Philadelphia w/ little kids?

[anna7602]

Please Touch Museum! It's one of DD's favorite places anywhere in the entire world. we don't live in Philly and travel often, so this is saying a lot.

If you feel compelled to go for a long drive (and if the weather is nice), you could go to Sesame Place. It's nowhere near Bryn Mawr, though.

[t]

Definitely go to Please Touch!

Some other places:
Smith Playground
Philadelphia Zoo
The Play Cafe (Bryn Mawr)
Lulu's Casita (Ardmore)
Longwood Gardens
Franklin Institute

Eta: also, depending on when you go, lots of local township parks do a kid-friendly movie on Friday/Saturday nights. If you want to share or PM the dates, I can look some up for you.

[greycat]

t had great suggestions!

You can also check out the Adventure Aquarium (Camden, NJ).

[hocus2]

I would go here for a few hours. smithplayground.org/

Its a big play house. It has a huge out door park as well.

[auntie]

Smith Playground

Please Touch

Academy of Natural Sciences

Adventure Aquarium

Franklin Square

Spruce Street Harbor Park if you want something less child-centric

Sesame Place- Halloween Spooktacular starts this weekend

[jessnpaul]

Is the Please Touch Museum good for an almost-2.5 year old? We'll be spending a lot of time in Philly for his upcoming surgery, and I'd like to do some fun things in between appointments!

[redheadbaker]

I think the Franklin Institute is geared toward elementary school-aged kids. But Please Touch Museum is fantastic. Smith Playground is free. The central location of the Free Library has a great kids' section in the basement.

Sesame Place is a bit of a hike from Bryn Mawr.

[redheadbaker]

This site is geared toward parents in the area you'll be visiting, which will have events listed closer to where you'll be: mainlineparent.com/

[bronxgirl]

we're doing a weekend in Philly, too. So far we're planning to visit the Please Touch museum and do some general sight seeing, but the Smith Playground sounds pretty awesome. We'll have to check that out.

[GracieLouFreebush1]

Sept 17, 2014 8:59:15 GMT -5 jessnpaul said:

Is the Please Touch Museum good for an almost-2.5 year old? We'll be spending a lot of time in Philly for his upcoming surgery, and I'd like to do some fun things in between appointments!

Yes!  DD has loved it at 1, 2, and now 3.

[pinkdutchtulips]

Sept 16, 2014 22:06:22 GMT -5 t said:

Definitely go to Please Touch!

Some other places:
Smith Playground
Philadelphia Zoo
The Play Cafe (Bryn Mawr)
Lulu's Casita (Ardmore)
Longwood Gardens
Franklin Institute

Eta: also, depending on when you go, lots of local township parks do a kid-friendly movie on Friday/Saturday nights. If you want to share or PM the dates, I can look some up for you.

Former Philly resident chiming in ... Ditto to ALL of the above !
Depending on when you're there I'll add the Devon Horse Show and Linvilla Orchards for apple picking and hayrides

[KKD]

I like the Linvilla suggestion, pinkdutchtulips! We go every fall. Same with the horse show in the spring, though I feel like that's an event that only immediate locals and equestrians get excited about. I invited my friend from Wynnewood to go with us this past spring, and she was like, "Um, a horse show?" lol. 

Please Touch is probably my girls' favorite local spot. They also really enjoy Smith Playground and the Academy of Natural Sciences. And of course they love the zoo and aquarium, but I think those can be skipped if you have them at home, or at least that's how I feel when choosing what to do when we travel with our kids. We've yet to do the Franklin Institute but I remember loving it as a kid.

Lulu's and Play Café are indoor play spaces that would be good if you want something quick and close by to do with the kids; Play Café is right in Bryn Mawr but I prefer the space at Lulu's. Freedom Playground is also great and close by. But I think the city spots would be more worth your while.

[pinkdutchtulips]

Sept 17, 2014 23:02:06 GMT -5 KKD said:

I like the Linvilla suggestion, pinkdutchtulips! We go every fall. Same with the horse show, though I feel like that's an event that only locals and equestrians get excited about. I invited my friend from Wynnewood to go with us this past spring, and she was like, "Um, a horse show?" lol. 

Linvilla was a yearly destination for the preschool attached to my dad's church in Marple Twnshp. In fact friends of mine STILL take their kids there yearly !

[t]

Sept 17, 2014 23:16:21 GMT -5 pinkdutchtulips said:

Sept 17, 2014 23:02:06 GMT -5 KKD said:

I like the Linvilla suggestion, pinkdutchtulips! We go every fall. Same with the horse show, though I feel like that's an event that only locals and equestrians get excited about. I invited my friend from Wynnewood to go with us this past spring, and she was like, "Um, a horse show?" lol. 

Linvilla was a yearly destination for the preschool attached to my dad's church in Marple Twnshp. In fact friends of mine STILL take their kids there yearly !

We go several times a year. DD loves all the animals and doing the pick-your-own fruit. It's a great place to kill some time. We only live about 20 minutes away, so it's an easy spot to visit!