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Find family-friendly entertainment, activities, and events for children of all ages by children of all ages! The Kid Zone features music, dance, crafts, storytelling, and activities. Kid Zone hours are the same as Festival hours. Attractions are subject to change. Some attractions have limited hours. Ticket Concession in Commercial Row will have Activity Tickets, required for premium attractions.

Kid Zone attractions are located at Margaret Mitchell House. Find signage labeling six distinct areas as Peachtree Grove, Front Lawn, Lower Lawn, Front Porch, Upstairs Parlor, and Commercial Row. Click here to view the Kid Zone Area Map.

Partner Tents
Partner tents (front lawn) feature activities organized by the Festival’s Cultural Alliance Partner, The Atlanta History Center’s Margaret Mitchell House. Confirmed partners include:

• Center for Puppetry Arts

• Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center

• Unibind

• Atlanta History Center

• Margaret Mitchell House

• The Wren's Nest

Saturday's Activities
Peachtree Grove - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Georgia Piedmont Region K9 Search and Rescue is a volunteer team dispatched by law enforcement to assist in locating lost or missing persons in urban, wilderness, and water environments. Stop by their booth in the Kid Zone to meet the search dogs and learn what to do if your child becomes lost. Limited hours.	Commercial Row - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants decorate cookies or cupcakes with an array of food decorations. Chocolate Pink pastries are the creative passion of Pastry Chef Christian Balbierer, who is delighted to present creative supplies for this tempting activity. Tickets required.	Commercial Row - Saturday, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Tip Tap Two Dancers, a thrilling improvisational tap dancing team, consists of Atlanta dance teachers Terence “Taps” and Tre McClendon, beloved of Young Audiences, Woodruff Center. One Saturday show only.
Front Porch - Saturday, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. More details coming soon!	Front Porch - Saturday, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Talented youth and teen musicians and singers from Eclectic Music School perform a broad repertoire. Expect guitar, singer / songwriters, keyboard, drums and more!	Peachtree Grove - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Kids explore art-making with a variety of media in a collaborative experience. Choose one or all including a Giant Spider Web, Giant Canvas for Painting (with supplies provided by Utrecht) and a Sidewalk Chalk Mural.
Peachtree Grove - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hang your personalized peach on Peachtree Street! Each little one is invited to decorate and personalize a peach cutout and then hang it on a “Peachtree.”	Peachtree Grove - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. In about three minutes, Mark Mandel of Bighead Cartoons creates a caricature for you to take home! Tickets required.	Peachtree Grove - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ooh! Aah! Entertainer extraordinaire Aaron Antonich juggles, performs on unicycle, and shows off on stilts. Limited hours.
Peachtree Grove - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hairstyles for kids from BeDazzle-Do. Zany hair that’s fun to wear! Each design uses lots of razzle-dazzle colorful accessories to make it fun, spunky, and unique. Tickets required.	Peachtree Grove - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Makeup artist Maria Laguardia paints a fantasy face with butterflies, flowers, an animal, a princess, a superhero, a monster—whatever you like! Tickets required.	Lower Lawn - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Young ones can let loose in a traditional bounce house. Tickets required. See ticket concession for upper age limits.
Front Porch - Saturday, 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Hayiya Percussion Dance Ensemble explores West African and Diaspora dance, song, and percussion. Hayiya's signature acrobatics, lifts, and immeasurable energy call out to your spirit to "Get On Your Feet and Dance!"

