Family Fun!

See the calendar below for Family Fun ideas local to Cincinnati!



*Rave Motion Pictures, Regal Movies: free movies for the family this summer every tues/wed at 10am (some are listed on our calendar above)
*AMC: $1 movies every tues at 10am
*Cincinnati Museum Center Free Friday's: receive Free admission from 4p-8p on the following days throughout the summer: June 25, July 30, August 27, September 27.  More information can be found at CincyMuseum.org.
*Newport Aquarium: Free Child Admission (ages 12 and under) with each full price adult admission from 4p-7p, Sunday through Friday. This is valid from May 31 – September 3.  More details can be found on the Newport Aquarium website.
*Listing of all summer festivals local to Cincinnati: Who doesn't love a festival?!
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**Happen, Inc.

(non-profit organization that offers FREE studio sessions  for your kids! They have arts, crafts, and story time just to name a few...)

**Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

(offers adorable plays the whole family will love)

**Cincinnati Family Enrichment Center

(offer free story time, mom & dad groups, free saturday classes and other children and family classes)

**Cincinnati Family Magazine: also check their directories 

(great site with local event listings)

**Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal

(wonderful children's museum, natural history & science museum and don't forget the omnimax!)

**Cincinnati Art Museum

(this link takes you directly to a ton of activities you can do with the family hosted by the art museum. check their calendar of events!)

**Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati

(links to their family saturday's & thursday art play)

**Free Sundays at the Taft Museum of Art 

(check this link for even more info)

**EnterTrainment Junction

(love trains??? you have to see this!)

**Cincinnati Parent

(family fun events)

**West Chester Garden Center -5623 West Chester Road, West Chester, OH 45069

(They have an adorable area on the side of the building where your kids can feed all different types of animals. They have picnic tables along the fence so pack some lunch and have some fun)

**Hamilton County Park District:

1) Which parks have playgrounds

(includes info on:

- All park locations where you can find "regular" playgrounds

 -Parky's Playbarn which is a farm themed playground with pony and wagon rides at Parky's Farm in Winton Woods

-Adventure Station which is an indoor play area where kids can explore nature at Sharon Woods) 

2) Pirate's Parky Pedal Bay

(water play at Miami Whitewater)

3) Wet Playgrounds

(info, including cost and locations of all wet playgrounds)

4) Camping Info with Locations

5) Horseback Riding

(located at Winton Woods)

6) Hiking Trail Info

7) Parkys Farm

(located at Winton Woods providing tons of fun stuff for your kids to do, along with special seasonal events)

8) Educational Camps

9) UGO

(a program with family fun events that encourage health and nature appreciation in the great outdoors)

10) Events

(link to all park events including a calendar and explanation)

**Sawyer Point

(located in downtown cincinnati, along the waterfront. they have three different park areas, one of them is completely shaded!! trails, volleyball courts (where kids can play in the sand), a wet playground, and tennis courts just to name a few. plenty of places to play ball with the kids or have a picnic lunch with beautiful scenery! you can park at Friendship Park for free and walk the path to Sawyer! this is also where the Purple People Bridge is which you can walk across into Newport on the Levee)

**Cincinnati Parks

**Ohio State Parks

(take a little mini vaca... info on all state parks in Ohio. check their calendar of events for other fun ideas)

**Cincinnati Public Library: see below for a link to search a public library in your area

(search program calendars for family fun activities near you)

**Ikea (check your local store to see if they have a Smaland!)

Ikea has a kids play area called Smaland. You can drop off your kids for an hour for FREE and get your shopping done! Trust me, your kids will have a blast! Here are the "rules"of admission:

The child must be between 37" to 54 " in height and the child MUST be potty trained, no pull ups are allowed. Same parent must sign the child in and out and must have ID present. Hours of operation are the same as the store hours.

**Local to Cincinnati Summer Camp Guide

**Local to Cincinnati Art Directory

(find an art location that fits every child)

**Recreations Outlet: 

(have FREE indoor play areas in Milford/Montgomery/Columbus, perfect for those rainy days when you just need to get the kids out of the house!)

** Cincinnati Nature Center (in Milford)

(FREE on Mondays. this is a link to their programs and activities.  they also have a kidz corner with info on things your kids can do at home and at the location.  they also have an events calendar with monthly events)

**Loveland Castle ($3.00 admission daily for museum) **East Fork Lake (watch deer come out to feed, FREE daily at dusk at the beach area)

**Krohn Conservatory

(FREE daily 10am-5pm)

**Starlite Drive In 

(located in Amelia)

**Lebanon Railroad

(they have many different activities for kids who love trains!)

**The Fire Museum Of Greater Cincinnati

(great place to take the kids to teach them about fire safety and have some fun!)

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Family Fun Websites For Everyone:

**Super Simple Songs

(fun and simple kids songs with free printable flash cards )

**Family Fun

(great ideas to do with your family for every occasion)

**Make Stuff  (all types of fun DIY stuff!) **Camp Parents, ACA Camps (find a camp near you) **Home Depot Kids Workshops (free  workshops that teach children do-it-yourself skills and tool safety) **Lowes Build and Grow Program (free workshops for the kids!) **Michaels Kids Craft Activities and Events (free/inexpensive crafts for the kids) **Kids Bowl Free (this site entitles your child to 2 FREE bowling games per day!! print off all your kids vouchers for the week!) **Free Vacation Activities (reciprocity programs) **Public Libraries (search a library near you for family fun activities, most free!) **Printable Bingo Cards **Printable Word Search Puzzles **Kids Craft Ideas **Printable Teaching Tools (for back to school activities) **List of Free Museums **Nature Center (gives ideas on ways to explore nature at home)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Birthday Party Fun Places local to Cincinnati that you can host a birthday party: Mad Potter: Kids paint their own pottery! It has a private room and you can bring your own food and drinks. (there are Mad Potter locations all over the country. Just google "mad potter" and your "area" and see if you can find one near you!) Cincinnati Family Magazine: A comprehensive list of birthday party locations Recreation Outlet: A kids indoor play zone Birthday Fun for Everyone: Michaels: Kids create their own DIY crafts! They provide a private room, invites, project prep, keepsake apron for birthday child, party setup and cleanup. You can bring your own food and drinks.