Help! Need entertainment ideas!
www.themadpotter.com/index.shtml -The Mad Potter is a paint-your-own pottery studio offering party packages for birthdays and play groups, as well as summer and spring break camp sessions. Walk-ins are welcome. Even newborns and toddlers can get in on the action with footprinting.
www.parcfuncenters.com/prices_shou.aspx -Zuma Fun Center features an indoor arcade and outdoor batting cages, bumper boats, go-karts, kiddie rides, miniature golf, as well as a family-style restaurant. Rides and activities are priced individually, or visitors can purchase an All Day FunPass. Zuma Fun Center is also a popular destination for birthday parties, with packages starting at $10.99 per person.
www.aquariumrestaurants.com/downtownaquariumhouston/flash_co ntent/index.html -Downtown Aquarium is a restaurant, aquarium, and amusement park, all in one setting. Carnival games, rides, and a Ferris wheel are just part of the fun.
The Aquarium Adventure Exhibit offers the chance to see a wide variety of creatures and environments: alligators in a Louisiana swamp, piranhas and stingrays in a rainforest, and even white tigers in ancient Indian ruins. Prices: Adults $9.25; Seniors $8.25; Children (2-12) $6.25, (under 2) free.
The Shark Voyage is a train ride through the center of a 200,000-gallon shark tank, where passengers can see numerous species of shark up close. Price: $4.99/passenger.
The Ferris wheel and other rides cost $2.99-$3.99.
All-day passes for rides and the aquarium exhibit are $15.99.
The Aquarium Restaurant is centered around a 150,000-gallon aquarium for fantastic views of underwater life. The menu includes seafood, steaks, chicken, and pasta. The kids' menu includes fish, popcorn shrimp, pizza, burgers, corn dogs, chicken fingers, and macaroni and cheese.
www.hmns.org/ - This won the 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best museum for big kids and teens in Houston
www.hcp4.net/jones/ -Jesse H. Jones Park features 300 acres of natural parkland with a variety of micro-habitats, including natural white sand beaches along Spring Creek, with large numbers of native species of flora and fauna. Over six miles of paved, all-weather, handicapped-accessible (and stroller-friendly) hiking trails are available.
The Nature Center features displays, dioramas, mounted specimens, and a state-of-the-art audiovisual system. A permanent exhibit of live snakes of Harris County and an observation beehive are also featured. Interactive programs are conducted on the weekends.
The Redbud Hill Homestead is a re-creation of an 1830s-era Texas settler homestead, and is open for self-guided tours on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
The picnic area features 26 picnic tables, including four handicapped-accessible tables, with accompanying barbecue grills. A playground, located in the picnic area, features handicapped-accessible equipment and a separate toddler play area.
Staff-guided pontoon boat tours and canoe trips along Spring Creek are offered periodically from September to May. Advance reservations are required for these trips and are taken beginning 10 days prior to the trip date.
Fishing is permitted only along the banks of Spring Creek, not in the cypress ponds.
www.stonemoves.com/ - Rock climbing. There are actually several of these places around town.
www.thehealthmuseum.org/ -Interactivity begins in the grand entry hall, filled with hands-on brain teasers that appeal to all the senses. The main exhibit is the Jim Hickox Amazing Body Pavilion, a voyage through a Texas-sized human body. The Pavilion includes giant models of human organs and dozens of hands-on exhibits and science stations. Visitors of all ages may explore how each system of the body works and how to stay healthy.
Visitors can also see live organ dissections and other science shows in the McGovern Theater. Outside is a small garden with a fountain, and this too is hands-on - the kids are invited to touch the plants.
