Family Fun Fair to be held in Phoenixville

Stepping Stone Education Center will hold their annual Family Fun Fair on Feb. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their Franklin Commons location in Phoenixville, PA.

The Family Fun Fair is a great chance for families to spend time together playing games and learning about science. Janet Hunter, Stepping Stone Education Center Director, described the day as a fun affordable day for families in the middle of winter.

There will be games for children include pick a duck, treasure chest and fishing, and children will win a prize for every game played. Touch the Stars will also be at the fair performing hands-on science experiments with children such as making goop and they will be bringing their electricity ball, the one that makes your hand stand up. There will also be face painting, temporary tattoos and spin art.

A silent auction will also be going on throughout the day with items such as sports memorabilia, tickets to Dutch Wonderland, tickets to Adventure Aquarium, a family membership to the Phoenixville YMCA, and baskets full of fun.

Tickets for the games will be very inexpensive and the science experiments will be free.

The Family Fun Fair is free to the community and all are welcome to the event.

For more information, visit www.SteppingStoneEducation.org or call 610-933-7710.

Hershey Gardens

When most people think of Hershey they think of either the chocolate or the theme park.  If you look a little bit further though, you'll discover that across the street from Hershey Park are the Hershey Gardens.  There are 23 acres of gorgeous gardens located here with plant-life that ranges from beautiful flowers to delicious smelling herbs.

In addition to the various plant life you'll find here, there is also the Children's Garden, which features fun outdoor activities for children of all ages.  The final portion you'll find is the Butterfly House, which is open only during summer months.  Here, you can see many beautiful examples of various butterflies and stare in amazement at their varying color patterns.

It should be noted that to enter the gardens, there is a $10 admission charge.  However, before we entered the gardens, we went into the gift shop to browse.  After we were done there, we walked out the back exit into the gardens.  Doing this, we inadvertently never did pay to get in.  This seems to be a flaw in the entry system that you can take advantage of which we didn't even realize until we were leaving the gardens.