You KNOW Your Little Needs A Photo With A Fairy Fest Unicorn

New Castle County’s free Fairy Fest will take place Sunday, Sept. 15, from noon to 4 pm. at Rockwood Park.

If your little one is a unicorn fan, Rockwood Park’s annual Fairy Fest has a don’t-miss event for you: Pictures with unicorn ponies.

It’s one of the many activities geared for childhood attention spans, when the festival returns from noon to 4 p.m. at Rockwood on Sunday, Sept. 15.

A celebration of childhood imagination, Fairy Fest includes a costume parade, Little Farm Petting Zoo, Tinkertown, make-and-take crafts, Enchanted Story times, outdoor games, a live performances by area dance and theatre groups, free museum family tours, food trucks and a craft vendor marketplace.

Fairies, pirates, gnomes, superheroes and regular kids are welcome and — best of all — admission is free.

There is no on-site parking, and no parking is frowned up on in the streets and neighborhoods surrounding Rockwood.

Patrons should park at Rockwood Office Park at 501 Carr Rd., Wilmington and ride the shuttle service to and from the park.

Fairy Fest offers dozens of activities, including a lot of make-and-take crafts.

Among the activities

Bounce Houses
Bubbles
Costumed Characters
Dance and Theater Performances
Dance Instruction
Facepainting (fee)
Fairy and Pirate Make-and-Take Crafts
Free Play Games
Magical Pirate and Fairy Parades – led by Tinkerbell and friends
Rock Chalk
Rockwood Mansion Family Tours
Sand Art (fee)
Story Time in the Park with New Castle County Brandywine Hundred Library and Language U
Sword School with the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation
The Little Farm Petting Zoo with Unicorn Pony Photo Op
Tinkertown with the Delaware Children’s Museum
Walk the Plank