Wichita Fun Activities Guide

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  Aquarium at the Boardwalk

  Branson

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  Aquarium at the Boardwalk is all about fish and fun! Be thrilled and mesmerized by an undersea journey that takes you through worlds teeming with colorful fish, sharks, stingrays, seahorses, and so much more. Along the way, you'll be delighted by playful photo ops, activities, and adventures including exploring a jelly infinity room, climbing through a kelp forest, and petting a shark. From the moment you splash below the surface on an exciting Submarine Adventure to your final glorious view of the Coral Reef, you'll feel like a part of the ocean life all around you. You'll leave enchanted with a new appreciation for what we can do together to keep our oceans thriving. If you're planning a trip to Branson, check out www.AquariumattheBoardwalk.com to learn more about this fun aquarium and purchase tickets. (less) ... Read more

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  Grizzly Jacks Starved Rock

  Utica

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  Welcome to Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort A Hotel and Resort Near Starved Rock State Park

     Discover a magical family getaway just beyond the glow of Chicago at Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort. Nestled in the Starved Rock area of Illinois, Grizzly Jack's is an oasis of relaxation and adventure - a destination where water park fun meets nature. Escape from the big city and enjoy a vacation in the scenic Northwoods at Grizzly Jack's - an unforgettable place to unwind, play, meet, dine and explore with family and friends.

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  Harlem Globetrotters

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  Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM

     Harlem Globetrotters are bringing world-class basketball showmanship to arenas all over the U.S. SpreadGame is what the Globetrotters do best; it's what they've done best for 95 years. Bringing light, laughter and love on the court that extends off the court in the smiles families bring home or the stories fans tell their friends. SpreadGame is excellence shown through basketball wizardry night after night, and demonstrated through years of commitment to unsurpassed entertainment. The Globetrotters SpreadGame through every slam dunk, killer pass and magic fadeaway; and through every smile for a child and every achievement within the communities they visit. Light, laughter, love. Hope. SpreadGame. Don't miss out - Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM (less) ... Read more

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  Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM Bringing world-class basketball showmanship to arenas all over the U.S. SpreadGame is what the Globetrotters do best; it's what they've done best f…

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  Silver Dollar City

  Branson

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  Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri, is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the country. Travel back in time to the simplicity of 1880s America, and enjoy the best in Branson entertainment plus a host of festivals and events.

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  Silver Dollar City

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  NATIONAL CRAFTS & COWBOY FESTIVAL (September 13 - October 28)

     For fall, Silver Dollar City presents the National Crafts & Cowboy Festival, featuring some of the nation's finest craftsmen and authentic cowboys. The festival presents a Wild West Show with trick riders, ropers and a world-champion Native American Hoop dancer; Western music; a barn dance, and 125 visiting craftsmen. Best of Missouri Hands juried artists demonstrate their art and fall harvest foods are served up September 13 - October 28 at the Branson, Missouri theme park.

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  Silver Dollar City

  Branson

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  AN OLD TIME CHRISTMAS (November 4 - December 30)

     Our An Old Time Christmas festival, this year adding a huge new area: Christmas in Midtown, with towering light displays 9 stories high, animated figures in lights, and 1.5 million additional lights, bringing the park total to over 6.5 million lights! Christmas in Midtown is our largest single lighting expansion in the past 20 years of this festival. Details below: One of the nation's most acclaimed Christmas festivals, profiled by USA Today, CNN Travel, The Travel Channel and Good Morning America, is even bigger and brighter this year with an all-new area: NEW: Christmas in Midtown, a 70,000 sq. ft. area filled with new light displays 9 stories high, including 30 angels, animated reindeer pulling a sleigh, 3 light tunnels, two 40-foot long moving trains, dozens of stars and snowflakes, and a 50-foot tree, all created at Silver Dollar City. Christmas in Midtown, the largest single lighting expansion to date in the past 2 decades of the festival, adds 1.5 million new lights, bringing the park's total to 6.5 million lights! Rudolph's Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade, led by the most famous reindeer of all, features musical lighted floats with 200,000 lights accompanied by 33 costumed characters. Rudolph's Christmas Town, where kids can meet Rudolph, Clarice and Bumble, also includes activities from Reindeer Games to cookie decorating. Two original musical productions present Broadway-style experiences, with elaborate sets and talented casts: It's a Wonderful Life, adapted from the Frank Capra classic, and the acclaimed production A Dickens' Christmas Carol. The Christmas on Main Street light & sound show features the 5-Story Special Effects Christmas Tree with over 350,000 colorful LED lights. Tinker Junior's Toy Shop is an interactive show for kids featuring a 12-foot talking and singing Christmas tree. Kids can meet Santa in Santa Claus Lane, illuminated in colorful lights. Plus, the festival presents holiday shows, a musical Living Nativity, shows, rides, shopping and new Silver Dollar City dining specialties. During An Old Time Christmas, Silver Dollar City is open Thursdays - Sundays, plus Wednesdays Nov. 22 and December 20, and open after Christmas Dec. 26-30. Hours and schedules are at http://www.silverdollarcity.com/theme-park/Festivals/An-Old-Time-Christmas (less) ... Read more