Saturday's Second Floor Parlor Readings
	Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Grady Thrasher with Elaine Hearn Rabon Author and Illustrator of Tim and Sally’s Year in Poems (ages 4-8)   Tim and Sally have taken their readers along for beach adventures and fun in the garden. Now, the young siblings are leading readers on a romp through the seasons. Tim and Sally’s Year in Poems follows this winsome twosome throughout a full calendar year, with holidays and seasons represented in lilting poems for early readers. Grady Thrasher is a children’s book author and retired attorney from Athens, GA. The author of Tim and Sally’s Vegetable Garden and Tim and Sally’s Beach Adventure, Thrasher was given the 2008 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Picture Books by the Georgia Writers Association.   Elaine Hearn Rabon is a free-lance artist in Athens, GA where she has enjoyed sketching the antics of children and animals for more than 30 years. Rabon has illustrated all three of the Tim and Sally books.			Saturday, 1:00 p.m. Angela Farris Watkins My Uncle Martin’s Big Heart (ages 4-8)   With an emphasis on family togetherness, the importance of community involvement and a lesson in the ethics of love, My Uncle Martin’s Big Heart provides a unique glimpse into the private life of Martin Luther King Jr., while telling a universal story of love and hope.   Angela Farris Watkins is the niece of Martin Luther King Jr. She is an associate professor of psychology at Spelman College and lives in Atlanta, GA.
	Saturday, 2:00 p.m. Laurel Snyder Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher (ages 4-8)   In a book sure to bring smiles to the faces of anyone who reads it, Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher introduces readers to a plucky pig protagonist in a misguided quest to become kosher. Readers will cheer as a series of misunderstandings leads to a warm message of welcome and community.   Laurel Snyder is the author of Any Which Wall, Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, and Inside the Slidy Diner. In addition to her books for children, Snyder has written two books of poems and edited an anthology of nonfiction called HalfLife: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes and is considered an expert on Jewish literature for children.			Saturday, 3:00 p.m. Anne Ginkel I’ve Got an Elephant (ages 4-8)   A busy little girl’s loyal pachyderms fight loneliness each time she leaves the house by simply adding another friend to their growing numbers. Soon the house is filled with elephants engaging in tail-to-trunk carefree play, until the resourceful heroine has had enough and finds her companions a new home. Anne Ginkel is a former teacher in the United States and England. Her muse for I’ve Got an Elephant came from a well-worn, stuffed elephant named Ellie that belonged to her daughter. For many years, Ginkel owned Hobbit Hall Children's Bookstore.

Sunday's Activities
Peachtree Grove - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Georgia Piedmont Region K9 Search and Rescue is a volunteer team dispatched by law enforcement to assist in locating lost or missing persons in urban, wilderness, and water environments. Stop by their booth in the Kid Zone to meet the search dogs and learn what to do if your child becomes lost.	Commercial Row - Sunday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Participants decorate cookies or cupcakes with an array of food decorations. Chocolate Pink pastries are the creative passion of Pastry Chef Christian Balbierer, who is delighted to present creative supplies for this tempting activity. Tickets required.	Front Porch - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Micah Turpeau is a local singer and songwriter who attends Grady High School. She thoroughly enjoys writing songs on her piano and sharing her music with the public.
Front Porch - Sunday, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Fox Theatre Rising Stars comprises a cast of talented and accomplished young participants, ages 13 to 17. The group performs songs by Kander and Ebb from such treasured musicals as Chicago and Cabaret.	Front Porch - Sunday, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Originally formed in 2009, Act Thirt33n has performed at venues and events such as Taste of Atlanta, Taste of Alpharetta, Hard Rock Café in Atlanta, and the Southeastern Regional Water Skiing Championship. Band members are Morgan Carney, age 17—lead vocals; Andy Morgan, age 16—rhythm guitar/bass; Alec Ragsdale, age 15—lead guitar/bass; and Michael Torres, age 9—drums. Their blend of ages and musical tastes produces a performance that everyone can enjoy.	Peachtree Grove - Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Kids explore art-making with a variety of media in a collaborative experience. Choose one or all including a Giant Spider Web, Giant Canvas for Painting (with supplies provided by Utrecht) and a Sidewalk Chalk Mural.
Peachtree Grove - Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hang your personalized peach on Peachtree Street! Each little one is invited to decorate and personalize a peach cutout and then hang it on a “Peachtree.”	Peachtree Grove - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Details coming soon!	Peachtree Grove - Sunday, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Ooh! Aah! Entertainer extraordinaire Aaron Antonich juggles, performs on unicycle, and shows off on stilts. Limited hours.
Peachtree Grove - Sunday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Hairstyles for kids from BeDazzle-Do. Zany hair that’s fun to wear! Each design uses lots of razzle-dazzle colorful accessories to make it fun, spunky, and unique. Tickets required.	Peachtree Grove - Sunday, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Makeup artist Maria Laguardia paints a fantasy face with butterflies, flowers, an animal, a princess, a superhero, a monster—whatever you like! Tickets required.	Peachtree Grove - Sunday, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. In about three minutes, Mark Mandel of Bighead Cartoons creates a caricature for you to take home! Tickets required.
Peachtree Grove - Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Spend a few minutes in front of a magician! Renowned magician and entertainer Mark Irish appears with Einstein, his mind-reading rabbit, and gets your giggle going.	Lower Lawn - Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Young ones can let loose in a traditional bounce house. Tickets required. See ticket concession for upper age limits.