Weekend Frugal Fun In the Madison Area

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Saturday, October 27th

It's UFO DAY!
It's Belleville's 26th annual celebration -- and a HOOT!
Activities from 7am - 1AM, a parade, pancake breakfast, craft show, kid's story time, even a ball! See more HERE

Edgerton Haunted Train Ride
See more HERE

Marcus 3D Movies
10AM, this week's $3.00 movie is Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. See more HERE
Kids In The Rotunda Is Back!
FREE Performances at 9:30 AM, 11 AM & 1 PM at the Overture Center on State Street, Madison. 1 PM performances American Sign Language Interpreted
Dancing Drum

 Hit a local farm!
Apple season is in full swing, pumpkins are ready and corn mazes are starting to pop up. Madison's Hula Frog has a nice list of them HERE. Personally, we go to Zickert's Orchard in Deerfield but they are NOT open this year.

Your local library!
Check with them for their fall programs - they are FREE and usually super fun!

Visit the UW Geology Museum
1215 W. Dayton St., 262-2399,http://www.geologymuseum.org/ (Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free.) —Besides its extensive mineral, rock and fossil collections behind glass, kids can touch rocks from a time when there were volcanoes in Wisconsin, see rocks and minerals that glow, and stand under huge mastodon tusks. Great for those like my daughter who want to be a Paleontologist!

Chemistry Fun at UW Space Place
Space Place family workshops are offered every Saturday at 10 a.m. for children ages 6-10 and their parents. The workshops are free and open to the public. No registration is required for any of the workshops but attendance is LIMITED to the first 50 people.

Sunday, October 28th

Halloween At The Zoo. 10-4PM.
FYI: I have been there once and it WAS a zoo! I will never go back...
Trick or Treating, Fun House Activity Tent, Education Animals, Kangaroo Hop Bounce Houses and Face Painting. See more HERE
Edgerton Haunted Train Ride
See more HERE
Marcus 3D Movies
11AM, this week's $3.00 movie is Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. See more HERE

The Memorial Union Terrace
They always seem to have something fun going on there - music, Babcock ice cream, etc and there is no charge!
Last time we went there were FREE crafts, a GIANT inflatable Bucky, Balloon animals and an outdoor brat stand (not FREE).
Look for the big orange chair and turn it into a photo-op like we did with Miss Sarah and the peanut of Ashely from Coupons for Wisconsin already this summer!
:)

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