Events/Performances

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  Color Me Mine of Wichita

  Wichita

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  Plan your next birthday party or special event at Color Me Mine in Wichita!

     Color Me Mine pottery painting studio offers amazing birthday parties and special events for any occasion for all ages here in our studio, or at your location! We proudly serve and support our local community groups. Ask about our programs and events for Schools, Scouts, Churches, Preschools, Hospitals, Retirement Facilities and more. Color Me Mine is not just for kids! Check out our adult pottery painting workshops and events! Visit our website to learn more about our event packages and book today! All of our materials are non-toxic and food safe.

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  Harlem Globetrotters

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  Harlem Globetrotters

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  Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM

     Harlem Globetrotters are bringing world-class basketball showmanship to arenas all over the U.S. SpreadGame is what the Globetrotters do best; it's what they've done best for 95 years. Bringing light, laughter and love on the court that extends off the court in the smiles families bring home or the stories fans tell their friends. SpreadGame is excellence shown through basketball wizardry night after night, and demonstrated through years of commitment to unsurpassed entertainment. The Globetrotters SpreadGame through every slam dunk, killer pass and magic fadeaway; and through every smile for a child and every achievement within the communities they visit. Light, laughter, love. Hope. SpreadGame. Don't miss out - Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM (less) ... Read more

  Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM

  Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM Bringing world-class basketball showmanship to arenas all over the U.S. SpreadGame is what the Globetrotters do best; it's what they've done best f…

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  Silver Dollar City

  Branson

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  NATIONAL CRAFTS & COWBOY FESTIVAL (September 13 - October 28)

     For fall, Silver Dollar City presents the National Crafts & Cowboy Festival, featuring some of the nation's finest craftsmen and authentic cowboys. The festival presents a Wild West Show with trick riders, ropers and a world-champion Native American Hoop dancer; Western music; a barn dance, and 125 visiting craftsmen. Best of Missouri Hands juried artists demonstrate their art and fall harvest foods are served up September 13 - October 28 at the Branson, Missouri theme park.

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  Silver Dollar City

  Branson

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  Silver Dollar City

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  AN OLD TIME CHRISTMAS (November 4 - December 30)

     Our An Old Time Christmas festival, this year adding a huge new area: Christmas in Midtown, with towering light displays 9 stories high, animated figures in lights, and 1.5 million additional lights, bringing the park total to over 6.5 million lights! Christmas in Midtown is our largest single lighting expansion in the past 20 years of this festival. Details below: One of the nation's most acclaimed Christmas festivals, profiled by USA Today, CNN Travel, The Travel Channel and Good Morning America, is even bigger and brighter this year with an all-new area: NEW: Christmas in Midtown, a 70,000 sq. ft. area filled with new light displays 9 stories high, including 30 angels, animated reindeer pulling a sleigh, 3 light tunnels, two 40-foot long moving trains, dozens of stars and snowflakes, and a 50-foot tree, all created at Silver Dollar City. Christmas in Midtown, the largest single lighting expansion to date in the past 2 decades of the festival, adds 1.5 million new lights, bringing the park's total to 6.5 million lights! Rudolph's Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade, led by the most famous reindeer of all, features musical lighted floats with 200,000 lights accompanied by 33 costumed characters. Rudolph's Christmas Town, where kids can meet Rudolph, Clarice and Bumble, also includes activities from Reindeer Games to cookie decorating. Two original musical productions present Broadway-style experiences, with elaborate sets and talented casts: It's a Wonderful Life, adapted from the Frank Capra classic, and the acclaimed production A Dickens' Christmas Carol. The Christmas on Main Street light & sound show features the 5-Story Special Effects Christmas Tree with over 350,000 colorful LED lights. Tinker Junior's Toy Shop is an interactive show for kids featuring a 12-foot talking and singing Christmas tree. Kids can meet Santa in Santa Claus Lane, illuminated in colorful lights. Plus, the festival presents holiday shows, a musical Living Nativity, shows, rides, shopping and new Silver Dollar City dining specialties. During An Old Time Christmas, Silver Dollar City is open Thursdays - Sundays, plus Wednesdays Nov. 22 and December 20, and open after Christmas Dec. 26-30. Hours and schedules are at http://www.silverdollarcity.com/theme-park/Festivals/An-Old-Time-Christmas (less) ... Read more

Family Activities

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  Color Me Mine of Wichita

  Wichita

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  Immerse your child in the arts with Color Me Mine in Wichita!

