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I love Greentrike, the backbone nonprofit to this museum. It’s one of the only donation based entry kids museums in the country. So it’s free if you don’t donate. But if you can afford please give something because it goes towards amazing youth progr...
Children's Museum of Tacoma
This place is huge. Has a ton of selection for food and drinks too. Lockers are available if needed and there’s an activity for every age level. Indoor and outdoor. So many cool things!! Paid street parking is available.
Hands On Children's Museum | Olympia, Washington Home Page
You can see dear when you drive around 5-Mile loop often. SAMI, a high school, is located here too. The ferry dock to get to vashon is here and parks. It’s a huge place
Point Defiance Zoo
They have a huge picnic shelter you can reserve, plus a newer facility that fits about 30 people with lots of large individual bathrooms to use. During summer we rent kayaks and they come with life vests!
Owen Beach
An old school theater that’s super cute and kids tickets are $7! So affordable.
Blue Mouse Theatre
We like ordering breakfast from the restaurant inside and there’s mini golf inside too!
Tower Lanes Entertainment Center
Great indoor playground, private rooms to rent for birthday’s, and an indoor/outdoor play space for older kids with a huge climbing structure. Metro parks schedules some dance lessons out of here too.
STAR Center
Gorgeous views!
Chambers Creek Regional Park
Such a pretty place to walk, play, rent a bike to ride, and get ice cream at ice cream social on site. Parking is free now! If you walk all the way down to the park there are huge blue 🛝 slides the kids can play on.
Ruston Way Waterfront | Things to do, Parks & Restaurants
The family that owns this has supported my families business and community events I’ve put on like the Tacoma Children’s Business Fair! We always have a good time painting and coming back in a week to pick up the final product!
The Painting Panda Pottery Studio
I host these events quarterly for the kids and it’s so fun! Kids get to launch a business venture for a day and learn a ton of skills in a low stakes environment where they’re the decision-makers for the day.
Children's Business Fair 5101 Yacht Club Rd, Tacoma, WA 98407, USA
Such a fun store! Small things can be just a few cents. You can also rent their button maker for cheap.
Tinkertopia , LLC.
The owner was a previous janes fellow, I was class 11. He does awesome work in community and offers such fun and unique makers spaces for everyone. A fun place to rent for an affordable price for a birthday party or event!
Toolbox Laboratories
One of Tacoma’s only coworking spaces for parents and their kids! They hold a ton of cool community events also.
The Pod Works
So many awesome shows for extremely cheap!!
Pierce College Science Dome
This just opened! This is the only thing of its kind on the Eastside for us.
Urban Air Adventure & Trampoline Park - Tacoma, WA
Ok this one is not in Tacoma Pierce County but it’s about 30-40 minutes out. And so fun. You can do a gondola ride together and then get lunch at the summit!
Mt. Rainier Gondola Ride
Ok I might delete this rec because there’s only so many spots for members each season lol! But we LOVE Oakbrook. It’s in Lakewood so very close to where we’re at in Tacoma. Also much more affordable than the country club. The pool is open every day f...
Oakbrook Swim and Tennis Club
Before joining Oakbrook swim and tennis club we would go to Kandle Pool! It’s very clean and has a great snack shack to buy from. Plus it’s extremely affordable, I want to say like $5 to enter. Only down side is there’s a 2 hour limit and then you ha...
Kandle Pool