Here are Economoms' picks for the best budget-conscious family activities in the Baltimore area for December 2-4, 2011:
All Weekend
- Downtown Dollar or Less Days - Admission to 15 Charm City Museums and attractions is $1 per person or FREE this Saturday and Sunday.
- Enoch Pratt Book Sale - Central Library location on Cathedral Street. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Fifty cent paperbacks, $1 hardcovers, $2 CDs and DVDs, $10 encyclopedia sets. Sunday is "Box Day;" All books remaining will be priced at $3 per box if you bring your own box, or $4 per box if you buy a book box at the library.
- Power Plant Holiday Light Show Spectacular - Through Saturday, Dec. 31, Sunday to Thursday: 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m. FREE!
- Miracle on 34th Street Christmas Lights - Hampden, through Saturday, Dec. 31 after dark. FREE!
- The Chanukah House - Greenspring Avenue in Baltimore through Saturday, Dec. 31. FREE!
- Military Appreciation Month at Port Discovery - Active military personnel and veterans who show valid military ID receive FREE admission, as well as one guest. Available Saturday, Nov. 19 through Monday, Jan. 2.
- Discounts to 16 Family-Friendly Baltimore Attractions - Use anytime throughout 2011!
- Discounts to 18 Baltimore Restaurants - Think date night! Use anytime throughout 2011!
- First Friday in Hampden - The Avenue (36th Street) in Hampden. Shops stay open late and offer special sales. Check out the Miracle on 34th Street Christmas lights while you're there!
- Fridays After Five, Prices Take a Dive - At the National Aquarium and the Maryland Science Center through March 23, 2012. Admission is $8. Dolphin shows or 4-D experiences at the Aquarium are $4. IMAX shows and Planetarium presentations are FREE at the Science Center. This Friday, the Aquarium is celebrating its World Holidays Cultural Series with a special visit from Santa and its mascot, Puffin. Make holiday cards and enjoy music and dance.
- Holiday Lazer Show - Maryland Science Center, 5:30 p.m. every Friday through December 24. FREE with admission.
- Friday Night Stargazing - Maryland Science Center, 5:30-9 p.m. every Friday through January 27, weather permitting. FREE! Friday After Five admission is NOT required to participate.
- Old Tyme Christmas in Fell's Point - 9:30 a.m., Santa arrives by tugboat; Events and vendors throughout the day, including storytime with Urban Pirates, gingerbread house making, and caroling. Event concludes with Parade of Lighted Boats at 6 p.m.
- Christmas Craft Fair - Battle Grove Democratic Club in Dundalk, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. In addition to crafts for sale, the fair will also have crafts for children and pictures with Santa.
- The Avenue at White Marsh Holiday Parade - 10 a.m.
- Drop-In Art Activity at the Walters - Every Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. A different theme each month. December's theme is Island Getaway. FREE!
- The New (Old-Time) Holiday Train Garden - The Fire Museum of Maryland in Lutherville. Saturdays through December 17 and each day December 27-31, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Miracle on Main Street 2011 Kick-Off - Highlandtown's Main Street. Various events throughout the day beginning at 10:30 a.m.
- BSO Family Concert - Cindarella Puppet Show - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 11 a.m. Tickets as low as $12 per person.
- Joy-Jingle-Jam Concert - 800 block of Aliceanna Street, noon- 5 p.m. The VIPs and The Kelly Bell Band in concert along with visits from Santa and his elves and special deals for shoppers. FREE!
- Kerplunk! Family Drop-In Art Class - Creative Alliance at the Patterson, noon-3 p.m. every Saturday through December 10. FREE!
- 39th Mayor's Annual Christmas Parade - In Hampden, beginning 2 p.m. at Poly / Western High Schools and crossing Cold Spring Lane, continuing south on Falls Road to 36th Street, turning East on 36th Street, turning North on Chestnut Avenue and ending at 37th Street.
- Merry Tuba Christmas - Harborplace Ampitheatre, 3 p.m. FREE!
- 24th Annual Baltimore's Parade of Lighted Boats - Fell's Point, 6 p.m. This is the concluding event of the Old Tyme Christmas Celebration in Fell's Point (see above).
- FREE Admission to the American Visionary Art Museum - Both Saturday and Sunday thanks to the Bank of America Museums on Us Program.
- FREE Admission to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History - Both Saturday and Sunday thanks to the Bank of America Museums on Us Program.
Drop-In Art Activity at the Walters - Every Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. A different theme each month. December's theme is Island Getaway. FREE- Family Sunday at the BMA - Every Sunday, 2-5 p.m. A different theme each month. December's theme is Everyday Beauty. FREE!
- FREE Admission to the American Visionary Art Museum - Both Saturday and Sunday thanks to the Bank of America Museums on Us Program.
- FREE Admission to the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History - Both Saturday and Sunday thanks to the Bank of America Museums on Us Program.
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