Start planning your fall activities with our Fall Family Fun Guide! Thanks to Dawn Raycraft, Kari Thevenot and Lisa Whelpley for their diligent work in tracking down all the pumpkin patches, apple orchards, area festivals, spooky happenings and other fall fun for our readers. Make sure you keep checking back. We will continue to update throughout the fall so that you will have everything you need at your fingertips to enjoy this favorite central Illinois season!
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Hello. I am taking my 7 year old twin grandchildren on a train ride from Normal to Springfield on Oct. 27. I'm trying to find something fun for us to do for a few hours while there. Any suggestions for children with short attention spans!? Thank you.
Jane, the Illinois State Museum is a great choice. It's free and the kids will have fun on all three floors of the museum, but ESPECIALLY in the basement at the Play Museum. It's open from 9:30-4:00 on Saturdays. For more information, go to the A-Z Resource Index on this site, then click on "Museums."
From the train station, be sure to walk through the Farmer's Market on Adams street between 5th and 2nd streets. On the 27th there are all kinds of special events: http://springfieldmoms.org/annual-kids-costume-contest/
Have a great time, and please email us with photos of your trip!
-Lisa