Resources for Families
Rainy Days In Town | Rainy Days At Home | Parenting | For the Whole Family | Summer Fun
Concerts at the Ballard Locks
www.CorpsLakes.us/LakeWashingtonShipCanal
Shoreline Lunchtime Music Series
www.cityofshoreline.com/parks/info/events/index.cfm
Richmond Beach Low Tide Beach Walks
www.cityofshoreline.com/parks/info/events/index.cfm
Greenwood Parade
PNPC Dragon Room Summer Program
www.phinneycenter.org/pnpc/classes.html
Mounger Outdoor Pool (Magnolia)
www.seattle.gov/parks/aquatics/mounger.htm
Local Pools, Beaches & Wading Pools
www.cityofseattle.net/parks
Seattle Children’s Theatre: drama school/camps
www.sct.org/classes
Bumbershoot Festival: Labor Day weekend
www.bumbershoot.org
Northwest Folklife Festival: Memorial Day weekend
www.nwfolklife.org
Seattle-area Farmers' Markets
www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org
Fremont & Ballard Farmers’ Markets
www.fremontmarket.com
Woodland Park Zoo
www.zoo.org
Puyallup Fair: September 7-23
www.thefair.com
Evergreen State Fair: August 23 - September 3
www.evergreenfair.org
Seafair: includes Milk Carton Derby and Greenwood Parade
www.seafair.com
Ideas for Rainy Days Around Town
Seattle Aquarium
Green Lake Indoor Play Room
Ravenna-Eckstein Indoor Play Room
Meadowbrook Indoor Play Room
Shoreline Indoor Playground – Spartan Gym
Mountlake Terrace Indoor Swimming Pool
Woodland Park Zoo – it’s almost empty on rainy days!
Seattle Gymnastics Academy Indoor Playground
Third Place Books Story Time
R.E.I. – check out the tents, etc. then eat upstairs at World Wraps
Museum of History & Industry
Nordic Heritage Museum
Chucky Cheese
Children’s Museum
Pacific Science Center & IMAX Theater
Pump It Up
Pottery painting place
Bowling
Meet Dad for lunch
Northgate Mall or Bellevue Square – run to your heart’s content, then grab a pretzel
Funtasia in Edmonds - $5
Family Fun Center in Tukwila - $5
Picnic in the living room – don’t forget the plastic ants -you can find them at the $1 store
Beach Party – put on the luau music, use frozen fruit to make smoothies, & limbo
Home Movie Theater – pop in the home movies, and don’t forget the popcorn
Pull out your tent and tunnel – IKEA makes great ones
Bake & decorate cookies
Pop in an exercise video and have your child do step aerobics with you
Window Art – we have some special markers that work on windows and mirrors.
On rainy days we like to draw bright, sunny crazy things all the way to the tops of the windows. Then it’s also fun to spray the Windex and clean them off.
Parade Time – Find everything that rolls, tie them together, put on some music and take off through the house. It’s also fun to dress up and lead the parade playing your favorite musical instrument.
Don your rain gear and brave the weather – splash in puddles, throw rocks in puddles, then retreat inside for a nice warm bath
Colorful bath – bring out the special colored soaps & foams, make crazy shampoo hairdos and take pictures
Beauty parlor – let your child try out some of your old make-up, take turns painting each other’s fingernails and toenails.
Playdate – the time always passes faster with friends so invite one or two over and it will be fun for both the kids and the adults.
Role Reversal – let your child be mommy for the day, make lunch, etc.
BabyZone Seattle
seattle.babyzone.com
Seattle Children's Hospital
www.seattlechildrens.org
Seattle Times Family Matters
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/familymatters
Parenting.com
www.parenting.com
HealthyKids.com
www.healthykids.com
Parent Soup
www.parentsoup.com
City of Seattle Parks + Rec.
www.cityofseattle.net/parks/centers/index.htm
KCTS Kids
www.kcts.org/kids
GoCityKids Seattle
www.gocitykids.com/index.jsp?area=182
Children's Museum
www.thechildrensmuseum.org
Traveling with Kids
travelwithkids.about.com/library/bllist.htm
Woodland Park Zoo
www.zoo.org