We have received some great ideas of things to do as a family or just for the kids. Check out the list below.
Information about "100+ Activities for Houston Kids" by Megan Salch
Free Train Ride
On the third Saturday of each month, March through November, the members of the Houston Area Live Steamers offer free train rides to the public. They have two club diesel engines that normally run the passenger trains but many times you will find a steam engine also running.
Time: 10am-4pm
Physical location: 17802 Roberts Rd. in Hockley (take 290 north to Roberts Rd.)
www.hals.org
Space Center Houston
Flaming High Dive Show, popular TV show characters such as Tommy, Chucky,and Angelica from The Rugrats; Scooby Doo, and the Looney Tunes characters; Magicians, "Bones: An Exhibit Inside You"
www.spacecenter.org
Tour the Blue Bell Creamery in Brenham
Tours last 45 minutes and are scheduled throughout the day. Each tour ends at the country store with a tasty treat of ice cream included in admission. Tours are scheduled M-F 10am, 11am, 1pm, 1:30pm, and 2pm.
www.bluebell.com
Tour of the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
You can see how that drink gets into all those cans and bottles, watch a video about the history of Dr. Pepper, and a free taste test. Tours are THURSDAYS ONLY at 9am. Children must be at least six years old.
www.drpepper.com
Little Cooks and Books
A fun interactive story time and cooking class geared for children ages 3 to 6. Next meeting is November 16, 2006 at 3:30pm to 5:00pm. Come and allow your kids to make a Gobblin' Good Cupcakes, learn some table manners for the holiday meals and make a Thanksgiving craft. Located at 12907 Stiller Park Court, Cypress, Texas. Cost is $15. Please call Kelly at (281) 225-9397 or Michelle at (281) 225-6001 to reserve your spot.
Santa's Wonderland
This is an amazing place for your whole family to go to during the holidays. It has a huge lighted hay ride and great Christmas music. We love it and make it a point to go every year. Check out their web site at http://www.santas-wonderland.com/ It is located in College Station, Texas and totally worth the time and effort.
Clay’s Restaurant – 17717 Clay Rd., # 281-859-3773. Awesome place for kids and the burgers are killer! You can feed the animals and run around. Very clean and well maintained.
Dilla’s Texas Grill – 17505 N. Eldridge PKWY, # 832-717-4554. Fun place for kids, great outdoor seating, sandpit, great place for kid’s b-day party. I spoke to the manager and maybe later this summer they will do a ‘kids eat free’ night. Live music & crawfish on weekends.
Lupe Tortilla – (3 locattions) HWY 249 Great sandpit area for kids. Try to avoid weekends, they get slammed! Best Fajitas in town, yum!
La Hacienda – Telge Rd., great outdoor play area for kids. Gets crazy crowded on weekends.
Chuy’s River Oaks (Houston) – no play area but the eye candy atmosphere will keep em’ busy. Awesome Tex-Mex!! Try the shrimp tacos & the creamy jalapeno dip for chips!!
The Chocolate Bar & Candylicious (Houston) (2 different stores but side by side)– a must visit (after Chuy’s). It’s like stepping into Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory!! Very cool places!!
Skeeter’s – many locations, newest one off 1960 & 290. Kids can draw on the tables and they have a small arcade area. Can’t beat that!
Tea for Two –#281-655-4900. (there are 2 locations, the number listed is for the one off Louetta and Grant, the other location is in Copperfield) www.teafortwotearoom.net cute! Cute! Cute! The food is awesome too! Great for parties for little girls! For more Tea Rooms.
Idyll Hours Tea Room – 12639 Kluge Rd, #281-370-2626. Very cute!!
Cute Kids – Sassy Kids - Hwy 249 North of Spring Cypress. #832-717-4611. Not only is this the CUTEST little boutique, but they offer private tea parties with dress up and everything. They also have some great summer programs for kids.
E.J.’s Pizzeria - Barker Cypress @ 290 near Randall’s, #281-373-1500. They have a small indoor play area for kids.
Joe’s Crab Shack – HWY 290 near Bingle, #281-875-5400. Outdoor play area.
Los Cucos - 16216 Clay Rd, near HWY 6. #281-859-3897. Great outdoor play area for kids. (HWY 249 does not have a play area)
St. Basil The Great Greek Orthodox Church – 1100 Eldridge PKWY, #281-679-5395.
2 very great reasons to visit this church:
#1) The $6 Spaghetti Lunch every Thursday from 11am-1pm. Homemade by fabulous Greek women, it is served with Greek Salad and yummy bread. For dessert you have your choice of Baklava or brownie. YUM!
#2) The annual Greek Festival Usually in May! Mark your calendars because this is an event you will not want to miss. We went for our first time last year and LOVED it. This is a ‘family’ festival (not at all like the one downtown). Tons of stuff for kids to do and the food…Good Lord is it TO DIE FOR! Grab a bottle of Greek wine & the Souvlaki for dinner & Baklava for dessert!!
Roadster’s Ice House– 14610 Grisby Rd (off I-10 & HWY 6). #281-293-0941. They have a covered patio & bar next to the kids sand
play area. 50’s diner flare.
Martha’s Bloomers - 8101 HWY 6, #936-870-4111 This place is so cute! I recommend taking older girls here (age 8+) for lunch and shopping. The restaurant, shops,
and herb gardens are awesome. They hold special tea-party luncheons throughout the year and they are a lot of fun. If you don’t take your daughter here then call the babysitter, grab your best girlfriend’s and head that way for the day. Very fun!
Incredible Pizza 3645 FM 1960 West (1 mile east of Stuebner Airline) #281-583-1410. WOW! This place has it all! Great place for parties, tons to do, kids love it! It’s like Chuck E. Cheese’s on steroids! They also have prizes that focus on Jesus! Like bracelets that say "Jesus loves me".
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