Barnyard Babies will return on Saturday, April 23, to the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, Bonner Springs.
The family-friendly event will feature baby goats, chicks, lambs, calves, ponies, alpacas and other barnyard animals. Kids can get up close to the animals while getting a taste of modern-day farm life, according to a spokesman.
A play area offers games and activities where kids can romp in a corn pile, try their hands at a cow pie toss, ride on farm animal hoppers, learn how to milk a cow and make corn necklaces.
Great American Kites is returning to the event and will fly its giant animal kites and hold games and kites for kids and their families.
Visitors can enjoy train rides, see beekeeping and honey harvesting presentations, climb on vintage tractors, walk inside a cattle trailer, learn how to milk a cow, harvest a field in a combine cab simulator and watch blacksmith demonstrations.
The Ag Hall also is unveiling its recently donated historic stone icehouse.
Barnyard Babies is the Ag Hall’s annual signature event that opens its summer season. Prior to the COVID shutdown, it regularly drew crowds of more than 5,000 people.
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23, rain or shine, at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, 630 N. 126th (near 126th and State), in Bonner Springs.
Admission is $5 for ages 3 and older. Children 2 and under are free. For more information visit www.AgHallofFame.com or call 913-721-1075.
- Information from Kerry Mueller, Ag Hall board member