Make Kites, Search for Birds, and Remember Victims of the Holocaust

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Each Saturday, we'll give you the info on the five best family activities or events for the weekend and the week ahead.

You're time-pressed enough, so we're happy to do the research and find the best things to do and places to go, both locally and within reasonable striking distance.

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Longstreet Farm in Holmdel will host a kite making session on Saturday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The historic farm in Holmdel Park allows visitors to experience life as it would have been in the 1890s. Employees on the nine-acre farm dress in period costume and show daily and seasonal agricultural and domestic activities.

Look for hidden birds in the Manasquan Reservoir Environmental Center in Howell. The scavenger hunt will take place on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The park also offers a 5.1-mile Perimeter Trail for biking and hiking with the family.

Join other patrons at Monmouth County Library Headquarters on Monday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to create handmade butterflies for Holocaust Museum Houston’s Butterfly Project. The museum is collecting 1.5 million handmade butterflies from around the country to memorialize the 1.5 million Jewish children killed during the Holocaust. All butterflies made with Monmouth County Library will be displayed at the Headquarters Branch in Manalapan for Holocaust Remembrance Day and then submitted to the Holocaust Museum Houston’s Butterfly project.

Rick Mikula—“The Butterfly Guy”—will show live butterflies and exotic specimens from his tours of the rainforest. Learn how to raise your own butterflies using recycled household items. The event takes place at Monmouth County Library Headquarters on Tuesday from 4:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. Parents and children in Kindergarten and above are invited to attend. No registration is required.