Grab the whole family and leave the credit card at home for these free South Jersey activities that will keep your kids entertained all month long. 

Alice in Wonderland at Historic Smithville on May 23 & 24 

Watch Haddonfield’s Memorial Day parade on May 25 

Open the ocean on Ocean City’s beach at the Unlocking of the Ocean on May 22 

Watch artists create at Noyes Arts Garage

Make your own outdoor scavenger hunt to complete in the backyard

Read to a dog at Pinelands Library on May 9 

Try out a new playground 

Stop by one of South Jersey’s many waterfront spaces for a picnic or play 

Visit some South Jersey alpacas

Pack a lunch and visit Lucy the Elephant in Atlantic City 

Take a hike 

Look up to catch the Soar & Shore Airshow on May 29, 30 & 31 in Atlantic City 

Visit the Kid Zone at Collingswood’s May Fair on May 23 

Say hi to the animals that call the Cape May County Zoo home 

Learn to country line dance at Perkins’ Dance It Out concert on May 26

Kayak at Cramer Hill Waterfront Park with Upstream Alliance starting May 23

Dress as a pirate and search for treasure during Wildwood’s Captain Kidd Pirate Day on May 16

Watch falcons visit the Palmyra Nature Cove nesting boxes with their falcon cams

Get creative with Merchantville Library’s Create Club on May 13 

Play at the park with your four-legged best friend