday, October 18
Rockwood Outdoor Watercolors-Kids
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, October 18
Needle Felting: Fall Witch
- Gilbert W. Perry Center for the Arts (The Gibby)
- Saturday, October 18
Halloween Paint Party
- Gilbert W. Perry Center for the Arts (The Gibby)
- Saturday, October 18
It Builds Character
- Dover Art League
- October 18 – November 22
Mini Art Explorers
- Dover Art League
- October 21 – November 11
Beyond Beginner Watercolor - 4 weeks
- Jester Artspace
- October 21 – November 11
Eerie Luminary Family Art Class
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Thursday, October 23
Fused Glass Ornaments
- Jester Artspace
- Saturday, October 25
Arts & Witchcraft Family Art Class
- New Castle County Art Studio
- Saturday, October 25