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Things to do with kids

Indoors

  • REI Flagship store
  • PlayDate SEA (indoor play place SLU)
  • Outer Space Seattle (indoor play place Alki)
  • Jungle Gym
  • South center mall
  • Bellevue mall
  • Indoor tot gyms Seattle parks & rec
  • Space Needle
  • Kraken practice arena free skate
  • Planetarium at Seattle Center
  • YMCA Kid Zone
  • Climbing gym -> Bouldering Project
  • Seattle Aquarium
  • Zoomazium play area inside Woodland Park Zoo
  • Ice skating at (Kraken Community Iceplex)[https://www.krakencommunityiceplex.com/] in Northgate or any (Sno-King)[https://www.snokingicearenas.com/] location (Renton is good)
  • (Southgate Roller Rink)[http://www.southgaterollerrink.com/]

Outdoors

  • Arboretum, South Seattle college
  • West Seattle Stadium bike riding and walking
  • Pretty much any community center playground, like Highpoint
  • Alki beach
  • Lincoln Park
  • Hiawatha playground/park + Good Society for beer and pizza after
  • Seattle Center including playground with gigantic slide
  • Water taxi across the sound to downtown
  • White Center bike playground Dick Thornau Memorial Park
  • Kelsey Creek Farm in Bellevue, they have farm classes for the kids too!
  • Schmitz preserve, walk trail down to Alki and take the bus or free water taxi shuttle bus back up the hill
  • Sprayparks and wading pools
  • Woodland Park Zoo
  • Sno-parks for playing in the snow and sledding, way cheaper than tubing at ski resorts
  • they all require a Discover Pass + Sno-park day pass
  • Lake Wenatchee state park sno-park is the best one, only good if staying overnight in Leavenworth because it's so far though.
  • Hyak sno-park is great but busiest (closest to Seattle), Lake Easton is good too and a couple exits further
  • Asahel Curtis sno-park
  • Cool parks a little bit away from West Seattle for a change of scenery
  • Lake Sammamish State Park
  • Pioneer Park in Puyallup
  • Carkeek Park
  • Dragon park Mercer Island
  • Volunteer Park Capitol Hill