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Win A Family Pass To The Hands On Children’s Museum In Olympia

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Let’s cruise into the weekend with a giveaway that has, “Summer Day Trip,” written all over it!

First, are you looking for a great daycamp for kids who love art, science, or using their imaginations?

The Hands On Children’s Museum in Olympia offers unique programs and topics you just won’t find elsewhere. 

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At the museum’s camps kids might find themselves planting seeds, inventing robots, identifying rocks, dusting for fingerprints, or painting a masterpiece. The Hands On Children’s Museum’s caring staff members are also subject area experts, and your curious kids will be learning and discovering while they’re having a ball.

There are tons of choices to choose from, with something sure to appeal to your little one.

Camps are available for children in preschool through 4th grade, and half day camps can be combined for a full day experience.

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All camps are reasonably priced and include instruction from their outstanding staff and plenty of time in the amazing museum.

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And, seriously-if you haven’t been to the Hands On Children’s Museum in a while, you should get there soon! It’s a treasure for those of you near Olympia, and definitely a worthy day trip for those of you a bit further. Henry could pretty much live there. Here is a review we wrote when they first re-opened. It has some good tips you’ll want to read before you go.  There is also lots of new, outdoor fun at the HOCM.

We’d love to hear your review of your next visit!

But, wait……I mentioned a contest! Yep, our friends at the Hands On Children’s Museum are so excited about their camps that they’ve given us FIVE family passes to give away to FIVE lucky winners. I just love a contest where lots of readers get to win.

Each pass will let in up to two adults and three children. Yay!

Ready to enter?

Here’s what to do!

  • For a first, required entry, check out the camps at the Hands-On Children’s Museum and leave a comment on this post telling us which of them your child would like the most!
  • For a second, optional entry, check out any of the Other camps in our Summer Camp guide-you’ll find a whole bunch of choices in the menu bar by hovering over, “Summer Camps.” Leave a comment telling us what other great camps might appeal to someone at your house!
  • For a third, optional entry, follow Keri on the new Sounds Fun Mom Instagram. Then come leave a comment here, and tell us you did so!
  • All entries must be left as comments on this post. To improve your odds, each should be left as a separate comment. If you’ve never commented before, it will first go to me to moderate before you see it here. I do have to be offline some today, but don’t panic. I promise it will be there.

Good Luck!

Disclosure: I was provided with the passes for this giveaway and in kind publicity in exchange for this post. Premium listers in our guide have paid a fee to be included. We hope you’ll consider supporting the great businesses that support us!  By entering you agree you are eligible to enter this contest. I will mail you your prize; you are responsible for its use.

Comments

  4. What a great opportunity. My son would love to go to the Lego robotics and my daughter would love the photography one. Thanks for the chance to win.

  6. The other camps my kids would like are the horse riding camp( it starts with a k lol I don’t remember the name now) for my daughter and bricks 4 kids camp for my son.

  11. my daughter would also like the grand slam baseball/softball summer camp from your list.

  13. So many awesome themes at the children’s museum for each week of camp, there were a ton my little guy would find enjoyable! Rock out, Furry friends, up up and away and splash splash splosh all looked like great options for him.

  14. Went to the “summer camp guides” – I didn’t realize The little gym & frog and kiwi both have summer camps for little ones, thats awesome! My little guy would love both of those! If only olympia wasn’t so far bc they have a fantastic facility as well.

  18. My son would love tinker time camp (and most of the others as well)! I love that they offer full day with care for us working families!

  20. My son would like Splish, Splash, Splosh. He likes anything to do with water.

  31. There are a few options that look fun but no doubt the Up Up and Away camp would be the big winner for my 4 year old – visit from a Huey and make your own gliders to launch in the wind tunnel? Yes and yes

  32. Our other summer camp option from the summer camp list here would be a sports camp like those challenger sport soccer camps

  35. So many amazing camps… Skyhawks would be great for my active boys. I’d love to see them do horse riding… or maybe photography, so they can teach me 😉

  36. My son would love the garden eats camp. He’s been begging me to find him a cooking camp/class to take!

  38. Thanks for the summer camp guide! I found a perfect for for my son- the culinary camp at the tacoma Childrens museum!

  39. My kids love Mo Willems books, so the Don’t let the kids drive the bus camp would be a blast.

  44. My girls would really enjoy the nature camps at the Tacoma Nature Center!

  46. We are interested in several camps like Dino Days, Fairy Tale Science, and Shadow Play.

  47. We have already looked at your camp guide many times as we were building our summer calendar. We have signed up for lego camps in Tacoma. We’re looking forward to that and possibly a frozen ballet camp.

  49. My girls would love Farm to Table for sure! They absolutely love to help me cook!

  50. The other camp my girls would enjoy is from the Little Gym of Pullyalup and they would love the Gymnastics class.

  52. My preschooler would love any of these camps, but right now I think Dino Days would speak to him most.

  53. We are also going to check out the summer camps at The Tacoma Nature Center.

  57. My four year old would love any of the camps really but I think favorites would be the cooking or the water ones. My 8 year old would love the farm to table!

  59. My 8 year old would love the grand slam camp. I didn’t even know about that so thank you for putting this guide together!

  60. My niece would love the farm to table camp! She loves getting dirty in the garden 🙂

  61. The Sounders camp would be fun this summer, it’s time to start looking for a sport Ev will love 🙂 I also liked the camps at the little gym, they are such a fun place (we go in Federal Way)

  63. My children love your museum! They would enjoy ANY of your camps as long as they could there 🙂

  64. My kiddos haven’t been to this museum yet. We would love to spend some time here.

  66. What an AWESOME giveaway!! And now I want to sign my little ones up for all those camps! ? The Fairytale Science camp looks like something my kids would love. I checked out the other camps you posted about, and I definitely think we’ll do one of those 2 day zoo camps for my preschooler. Ahhhh, I just love summer!!

  67. Mt kids would live the messy masterpieces camp! The are always begging to do arts and crafts.

  68. My youngest son would love Tend Gather and Grow. My middle son would like CSI Crime Stoppers. 🙂

  71. My daughter would love to attend either “Point Defiance Zoo Summer Camps” or “Bricks 4 Kidz Camps”

  74. My son absolutely loves the Hands On museum. He learned how to ride a tricycle there at a birthday party.

  78. I think my 2 girls would love Fury Friends both my girls are HUGE animal lovers!

  79. I’m a recent addition to your instagram account. Which i saw a post today, which reminded me to check out your web site. I’d actually like to see more posts about upcoming events! 🙂

  80. We’ve debated trying out PDZA camps, still on the fence about it, anyone have input that has had a seller experience?

  81. We’ve debated trying out PDZA camps, still on the fence about it, anyone have input that has had a seller experience? My girls love animals.

  82. Both my boys have done zoo camps in the past and really enjoyed them. There is usually an animal encounter or a behind-the-scenes tour, and I think the other activities are well done, too. The staff seemed older and more professional compared to some other day camps we’ve tried. Keep in mind that some popular sessions/weeks fill quite a bit earlier than others. hth!
    Maegen

  84. My 4 year old son would love the Rock Out camp at the children’s museum! He is obsessed with anything music related!

  87. Both of my little ones would probably love the Splish, Splash, Splosh day camp the most!

  95. My girls would enjoy rock out camp, and kinder kitchen, CSI crime stoppers.