kids activities

SOLD-OUT: The Strings: Holiday String-Along

SOLD-OUT: The Strings: Holiday String-Along

Make memories together as the string family creates a magical winter wonderland through classic sing-alongs and your favorite holiday music. Pre-concert activities will begin 30 minutes before each concert in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby. Show dates/times Dec. 8, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 9, 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

Solstice With Sasquatch

Solstice With Sasquatch

A special visitor makes a rare appearance at the Museum for this art-themed wintertime celebration. Enjoy cozy winter music, hot chocolate, candy making and art activities. Free with Museum membership and included with general admission.

My First Holiday Party

My First Holiday Party

Celebrate your baby’s 1st holiday with music, games, playtime and fun. Join teachers in this holiday themed event filled with games, activities, dances, adventures, swing time, and baby-safe gym equipment. Plus a special themed gift at the end. This is a parent-supervised event. Space is limited and advanced sign-up is required. Ages: 4mos-18mos (parent supervised event)

Disney on Ice Presents: Frozen & Encanto

Disney on Ice Presents: Frozen & Encanto

Embrace the magic of family in an all-new adventure that will spark your imagination in Disney on Ice Presents: Frozen and Encanto.  

Cooking with Kids: Halloween Candy Bars

Cooking with Kids: Halloween Candy Bars

Parents! Join The Pantry for an afternoon of cooking and mess-making with your little one! And just in time for Halloween – a class on making our favorite candy bars at home. Heather Newton will teach you the basics of chocolate and caramel work as you make your own versions of Snickers bars, Butterfinger bars,…

Rhody Garden Fall Foliage Festival- Oct. 28-29

Rhody Garden Fall Foliage Festival- Oct. 28-29

Enjoy guided tours, pop-up plant vendors, food trucks, a costume contest, and kids activities. Come see one of the finest displays of fall foliage color on the west coast. The large collection of Japanese maples, deciduous azaleas and other deciduous species never fails to produce a huge range of bright colors right before heading into…

Zoo Boo at Point Defiance Zoo

Zoo Boo at Point Defiance Zoo

Costumes, animals, candy and fun! Pumpkin crafting underwater, pumpkin carving templates. Spooky animal fun, ghostly games and yummy treats.

Eclipse Celebration Day: Meet a Scientist

Eclipse Celebration Day: Meet a Scientist

Celebrate all things outer space with PacSci on the day of the annular solar eclipse! Meet researchers and astronomy enthusiasts from across Washington state at hosted stations throughout the science center.

Halloween at the Aquarium 

Halloween at the Aquarium 

Experience a frighteningly fun time for the whole family at the Aquarium this Halloween. It’s no trick that we’ve got a special treat for our guests this year: Come meet characters from Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons and take photos with them.   And join for some of the Aquarium’s Halloween traditions like underwater pumpkin carving…

Ballard Halloween Carnival

Ballard Halloween Carnival

Early Bird gets the gummy worm! Crafts, music, food, games, prizes and fun. There is something here for everyone. Come try your luck while there is still time. For families with young children.  Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash

Día de Muertos Festival Seattle 

Día de Muertos Festival Seattle 

The festival offers performances, elaborate altars, colorful face-painting, sugar skull workshops, visual art, and more. Photo by Mario Mendez on Unsplash

Fossil Finders: Fossil Fashion

Fossil Finders: Fossil Fashion

It’s Burke-or-Treat time!   Celebrate Halloween and National Fossil Day by dressing up like your favorite fossil. Bring your costume from home or make costume crafts at the Burke. Transform into a T. rex, become a beautiful ancient flower, make-believe you’re a mysterious sea creature — there are millions of years and millions of organisms to…

Tot Carnival

Tot Carnival

Age at least 4 yrs but less than 5 yrs. Have your tots try on their Halloween costumes and join in some pre-Halloween fun. Our mini carnival will have games, treats, and fun for all. Costumes are optional but encouraged! Photo by Taylor Kopel on Unsplash

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