YOUR GUIDE TO THE FESTIVAL Sat., Oct. 6 / 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mercer University Atlanta Campus Beneficiary: 2 Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival 3 Your Guide to the Fun FREE FUN 22 Test Your Strength 1 Little Red Barn Mobile 23 Halloween Petting Farm Prize Wheel 2 DeKalb County 24 Toddler Games Sheriff’s Office 25 Wheel of Fortune 3 Sam’s Path Junior 26 Safari Petting Zoo Book Mark Decorating 27 4 Sidewalk Art Book Walk by DeKalb County Public Library 2018 Performance 5 Two Men and a Truck 28 Mask Making Schedule: 6 Dentistry for Children and Family 29 Mummy Hand Making Main Stage Orthodontics 30 Pumpkin Toss 7 DJ Services presented by Keep the Beat DJs KinderCare Learning 31 Pick a Spider Centers 32 Pumpkin Buckets 10:30 a.m. Kim Armstrong- A Popular Dance 8 Atlanta Gastroenterology 33 Pumpkin Treasures 11:05 a.m. Cooking Demonstration by 9 Storytelling 34 Roll the Dice TNT Catering 10 Zoo Atlanta 35 Busy Bee’s Play Patch 11:45 a.m. Little Chicken Love Yoga 11 Photo Cut Outs 36 Princess Wheel 12 Teddy Bear Hospital 12:15 p.m. Dance and Arts Showcase 13 Keep the Beat DJs 2 TICKETS 12:45 p.m. Science Creations 14 Atlanta Track Club 37 Mini Pumpkin Painting 15 Photo Booth 38 Princess Manicures by Easterseals 1:30 p.m. Mahealani’s Polynesian Entertainment 39 Make a Tiara 16 good2grow 40 2:20 p.m. Piccadilly Puppets Face Painting by 17 Medieval Times Clowning 4 You 2:45 p.m. Jason’s Music Party 18 College Football Hall of Fame 3 TICKETS 3:15 p.m. Keep the Beat DJs 19 Margaritaville at 41 Train Rides Lanier Islands Storytelling 42 Camel Rides: Sam’s Path 11:00 a.m. John Doyle 1 TICKET Petting Zoo 20 Home Depot 43 Pony Rides: 11:30 a.m. Sistah Olufemi Workshop Sam’s Path 21 Pick a Witch Petting Zoo 12:00 p.m. Sistah Butterfly and Queen Storyteller 1:00 p.m. Lawrenceville Ghost Tours Activities and placement subject to change the day of the event. 1:30 p.m. Esther’s Joy of Stories 2:00 p.m. Therapy Dogs f t **schedule and performers are subject to change Inflatables Food Tickets Restrooms (all 1 ticket) Available Here Need help or have a question? Look for staff wearing Atlanta Parent T-shirts! 4 Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival Train ä Little Red 41 1 Barn Mobile 4 Rides 5 Petting Farm Home Depot f 20 Workshop N 2 22 t ENTRANCE CAMPUS MERCER UNIVERSITY ATLANTA EXHIBITOR ROW f 27 40 7 KinderCare 24 Learning Centers 10 Zoo Atlanta TODDLER 8 TOWN Atlanta Busy Bee’s 25 Gastroenterology 35 Play Patch Baby Wheel of Changing Fortune Station 13 11 Keep the Beat DJs Pumpkin 30 Toss PERFORMANCE Run and Jump with STAGE 14 Atlanta Track Club Teddy Bear Hospital 18 College Football 12 Hall of Fame 36 26 23 Princess 17 Land 29 15 21 Easterseals Medieval Photo Booth Times 38 39 31 t Craft Zone f 16 good2grow f 28 Lost and Found 32 & First Aid ENTRANCE 19 Margaritaville at Will Call & Lanier Islands 9 Volunteer Storytelling Check-In 6 Area Dentistry for Children and Family Orthodontics 33 34 37 ENTRANCE Mini- Pumpkin t 42 43 Painting Sam’s Path 3 Camel Rides: Pony Rides: Junior Safari Sam’s Path Sam’s Path Petting Zoo Petting Zoo Petting Zoo Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival 5 Not-to-Miss! Little ones will love the Toddler Play Zone with inflatables, games, Busy Bee’s Play Patch and more. Put on your construction hat and stop by Home Depot Workshop to build a sailboat. Fun performances on the Main Stage: Piccadilly Puppets, Dance and Arts Showcase dancers, Science Creations and even a cooking The camels from Sam’s Path Petting demo from TNT Zoo are back, so make sure to get in line Catering. early! For the less adventuresome, the Pony Rides are always a hit. You can make barnyard friends at Little Red Barn Mobile Petting Farm. You’ll meet the Tooth Fairy from Dentistry for Children and Family Orthodontics, Truckie from Two Men and a Truck and knights from Medieval Times. Be on the lookout in the Stop by Teddy Bear Hospital to make the morning for Chick-fil-A’s herd of cows. bears all better! 6 Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival The Storytelling stage The Pumpkin Patch will be hopping with great performers with at Yule Forest OPEN the help of Kuumba TH V Pick pumpkins Storytellers. Don’t miss Sept 29 right off the vine V Lawrenceville Ghost Amazing Hay Maze V Sunflower Patch Tours and have a fun V Honey Bee House time with Therapy V Petting zoo Dogs. V Dinosaur Exhibit V Puppet show Hayrides V Chicken Coop & Tiny Gardens Get crafty: Make V Country Store a glittery mask, a V Fun zone and crown, a mummy NEW so much more! hand or paint a & Gnome SuperDuper SLIDE House pumpkin. FEAR THE WOODS.com (Night Time Weekends Only) AThe Haunted House ATerror Transport and Haunted Trail APandemic! Frontline Haunted Combat 770-954-9356 YuleForest.com Come cool off with good2grow! We come to you! Miniature farm This Atlanta- animals & a pony to ride. based company Birthdays Field Trips will have samples, • • games and fun. • Church Girls will love visiting Productions Princess Land for • Pony manicures, tiara making and to spin Carousels the princess wheel. Win awesome prizes at our Spinning Wheels. Back again this year is the fun- TEXT TO SCHEDULE YOUR EVENT! filled Halloween Prize Wheel. 