Growing up as a student at Anderson Middle School in Berkley, nothing signaled the coming end of the school year more than watching the setup of the annual Berkley Days carnival outside our classroom windows. (The other great signal was that I was ready to stare at fair construction rather than pay attention to science class). The annual tradition returns this weekend, with all kinds of family fun! Check out our recommendations and info right here:
Where
Event Highlights
Volunteer Showcase on Friday from 5-8. Learn about all kinds of great ways to volunteer around town! Great for high schoolers looking to meet NHS or other community service hours, families looking to volunteer together and others.
Bike Safety Poster Contest on Friday from 5-8. Kids in pre-K through 5th grade can design posters to raise awareness about safe biking and bring them to the Ice Arena where the posters will be hung up for all to see. Make sure your child's name, school name, grade and teacher's name are on the back of the poster. Winning posters will be displayed at the Lids for Kids event on June 10.
Princess Tea Party on Sunday at 1 p.m. Enjoy tea and snacks in your royal best! ($)
Jedi Training on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Train to fight the good fight with your Jedi master! ($)
Ride the Rides
The Skerbek Family Carnival has their rides set up for the weekend! The rides available and their ticket and height requirements are:
- āBerry Go Round - 3 tickets - must be 42" tall to ride alone, or 36" tall to ride with an adult
- Bulgy - 2 tickets - must be shorter than 48" tall
- Sky Fighter - 2 ticketsĀ - must be shorter than 48" tall
- Mission to Mars -Ā 2 ticketsĀ - must be shorter than 48" tall
- Motorcycle Jump -Ā 3 tickets - must beĀ 36" tall
- Pirate Ship -Ā 3 ticketsĀ - must beĀ 36" tallĀ
- Gravitron - 4 ticketsĀ - must be 42" tallĀ
- SlideĀ -Ā 3 ticketsĀ - must be 42" tallĀ
- Air Raid - 5 ticketsĀ - must be 48" tallĀ
- FireballĀ - 4 ticketsĀ - must be 48" tallĀ
- TobogganĀ - 4 ticketsĀ - must be 52" tallĀ
- TwisterĀ - 4 ticketsĀ - must be 52" tallĀ
Buy individual tickets at the fair, or get a wristband online in advance!
Even More
There is also a craft show, petting zoo, robotics demos and much more! See it all here:Ā http://www.berkleydays.com/styled/index.html
If you go...
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