Rhonda's List: Things To Do With Children

Seattle -- Indoors, Further Away From Central Seattle

  • Hands On Children's Museum
    106 11th Ave SW
    Olympia, WA ("next to the state capitol", "30 minutes from Tacoma, 1 hour from Seattle")
    360-956-0818
    www.hocm.org

  • Children's Museum of Tacoma
    936 Broadway Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98402
    253-627-6031

  • KiDiMu Kids Discovery Museum
    305 Madison Ave, Suite C
    Bainbridge Island, WA
    206-855-4650
    www.kidimu.org

  • Children's Museum of Skagit County
    550 Cascade Mall Drive
    Burlington, WA 98233 (about 65 miles, 1 hour 10 minutes driving from Seattle)
    360-757-8888
    www.skagitchildrensmuseum.net

  • Whatcom Children's Museum
    227 Prospect St
    Bellingham, WA
    360-733-8769
    www.whatcommuseum.org

  • Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park and resort
    20500 Old Highway 99 SW, Grand Mound, WA 98531 (about 75 miles southeast of Seattle, about 1.5 hours driving)
    360-273-7718, 800-640-WOLF(9653)
    wainfo@greatwolf.com
    greatwolflodge.com/Locations/Grandmound/

  • Silver Rapids Indoor Waterpark at Silver Mountain Resort
    610 Bunker Ave, Kellogg, Idaho 83837 (about 350 miles, about 5 hours driving from Seattle)
    866-344-2675, 866-560-7991, 800-204-6428
    silvermt.com

  • Super Jump Party Zone
    Inflated play structures. Book for partys or drop-in, see schedule on web site.
    13701 24th St East, Bldg F-7, Sumner, WA 98390 (about 30 miles from Seattle, about 30 minutes driving from Seattle)
    253-826-ZONE (9663)
    management@superjumppartyzone.com
    superjumppartyzone.com

  • Fife History Museum
    2820 54th Ave E, Fife, WA 98424
    253-896-4710
    Limited hours, phone to check schedule.

  • Tot Spot Cafe
    17802 134th Ave NE, Suite 6, Woodinville, WA 98072 (about 20 miles, about 25 minutes drive, from Seattle)
    425-488-2795
    info@totspotcafe.com
    www.totspotcafe.com
    "The Tot Spot offers creative indoor play for children birth to 5 years." The 2500 square foot facility has three play areas for infants, crawlers, and walkers. Playroom Attendants monitor children so you can eat, read, work, or visit, or you can play, too. Available for drop-in play, play groups by reservation, and private parties; check the web site or phone for schedule and prices. Food and coffee drinks available.

  • Neely Mansion
    12303 Auburn-Black Diamond Road (just east of the Highway 18 Auburn-Black Diamond Road exit)
    (253) 833-9404
    www.neelymansion.org

    "two-story Victorian Classic Revival farmhouse now known as Neely Mansion, completing the project in 1894. The Neely farm consisted of 200 surrounding acres on which he operated a dairy and planted an orchard, portions of which remain today."

    "listed on the National Register for Historic Places"

  • Museum of Glass
    1801 Dock Street, Tacoma, WA 98402
    866.4MUSEUM (866.468.7386)
    www.museumofglass.org

    "The Museum entrance is on the waterway side of the building, not the street side."

    "Experience contemporary glass art in a breathtakingly beautiful museum on Tacoma's revitalized waterfront. Feel the heat as you watch a team of artists create masterpieces from molten glass in the world's largest Hot Shop -- housed inside the iconic 90-foot stainless steel cone -- and marvel at edgy and inspiring exhibitions of glass in the galleries. With its striking architecture, majestic outdoor art installations, the remarkable Chihuly 'Bridge of Glass' and the finest Museum Store around, the Museum of Glass IS Tacoma's cultural landmark."

  • Tacoma Glass Blowing Studio
    (4 blocks from The Museum of Glass)
    114 S 23rd St, Tacoma, WA 98402
    253-383-3499
    www.tacomaglassblowing.com

    "View live glassblowing"

    "The Glassblowing Experience: Create your own art glass (no experience necessary). Experience the the magic of hot glass"