March Break Family Activities for Oakville Moms

March Break is a great opportunity to spend some quality together time with your family.  There is lots of options for Oakville moms and their families to have some fun in the Halton Region or the Greater Toronto Area.  Whether you are looking for outdoor fun or a new adventure, these options have something for all Oakville families to consider.  And of course, momstown Oakville has plenty going on this week too!

March Break Ideas for Oakville Families

1. It's Maple Syrup Time at the Halton Conservation Area
Choose from two locations to enjoy some tasty pancakes and about how maple syrup is made

2. Bronte Creek Maple Syrup Festival

3. Royal Botanical Gardens Dinosaur Exhibit
Live Animal Shows Daily During March Break!

4. Go Skating!  Click here for public skating locations and times in Oakville during March Break

5. Head to the Ontario Science Centre.  They have a whole floor dedicated to kids (best for kids 15 months up to 6 years).  Click here for their March schedule

6. The Toronto Zoo is having daily promotions throughout March Break

7. Visit ROM for their Passport Around The World exhibit

8. Visit the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory for their BugFeast: Sweet Treats! exhibit.  That's right, it's time to eat some tasty insects!

9. Hit the local slopes!  Glen Eden offers rentals and lessons and has tubing Friday through Sundays.

10. Get Busy Indoors -  Crack open that board game you haven’t had time to play together yet, plan a puzzlepalooza afternoon, get baking and try a new muffin recipe or pull out the craft supplies and cut, glue and draw until little hearts are content.

11. Think Green! - Plan a St Patrick's Party together! Decorate the house green, bake some Irish soda bread and Guinness stew, create shamrock craft decor and invite the neighbours over for some board games and green kool-aid!

12.  Hang out at your local library!  There are always things to do but the Oakville Public Library has also got some special March Break programs going on.

13.  Take the kids to a performance at the Oakville Centre for Performing Arts!  Tales from the Garden is a show for kids 5-10 years and there are 4 performance times over March Break.

And if you find yourself itching to take just a bit more of a getaway, there is no better place for a family to have some winter fun than at Fern Resort in Orillia.  Here are 10 reasons why your family will love it!

Whatever you choose to do, have a great time creating some family memories and enjoy a break.

7 great March Break activities in Oakville

March Break – a weird break when you have young kids who aren’t in school yet. For those of us with little ones it just means a week when our favourite places are closed or jammed full with big kids. (PS: momstown isn’t closed though!)

For school aged families it’s a chance to spend time together, take a trip or a staycation or maybe find a super cool daycamp. It’s a time that can be a bit tricky to find things to do, depending on the type of weather and your affinity towards crowds! So let us help with momstown March break local ideas!

March Break activity ideas:

1.) March Break Bucket List

Sit your family down with pieces of paper, pencils and a jar. Everyone writes down 4 family things they’d like to do over the March break. If you’re working on a budget, one choice has a cost and the rest of the activities are free (or close to free). Fold the papers up individually and tuck into the jar. Over the holiday, pick two things out of the jar each night and plan to do them tomorrow. The fun is in the randomness and you'll have a spontaneous holiday! After March Break is over, you can use this idea as an I’m Bored Box so you don’t have to hear that phrase again!

2.) Family Geo-caching

Families in momstown Burlington have held geocaching events and all were a success! It's an international scavenger hunt and the clues are already prelaid out for people to find. Great fun for families any age! Partner with your child to find the incredible clues first!

3.) Three S’s: Skating, Sledding, Swimming

Free or close to free activities are always best when on a budget and these physical activities are just that. Also, adaptable for all ages to participate. Public pools and skating rinks tend to run on different hours over March Break so check your local listings for details.

Oakville Swimming & Skating March Break Schedule

4.) Think Green!

Plan a St Patrick's Party together! Decorate the house green, bake some Irish soda bread and Guinness stew, create shamrock craft decor and invite the neighbours over for some board games and green kool-aid!

5.) Sticky Syrup Visit!

Maple Syrup tours are always fun and full of delicious teachable moments. Little ones will love to touch the sap buckets (just about their height)! momstown Oakville is so lucky to live in Halton as we have two great places to visit just minutes away!

Check out both! Bronte Creek Maple Syrup Festival and It's Maple Syrup Time at Mountsberg

6.) Get busy Indoors

March Break is supposed to be free time, right? So crack open that board game you haven’t had time to play together yet, plan a puzzlepalooza afternoon, get baking and try a new muffin recipe or pull out the craft supplies and cut, glue and draw until little hearts are content.

7.) Stay-cation Field Trips

Great day trip ideas – just zip onto a highway to visit any of these terrific spots – all have special March Break activities planned and are ready for you and yours!

Ontario Science Centre – they have a special KidsPark area just for kids under age 8

ROM - great Water exhibit over March Break

The Toronto Zoo – open in all weather!

Royal Botanical Gardens – Their Wild Music exhibit looks incredible for all ages and has been a hot topic on our momstown boards recently

Butterfly Conservatory – a great place to feel the humidity without a plane trip

At the end of the day, March break is supposed to be about family time and taking a break from the everyday. Enjoy your week together!