Here’s a great summer activity for your family! Pay just $7 for general admission tickets to Dinosaur Valley in Glen Rose! There’s even a museum and a children’s dig experience where kids ages 3-12 can get up close and personal with real fossils. Open every day of the year except Thanksgiving and Christmas from 9am-9pm. (You can even bring your leashed pet!)
(Be sure to look under MORE DEALS in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area to find this offer!)
Dr. Pepper lovers, here’s a nostalgic adventure! Sweetjack is offering a deal where you will get admission for two to the Dublin Bottling Works (birthplace of bottled Dr. Pepper) plus 2 Frostys (fountain syrup + ice cream) for only $10.00.
Museum visitors get to taste the originals, learn about the history of the plant and then enjoy a Frosty Pepper (Pure Cane Sugar fountain syrup blended with Blue Bell vanilla ice cream) at Old Doc’s Soda Shop. The museum and shop are open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm.
This is a great adventure for the whole family (at a great price). A family of four can get admission and 4 Frostys for just $20 total. We’re going to make this into a day trip and stop for dinner in Ft. Worth Sundance Square on the way home!
Today is National Mini Golf Day (who knew!). To celebrate, Adventure Landing is offering a FREE Mini Golf Season Pass ($59.99 value) to the first 100 guests who purchase a round of golf today. Hole-in-one prizes will also be awarded all day long. This is valid today, 5/12/12 only.
Here’s a deal for 50% off the Planetarium at UT Arlington! Pay just $6 for two adult tickets (a $12 value) Plan an outing for the family and take in the stars in their 60 foot diameter dome with digital sound! Children’s admission is $4 a ticket for ages 3 and up so it would be a better deal to buy the them adult tickets. It gets a little better – use promo code MAMAJACK15 and pay only $5.10 for two tickets. That’s only $2.55 per person for admission – SWEET!
Pack a picnic basket and treat Mom to a FREE Jazz Concert at Strauss Square May 13th from 11am-2pm. Go HERE for more details.
If you love to be active and outdoors with your family, celebrate Mother’s Day by taking the whole family mountain biking! This FREE family event is scheduled for Sunday, May 13th from 2-5pm at Erwin Park in McKinney. Go HERE for more details.
Carrollton is celebrating Mother’s Day with their annual Concert & Picnic at the A.W. Perry Homestead Museum. Enjoy a relaxing evening while listening to musicians play from the front porch or the historic home. Bring a picnic basket, blankets or lawn chairs. Free ice cream and lemonade will be provided. Children can make a homemade gift for Mom.. You can even create a theme for your picnic basket & enter the picnic contest. Go HERE for more details.
Moms are free all Mother’s Day weekend long at Medieval Times Dinner & Theater. Bring Mom on actual Mother’s Day and she’ll receive a free flower in addition to her meal. They also have a special $20 Mother’s Day package available. Go HERE for full details.
If your Mom likes to get her shop on for Mother’s Day, IKEA is giving away FREE breakfast for Moms. Valid for scrambled eggs, bacon, potatoes and a cup of coffee. $1.74 value.
Moms eat free on Mother’s Day at participating DFW Grandy’s locations (go HERE to find a location near you). Purchase one of the meals listed below, and Mom gets her choice of a meal listed below of equal or lesser value FREE:
Scrambled Eggs Breakfast
Country Steak Meal
2-piece Chicken Meal (all dark)
5 oz. Chicken Fried Chicken Meal
Southwestern Grilled Chicken Meal
Bring Mom to Bari’s Pasta & Pizza in Flower Mound on Mother’s Day and she’ll get a FREE dessert! Go HERE to print your coupon.
For a complete look at Weekend Events, check out Familyeguide!
Build Mom a picture frame planter at Lowe’s Kid’s workshops Saturday, May 12th from 10am-11am. Click HERE to sign up, or just show up!
Michael’s Mother’s Day Make-It, Take-It Events for kids:
Mother’s Day Apron & T-shirt
Saturday, May 12th, 10am-noon
Show Mom you truly care, with something special for her to wear. Make-It, Take-It with purchase of t-shirt or apron.
Mother’s Day Button
Saturday, May 12th, noon-2pm
Create a fun keepsake for Mom. Free Make-It, Take-It.
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Repotting Festival! At Calloway’s Nurserys
Saturday, May 12th-All Day
Create a personalized container garden for Mom! Bring your plants and pots from home or purchase in store and we will provide the space, potting soil, fertilizers and top dressing needed for repotting. Click here for more details!
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Ready to get into shape and have some fun? Join in on FREE outdoor yoga and Zumba classes every Saturday morning thru June 9th in Sammons Park (located in front of the Winspear Opera House) at 9am. Come early for Boot Camp classes on May 5th and May 12th at 8am. Go HERE for more details – looks like a fun crowd!
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Mother’s Day Celebration!
Come by IKEA Dallas for Free Breakfast on Mother’s Day, May 13, 2012, and treat Mom to a special morning. Be sure to stay for Free Massages from 12-4pm in the IKEA Restaurant
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Watters Creek Fine Arts Festival returns this spring with arts and crafts along with children’s interactive art activities, face painting and live entertainment. Scheduled for Friday, May 11 through Sunday, May 13.