     At Color Me Mine we feel it is equally important for children to learn about and experience the arts. Color Me Mine is committed to providing a forum for kids to express their creativity, to relax, have some fun and learn in a creative and pressure-free environment.

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  COLORME Art Spa

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  VIRTUAL Art Birthday Party TOGO!

     Celebrate your loved one with an ART Birthday party Everyone Finding the Artist Within! A fine art piece to treasure your walls forever! Custom made pen & ink COLORME drawing to celebrate that special person in your life. Automatic goodie bag: 24 DIY Necklaces, 24 COLORME postcards and 24 goodie bags.

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  Grizzly Jacks Starved Rock

  Utica

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  Welcome to Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort A Hotel and Resort Near Starved Rock State Park

     Discover a magical family getaway just beyond the glow of Chicago at Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort. Nestled in the Starved Rock area of Illinois, Grizzly Jack's is an oasis of relaxation and adventure - a destination where water park fun meets nature. Escape from the big city and enjoy a vacation in the scenic Northwoods at Grizzly Jack's - an unforgettable place to unwind, play, meet, dine and explore with family and friends.

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  Harlem Globetrotters

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  Harlem Globetrotters

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  Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM

     Harlem Globetrotters are bringing world-class basketball showmanship to arenas all over the U.S. SpreadGame is what the Globetrotters do best; it's what they've done best for 95 years. Bringing light, laughter and love on the court that extends off the court in the smiles families bring home or the stories fans tell their friends. SpreadGame is excellence shown through basketball wizardry night after night, and demonstrated through years of commitment to unsurpassed entertainment. The Globetrotters SpreadGame through every slam dunk, killer pass and magic fadeaway; and through every smile for a child and every achievement within the communities they visit. Light, laughter, love. Hope. SpreadGame. Don't miss out - Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM (less) ... Read more

  Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM

  Save up to 20% with Promo Code: USFAM Bringing world-class basketball showmanship to arenas all over the U.S. SpreadGame is what the Globetrotters do best; it's what they've done best f…

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  Harlem Globetrotters At Home

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  Harlem Globetrotters At-Home Educational Materials

     Just like all of you, we miss the sounds of the arenas and the in-person smiles we share. While we can't connect in person right now, we are not going away. In the coming weeks, we'll be here for you. Look for new videos from our Globetrotter stars that will help with at-home learning for kids, as well as other fun stuff just to make us laugh. Over the past few years our stars have accomplished incredible feats, including Guinness World Records and epic trickshots. View these videos below for some additional entertainment.

Museums/Zoos

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  Aquarium at the Boardwalk

  Branson

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  Aquarium at the Boardwalk is all about fish and fun! Be thrilled and mesmerized by an undersea journey that takes you through worlds teeming with colorful fish, sharks, stingrays, seahorses, and so much more. Along the way, you'll be delighted by playful photo ops, activities, and adventures including exploring a jelly infinity room, climbing through a kelp forest, and petting a shark. From the moment you splash below the surface on an exciting Submarine Adventure to your final glorious view of the Coral Reef, you'll feel like a part of the ocean life all around you. You'll leave enchanted with a new appreciation for what we can do together to keep our oceans thriving. If you're planning a trip to Branson, check out www.AquariumattheBoardwalk.com to learn more about this fun aquarium and purchase tickets. (less) ... Read more

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  Sedgwick County Zoo

  Wichita

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  Come face to face with the wildest animals from around the world! See eye to eye with endangered chimpanzees and orangutans. Get to know the gorillas of The Downing Gorilla Forest. Spend the day with colorful birds, playful penguins, poison dart frogs and more than 3,000 other individual animals of all sizes, shapes and colors. Visit the seventh-largest zoo in the nation and discover why Sedgwick County Zoo is the No. 1 outdoor family tourist attraction in Kansas. Come out and play!

Preschool Activities

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  My Gym - Wichita

  Wichita

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  My Gym Wichita offers high quality fitness and fun classes for children ages 6 months to 6 years old. We also host the BEST birthday parties in town where your child will be the STAR. Preschool Prep, Camps, Tots and Kids Nights Out, Open gym times are also available to develop your child's mind, body and happiness!