678-493-5860 LittleRedBarn.us Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival 7 October 6 Mercer University Atlanta Campus 10 am – 4 pm Back for our 15th year, it’s Atlanta’s favorite More than family festival! 50 $5/per person Family-Friendly online only. Activities! $10/per person day of event. Admission includes 5 activity tickets. BUY TICKETS ONLINE! atlantaparent.com/familyfestival Contact Hannah for more information: 770-454-7599 / [email protected] Beneficiary: Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival 9 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MERCER BEAR? Mercer Bears don’t just learn. They master. They don’t just accomplish. They thrive. They don’t just compete. They dominate. Mercer Bears command respect and walk with confidence. They are distinguished leaders. Movers and shakers. Real-life difference makers. To learn more, visit mercer.edu. 10 Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival Beneficiary Easterseals North Georgia’s mission is “Strengthening children and their families at the most critical times in a child’s development.” They do this by serving 4,000+ families and providing: l Inclusive Early Education Environments at twelve Child Development Centers for ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Photo Booth at Family l Early Intervention Services such as autism Festival: Stop by and see therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy Easterseals North Georgia’s available in the home environment for ages photo booth at Atlanta Parent’s birth to 3 years. Family Festival! You will even l Assistance for medications, medical devices receive a printed photo to for families that do not qualify for the Katie take home. In the afternoon, Becket waiver for ages birth to 18 years. characters are available for l Referrals if Easterseals does not provide the photo ops courtesy of Cosplay service needed Volunteer Atlanta or you can EasterSealsNorthGeorgia.org choose props. In all of life’s moments, from the extraordinary to the ordinary, Easterseals is here to help children and their families reach their full potential. Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival 11 Special Exhibitors Thanks to: Adventure Air Sports Keep the Beat DJs Aflac-Millan Terrell KinderCare Learning Centers Kenneth Akey M.D, F.A.A.P. Lasik Vision Institute Aimee Aristotelous Little Red Barn Mobile AT&T Petting Farm Atlanta Margaritaville Gastroenterology at Lanier Islands Atlanta Track Club Meadows Montessori Busy Bee’s Play Patch Medieval Times College Football New York Life Insurance Hall of Fame Northwoods Montessori ConvexMind Corporate Pacific Dental Services Cub Scouts Pinnacle Home The Dairy Alliance Improvement Power Home Remodeling DeKalb County Public Library Quality Care for Children Dentistry for Children and Renewal by Anderson Family Orthodontics Sam’s Path Petting Zoo Emory Psychology Dept. Child Study The Sitter Tree Fatherhood Initiative Tiny Towne good2grow TNT Catering Health Connect America Two Men and a Truck HelloFresh Veritas Collaborative Inspired 2 Read Zoo Atlanta Food Vendors King of Pops Pero’s Pizza Kona Ice Makara’s Mediterranean n DeKalb County Fire and Police Dept. Mercer University Cafeteria Steel City Pops n DeKalb County Sanitation 12 Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival The Atlanta Parent Family of Publications HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY, AtlantaOctober 2018 / atlantaparent.com Parent 1983-2018 Atlanta’s #1 trusted resource for families Join us at Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival, Oct. 6 Atlanta Parent Magazine’s Camp 18 O Guide 2 Day Camps Overnight Camps Summer Programs Call 770-454-7599 for advertising information. atlantaparent.com Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival 13 We Come To You! Mobile Petting Zoo Monkey - Kangaroo Zebra - Camel Goats - Mini Horse Camel Rides 706-717-8837 www.samspathpettingzoo.com Are you ready to have the best summer ever? Day Camps Overnight Camps Summer Programs FEBRUARY Deer Run Camps & Retreats 9 NORTH POINT MALL MARCH 16 PERIMETER MALL FREE 11 A.M. TO 4 P.M. To exhibit or for info call 770-454-7599 or [email protected] l 2019 atlantaparent.com 14 Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival Pumpkin Scavenger Hunt Test your knowledge of Family Festival for a chance to win some fabulous prizes! Five pumpkin signs are scattered throughout the Turn in festival with an Atlanta Parent publication attached.