All aboard for a fun fall morning of books, crafts and trains under the storytime Live Oak tree at Savannah Children’s Museum
Join us at Savannah Children’s Museum on Sunday, November 15, 10:30-11:30AM for a special author visit and book signing with Kelly Young-Silverman, author of Hot Boiled Peanuts, and mother-daughter duo Rosalind and Maggie Bunn, authors of All Aboard, Georgia! and The Naughty List.
Kids can enjoy a peanut-themed craft inspired by Hot Boiled Peanuts, a train-themed craft inspired by All Aboard, Georgia!, and coloring fun while meeting the authors and celebrating their books.
Books will be available for purchase, or bring your own copies from home to have signed. Included with admission. Free for Coastal Heritage Society members. Become a member here.
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Shadow Puppetry Workshop in Savannah for Teens Ages 13-17
Looking for a spooky activity for your teen? Sign them up for Nevermore, a shadow puppetry workshop for teens, ages 13-17 on Tuesdays, Sept. 29 and Oct. 6, 6-8PM.
Enter a world of ravens, moonlit forests, and mysterious tales in this shadow puppetry workshop for teens inspired by the haunting imagery of Edgar Allan Poe and classic Gothic literature.
Students will craft expressive paper shadow puppets using shape punches and paints to create dramatic silhouettes with luminous touches of color.
Together, they will develop and perform an original short shadow play filled with suspense, imagination, and autumnal intrigue. Their recorded performance will be featured as part of the Cultural Arts Center’s Kick and Scream Halloween Show (presented on October 30), showcasing their creative storytelling in a captivating seasonal production.
All materials supplied. $21.20 for City of Savannah residents/$26.60 non-residents.
Save the date for this award-winning live tour turns that into a burst of color, with car-crushing monster trucks, high-flying FMX, a fire-breathing robot and more Hot Wheels Monster Trucks action!
Family Entertainment Live and Mattel, Inc will bring an all-new theme for Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live™ Color Bash, coming to Enmarket Arena in Savannah on January 1-3, 2027.
Before the trucks take the floor, ticket holders can add on the Pre-Show Party for an up-close, hands-on experience.
For fans who want the ultimate day out, a range of VIP packages – including Full Throttle VIP, Pedal to the Metal VIP, and Start Your Engine VIP – offer exclusive pre-show access, official VIP merchandise, and the chance to get up close with the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks before all the smashing and crashing begins.
Tickets for the Savannah stop go are on sale on Ticketmaster.com.
SouthernMamas.com readers can get $5 off adults with the promo code “MAMA5”
Spaces available in Monday 6:30PM class with Kindermusik!
Kindermusik with 88 Keys Piano in Bloomingdale offers music & motion classes on weekday mornings, early evenings and weekends. First trial class is FREE. Open for all 0-7 year olds with their caregivers. Newborns under 10 weeks always attend completely free
Congrats to SouthCoast Health on being recognized across 10 categories in Savannah Magazine’s “Best of Savannah” 2026 Awards.
The awards are published in the annual September/October issue,
“Every award is a testament to the dedication, clinical excellence, and compassion our providers bring to their practice,” said SouthCoast Health CEO John Marrero. “We are deeply grateful for the continued trust our community places in us as we uphold our commitment to Total Wellness for Life™.”
The 19th Annual “The Great Pumpkin Patch” in Ridgeland, South Carolina will be open for the 2026 season from October 2nd -31st.
Favorite Activities at Holiday Farms include the Barnyard Zoo, the Large JUMP PAD, Duck Races, the Haytona Speedway, Corn Grinding, Steer Roping, Cow Milking, and MORE!
Thursday-Friday: 12pm – 6pm
Saturday: 9am-6pm
Sunday: 12pm – 6pm
CLOSED Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays.
Reservations now being taken for groups and field trips! Learn more here.
Concessions available daily from 12pm-5pm, Saturdays from 11am-5pm and Sundays 12pm-4pm
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Special Days at Holiday Farms this Fall 2026
Military Appreciation Day – October 3rd! HALF PRICE admission for all military and immediate family with proper ID on Military Appreciation Day. Every other day military & family $2 off.
Bring the whole family to the Davenport House Museum in Savannah this October for a spooky blend of literacy, history, and hands-on fun! Designed for children of all ages and their caregivers, Spooky Storytime brings history and community stories to life inside one of Savannah’s oldest homes.
Join us for a multi-sensory adventure divided into three fun parts:
Listen: We gather inside the museum’s historic basement room for a 30-minute read-aloud of a carefully selected children’s book that connects to a piece of our shared history.
Explore & Create: Following the read-aloud, guests participate in an engaging, hands-on craft or educational activity inspired by the day’s story.
Refresh: Kids and parents can relax and enjoy complimentary snacks and drinks.
Build Your Home Library!
Thanks to our wonderful community partners, every family who attends will receive a free copy of the featured book to take home! We are thrilled to help you grow your personal collection and keep the joy of reading alive long after your museum visit.
Important Details:
Who: Open to children of all ages. All participants must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
When: Saturday, October 17th, 4:00-5:30 PM
Cost: Completely FREE to attend, but registration is required to ensure we have enough books and supplies for everyone.
Where: Check in at the Historic Kennedy Pharmacy located at 323 E Broughton St.
Free but registration required. Register online here.
You’re invited to a Mommy & Coffee MeetUp with Autism Mom Circle Support Group, Saturday, September 26, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, located at 51 Wilmington Island Road, Savannah, GA 31410.
