Do you need something fun to do with the kids this weekend? We’ve found family friendly adventures all around Tacoma, Auburn, Lakewood, and your part of the South Sound for this Saturday and Sunday.
Links are provided so you can confirm details before you head out! Thank you for doing that!
All Over
Barnes and Noble story time Most area stores offer a story time for children 2-5 at 11am. We do suggest confirming with yours as we have found participation to be inconsistent. It’s The President of the Jungle today. Many stores also have a baby story time on Sundays you may want to check out.
McClendon Hardware Build A Birdhouse
Join us for this FREE kids’ workshop at any of our seven locations!
Budding ornithologists, here’s a flight of fancy! Kiddos will make a hand-crafted birdhouse using nothing but PVC pipe, imagination & non-toxic paint in a project perfect for every yard. No registration required for this free event. See you here!
South King County
The Highline Mast Aquarium at Redondo is back open small, free aquarium with touch tanks for the kids! Discovery Day from 10am-2pm
Creating Music: A Symphony of Fun 2-3PM at the Auburn Library Ages 5 and older, adults and younger siblings welcome. Join members of the Auburn Symphony for an interactive program about how music is composed.
The Nature of Poetry: Celebrating African American Poets
Saturday, February 15, 2020 3-4PM at Renton Highlands
Celebrate poetry written by African American poets and explore the theme of nature and how it inspired the poets to express their love for the seasons, the oceans, the trees and flowers. The workshop will also include guided writing activities to help students write about their favorite things in nature.
Auburn Avenue Kids: The Magic of Jeff Evans 2PM Tickets 10.00
Kid friendly magic that’s fun for adults, too! He’s great! Tickets online or by phone.
Sweetheart Swim at the Covington Aquatic Center
Bring a friend to this 2-hour Valentine’s Day themed swim at Covington Aquatic Center on Saturday, February 15, 2020. This is event is for the entire family where guests can take on the inflatable octopus, play games, and win prizes. Drop-in admission is $5-per-pair of guests (accompanied children under the age of 4 are free). Arrive early to secure your space.
All ages welcome with adult.
Want to try block building on a larger scale? Come explore Imagination Playground’s big blue blocks. These lightweight foam blocks are great for creations large or small and even more fun when they come tumbling down!
Greater Pierce County
Read to a Dog – Read to Hooke or Ada! Saturday, February 15: 12:00pm – 1:00pm at Milton/Edgewood
Share a book with a furry friend while improving your reading skills.
Something’s Happening Saturdays Saturday, February 15: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Something’s going on all day at the Graham Library! Will it be games? Crafts? Building? Drop by and find out!
Wild Child Weekends at Northwest Trek
Wild Child Weekends is the perfect time to get your own kids close to nature at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, where two kids 12 or under get in FREE for every adult paying general admission at the front gate on weekends, Presidents’ Day and Feb. 29. Starts February 1st and runs through the 29th.
Feeling cabin fever? Northwest Trek is the best place to work out the winter wiggles. Ride a heated tram through our 435-acre Free-Roaming Area to spy moose and bison. Stretch your wings at Eagle Passage. Build a stick fort. Slide down a rope or climb a stump at Kids’ Trek. More here
Bring the family to Northwest Trek Wildlife Park! Up to two kids (ages 12 and under) are free with each paying adult on weekends, Presidents’ Day and Feb. 29. Gate tickets only.
Tacoma-Also includes University Place and Lakewood
Family nature walk at McKinley Park10AM
Advance registration now required for these free walks with volunteer naturalists. Not suitable for strollers; perfect for ages 3 and up.
Bring your family for an aquatic night-time adventure to explore mysterious marine life below the docks at the Point Defiance Marina. Learn about sculpin, herring, and many other fish that swim under the marina! Warm-up afterward with hot cocoa.
- Pre-registration required.
- Ages 8 and older
- $10 per person
PDZA Love at the Zoo 9:30AM – 4:00PM
The third Saturday of each month, The Grand Cinema welcomes guests of all ages to a family-friendly movie for free! Doors open at 9:30 am and movies start at 10:00 am. Seating is first-come, first-served. All children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult. It’s the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory today.
Blooming Kids Play Day and Shop
monthly free, community playday. Coffee and conversations are free and there is no pressure to purchase. Consign items; find new treasures. BK will offer a special formal wear inventory in COLABoration with South Sound Family Formal at the STAR center, taking place the following Saturday. Come find your fancy attire for the big night!! The Pod Works will also have a selection of women’s formal dresses, yours with donation!
You do need to register and pay for these, but they are open to members and community members. 1st and 3rd Saturdays September-May if you want to try in the future.
LeMay Family STEAM at LeMay ACM Special activities the 3rd Saturday of the month included with admission
Free Astronomy Event with the Tacoma Astronomical Society
The Tacoma Astronomical Society hosts free public viewing sessions each month at Pierce College Ft. Steilacoom, Rainier Building, Science Dome Indoor lectures, demonstrations, and workshops are available at public nights regardless of the weather. 7:30-9 On nights with clear skies, TAS volunteers provide telescopic observations of the Moon, planets, star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, double stars and more. Free but donations gladly accepted
Gig Harbor
Learn what makes your fingerprints unique, use microscopes to investigate tissues and cells, and meet Cal, the PCLS skeleton.
Olympia
Family story time at the Olympia Library
Wetland Day and Treatment Plant Tour at the LOTT WET Science Center
What do wastewater treatment plants and wetlands have in common? They improve water quality! Celebrate wetlands and tour our wastewater treatment plant at 1 pm. Tour participants must be 10 or older and wear sturdy closed shoes.
Number the Stars at Olympia Family Theater
Sunday
Block Party! Lego at the FW Library
The library provides the LEGO® bricks, you provide the fun! Build, create and share your masterpiece with fellow builders.
Daffodil Princess Princess Promenade Sunday, February 16th, 2020 at the Pioneer Park Pavilion Puyallup, WA Doors open at 2:30 pm, Program begins at 3 pm
Desserts and drinks will be served Tickets are available here crowning ceremony; performance; first official appearance of the season by the princesses in their full regalia
PDZA Love at the Zoo 9:30AM – 4:00PM
