Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu for May 12–18, 2021
Go for a glowing hole-in-one, grab a picnic for a free evening concert, hunt for flowers or sign up for a toy swap.
Weekend Guide
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu for May 6–12, 2021
Look for baby birds, celebrate mom with a fun selfie and crafts, learn a new art skill and sign up for a summer STEM camp.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu for April 29–May 5, 2021
Volunteer at a butterfly garden, celebrate Lei Day six different ways and shop for adorable and stylish goods made by local moms.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu for April 22-28, 2021
Watch an under-the-sea fairy tale, beautify a neighborhood, explore space virtually, go on an ahupua‘a adventure and make plans for Children’s Day keepsakes.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu for April 15-21, 2021
Play in a new community-created interactive art project for free, try bumper cars at a new indoor playground, watch a gentle lesson about racism and more.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu for April 8-14, 2021
Pose with sunflowers, pick up a free bag of keiki activities, listen to a daylong ʻukulele concert and more.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu from April 1–7, 2021
Let a butterfly land on you, find eggs for a prize, travel across the ocean and play with a putty garden.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu from March 18–25, 2021
Volunteer outside, visit fairies, save a space at a free drive-in movie and more.
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-March 11, 2021
Photo: Boeing, Courtesy of the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Above and Beyond at Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum This is the final weekend to visit this Boeing exhibit which takes kids through the world of flying at various levels. "Above and…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-March 4, 2021
Photo: Courtesy of Sea Life Park Sea Life Park Opens Almost a year after it closed, the park in Waimānalo is finally reopening this weekend. The new rules will sound familiar: masks will be required for everyone 2 years and…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-February 25, 2021
Photo: Courtesy of Ward Village Friends of the Library Pop-up Bookstore If you are still mourning the Mckinley High School book sale that was canceled last summer, you have a new opportunity to buy gently-used books, CDs, DVDs, art and…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-February 18, 2021
Image: Courtesy of BAMkids Film Festival"Kapaemahu" is one of the short films showcased in the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) film festival for kids. BAMkids Film Festival There is a bright side to the cancellation of big in-person events; virtual…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-February 11, 2021
Photo: Courtesy of Hawai'i Contemporary Art Summit ʻOhana Day at the Art Summit The inaugural Hawaiʻi Contemporary Art Summit has plenty of talks and inspiring seminars for adults featuring artists, writers and more from around the world. But Saturday morning…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-February 4, 2021
Photo: Courtesy of Honolulu Theatre for Youth The Carp Who Would Not Quit The third production in Honolulu Theatre for Youth's virtual season is for its youngest audiences, but this set of Japanese tales told by the youth-focused theater's charming…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun–January 28, 2021
Photo: 'Aiea Bowl Facebook Page Pick a Lane The weather forecast says the rain should pause for the weekend. Still, it may be a good time for some indoor recreation. Bowling alleys are open and the workers we called say…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun—January 21, 2021
Photo: 21 Degrees Estate Cacao Farm Tour A day at the farm is always a good thing in our books. A day at the farm that ends with a chocolate tasting is even better. 21 Degrees Estate in Kāne‘ohe is…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-January 14, 2021
Photo: Mailani Rainwater ‘Ohana Volunteer Day at Mālama Loko Ea Last January, we sent families to help restore this fishpond in Haleʻiwa. We’re still hoping to hold our annual volunteer day later this year, but you don’t have to wait…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-January 7, 2021
Photo: Hawaiʻi Nature Center Tree-mendous at the Hawaiʻi Nature Center The Makiki center has started its weekend workshops again and we couldn’t be happier. It starts Saturday when preschoolers can walk into the forest and learn more about the giant…
Your Weekend: The Best Holiday Family Fun-December 17, 2020
Photo: Courtesy of Ice Cubed Hawai'i Editorʻs Note: We will be taking a few weeks off to spend the holidays with our family. Weʻll see you back with our first Weekend Guide of 2021 (phew!) on Jan. 7. Make-A-Snowman Kit…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun—December 10, 2020
Photo: Courtesy of Make-A-Wish Hawai'i Jingle Rock Ride Go on a hunt for the most impressive Christmas lights display at this fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Hawai’i. Instead of the annual festive Jingle Rock Run, the nonprofit is offering families a map…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-December 3, 2020
Photo: Courtesy of Pearl Harbor Aviation MuseumThis photo inside the hangar was taken prior to 2020. Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum After several months closed, the museum that teaches kids all about the history of flying in the Pacific is open…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-November 19, 2020
Photo: Jennifer Carlile DalgamouniA Helemano Farms employee cuts down a cypress tree using a small handsaw in seconds. Helemano Farms Opens It's a true sign of the season in Hawai'i when this family farm in Wahiawā opens for Christmas tree sales.…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-November 12, 2020
Photo: Karen DBThe train at Dole Plantation is ready to run again. Dole Plantation The train is running again and people are once again invited to the giant maze. Dole Plantation has been closed since March but is now open.…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-November 5, 2020
Photo: Courtesy of Arbor Day Hawaiʻi Arbor Day Giveaway Start regreening your yard this weekend with a free tree or shrub. Families can select from: fruit trees including fig, mountain apple and apple banana; flowering ones including plumeria and pua…
