Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Sept. 11–17, 2025
See a made-in-Hilo film, take a cocktail masterclass, try out the YMCA, attend a garden party and more.
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Photos: 2019 HONOLULU Family Volunteer Day
Volunteers pulled out invasive algae from a bay, worked in a lo‘i, helped out on an organic farm, cleaned up a youth theater and cleared weeds, invasive plants and debris from a botanical garden at our fourth parent-child volunteer day on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019.
We Tried It: Madre Chocolate’s Farm-to-Factory Tour
Madre Chocolate offers a kid-friendly farm-to-factory chocolate tour.
Brush Up Your Party Skills with a Colorful, Creative Way for Little Guests to Make Their Mark
A picture perfect party idea for kids.
We Tried It: Keiki and Plow
Our tips for feeding chickens and bunnies, gathering eggs, picking veggies and playing in a pirate ship on this family-run farm.
Inside Look: Keiki and Plow Organic Farm's U-Pick Harvests
Kids can pick their own vegetables, feed chickens, pet rabbits and explore at this keiki-friendly, organic family farm in Hawai‘i Kai.
Our Guide: The Best Kids Play Areas at Oʻahu's Malls
When your keiki get bored shopping, explore a treehouse, jump in water jets, climb up a maze or ride a surf board.
We Tried It: Nā Kama Kai Ocean Clinic
Would your keiki like to stand up paddle and ride in a canoe? See our tips for this free, monthly event.
We Tried It: Coral Crater Adventure Park
Our tips for zip lining, climbing and free-falling with keiki as young as 6 years old.
Hawai‘i Parent Hacks: 11 Tips and Tricks for Your Garden
Learn how to keep pests away from your vegetables, stop birds from eating your strawberries and which secret ingredient makes tomatoes sweet.
Our Family Guide: The Honolulu Zoo
Kids rarely tire of the Honolulu Zoo, where visits never are the same.
