The Fall 2007 KIDS FEST is just a few days away! Come to Madison Square Park for a fun-filled Saturday. The Madison Square Park Conservancy is excited to host this wonderful festival for children and their families. The festival begins at 10 a.m. and will conclude at 3 p.m. Children will be able to make their way through the Spooky Maze and, at the end, pick-up a free pumpkin at the Pumpkin Patch. There will be fun egg crate critters that children can make and decorate as well as MAD.SQ. PARK coloring sheets for children to color away. MAD. SQ. BINGO, featuring fun facts about the park, will take place at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

apple seeds will present its science class, OOOHHH!!! AAAHHH!! IIICCCKKK!!!, at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. & 2 p.m. (Please sign-up at the apple seeds table). Sababa Toys will be on hand to present and raffle the “It’s a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” game throughout the day. At 11 a.m., Hugh McMahon will present a unique and intricate pumpkin carving demonstration. Clowns from the "Big Apple Circus: Clowns to Go" will lead the Halloween Parade that starts at 12 noon, so make sure children are dressed in costume! No costume? Then children can have their face painted by Vital Children’s Theatre. Last but not least, KIDS FEST would not be complete without great live entertainment. The following groups will perform at the Time Out New York Kids Stage: The Deedle Deedle Dees at 10:30 a.m., TADA! Youth Theater at 12:30 p.m. and Opus Ditty and the Hoedown Gang at 1:30 p.m.

KIDS FEST is presented by the Madison Square Park Conservancy and New York Life with additional support from our friends and neighbors: Time Out New York Kids Magazine, apple seeds, Con Ed, Fidelity Investments, Sababa Toys, Whole Foods Market Chelsea, Vital Children’s Theatre and the Big Apple Circus: Clowns to Go.