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I’ve got kids.

I’ve got kids.

Parenting is often an all-night task. Let the kids stay up past their bedtime (and yours) and catch these pre-festival and kid-friendly happenings.

Make a fish sculpture and light it up with Minnesota Children’s Museum, 7 pm – 10 pm, Union Depot front lawn

Learn all about owl feathers with the Bell Museum, 7 pm – 10 pm, Union Depot front lawn

Dance like it’s 1959 at the Ordway’s Sock Hop, 9:30 pm (lessons), 10:30 pm (dance), Union Depot Waiting Room

Make fly masks and wings at the PASPider, 8:58 pm – 5:26 am, Union Depot front lawn

See the stars inside the Bell Museum’s ExploraDome, 8:58 pm – 5:26 am, Union Depot Concourse

Shoot water balloons farther than you ever thought possible! 8:58 pm – 5:26 am, Union Depot yard

Get trained to go to outer space at astronaut training academy, 8:58 pm – 5:26 am, Union Depot Plaza

Play with light, shadows, and kaleidoscopes with the Art Shanty Projects, 8:58 pm – 5:26 am, underpass at Sibley Street and Warner Road