Making Faces Mankato

October is another busy month for us with mostly private events but here are some you can catch us at this month 🎃

Saturday Oct 3rd-Party on the Prairie (North Mankato @ Benson Park) 2-6pm

Saturday Oct 10th-Historyfest @ McGowan’s farm 10am-4pm

Monday Oct 12th-North Mankato Farmer’s Market 3-6pm

Friday Oct 16th-Mankato Marathon 3:30-5pm

Sunday Oct 18th-Heritage Acres in Fairmont 12-2pm

and of course….the amazing annual Trunk or Treat at Snell Motors in Mankato 2-6pm!

After a busy season of mostly private events we’ve got lots going on in the next few weeks!Aubrey & Jade will be painting in downtown Redwood Fall today from 11-2 ❤️

Don’t forget to visit us at the fair this Friday for Kid’s Day! Face painting, balloons, and a few other sparkly surprises ✨
11am-7pm

Face painting, foam parties, and firetrucks! Oh my! Lots of free fun at the Blue Earth County Fair coming up this week! Kids day on Friday is a day you won't want to miss!

This just in!!! Here are 2 more public events that have just been added to our July calendar 😎
We’ll be at Hy-Vee in St. Peter this Saturday July 25th from 10am-1pm! There will be free face painting & balloons, bouncy houses, and even free food for the kids along with local food trucks. The other event is a corn feed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Smiths Mill next Wednesday night July 29th from 5-7pm 🌽 We’ll be doing face painting and balloons there as well!

Thank you to all of you who came out to our many 4th of July events! Here is what we’ve got so far for upcoming public events 😊

Saturday July 11th-Chaska Fire & Ice Festival 12-4pm Chaska (Firemen’s Park)

Thursday July 16th- Music in the Park 5:30-7:30pm Wheeler Park North Mankato

Saturday July 18th- Farm & City Days 11am-2pm in New Richland

Saturday July 18th-
Tator Days 2-4pm in Eagle Lake

Saturday July 18th- Watonwan County Fair 1-4pm in St James

Friday July 24th-
Blue Earth County Fair Kids Day 11am-7pm in Garden City

Friday July 24th-
Cologne MN 5-8pm

Saturday July 25th- Paddlefish Days 11am-5pm in Madison Lake

TBD-July 28th or 29th corn feed in Smith’s Mill

Saturday August 1st-
2nd Annual Day of Thunder Car Show & Family Day 12-5pm in Good Thunder MN
* This event will include a free kids carnival with lots of activities & prizes sponsored by Making Faces Mankato ❤️

Tuesday August 4th- Kasota 5-7pm

Tuesday August 4th- Elysian 5:30-7:30

Thursday August 6th- Faribault Pet Parade 6:30-9pm in Faribault

Friday August 7th- Wells Kernel Days 5-8pm in Wells

Friday August 7th- Movies in the park 7-9pm North Mankato

Saturday August 8th- Wells Kernel Days 12-3pm in Wells

Saturday August 8th- Cottonwood County Fair 11am-2pm in Windom

Saturday August 8th- Pemberton 1-3pm

Sunday August 9th- Cherry Creek Days
10am-12:30pm in Cleveland MN

Sunday August 9th- Heritage Acres 12-2pm in Fairmont

Friday August 14th- Brown County Fair 10am-2pm in New Ulm

Saturday August 15th- Beyond the Yellow Ribbon event 12-2pm North Mankato American Legion

Saturday August 15th- Mankato Golf Club Poolside 5-8
members only

Monday August 17th- Woodstone Senior Living Alzheimer’s Awareness event 4-7pm in New Ulm

Thursday August 20th- Mankato Ballet 5-7pm

Saturday August 22nd- New Ulm Farmers Market 9am-12pm

Saturday August 22nd- Summerfest 11am-4pm in Sleepy

Monday September 7th- Godahl Days 1:30-3:30 in Godahl MN

Saturday September 12th-
Amboy Days 12-3pm

Saturday September 12th-
New Ulm Farmers Market 9am-12pm

Saturday September 12th-
Zummerfest 12-4pm in Hamburg MN

Saturday September 19th- Lasting Imprint 10am-12pm Spring Lake Park North Mankato

Sunday September 27th- St John’s Vivianney 12-2pm in Fairmont

Saturday October 3rd- Party on the Prairie 2-6pm @ Benson Park North Mankato

Wednesday thru Saturday October 7th-10th HISTORYFEST @ Jack McGowan Farm 10am-4pm

Friday October 16th- Mankato Marathon 3:30-5pm

Thursday October 29th- Snell Motors annual Trunk or Treat 2-6pm

Watch for new events being added daily!

Come see us tonight at lake days in lake crystal! We’ll be face painting and balloon twisting from 4-8pm hope to see you there😎

After a super busy spring/start of summer we figured we should get to posting some public events! Better late than never 😉 So far, for the remainder of June you can catch one of our teams at the following:

6/12/26-Movies in the Park-Spring Lake Park North Mankato 7-9

6/13/26-Interlaken Heritage Days, Gomsrud Park in Fairmont 10-4

6/13/26-Mapleton 10-2

6/13/26-Mankato Golf Club poolside 5-8

6/18/26-Lake Days in Lake Crystal 4-8

6/20/26-Straight River Days in Medford 11-3

6/20/26-Lewisville 6-8

6/20/26-Janesville 6-8

6/23/26-Mountain Lake Pow Wow 2-6

6/27/26 Artsplash @ Wheeler Park in North Mankato 11-3

6/27/26-Blue Heron Days in Heron Lake 3-6

6/28/26-St Clair Days 1-4

6/29/26-Arlington Farmers Market 4-7

We’ll post dates for July & August soon 😎

Friday’s event is being postponed until Feb 6th due to the cold weather being forecasted so we’ll see you then, stay warm everyone!

📢 Due to the extreme cold temperatures forecasted for this Friday, January 23rd, we are postponing our Family Fun Night. Join us on Friday, February 6th for a fantastic Carnival Night at the Y! 🎪

We’ll be joining the fun at the YMCA this Friday!
Y members come on out from 5-7. Nevermind this MN weather, we’ve got a few hot new tropical designs we can’t wait to try out 😎

Family Fun Night is coming to the Y!
Join us for a FREE Carnival Night filled with games, prizes, an inflatable, and a snack!
📅 Friday, Jan. 23
⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Members only — bring the whole family for a night of fun!