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Exploring Seattle with Kids 👶
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items As a Seattle mom, I love exploring this vibrant city with my family. From lush parks to engaging museums, there's something for everyone. Here are 20 of our favorite kid-friendly spots, categorized for easy planning.
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🤸 Indoor Play Spaces
🎭 Cultural Enrichment
🌳 Outdoor Adventures
🧪 Educational Experiences
🎉 Seasonal Events
🤸 Indoor Play Spaces
These play spaces save us when Seattle’s rains keep us inside. They’re kid-friendly spaces where my kids can expel kinetic energy and I can sit back knowing they’re having fun.
PlayDate SEA has a huge indoor climbing area and slides. My kids play here for hours, and I like that there is a café where I can have a coffee and keep an eye on them. It's a win-win! Tips: Socks are Mandatory: Always carry a pair of socks for the k...
PlayDate SEA
KidsQuest in Bellevue is good for small kids. They can get a real-life play of science, art and water. The smiles on their faces as they play around is priceless, and a great day out that is also educational. Tips: Wear Change of Clothes: It gets a l...
KidsQuest Children's Museum
This place is amazing for the kids to play and jump and bounce and slide to their hearts content. And it’s energetic play that exhausts them, for the very best. And it’s got tables where I can sit and enjoy or just take part in the fun. Tips: No Sock...
Arena Sports Magnuson
To have a special indoor experience, we’re big fans of the Seattle Pinball Museum. I get to have a memory-jog, the kids get to play all day. We collide in friendly battles and marvel at the number of machines. Tips: Admission Includes Play: No need t...
Seattle Pinball Museum
MoPOP is a neologism full of music, science fiction and pop culture that keeps my older kids and me rapt. The interactive shows, especially the Sound Lab where you can practice instruments, are very fun. Tips: Family Tickets: Discounts are available....
Museum of Pop Culture
🎭 Cultural Enrichment
I think having other cultures and the arts, in my own kids, helps them live more freely and see the world. It is so easy to learn from each other here in Seattle and be culturally fertile together.
There is something magical about seeing a show at Seattle Children’s Theatre. The shows are beautiful, the children get their hands on them and there’s a good deal of back-and-forth afterwards. Tips: Age Recommended: Be sure to choose a show that is ...
Seattle Children's Theatre
To visit the International District is like traveling in miniature. We eat real food, we go to the Wing Luke Museum, we attend festivals. It’s such a great way to show my kids the world and cultures. Tips: Go to Uwajimaya: A great Asian supermarket, ...
Chinatown-International District - Visit Seattle
The Nordic Museum is a great way to get acquainted with the history and culture of the Nordic nations. The exhibits and family activities are fun and informative. And we have even done a little traditional art on workshops. Tips: Family Workshops: Ch...
National Nordic Museum
🌳 Outdoor Adventures
I absolutely love going out with my family. There are no limit to what we can do, play and commune with nature in Seattle’s natural wonderland. These are the activities of the nature that have been preserved in our memories, be it the hiking through ...
Why We Love It: Discovery Park is our city-tea but without being really away. It has more than 500 acres of trails, beaches and meadows where families can enjoy a family hike and picnic. My kids are ecstatic when we go to the lighthouse and search fo...
Discovery Park
Why We Love It: My children have loved the Woodland Park Zoo since they were toddlers. The look on their faces when they see lions, giraffes and penguins is indescribable. This is a really good education because it’s all conservation at the zoo, and ...
Woodland Park Zoo
Green Lake Park is our family’s weekend escape. We love walking or biking the 2.8-mile circumnavigation of the lake, and in the summertime you have to rent paddle boats! There are kids that like to feed the ducks and you feel a very community vibe. T...
Green Lake Park
If you’re looking for a city-free beach day, Alki Beach is the place to be. We build sand castles, kites and marvel at the phenomenal cityscape of Seattle. Evening walks at sunset are particularly magic and we’ve even started buying ice-cream at a lo...
Alki Beach Park
The Seattle Aquarium has a sea-world my kids can’t get enough of. They are a fan of touch pools where you can touch sea life. Every single time we get to see these play-along sea otters, we all love it, and we get to learn about sea creatures. Tips: ...
Seattle Aquarium
🧪 Educational Experiences
I love to encourage my kids to have interests and Seattle has the best teaching where learning is exciting. These are places where we can gather for science, history and culture – and spend rich times with one another that we all remember fondly.
Showers (and we do have lots!) are perfect for Pacific Science Center visits. The demonstrations take my children ages. Whether it’s the butterfly house or experimental fun, they can get to learn all about science and the world. Tips: Check the Times...
Pacific Science Center
We always leave impressed at the Museum of Flight. You can visit old planes, even board a decommissioned Air Force One, which is exciting for the whole family. My kids absolutely love to pretend to be pilots and the displays make you want to ask anyt...
The Museum of Flight
This is the Burke Museum and it is a wonderful trip back in time. My children love the dinosaur bones and the culture museum. You can’t help but be inspired by watching researchers in the open labs. Tips: Engage in Workshops: Family events are hands-...
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Imagineers frolic here at the Seattle Children’s Museum. I bring my children because of the kids’ grocery store and construction area. It’s so fun to see them being creative, developing socialization, and having a ball. Tips: Discounts on Admission: ...
Seattle Children's Museum
Our love is quiet afternoons in the Central Library. The children's section is very inviting and we keep returning because the number of books are enormous. We go to storytimes from time-to-time, which are wonderful, interactive times. Tips: Story Ti...
Seattle Public Library - Central Library
🎉 Seasonal Events
And Seattle, I’m crazy about all the seasonal festivals. They unite the village and provide different experiences that are family traditions for us.
From the Seattle Great Wheel you can see all over the city and Puget Sound. Particularly sweet around the holidays when the wheel gets covered in lights. My kids get so excited every time we go on it! Tips: Dress Warmly: It can be cold during the eve...
The Seattle Great Wheel
Pike Place Market is more than a market; it is an experience. We’re addicted to watching the fishmongers lob the fish, eating the fresh fruit, and shopping in the curio stores. When it is on holidays the decorations are also very charming. Tips: Fres...
Pike Place Market