2012 Miss Hootie's Picks
Ages: 0 and up
The Thinkery, the new Austin Children’s Museum, creates innovative learning experiences that equip and inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers. It opened in December 2013 at its new location in the Mueller development, the Thinkery is Austin’s new home for “why” and “how”. It’s a place where science and families play side by side. Founded in 1983 as a nonprofit organization, the Thinkery delivers its mission through a...
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Sweet Berry Farm, located in Marble Falls, is a family owned farm where you can pick your own berries in the spring and enjoy a pumpkin patch in the fall. Spring activites include:
- horses and goats to pet
- the sweet berry express barrel train
- jumping pillows and lots of wide open space and fresh air!
Ages: 0 and up
Texas Memorial Museum is housed within the Texas Natural Science Center located on the University of Texas campus at Austin. Exhibits focus on dinosaurs and fossils, Texas wildlife, gems and minerals, and a working paleontology lab where visitors can interact with scientists as they prepare fossil finds.
Spotlighted in the exhibits are spectacular specimens found in Texas, including the largest flying creature ever found, the Pterosau...
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Barton Hill Farms is located on the banks of the Colorado River between Bastrop and Austin. It's a 118-acre farm with a rich Texas history. Every weekend in the fall bring the family to enjoy a fall day on the farm.
Activities include:
- A 5 acre corn maze, 1 acre kiddie maze
- Live music
- Pumpkin patch ($4-$10)
- A replica of Stephen F. Austin's lost sailing ship
- Frontier fort
- Hay bales for the kids climb on
- local vendors
- farm animals
Ages: 0 and up
Evergreen Farms is a family owned and operated cut-your-own Christmas tree farm in Elgin, TX. Great care is taken to maintain the perfect conditions to grow beautiful and sustainable trees. The farm grows two types of trees, the Virginia Pine and the Leyland Cypress. They also bring in Fraser Fir trees from North Carolina which are shipped refrigerated and kept in water to ensure freshness. They provide all the tools you will need an...
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Elgin Christmas Tree Farm has been growing Christmas trees since 1984. They use a variety of organic fertilizers to grow their trees and use products that help build a healthy, balanced soil. The result? A beautiful, healthier tree that will stay fresher longer and lose fewer needles. They will provide everything you need to cut down your tree, shake it out and wrap it up for you to take home.
Also offered during the Christmas season...
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