Cheapies & Freebies

Raising a family is an expensive proposition these days, and everyone’s piggybank could use a little break, right? So we’ve compiled this list of Cheapies & Freebies to help lessen the load!
East End Arts: Kids Pride
East End Arts hosts Kids Pride, with this year’s theme “Fantastical Fairies and Fauna”, featuring free art workshops for kids and families taking place at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse. Then, on Sunday May 31, families can kick off Pride Month with a Queer Arts Market and Community Parade through Dentonia Park.
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Toronto International Storytelling Festival
Toronto International Storytelling Festival celebrates verbal storytelling through poetry, traditional stories and personal true stories. Once again, free family events take place on Saturday and Sunday with Storytent at Wychwood Barns and Family Day Storytelling events at the First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto. Toronto International Storytelling Festival Date: May 7-10,
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Doors Open Toronto
Doors Open Toronto lets you explore a wide variety of our city’s most notable buildings and rediscover our city in a new way, all for FREE. Offerings include guided neighbourhood tours, city hall events, talks about urban design and music venues, music and sound programming, and virtual experiences. Doors Open
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Bloor-Yorkville BIA: Fleurs de Villes FLORA
Bloor-Yorkville presents Fleurs de Villes FLORA, a free floral trail that blends fashion design and fresh blooms with custom-made floral-dressed mannequins, along with floral refreshments and demonstrations, live music, and a Saturday flower market. Just in time for Mother’s Day, take a free self-guided tour of the upscale neighbourhood to
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Guide to the Best Spots to See Cherry Blossoms in Toronto
Toronto residents and visitors are obsessed with cherry blossoms! Technically called Sakura, these gorgeous flowering trees bloom each year between late April and early May (depending on weather conditions, of course). Gawkers descend on parks across the GTA to stroll amongst the rows and, naturally, take lots of selfies! Don’t
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Ontario Legislative Building: Spring Celebration
Spring is here so celebrate this vibrant season by joining the Ontario Legislative Building for their Spring Celebration at Queen’s Park in Toronto. This fun-filled day features a wide variety of free indoor and outdoor family-friendly activities, including live music and special performances, crafts, photo ops, roaming entertainers, tours inside
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Home Depot: Free Kids Workshops
Home Depot Free Kids Workshops are a fun way to spend a Saturday morning at your local hardware store! Kids between the ages of 4-12 years can hammer and glue to create an exciting new woodworking craft project (with parental supervision). Note: Pre-registration is now required, which usually starts on
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Michaels Canada: Sunday Kids Club & MakeBreak Events
Get crafty at your local Michaels Canada location for their fun and creative Sunday Kids Club & MakeBreak Events, where your family can enjoy some drop-in crafty fun as you shop! While the Kids Club events are FREE, the MakeBreak crafting events require participants to purchase the base materials (or
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Indigo & Chapters: Weekend Events
Participating Indigo & Chapters stores invite families to join them for in-store weekend events, including storytimes, and hands-on crafts and activities. To guarantee a spot, you can make an online reservation for $5.00 +fees and receive one $5 Gift Card for Indigo, Chapters, Coles per reservation. Weekend Events Sunday, April
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LEGO Canada: In-Store Make & Take Events
Kids love LEGO® so head over to your local store for their exciting ongoing Make & Take Events! With these in-store events, young builders can make a new mini build each time and then bring home their special LEGO® creation for FREE. Upcoming LEGO® Canada In-Store Make & Take Events: April
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