Things To Do With Kids in Chicago
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La Casa Playroom
📍 Chicago, IL
La Casa Playroom is a vibrant indoor play space designed for children to explore, play, and create in a safe and joyful environment. The venue offers open play sessions, creative workshops, birthday party packages, and special events, making it an ideal destination for family outings and celebrations.
Family Room Chicago on Broadway
📍 Chicago, IL
Family Room Chicago offers flexible, no-reservation indoor play spaces designed for families who need scheduling flexibility and comfort. The venue welcomes outside snacks, provides strong Wi-Fi for parents, comfortable seating areas, and age-appropriate activities including art, theater, sports, and engineering classes, with complimentary coffee for caregivers until 11 AM daily.
Journey Playroom Chicago
📍 Chicago, IL
Journey Playroom Chicago is an education-based indoor playroom designed to nurture children's development through various forms of play including kinesthetic, fine motor, and imaginative activities. The venue offers open play sessions, educational classes, birthday party packages, and special community events in an inclusive atmosphere welcoming children of all abilities. With careful educator-designed environments and dedicated staff support, it provides a safe space for early childhood development and family celebrations.
Alumni Lanes
📍 Chicago, IL
Alumni Lanes offers two fully automatic bowling lanes in a historic 1891 Chicago clubhouse with private rental access perfect for family outings. The facility provides bumpers and bowling ramps for children, complimentary bowling shoes and booties, and a multipurpose room upstairs for food and beverages. Wheelchair accessibility on the first floor makes this an inclusive option for families of all abilities.
Luna y Cielo Play Cafe
📍 Chicago, IL
Luna y Cielo Play Cafe is an indoor playroom in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood designed to help children explore Latin culture while learning. The venue offers open play sessions, Spanish classes, and bilingual educational activities in a welcoming space created by a family specifically for families raising bilingual children. Parents can bring outside food or visit nearby local restaurants on the same block.
Kovler Seal Pool
📍 Chicago, IL
Kovler Seal Pool is an open-air exhibit at Lincoln Park Zoo where families can watch grey seals and harbor seals in a naturalistic habitat with underwater viewing areas. Children can observe daily positive reinforcement training sessions narrated by learning interpreters, providing an educational experience about animal care and wildlife conservation.
First Ascent Uptown
📍 Chicago, IL
First Ascent Uptown is an indoor rock climbing gym in Chicago offering climbing experiences for various skill levels. The facility provides a fun, active way for families to engage in fitness and problem-solving together, with options suitable for both beginners and experienced climbers.
First Ascent Arlington Heights
📍 Arlington Heights, IL
First Ascent Arlington Heights is an indoor rock climbing gym offering climbing activities suitable for families and children of various skill levels. The facility provides a fun, supervised environment where kids can develop strength, coordination, and confidence while enjoying an engaging physical activity.
Ninja Kidz Action Park Hammond, IN
📍 Hammond, IL
Ninja Kidz Action Park is a premier trampoline park featuring wall-to-wall attractions including trampolines, dodgeball, basketball hoops, and obstacle courses designed for all ages. The facility prioritizes safety with padded areas and maintains high cleanliness standards. They offer memberships, birthday party packages, and general admission tickets for a fun, active family experience.
First Ascent Humboldt Park
📍 Chicago, IL
First Ascent Humboldt Park is an indoor rock climbing gym in Chicago offering climbing walls for various skill levels. The facility caters to families and beginners, making it an engaging activity for children to develop strength, problem-solving skills, and confidence while having fun.
First Ascent Block 37
📍 Chicago, IL
First Ascent Block 37 is an indoor rock climbing gym in Chicago offering climbing walls suitable for various skill levels. Many climbing gyms like this one provide youth programs, beginner courses, and family-friendly climbing experiences, making it an engaging activity for families with children interested in active recreation.
Play Street Museum - South Loop
📍 Chicago, IL
Play Street Museum South Loop is an interactive children's museum featuring immersive, hands-on exhibits like a pretend café, doctor's office, and fire truck, designed to spark imaginative play and learning. The venue offers flexible playtime sessions by reservation (Monday-Friday), birthday parties, special weekend events, and rotating exhibits with monthly themes. Parents must supervise children at all times, and the facility maintains cleanliness with high-touch surface sanitation between sessions.
