Peeps grow on trees? Paper boats can float in the Inner Harbor? A pillow fight on The National Mall? No, its not an April Fools prank. These are actual events happening this weekend. Check out our top picks of things to do in the DC Metro area April 2-3, 2016.

Blossom Kite Festival

Where: Grounds of the Washington Monument near 17th St NW & Constitution
When: Saturday April 2, 2016, 10am-4:30pm
Admission: FREE

The National Cherry Blossom Festival organizers are calling the Blossom Kite Festival on the Mall a celebration of “50 years of kite flying," dating back to the first Smithsonian Kite Festival in 1967. But an event like this doesn’t need a bigger hook: Seeing colorful kites take over the sky over America’s Front Yard as families take part in the fun is incentive enough to make it to the Mall for this one. The event runs from 10 am to 4:30 pm {with a rain date of Sunday at noon}. Event details here.

Light City Baltimore Festival

Where: Baltimore Inner Harbor
When: Friday-Sunday April 1-3, 2016
Admission: FREE for everything except the conferences

Calling itself the first U.S. large-scale light festival, Light City will illuminate Baltimore throughout this weekend with colorful, glowing art installations, musical performances, theater and more. The action is focused around Baltimore's Inner Harbor and the surrounding areas, including the "Voyage" installation: 300 floating "paper boats" encasing colored LED lights on the Inner Harbor water. For a complete schedule, visit: Event details here.

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International Pillow Fight Day

Where: The National Mall, Washington Monument Grounds
When: Saturday April 2, 2016, 3pm
Admission: FREE for all ages

The rules for the International Pillow Fight Day gathering near the Washington Monument are pretty simple: no down pillows, swing lightly and don’t take out any photographers. Other than that, the pillow fight staged on the Mall resembles the same thing you did with your siblings, cousins and friends as a kid, just on a much larger scale, with a more scenic backdrop. Starts at 3 pm. Event details here.

Great Country Farms Egg Hunt and Marshmallow Harvest

Where: Great Country Farms, 18780 Foggy Bottom Rd, Bluemont VA 20135 When: Saturday & Sunday April 2-3, 2016
Admission: Purchase tickets at the gate for $10/child and $12/adult

We realize Easter was last weekend but hey, why not go a second round of egg hunts?? Find out if marshmallow peeps really grow on trees at the Great Country Farms Egg Hunt and Marshmallow Harvest, April 2-3! Visit the farm, peek at the new baby animals, and let the little ones “harvest” some marshmallows to roast with Farmer Bob! This fun event will also include wagon rides and egg hunts {included with paid admission}, with over 18,000 filled eggs waiting to be found! Be sure to find the age-appropriate egg hunt for your little one in our event details link below. Enjoy playing on rope swings or a giant jumping pillow, zooming down 80-foot slides, playing a round of putt-putt, enjoying a country hayride, and much more! Event details here.

Go Colonial!

Where: Claude Moore Colonial Farm, 6310 Georgetown Pike McLean VA
When: Saturday & Sunday April 2-3, 2016 10am - 4:30pm
Admission: $3/adults, $2/ages 3 and up, FREE for 2 and under

The Claude Moore Colonial Farm opens for the first weekend of its 2016 season, welcoming visitors to explore family life on a pre-Revolutionary War working farm. There is a tobacco barn, farm house, garden, orchard, and animals. Guests can also interact with a family portraying life as it was back then. Event details here.

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Where: Verizon Center, Washington DC
When: Saturday & Sunday April 2-3, 2016
Admission: Check participating ticket vendors for ticket prices.

Prepare to witness amazing circus feats and spectacles of strength so grand you once thought them to be unbelievable. Ringling Bros has combed the globe to find the most skilled circus masters for their show, LEGENDS. Be it the most majestic animals you’ve ever seen, the most exotic performers from faraway lands, or the most fearless daredevils that take danger to unheard of levels, this show has no equal anywhere. Event details here.

Whatever your plans are this weekend, enjoy them to the fullest and be safe!

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