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Solon HS PTA is holding a community book fair as a fundraiser for their after prom party. Books for all ages will be available for purchase.

All proceeds from this sale will go to their After Prom Party. After Prom is a decades old tradition in Solon where the PTA hosts a party at the high school for seniors and their dates after the traditional prom has ended. The idea is to create a safe, alcohol free and drug free space, for students to gather and socialize.

Stop by between 6pm and 8pm to grab a few books and support this community partner.

Come to On Your Toes Dance Studio to jump, hop, skip and DANCE! This field trip will be geared to children ages 2.5-5, but younger siblings are welcome to attend. This session will have a Nutcracker theme and kids will make a craft, dance, run an obstacle course and end with a snack!

Bring your little one to enjoy a fun, hands-on cooking event at Young Chefs Academy! Your young chef will make a recipe from scratch, doing all the mixing, measuring, and preparation involved in making...gingerbread cookies! Best of all, at the end, the children will eat what they made and take a copy of the recipe home. This event is one parent per child. You will be baking with your child, this is not a drop-off event. Ages: 3+ years (or older 2 at parent‘s discretion).

Join your SECPTA friends for a fun morning building your own Holiday Snow Globe at Home Depot! This monthly event is free for all, but please register with SECPTA because we will have our own SECPTA table reserved. Arrive between 9am and 10am to take advantage of our own private table before it is released to the public. All participating kids will not only get to keep their project, but will also receive a certificate of achievement, a workshop apron, and a commemorative pin. You can also pre-register on the Home Depot website so they can anticipate us, https://www.homedepot.com/c/kids. Kids will do best with one-on-one adult supervision, as they will be using real tools, wood and nails (think hammers), so safety is paramount. Dress for mess as they will have the opportunity to paint their projects, too. Hope to see you there! Ages: 2+ years.

Meet Santa and Mrs. Claus and tell them what you want for Christmas. A professional photographer will be on hand to take a portrait which each family will receive for free. Families will be assigned a ticket number and are invited to enjoy activities, crafts while waiting for their turn to meet the famous Claus couple. This is a free community event so feel free to stop by anytime during the open hours.

It‘s the most wonderful time of the year and you‘ll find that the annual Hudson Holiday Walk is full of fun and entertainment for the whole family! Take a stroll through Downtown Hudson and enjoy horse & carriage rides, children‘s games and activities including crafts and letters to Santa, a hot cocoa warm up station, live music, and even an appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus! While in town search for the hidden (and not-so-hidden) Fairy Doors outside participating businesses. This fun scavenger hunt for tiny decorated doors and fairy-like scenes will be sure to entertain the whole family. This is a free community event so feel free to arrive and enjoy the activities at your leisure.

Join us for an animals in winter and hibernation themed story time at the Twinsburg Library. After the story, join us for wintery crafts, free play, and snacks. *This event is limited to 30 people excluding babies in carriers.*

Come and enjoy the fresh air outdoors on a beautiful tree farm. Sugar Pines Tree Farm is a 100-acre tree farm with miles of cut-your-own trees. We will have a private tour for SECPTA members and spend some time out in the trees, learning about how they grow, plus exploring the farm and the farm equipment. There will be a haywagon ride around the farm and to top off the event, s‘mores around a firepit. Kick off the holiday season with some time spent outside! *This event is limited to 32 people. Babies in carriers do not need to be registered.*

Join SECPTA at The Treehouse for an open studio type play experience. This event is for 2–5 year-olds to play, climb and socialize in our space with all of our fun equipment and toys. In the meantime, parents can mingle and relax. Kids will be able to work their way through a series of gross motor, fine motor, and sensory activities related to a playful theme. Common activities include: movement games, fine motor craft activities, and sensory exploration.

The jungle play structure has over 1000 square feet of slides, tunnels, swings, trapezes, ball pits and much more! In addition to the play structure, children can explore and learn using the many other toys in the Jungle: kitchen sets, train tables, LEGO tables, puppet theaters, books and more! There is also a play area for babies! The entertainment and mysteries are endless. Children will have fun, and also learn and develop, in a CLEAN and SAFE environment.

Come dressed in your coziest pajamas (and bring a stuffie if you like!) and enjoy a festive evening at the library with cookies, cocoa, holiday crafts, and friends.

Come join us for a fun morning of pastries, coffees and teas. This month features a special Wish List activity, hot cocoa bar and cookie decorating!

Playdate events are casual play dates, free for everyone and open for anyone to join us. The host for each event usually wears a green SECPTA shirt or SECPTA hat so they are easy to find. Some playdates will have additional crafts or activities for guest to do. If you are new or have question about SECPTA, feel free to ask your host or anyone else that is already part of SECPTA.

While registration is not required, it is encouraged in case of an event change.

Join us for a fun morning making snowman cake truffles. Each child (with parent help) will be making and decorating 6 truffles to take home. This class is a great way for parents to get ideas of how to involve children with food prep and cooking at home. Ages: 2 (older) - 5 years.