Highlights of the festival include tented artists booths located throughout Watters Creek’s beautiful grounds, featuring gallery-quality work from local, state and nation-wide artists displaying and selling a variety of styles and mediums.
The three-day outdoor festival is being held at Watters Creek at Montgomery Farm, a resort-style development that includes meandering pathways through beautiful landscape with more than 500 trees and water views, providing an inviting backdrop for the displayed art and live entertainment. Free and open to the public. Free parking.
Friday, May 11
Artist booths open from 4 p.m. until dark
Live musical performance on The Green from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Make and take activities for kids
Saturday, May 12
Artist booths open from 10 a.m. until dark
Lucky Duck Kids Club from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Mother’s Day themed activity
Live musical performance on The Green from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday, May 13
Artist booths open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Live musical performance on The Green from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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For those of you wanting to stretch your Mother’s Day celebration and include a date night on Saturday (me, me!) here’s a really affordable alternative to a sitter. Join Best Gymnastics on Saturday, May 12th from 6pm-10pm for their Best Night Out Pajama Party! They’ll have fort building, games, open gym, face painting, Straw Hat Pizza for dinner and lots of fun for the kids while parents enjoy a night out.
The Pajama Party is for ages 3 (potty-trained) and up and is $25 per child ~ mention MyDFWMommy and get a discounted rate of just $20! Register online, email info@bestgymnastics.net or call 972-874-8800 to reserve your spot today. Both members and non-members are welcome to attend Best Night Out.
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Pack a picnic basket and treat Mom to a FREE Jazz Concert at Strauss Square May 13th from 11am-2pm. Go HERE for more details.
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If you love to be active and outdoors with your family, celebrate Mother’s Day by taking the whole family mountain biking! This FREE family event is scheduled for Sunday, May 13th from 2-5pm at Erwin Park in McKinney. Go HERE for more details.
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Carrollton is celebrating Mother’s Day with their annual Concert & Picnic at the A.W. Perry Homestead Museum. Enjoy a relaxing evening while listening to musicians play from the front porch or the historic home. Bring a picnic basket, blankets or lawn chairs. Free ice cream and lemonade will be provided. Children can make a homemade gift for Mom.. You can even create a theme for your picnic basket & enter the picnic contest. Go HERE for more details.
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Moms are free all Mother’s Day weekend long at Medieval Times Dinner & Theater. Bring Mom on actual Mother’s Day and she’ll receive a free flower in addition to her meal. They also have a special $20 Mother’s Day package available. Go HERE for full details.
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Moms eat free on Mother’s Day at participating DFW Grandy’s locations (go HERE to find a location near you). Purchase one of the meals listed below, and Mom gets her choice of a meal listed below of equal or lesser value FREE:
Scrambled Eggs Breakfast
Country Steak Meal
2-piece Chicken Meal (all dark)
5 oz. Chicken Fried Chicken Meal
Southwestern Grilled Chicken Meal
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Bring Mom to Bari’s Pasta & Pizza in Flower Mound on Mother’s Day and she’ll get a FREE dessert! Go HERE to print your coupon.
Picture Frame Planter build and grow clinic for kids at Lowes Saturday
Junior Avengers training and orientation at Disney Store Saturday
Mother’s day doll tea party event at Pottery barn kids Saturday
Free Welcome Little One gift box make it take it event at Michaels Saturday
Virtual Instruments & Loops Techniques Workshop at Guitar Center Saturday
Cupcake for mom technique class at Williams-Sonoma Saturday
Accessorizing your home for summer event at Pottery Barn Sunday
Free 5 oz yogurt cup for Moms at TCBY on Sunday
Craft and class events at American Girl Stores
Mark your calendars for Friday, May 18th as the Dallas Museum of Art is offering FREE admission to both its collection and the special exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. as part of the International Museum Day 2012.
Here’s a great deal that will keep the kids busy this summer (bonus points for being in the air conditioning!) Pay just $19 for 10 visits to Let’s Jump in Keller ($50 retail value). Enjoy 12,000 square feet of indoor bounce houses and obstacle courses. Parents get in free with paid child.
Here’s an inexpensive and educational summer actitivty for you and the family this summer. Pay just $10 for admission for 4 to the Doss Heritage and Culture Center in Weatherford ($20 value). Tour the 23,000 square foot cultural center and learn about the history of Parker County. In addition to historical exhibits, three galleries display pieces by local and international artists.
I look for daily deals like these to keep my family entertained over the summer on the cheap while going places that are normally off of our radar!
There are quite a few good local Groupon deals available today. Here are the highlights:
Score half off at Jaxx Steakhouse in Addison. Choose $25 for $50 worth of steakhouse fare, or $50 for $100 value. Is it just me, or does that steak look amazing!?!?
$20 for $40 at Cotton Island designer boutique in Plano. Save 50% on your $40 purchase of women’s clothing, accessories and jewelry by designer brands such as Lucky, Free People, Splendid and Steve Madden.
Pay just $37 for a one hour therapeutic massage from Lewisville Chiropractic Center. This is a $75 value. You can also choose (2) one hour massages for $69 ($150 value).
