West Michigan Spring Break events are packed with family-friendly fun, hands-on learning, and festive downtown celebrations. Spring Fling in Downtown Holland on April 4 brings shopping deals, dining specials, giveaways, and passport prizes throughout the downtown district, with stops at the Holland Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, Holland Museum, and Bowerman’s on 8th. The Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Spring Break Bonanza (April 3–12) features daily kids activities, interactive exhibits, live performances, and creative workshops designed for hands-on play. At the Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum near Kalamazoo, Spring Break Family Fun Days offer space exhibits, flight simulators, STEM activities, and immersive theater experiences through April 9. Plus, don’t miss the final weekend of the Maple Syrup Festival at Maple Row Sugarhouse in Jones, MI, with wagon rides, pancake contests, sugar house tours, and maple syrup tastings.
Downtown Holland Spring Fling, April 4
If you’re staying in town for Spring Break next week, you’ve got plenty of ways to play — no plane ticket required. Your week of fun kicks off with Spring Fling in Downtown Holland. . We’re talking giveaways, exclusive shopping discounts, delicious dining specials, in-store promotions, and so much more. It’s everything you love about spring — all packed into one festive downtown celebration. Be one of the first 1,000 visitors on Saturday and stop by the Holland Area Convention & Visitors Bureau on 8th Street to snag a free Spring Fling shopping tote. While you’re there, grab your official Spring Fling passport — or print one online — and collect stamps at participating businesses for a chance to win an awesome gift card. As you explore Downtown Holland, you’ll discover unique finds at the Holland Museum and sweet treats waiting for you at Bowerman's on 8th. Stroll the sidewalks, cocktail in hand if you’d like, and challenge your friends to the yard games stationed all along the way.
And the best part? No sand traps here — unless, of course, you decide to take that beach walk.
Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Spring Break Bonanza, April 3 thru 12
If you’ve got little ones at home, make sure the Grand Rapids Children's Museum is at the top of your Spring Break plans. All week long, it’s hands-on fun, high-energy play, and creative exploration designed just for kids. You’ll find daily pop-up programs, activities in the Clay Studio or Shrinky DInk Lab, lively performances with the Boredom Fighters Instrument Garden Workshop, or the Magical Bubble Show, and interactive activities like a guitar class and instrument petting zoo - it’s all happening throughout the museum — and because the schedule changes each day, every visit feels a little different. Check the lineup online, or just show up and let the surprises unfold. The Grand Rapids Children’s Museum promises to deliver nonstop playful fun — all week long.
Air Zoo Spring Break Family Fun Days, Now through April 9
The Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum near Kalamazoo is inviting kids to blast off on hands-on adventures that combine imagination with real-life space science. Young explorers can dive into the details of the International Space Station and even design their very own mission. Future engineers can put their skills to work building bridges, buildings, and aircraft through high-energy problem-solving challenges. And for curious minds, there’s the colorful science of light, motion, and the visible spectrum — all brought to life through interactive exhibits.
And that’s just the beginning… Beyond the exhibits, the Air Zoo delivers thrills with exciting rides, immersive theater shows, realistic flight simulators, open cockpits you can climb into, and hands-on activities around every corner. It’s an engaging, educational, and seriously fun Southwest Michigan destination that will keep the whole family entertained for hours.
Shoutout to Maple Row Sugarhouse - Last weekend for Maple Syrup Festival, March 28, 9:00- 4:00 p.m. and the 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
And lastly, don’t miss this very last weekend of the Maple Syrup Festival at the Maple Row Sugarhouse in Jones, MI. There will be maple syrup galore along with horse drawn wagon rides, a pancake eating contest, sugar house tours, a petting farm and this Sunday a very special Civil War Camp, complete with historical demonstrations.