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  Reading Eggs

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  Reading Eggs & Mathseeds Online Summer School (K to 3rd Grade) Accelerate your child's reading and math skills this summer with a step by step online program that's safe, affordable, and fun! You'll get your child back on track with one year of learning in just 10 weeks! The Reading Eggs & Mathseeds Online Summer School is an accelerated online learning program specifically designed to help your child catch up on essential reading and math skills and bridge the gap between one grade level and the next. Designed by experienced elementary teachers and based on proven learning principles, the 10?week program will help children catch up on one year's worth of reading and math learning*, putting them back on track after a year of school closures. You'll receive ongoing support over 10 weeks to make sure your child achieves their maximum potential, including weekly emails and live webinars. Find Out More: https://readingeggs.com/summer-reading-program (less) ... Read more

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  The Tree House

  Weaverville

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  The Tree House - Community School We recognize that parents are the child's first teachers. Children learn best when parents are involved in their educational program. The primary bridge between home and school is the bond between family and community. Loaning out hand made and eco friendly wooden Montessori, Waldorf and Reggio inspired learning materials for children ages 2-8 years.

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  Tiny Tykes

  Tiny Tykes

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  TinyTykes Pre-School Soccer Programs - 41 Kansas Programs

     Child development through Challenger's nationally acclaimed innovative pre-school soccer program! TinyTykes is an innovative program, created by childcare specialists that introduces children aged 2 to 5-years to the basic skills of soccer. Both our Cubs (2- 3 years) and our Lions (4-5 years) modules use fundamental soccer activities, games and stories to develop their skills in the following areas: Balance, Agility and Coordination Technical Skills Gross motor skills Physical Development Social skills Self confidence Communication Teamwork

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  ABCmouse

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  FREE 30 Day Trial - ABCmouse

     With so many families staying at home, we want to remind everyone that they can get their first 30 days of either of our award-winning learning program for FREE by visiting using this link - ABCmouse 30-Day Free Trial http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-3618748-11075548

  ABCmouse 30-Day Free Trial

  All parents can get 30 days of either of our award-winning learning program for FREE - just click on the web site link.

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  COLORME Art Spa

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  VIRTUAL Art Birthday Party TOGO!

     Celebrate your loved one with an ART Birthday party Everyone Finding the Artist Within! A fine art piece to treasure your walls forever! Custom made pen & ink COLORME drawing to celebrate that special person in your life. Automatic goodie bag: 24 DIY Necklaces, 24 COLORME postcards and 24 goodie bags.

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  Mad Science - Arizona

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  Virtual Science Field Trips!

     Mad Science's on-line interactive workshops are designed to meet bring some hands-on Science reinforcement to your existing lesson plan. Is your class learning about insects? Bring in some real insect specimens and have them counting the legs on plastic arthropods! Starting a unit on space travel? Get kids excited about visiting the stars with our sun, moon, and earth orbital model! Want to celebrate their hard work on a geology lesson? Have them panning for gems with our mineral workshop! We have dozens of workshop topics for preschool and elementary: from physics to chemistry, to biology, astronomy, and beyond! Contact us today to see how we can support your classroom's curriculum. (less) ... Read more

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  Reading Eggs

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  Reading Eggs & Mathseeds Online Summer School (K to 3rd Grade) Accelerate your child's reading and math skills this summer with a step by step online program that's safe, affordable, and fun! You'll get your child back on track with one year of learning in just 10 weeks! The Reading Eggs & Mathseeds Online Summer School is an accelerated online learning program specifically designed to help your child catch up on essential reading and math skills and bridge the gap between one grade level and the next. Designed by experienced elementary teachers and based on proven learning principles, the 10?week program will help children catch up on one year's worth of reading and math learning*, putting them back on track after a year of school closures. You'll receive ongoing support over 10 weeks to make sure your child achieves their maximum potential, including weekly emails and live webinars. Find Out More: https://readingeggs.com/summer-reading-program (less) ... Read more

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  Synchronicity Theatre

  Atlanta

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  For more information, please visit synchrotheatre.com or call 404.484.8636

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  The Tree House

  Weaverville

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  The Tree House - Community School We recognize that parents are the child's first teachers. Children learn best when parents are involved in their educational program. The primary bridge between home and school is the bond between family and community. Loaning out hand made and eco friendly wooden Montessori, Waldorf and Reggio inspired learning materials for children ages 2-8 years.