🌟 Things To Do This Week With Kids in Tullahoma, Manchester, Shelbyville, Winchester & Beyond (September 28 – October 5, 2025)

🍂 Fall is finally here, y’all — and this week is packed! From 🐢 Turtle Talks at the Discovery Center to 🎃 pumpkin festivals galore, 🚗 shiny rides at Karts & Cars + C.A.R.S. & Coffee, 🍪 a cozy cookie decorating class, and 🏹 the always-awesome Knap-In & Archaeoskills Festival at Old Stone Fort — plus parades, markets, and library fun 📚. Here’s your one-stop guide to family adventures Sept 28 – Oct 5 (and maybe a chance to drink your coffee while it’s still hot ☕️😉).

Sunday, September 28

🎠 Karts & Cars at Music City Kart Plex — 9 AM – 2 PM

3225 US-231, Shelbyville TN

Car show, go-kart racing, food trucks, music, trophies & more. Free for spectators / $20 per vehicle / $8 off kart rentals. Proceeds benefit veterans.

Monday, September 29

🧪 SPARK! Program – Fall Wetlands — 9 AM – 11 AM

Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro

Hands-on STEAM play for kids 1–6. Music, motion, stories, guided activities. $4 per child (registration required).

🤸‍♀️ Daytime Playtime — 10 AM – 12 PM Tullahoma Gymnastics & Cheer (TGC)

Open gym play for little ones to burn energy.

Tuesday, September 30

📖 Campfire Story Time – The Very Lonely Firefly — 2 PM

Discovery Center — cozy campfire story & activity (included with admission).

🍔 Tasty Tuesdays: Mood Food — 3 PM

Discovery Center — creative edible art showing emotions through colors & shapes (included with admission).

🤸‍♀️ Homeschool Hangout — 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM

TGC, Tullahoma — play & socialize with other homeschool families.

🎬 Watch & Talk: Teen Movie (13–18) — 3:30 PM – 6 PM

Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library — interactive viewing of an archaeologist-who-hates-snakes classic.

🎃 Fall Harvest Festival — 3 PM – 7 PM

Lane Agri-Park, Murfreesboro — farmers market, food trucks, kids’ activities, indoor pumpkin patch, Charlie Brown movie (5 & 5:30 PM).

Wednesday, October 1

🐢 Turtle Talk – How Strong is Fluffy’s Jaw? — 3 PM

Discovery Center — turtle feeding & fun science chat (included w/admission).

📚 Story Time — 10:30 AM

Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library — sweet read-aloud & play.

Thursday, October 2

👶 Toddler Time: Early Literacy Learning & Play — 10 AM – 12 PM

Coffee County Manchester Public Library — stories & playtime for little ones.

🎉 FCSD Block Party — 4 PM – 7 PM

Downtown Winchester — music, community fun & kid activities.

🍪 Fall Cookie Decorating Class — 5 PM

Arnold Lakeside Complex — $20/person. Learn festive cookie decorating w/Carole Thomas (registration closed Sept 26).

Friday, October 3

🎨 Funtastic Friday — 10 AM – 12 PM

Coffee County Manchester Public Library — fun themed activities for kiddos.

🎨 Youth Entrepreneur Arts & Craft Class — 4 PM – 6 PM

Hallelujah Pottery / Full Circle Candles, Monteagle — creative making + biz skills for ages 7+.

🎃 Great Pumpkin Festival — 6 PM

Discovery Center — fall night fun inspired by Pixar’s Inside Out. Tickets required.

🏹 Archaeoskills & Knap-In Festival (Day 1) — 1 PM – 5 PM

Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, ManchesterCelebrate primitive skills & Native American history. Friends of Old Stone Fort baked goods & programs all weekend. Pyro Pies pizza Saturday (pre-order online), Liddy’s Lattes coffee & breakfast Sunday. Demos, atlatl throwing, vendors, camping.

Saturday, October 4

☕️ C.A.R.S. & Coffee – October — 9 AM – 12 PM

Coffee County Administrative Plaza, Manchester — cars, trucks, motorcycles & coffee.

🛍 6th Annual Bear Wallow Marketplace — 9 AM – 5 PM

21 Bear Wallow Rd, Flintville — crafts, food trucks & live music.

🎉 Old Timers Day — Parade 10 AM (festivities till 5 PM)

Downtown Manchester — vendors, music, kid zone, petting zoo.

🏹 Archaeoskills & Knap-In Festival (Day 2) — 9 AM – 5 PM

Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park — primitive skill demos, atlatl range, vendors, camping, Friends of Old Stone Fort baked goods, Pyro Pies pizza.

📜 Ancestry Explorers — 2 PM

Coffee County Manchester Public Library — genealogy help w/Nathan Havenner.

Sunday, October 5

🏹 Archaeoskills & Knap-In Festival (Day 3) — 9 AM – 3 PM

Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park — primitive skills, demos, Friends of Old Stone Fort baked goods & programs, Liddy’s Lattes coffee & breakfast.

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