Admission is free on Thursday afternoons, 2pm-5pm.
www.itzusa.com/ -2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best indoor playspace for teens in Houston, iT'Z offers a pizza-and-pasta buffet, a huge arcade, rollercoaster rides for teens and for small children, bowling, prize-redemption games, and more - all in one place
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www.parcfuncenters.com/prices_shou.aspx -Zuma Fun Center features an indoor arcade and outdoor batting cages, bumper boats, go-karts, kiddie rides, miniature golf, as well as a family-style restaurant. Rides and activities are priced individually, or visitors can purchase an All Day FunPass. Zuma Fun Center is also a popular destination for birthday parties, with packages starting at $10.99 per person.
www.aquariumrestaurants.com/downtownaquariumhouston/flash_co ntent/index.html -Downtown Aquarium is a restaurant, aquarium, and amusement park, all in one setting. Carnival games, rides, and a Ferris wheel are just part of the fun.
The Aquarium Adventure Exhibit offers the chance to see a wide variety of creatures and environments: alligators in a Louisiana swamp, piranhas and stingrays in a rainforest, and even white tigers in ancient Indian ruins. Prices: Adults $9.25; Seniors $8.25; Children (2-12) $6.25, (under 2) free.
The Shark Voyage is a train ride through the center of a 200,000-gallon shark tank, where passengers can see numerous species of shark up close. Price: $4.99/passenger.
The Ferris wheel and other rides cost $2.99-$3.99.
All-day passes for rides and the aquarium exhibit are $15.99.
The Aquarium Restaurant is centered around a 150,000-gallon aquarium for fantastic views of underwater life. The menu includes seafood, steaks, chicken, and pasta. The kids' menu includes fish, popcorn shrimp, pizza, burgers, corn dogs, chicken fingers, and macaroni and cheese.
www.hmns.org/ - This won the 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best museum for big kids and teens in Houston
www.hcp4.net/jones/ -Jesse H. Jones Park features 300 acres of natural parkland with a variety of micro-habitats, including natural white sand beaches along Spring Creek, with large numbers of native species of flora and fauna. Over six miles of paved, all-weather, handicapped-accessible (and stroller-friendly) hiking trails are available.
The Nature Center features displays, dioramas, mounted specimens, and a state-of-the-art audiovisual system. A permanent exhibit of live snakes of Harris County and an observation beehive are also featured. Interactive programs are conducted on the weekends.
The Redbud Hill Homestead is a re-creation of an 1830s-era Texas settler homestead, and is open for self-guided tours on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
The picnic area features 26 picnic tables, including four handicapped-accessible tables, with accompanying barbecue grills. A playground, located in the picnic area, features handicapped-accessible equipment and a separate toddler play area.
Staff-guided pontoon boat tours and canoe trips along Spring Creek are offered periodically from September to May. Advance reservations are required for these trips and are taken beginning 10 days prior to the trip date.
Fishing is permitted only along the banks of Spring Creek, not in the cypress ponds.
www.stonemoves.com/ - Rock climbing. There are actually several of these places around town.
www.thehealthmuseum.org/ -Interactivity begins in the grand entry hall, filled with hands-on brain teasers that appeal to all the senses. The main exhibit is the Jim Hickox Amazing Body Pavilion, a voyage through a Texas-sized human body. The Pavilion includes giant models of human organs and dozens of hands-on exhibits and science stations. Visitors of all ages may explore how each system of the body works and how to stay healthy.
Visitors can also see live organ dissections and other science shows in the McGovern Theater. Outside is a small garden with a fountain, and this too is hands-on - the kids are invited to touch the plants.
Admission is free on Thursday afternoons, 2pm-5pm.
www.itzusa.com/ -2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best indoor playspace for teens in Houston, iT'Z offers a pizza-and-pasta buffet, a huge arcade, rollercoaster rides for teens and for small children, bowling, prize-redemption games, and more - all in one place
Want more???
Hi George,
I found gocitykids.parentsconnect.com/region/houston-tx-usa . And I just clicked on indoor activities and went through the list.
I found gocitykids.parentsconnect.com/region/houston-tx-usa . And I just clicked on indoor activities and went through the list.
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