This free community event welcomes autism moms, dads, caregivers, and children. The event will include:
• ABA and speech therapy vendors • CVS Pharmacy flu shots for eligible adults and children with proof of insurance • Free snacks and coffee • Kona Ice available for purchase • Giveaways while supplies last, including wipes, bed pads, youth diapers, and feminine hygiene items • Opportunities for local autism families to connect and receive support
Turn a day off from school into a full production. From auditions, to rehearsal, to tech, to a performance for friends and family, let’s put on a PLAY IN A DAY!
The PLAY IN A DAY Lab available for 3rd-10th graders and is led by professional actors. Grow your confidence, expand your imagination, and build up your bravery. Performance for friends at family at 3pm
Advanced Reservations Required. More information coming soon.
Walk with your trick or treater through Oatland’s friendly forest of nature trails to meet and gather goodies from cheerful animal characters. Face painting, crafts, concessions, and much more.
Ticket prices: Adult – $8, Children – $10
Early Registration opens to current FOO (Friends of Oatland) members before opening to the public. Become a FOO member here.
We’ll update this post when registration date is released.
NOTE: Oatland Island will close to the public early on Oct 16 & 17 to prepare for Halloween Hike. Last admissions will be at 2:00 PM.
Get creative and make your mark on the trail! Families, companies, classrooms, and organizations are invited to create their very own scarecrow to be displayed along the Oatland Island Scarecrow Trail.
Depending on your donation, you can choose a Trail or Habitat location for your scarecrow.Create. Donate. Support.
Y’all know we are already smitten with Sea Pines Resort here at SouthernMamas.com.
Here’s one more reason to love that nature-packed refuge on Hilton Head Island in addition all the kid-friendly biking paths, Sea Pines Forest Preserve and Lawton Stables animal farm, plus, of course, the bike-able beach.
Up n a pine tree, roughly 80 feet above the ground, two bald eagles are at work on their nest. Viewers can watch the pair tend the nest and, if the season goes as hoped, follow the eaglets from hatching to first flight. To keep the eagles undisturbed, the exact location of the nest is not being shared publicly.
Sea Pines Forest Preserve Foundation Advisory Board brough this idea to life and ArborNature for made the camera installation possible!
Skidaway Marine Science Day is a free can’t-miss event for all ages, on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a. m. to 3 p.m. on the UGA Skidaway Marine Science campus, located on the north end of the island. The campus-wide open house will be presented by UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant, UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography and Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary.
As part of Skidaway Marine Science Day:
The UGA Aquarium will be open to visitors with no admission fee. Aquarium educators will offer an afternoon full of activities, including a hands-on reptile exhibit, behind-the-scenes peeks of the aquarium and lab demos on the dock behind the facility.
Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant’s Shellfish Research Lab will provide hands-on activities and educational information about sustainable aquaculture and oyster restoration!
Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary’s 52-foot Research Vessel Gannet will be available for tours. This vessel was built in 2023 and is used for research and monitoring, diving, education and public outreach, and testing emerging technologies.
Environmental organizations and coastal researchers will present a variety of exhibits and hands-on activities for people of all ages on the bluff adjacent to the aquarium. The Jay Wolf Nature Trail will be open for hiking and nature observation.
All activities at Skidaway Marine Science Day are free!
So much going on this month at Summit Gymnastics in Savannah. Tiny Tots, 10:30AM-Noon, Sat. Sept. 12th. For ages 0-5. Ninja Obstacle Course, 5-7PM Sept. 19th. For ages 5-12 PJ Party, Parents Night out, You deserve a night off while the kids have a blast in the gym, for ages 3-12, Sat. Sept. 26th. Details here.
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It’s time for Tybee Island Marine Science Center’s resident Marine Debris Ambassador to swim free! Please join TIMSC we release Ossie the Loggerhead Sea Turtle into the wild blue yonder at 10AM Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026.
Found as a tiny straggler hatchling on Ossabaw Island in 2023, Ossie has grown strong and educated visitors at the science center for the last three years. Now weighing almost 36 pounds, this healthy juvenile is ready to thrive in their natural environment.
But gone doesn’t mean forgotten: Ossie will be equipped with a satellite tracker, thanks to activist Liddy Clever and her nonprofit organization, Sea Life with Liddy. Weekly whereabouts will be posted on TIMSC’s social media and website.
The event will take place on the beach in front of the Center Street crossover in the North Beach parking lot.
Early arrival recommended, signs encouraged!
Note: The science center will open late that day at 11am.
ONWARD, OSSIE! SEA TURTLE RELEASE When: 10 AM, Saturday, Sept. 26 Where: Tybee Island Marine Science Center Ossie will be released into the ocean in front of the North Beach center crossover
Toddlers with a parent or guardian are introduced to a marine animal or subject through different activities, like a book reading, a craft, and a game or movement.
Program includes admission for parent or guardian. Toddler and all materials included with adult admission. Learn more here.
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Walks, Talks & Treks at Tybee Island Marine Science Center.
We’ll be exploring the different sounds of the piano, harpsichord, synthesizer, and organ; dancing to the beloved compositions of Beethoven and Mozart; and building foundational musical skills while getting those little fingers flying! If your baby, toddler, or preschooler shows an early interest in any kind of keyboard instrument, All Keyed Up is the perfect way to fine-tune that love for those magical black and white keys!
Parents and children together will engage with instruments, singing, moving, dancing, story time, and more musical activities in this exciting one-time Kindermusik class. Limited spaces! Claim your child’s spot before it fills!
Every enrolled child will get:
A 40-minute class packed with learning, love, and laughter
Fall calendars are filling up, and now is the perfect time to get Alsies on yours! Fall Festivals, school events, neighborhood gathering, sports teams and celebrations, church events, birthday parties, employee apprecation.
We bring the truck, the treats and the fun. You just bring the crowd!
September & October dates are booking now!
Call or text 912-349-9733 Email: coastalga@alsies.com Book at alsies.com/coastalga