Winter is the time of year for giving and receiving gifts. Let‘s meet a woodland character, make a gift for the birds, and search for nature‘s gifts that are all around us on a woodland hike. Older siblings are welcome to attend. Children 2 and under who will not participate do not need to pay. Ages: 3+ years.

We will be meeting at Simin’s home in Solon (address will be emailed) and we will be reading Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Guide for Murderer’s by Jesse Q. Sutanto. As always, feel free to come socialize even if you don’t read the book!

We will also be doing a cookie exchange (number of cookies TBD based on attendance, but probably 2 dozen). As always for book club, SECPTA will provide appetizers/finger food, but feel free to BYO beverage of choice!

Register ASAP so we can organize all the cookie exchange details based on the number of participants! Can’t wait to see you there!

Stretching improves posture, increases range of motion & flexibility, reduces muscle and joint pain and reduces stress by promoting improved blood and oxygen flow, enhancing mental clarity and even energy levels. Who doesn‘t need that going into the holidays??

Join Fitness Club for a FREE private group assisted stretch session with Stretchlab on Saturday Dec. 14th from 2:15-3:15 at their Pinecrest location.

Wild Winter Lights features over 1.5 million lights across holiday-themed areas including Enchanted Forest and Santa’s Workshop, where guests can take photos with Santa Claus. The event will also feature two dynamic musical light shows featuring an enchanting 50-foot tree as well as a show directly on Waterfowl Lake. Additional highlights include carousel rides, costumed characters, model train displays and ice carvers.

Join SECPTA friends for a magical evening at the theater. It’s the holidays, and this year, things are different. For years, Isabella and her father have read “Twas the Night Before Christmas” together. But this year Isabella feels like she’s outgrown the family tradition. But then the magic of the poem comes to life, and Isabella and her father are unexpectedly separated by a snowstorm that sends them on a fantastical journey. In a winter wonderland inspired by the poem, they discover whimsical characters, acrobats, children and reindeer who reunite father and daughter in the holiday spirit. Ages: 3+ (recommended, your discretion).

Come join us for some fun in the garden! Kids will be able to dig in the mud pit, cook in the mud kitchen, and explore the rest of the garden. Plan to get dirty and dress for the weather. Ages: 18 months - 5 years.

Craft Club will be a drop in style club with 1 hour of learning a new craft (if you wish) followed by 2 hours of crafting whatever you‘d like to work on. Children are welcome to attend with you and play with others but please be mindful of other crafters and potential craft tools that may be around (scissors, heat press, etc).

Drop off your kids at Storybook Yoga for an interactive story based yoga class designed just for our SECPTA kids! Each class incorporates common yoga poses and movement into a fun story, fostering creative thinking, and a love for reading. Each session includes an age-appropriate holiday craft, which coordinates with the story. Yoga mats are provided. Please dress comfortably and bring water! For this drop-off class, three year-olds must be fully potty-trained and able to separate from their parent. Older siblings are welcome at this mixed-age and -experience level class. Ages: 3+ (if potty trained). First child $10, each additional sibling $8.

Calling all bakers ages 4 and up! Enjoy a fun, hands-on cooking event at the Young Chef’s Academy! Your young chef(s) will make holiday sugar cookies from scratch, doing all the mixing, measuring, and preparation involved! Best of all, at the end, the children will eat what they made and take a copy of the recipe home. This is a drop-off event and older siblings are welcome! *This class is strictly for children ages 4 and up and limited to 25 kids. No parents will be permitted into the kitchen with the kids, there is a lobby out front where adults can wait if they choose. The children will be working with the Chefs and cooking assistants.*

Swing by the West Wood Nature Center for their Winter Solstice Celebration. Guests will enjoy treats, hot beverages and music; create a solstice-themed craft; stroll the self-guided Solstice Traditions Trail, a magical, candlelit route through the forest, complete with a bonfire; and watch interactive skits highlighting solstice traditions of various civilizations with costumed interpreters. Dress for the weather as the majority of the celebration is outside. Free shuttle bus running 6:30-10:30 PM from overflow parking at ASM International, located just east on Route 87

This is a public event so feel free to show up, enjoy the celebration at your leisure! *We will not be meeting as a SECPTA group for this event (although you are more than welcome to!) so feel free to attend at any time that works best for your family!*

Join SECPTA at the brand new B&B Theater in Macedonia in their screenPLAY! theater. screenPLAY! invites guests to arrive thirty minutes before showtime for fun and play, while music and other entertainment is on screen. After the thirty minute play block is over, guests will take their seats and the lights will go down for a kid-friendly feature. Movie and time TBD as the date approaches. Registrants will have an opportunity for a refund if the movie or time doesn’t suit their family‘s needs.

Join SECPTA and friends for a playdate during winter break. This will be held at Mindy‘s house and her address will be emailed to you a few days before the event.