Nashville Easter Egg Hunts 2013, Red Caboose Park Egg Hunt & more

kids easter Nashville Easter Egg Hunts 2013, Red Caboose Park Egg Hunt & moreToday is the day when you’ll find the majority of Nashville Easter Egg Hunts (March 30, 2013), including one of our favorites, the Red Caboose Park Egg Hunt (at the corner of 656 Colice Jeanne Road – just down from the Community Center & Bellevue Branch Library), as well as the Cheekwood Spring Art Hop & the Nashville Zoo Eggstravaganza.

* Red Caboose Par

Starts at 11:15, but egg hunt times are separated by age:
Time:
11:15 – Toddler to Age 3
11:30 – 4 and 5 year olds
11:45 – K through 2nd Grade
12:00 – 3rd through 6th Grade

Free Snacks and Drinks provided by local churches.  Also Games, Prizes, Face Painting, Washable Tatoos, Over 20, 000 Eggs

* Nashville Zoo

More than 40,000 plastic eggs will be distributed on the Zoo’s Festival Field for 10 scheduled hunts held throughout the day. Participants can redeem their eggs for exciting prize packs from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m on March 30.

Festival Field Egg Hunt Schedule:
• Ages 2 & under: 10 a.m. OR 12:30 p.m.
• 3 years: 10:30 a.m. OR 1 p.m.
• 4 – 5 years: 11 a.m. OR 1:30 p.m.
• 6 – 7 years:  11:30 a.m. OR 2 p.m.
• 8 – 10 years Noon OR 2:30 p.m.

There will also be a Zoo-wide hunt for larger, golden eggs also redeemable for prizes. Visitors can watch as Zoo animals hunt for special “eggs” hidden just for them. Other activities include Easter-themed games, bounce houses and face painting.

*Cheekwood

Egg hunts will be going on every 1/2 hour from 11a – 4pm (divided by age). Members are free. You can visit the Cheekwood Spring Art Hop website for more details on pricing and entertainment.
Activities include:
• Community Project: Flowers & Friends
• Easter Ears
• Spring Seeds
• Bubbles & Blooms
• Butterfly Rings

I also know there will be a big Easter Egg Hunt at Two Rivers Park in Donelson as well as ‘flashlight’ Egg Hunt taking place at 7PM (yes PM!) in Fairview.

Be sure to check out my 32 Cheap Easter Basket Filler Ideas & Top 7 Tips for Cheap Easter Baskets I shared on “Talk of the Town”.

Where will you be egg hunting this Easter?

Free Cheekwood Admission on May 10 for Nashville Predator Fans!

I was just about to go to bed but heard on the news that there will be Free Cheekwood admission from 9:30am – 4:30pm on Tuesday, May 10 for Nashville Predator Fans!

Just be sure to wear some sort of Nashville Preds gear and you’ll get in the gardens for free!

Updated Bank of America Free Museum Weekend – March

It’s the first weekend of the month, which means it’s Bank of America Free Museum Weekend!

If you bank with Bank of America, just bring your BOA card and ID and you will get in to one of hundreds museums for FREE on March 5 & 6, 2011. In TN, this offer is NOW valid at the Country Music Hall of Fame & The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. (5 & under are free).

In Memphis you can get into the Dixon Gallery & Gardens.

Visit Museums on Us for more info and to find participating museums in your area.

Bank of America Free Museum Weekend – February

cheekwood Bank of America Free Museum Weekend   FebruaryIf you bank with Bank of America, just bring your BOA card and ID and you will get in to one of hundreds museums for FREE on February 5 & 6, 2011. In TN, this offer is valid Cheekwood Botanical Garden & The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. (5 & under are free).

Visit Museums on Us for more info and to find participating museums in your area.

Bank of America Free Museum Weekend

cheekwood Bank of America Free Museum WeekendIt’s the last Bank of America FREE museum weekend for 2010!

If you bank with Bank of America, just bring your BOA card and ID and you will get in to one of hundreds museums for FREE on December 4 & 5. In TN, this offer is valid Cheekwood Botanical Garden & The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. (5 & under are free).

Visit Museums on Us for more info and to find participating museums in your area.

Bank of America Free Museum Weekend

cheekwood Bank of America Free Museum WeekendAre you ready for another Bank of America FREE museum weekend?

If you bank with Bank of America, just bring your BOA card and ID and you will get in to one of hundreds museums for FREE on November 6 & 7. In TN, this offer is valid Cheekwood Botanical Garden & The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. (5 & under are free).

Visit Museums on Us for more info and to find participating museums in your area.

See Chihuly at Cheekwood FREE on 11/2

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See Chihuly at Cheekwood FREE today (November 2nd)!

That’s right, not only has the Chihuly at Cheekwood exhibit been extended, but you can see it for free today from 9am-4:30pm.

If you want to see Chihuly at night, it’s still available this week, but you’ll have to pay for it: $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, $8 for kids. Chihuly Nights continue on November 3, 4, 5 and 6 until 10pm, and the final day of the exhibit is 11am-4:30pm Sunday, November 7.

You can also wait to see it during the day for free this weekend because it’s a Free Museum Weekend!

Just take a look at some of the amazing pieces from when we visited this summer:
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Bank of America Free Museum Weekend

cheekwood Bank of America Free Museum WeekendIt’s Bank of America FREE museum weekend!

If you bank with Bank of America, just bring your BOA card and ID and you will get in to one of hundreds museums for FREE on October 1 & 2. In TN, this offer is valid Cheekwood Botanical Garden & The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. (5 & under are free).

Visit Museums on Us for more info and to find participating museums in your area.

Bank of America Free Museum Weekend

cheekwood Bank of America Free Museum WeekendBank of America customers get in to hundreds of museums FREE this weekend!

If you bank with Bank of America, just bring your BOA card and ID and you will get in to one of hundreds museums for FREE on September 4 & 5. In TN, this offer is valid Cheekwood Botanical Garden & The Frist Center for the Visual Arts. (5 & under are free).

Visit Museums on Us for more info and to find participating museums in your area.

Chihuly at Cheekwood

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Our family has been dying to check out the new Chihuly at Cheekwood exbihit! So what better time than on a Free Museum Weekend?
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Saturday mornings are particularly great at Cheekwood because they always have Free Crafts for the kids from 10a-12p. Of course, today’s craft was to make a flag (you can totally see the difference in our kids’ personalities just by looking at their flags!)
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But the real star of the day was the installation of Dale Chihuly’s glass sculptures amidst the already incredible gardens at Cheekwood. I’ve said since we’ve moved here that Cheekwood is one of my favorite places in Nashville (and I am NOT normally a garden girl), but the entire space is SO beautiful and there is so much to see, that I can’t get enough!

Just take a look:
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IMG 6440 300x225 Chihuly at CheekwoodIt was truly a magical afternoon, despite the heat! We even enjoyed a picnic on the grounds:
IMG 6366 300x225 Chihuly at CheekwoodThe Chihuly at Cheekwood exhibit goes through October, so you have plenty of time to check it out, but if you’re like us, you’ll want to go back again and again.

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Just look at those faces!