South Sound Weekend Kids’ Calendar: Family Fun and Things To Do June 20th-22nd!

It’s a great weekend for family fun around the South Sound. The list this weekend is full of outdoor adventures and things to do with the kids in Puyallup, Tacoma, Gig Harbor, Olympia, and just about everywhere else around the South Sound.  Lots of them are Free, too!

For Seattle or Portland area fun you’ll want to check out the fantastic list over at ThriftyNWmom compiled by the newest member of their frugal finding team, Annaliese of Grays Harbor Deals! She’s found some good ones this week!

 Friday

It’s Kids’ Day in Auburn  Inflatables, booths, entertainment, and more! Free!  We’ve done this and had lots of fun, though the lines for the inflatables are Immense. If you can talk your kids out of those, you’ll be in business!

Seussical the Musical in Auburn   Also Saturday

Meeker Days begins in Puyallup

Recess Monkey Concert at Charles Wright Academy 6PM  FREE concert open to the public with the popular kindie rockers!

U Pick strawberries at Picha in Puyallup   I have a post here with details on doing u pick at Picha. 

Saturday

All Over

Kids’ Club at Michael’s Michael’s offers 30 minute craft sessions for kids for 2.00 from 10-11:30. It’s a How to Train Your Dragon Perler key chain today. I would not do this with young children as the little beads are small and a bit tricky for small hands. You may also want to read about their Passport to Imagination summer program-open for registration now.

Visit your farmer’s market!

More than two dozen events around the South Sound continue below the fold. Just click, “Continue Reading.”

South King County

Waterland Festival in Des Moines   Children’s carnival, pony rides, wooden boat show, and more! Whoops-not until July! My mistake! They do have a very cool, waterfront Farmer’s Market.

Seussical the Musical in Auburn Best loved Seuss stories brought to life. Last show

Touch tanks at HCC Mast at Redondo  Free and open to the public every Saturday from 10-2

Nordic Fest in Auburn Food, children’s activities

The Frog Prince  by Heavier Than Air theater at Green River

Open hours at Mary Olson Farm in Auburn

The sprayground at Les Gove in Auburn is on, and readers report the surface has been improved and seems less slick. Yay! Leave a report if you go!

Greater Pierce County- Puyallup/Sumner/Orting/Graham

Meeker Days!  Three day festival with live entertainment, kids’ activities, inflatables, booths, and more   If you aren’t going, be aware that this is right downtown, so plan a detour.

Summer Reading Kick-Off Party at the Puyallup Library with Rhubarb from the Tacoma Rainiers!  11AM  craft and photo op

Lego Building Madness at the Bonney Lake Library  11AM-3  Drop in and build with the library’s Legos and other materials.

Welcome Summer! at the Sumner Library sign up for summer reading, make a craft, enjoy a treat, and get a balloon animal!  10AM-4

Tacoma

Your spraygrounds are open!

Visit the Job Carr Cabin Museum in Old Town Open 1-4 Wednesdays-Saturdays  Small, cabin replica   A quick outing, but fun for children and free (donations welcome).

What’s Cooking at Fort Nisqually   Old fashioned cooking contests with chefs using skillets  over wood fires;  Included with admission.   I don’t know whether most kids would be interested in this, but the Fort is always fun to explore.

The Curt Show  at Tacoma Public Libraries  Yo-Yo tricks, tennis racket juggling, and other amazing fun. 11AM at Wheelock or 3PM at Moore  Free, drop-in event for all ages

The Lego Movie at the Main Library 1PM in the Olympic room  Free, drop-in   Kids need a grown-up along.

Children’s and all ages show at the science dome at Ft.Steilacoom  Low cost astronomy shows in an indoor planetarium cash only at the door, or buy online. Children’s show at 12:30 or 2 is on Pluto; all ages at 3:15 is Secret Life of Stars

Hot Dog Jump Rope at the Parkland/Spanaway Library 12:30   jump rope performance with audience participation  There is also Block Play at this library from 10AM-11:30 today.

Free outdoor movie at the LeMay Museum Bring a blanket, or watch from your car! It’s Cars tonight. Movie is free; food is available for purchase. Museum admission is Not included. This is the one by the Tacoma Dome. Parking begins around 4:30; showtime at dusk around 9. If you’ve done this before, I’d love some input!

Beyond

Slug Fest at Northwest Trek weekend of all things slug, including slug races, slug tattoos, a slug photo booth, and more. Included with admission. Also Sunday. Trek is a fun adventure, but admission is spendy. Consider a membership if you’d go two or more times. One can be added to an existing zoo membership.

 Dupont/Lacey/Olympia

Visit the new South Sound Estuarium  10AM-3PM    Free admission the last two weeks at this location before they move!

Visit the LOTT Wet Science Center  The center is free and open to the public every weekend. 1PM slide show followed by treatment plant tour for ages 10 and up-wear closed toe shoes. All ages crafts on food chains and wetlands available in the center all day.

Gig Harbor Area

Summer Reading Kick-Off Party at the Gig Harbor Library   10AM-3  Sign up for summer reading, make a button, play miniature golf in the library!

Shrek the Musical at Paradise Theater

The trolley is back!  .50, free for kids 5 and under.

Gig Harbor Farmer’s Market is now open!  Kids music is on the calendar for 9AM, though there aren’t any other details on that.

Water’s Xtreme Journey Exhibit continues at the Harbor History Museum

Craft at Michaels The Gig Harbor store does a craft for children every weekend. Call for details.

Kitsap readers may also enjoy Macaroni Kid Kitsap

Sunday

U Pick strawberries at Picha in Puyallup   I have a post here with details on doing u pick at Picha. 

Slug Fest at Northwest Trek weekend of all things slug, including slug races, slug tattoos, a slug photo booth, and more. Included with admission. Also Sunday. Trek is a fun adventure, but admission is spendy. Consider a membership if you’d go two or more times. One can be added to an existing zoo membership.

Half-Off Admission to Wild Waves with a donation of new clothing for Foster Kids.  Each member of your party needs a donation for the discount. Another option is to buy discounted tickets online for 14.99 through June.  The current regular admission price is 19.99.   One note for thrill seekers-some slides have been removed while they make room for new ones (scheduled to open in July).

Water’s Extreme Weekend at the Harbor History Museum 1-4PM Free admission for kids 17 and under and special run related to the current, “Water’s Extreme Journey,” exhibit

Meeker Days continues  in Puyallup

Crafts From the Past at Fort Nisqually  Local artisans demonstrate different crafts each weekend through September 3rd.  Included with admission. I think demos. will probably only interest older children, but kids of most ages enjoy exploring the fort. Sunday only this weekend, due to the cooking event on Saturday. It’s plant pressing today.  Included with admission

Gig Harbor Sunday Farmer’s Market at Skansie Brothers Park  Take a Trolly?  The STAR Center in S Tacoma also has their Sunday market now (it’s next to the new playground and sprayground).

Historic Fort Steilacoom is now open for Sunday tours 1-4PM through Labor Day Talk on the fort during the Civil War at 2PM today

Visit the new South Sound Estuarium in Olympia  10AM-3PM   

If you’ve been super busy like we have, you might have missed the roll out of this year’s great, big South Sound Summer Guide!  It’s all your favorite things for summer with the kids in one, great place! 

I also have a great list of summer camps in the menu bar, a round up of savings on family fun on the deal page, and much, much more! It’s a lot to take in-you might want to become a subscriber and tackle a little bit a day. We have lots of ways to subscribe via those cute buttons at the top, but I recommend the daily emails!

Photo via North Charleston   on Flickr   used under a creative commons license