• Broomfield Paul Derda playground
    Away from Home,  Indoor Activities

    Paul Derda Playground brings Colorado fun!

    In true Colorado fashion, it was 75 degrees yesterday and a snowy 20 degrees today so we decided to try out the Paul Derda playground! The play area is inside the Recreation Center making it a perfect spot to meet friends on cold (or very hot) days. This post may contain affiliate links and while we may earn compensation when you click on the links, it is at no additional cost to you. Address: 13201 Lowell Blvd, Broomfield, CO 80020 Age Recommendations: This is a fantastic place to take your toddlers and preschoolers! Maximum age allowed at the Paul Derda playground is 7 years old. For hours of operation, cost…

  • Westminster-Imagination-slide
    Away from Home,  Indoor Activities

    Have you been to the Imagination Playground?

    We love our outdoor playground adventures, but every once in a while the Colorado weather is too cold (or too hot!) and we need some other options. When investigating local recreation centers, we came across something called the “Imagination Playground” and had to check it out! This post may contain affiliate links and while we may earn compensation when you click on the links, it is at no additional cost to you. Address: West View Recreation Center 10747 W 108th Ave, Broomfield, CO 80021 Age Recommendations: According to the website, the ages allowed are 3 to 10. Those closer to 3 will have fun moving the blocks around, those closer…

  • APEX-Arvada-Indoor
    Away from Home,  Indoor Activities,  Themed Parks

    Colorado-inspired Free Indoor Playground

    Don’t you love places to take the kids that don’t cost anything?! Let me introduce you to the NEW indoor play area at the APEX Center in Arvada! This post may contain affiliate links and while we may earn compensation when you click on the links, it is at no additional cost to you. Address: 13150 W 72nd Ave, Arvada, CO 80005 Age Recommendation: The website recommends ages 1-10, however, I think kids over age 7 may be too tall for most of the features. This is the perfect place to take your young walkers to Kindergarten-age children! If your child is in that one to three year age, there’s…

  • Cherry Creek Mall Denver Playground t-rex
    Away from Home,  Indoor Activities

    Prehistoric Fun at the Cherry Creek Mall

    As we near the winter season, I want to share a great place to play indoors! Thanks to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Cherry Creek mall has a perfect “Dinosaur Gulch” for your little ones! This post may contain affiliate links and while we may earn compensation when you click on the links, it is at no additional cost to you. Address: 15 S Steele St, Denver, CO 80209 (The play area is in front of the entrance to Macy’s.) Age Recommendations: This play area is best for ages 1 to 5. Kids older than that may enjoy climbing on the T-Rex but otherwise will find it less…

  • KidSpace Westminster
    Away from Home,  Indoor Activities

    Chilly day? Check out this Space-Themed Indoor Playground!

    Have you ever wanted to take your kids to an indoor playground, then stopped because you remembered the chaos and how you kept having to search for your child? Or instantly felt the anxiousness and stress of a zillion kids running around, sure someone would get hurt? I know I have! Ok, so if an indoor playground is off the table, how about a trip to a museum? What visions does that bring up for you? I picture the shush-ing I’d need to do for my constantly chatting daughter, the breakable items you want them to see but not touch, rushing around to just see the “cool stuff” before a…

  • Away from Home,  Indoor Activities

    When was your last trip to the Library?

    When I was thinking about this website, my main focus was on sharing all of the amazing playgrounds available to us, but then we had a bunch of rainy (and snowy!) days in Colorado this May… So I began to think about what I’d recommend when weather doesn’t go your way. I asked on Facebook about favorite places to go with kids on rainy days and almost all of them cost money, and pretty significant money when I started to calculate totals for myself and three kids… So, for my first idea to share with each of you, we’re going with FREE! One of our favorite places to go is…