Fit City Kids
📍 Chicago, IL
Fit City Kids is a family activity center in Chicago featuring a 3-story playground with fitness and fun for all ages. The venue offers classes in tumbling, basketball, cheer, and fitness, along with birthday party packages, summer camps, and open play sessions designed to promote health and active lifestyles in a safe, welcoming environment.
Kovler Lion House and Pepper Family Wildlife Center
📍 Chicago, IL
Part of the Lincoln Park Zoo, the Kovler Lion House and Pepper Family Wildlife Center offers children and families the opportunity to view lions and other wildlife in a professional zoo setting. This facility is an excellent destination for families interested in animal education and outdoor exploration in Chicago.
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
📍 Omaha, IL
Domed indoor habitats, including desert & rainforest ecosystems, plus open-air animal exhibits.
Sensory Garden Playground
📍 Lisle, IL
The Sensory Garden Playground is a 37-acre sensory-integrated playground and gardening facility designed for children of all ages and abilities. The recently completed 5-12 year-old playground features accessible climbing, sliding, and gathering areas with a racehorse theme, plus an open-air shelter for rest and shade. The venue is autism-friendly certified and offers visual supports to help children plan their visits.
Hyper Kidz Wheaton
📍 Wheaton, IL
Hyper Kidz Wheaton is a space-themed indoor playground offering 27,000 square feet of play space designed for children ages 0-13. The facility features multiple age-appropriate zones (Mini Zone, Kid Zone, Big Kid Zone) with attractions including an interactive LED dance floor, giant pin screens, and multi-level play structures, plus party packages for celebrations.
Imagine That World of Play
📍 Chicago, IL
Imagine That World of Play is an indoor play center in Chicago offering a safe, clean environment for children ages 1-10. The venue features various play areas including infant playgrounds, ball pits, and climbing structures, plus educational classes in STEM, arts, cooking, and Spanish. They offer open play, private birthday parties, field trips, summer camps, and drop-off services.
Donahue (Margaret) Park
📍 Chicago, IL
Margaret Donahue Park is a public playground in Chicago offering outdoor recreational activities for children and families. As part of the Chicago Park District system, it provides a community space for children to play and families to enjoy outdoor activities together.
First Ascent Avondale
📍 Chicago, IL
First Ascent Avondale is an indoor rock climbing gym offering a fun and engaging physical activity for families. With various difficulty levels and safety equipment, it's designed to accommodate climbers of different ages and experience levels, making it an excellent venue for children to learn climbing skills and build confidence.
Lakeshore East Park
📍 Chicago, IL
Lakeshore East Park is a 4-acre urban botanic garden featuring a playground and splash pad, making it an excellent destination for families with young children. The park also includes a dog park and lighted fountains, providing a pleasant outdoor space for families to enjoy nature and recreation together.
Main Barn
📍 Chicago, IL
Lincoln Park Zoo offers a wildlife experience in the heart of Chicago with free admission and family-friendly activities year-round. Kids can explore diverse animal exhibits, meet newly arrived animals like red panda Qi, participate in seasonal events like the Spring Egg-Stravaganza, and learn about conservation through educational programs. The zoo has been free and accessible to the public for 150 years and includes interactive features like a web app to navigate the grounds.
WonderPlay and Coffee
📍 Chicago, IL
WonderPlay & Coffee is a Chicago-based indoor play center featuring imaginative play spaces including a pretend café, giant jungle gym, and camp room, complemented by free weekly creative classes (story time, yoga, art studio, superhero training) and music classes. The venue welcomes infants through 15-year-olds with a dedicated quiet library for littles, offers birthday party hosting, and includes an on-site coffee shop for parents to enjoy while supervising their children.
Chicago Botanic Garden
📍 Glencoe, IL
Explore 385 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens featuring millions of plants and flowers across diverse settings. The garden offers family camp programs, educational classes, seasonal events like orchid shows, and interactive learning opportunities through the Regenstein School, making it an engaging destination for children of all ages to discover nature and gardening.