Seattle’s Top 10 : Children’s Attractions – Top 10 Hotels with Swimming Pools

1. Children’s Museum

   In
   the heart of Seattle Center, this museum contains imaginative galleries
   and hands-on studio spaces that endlessly stimulate children’s
   imaginations. The walk-through Global Village reveals lifestyles of
   Japan and Ghana, and a wonderful stage invites young performers to dress
   up and act out scripts pro­vided by the museum.

   • 305 Harrison St

   • 260 441 1768

   • Adm

   • 
     www.thechildrensmuseum.org
     

   
   

   
   
   

   Children’s Museum

2. International Fountain

   During
   any festival and all through summer, the fountain draws hundreds of
   frolicking children. Weather permitting, kids strip down and dodge
   dozens of majestic arcs of water projecting out and up from the spikey
   spherical base, all in time to music.

   • 205 Harrison St

   • 206 684 7200

   • 11am–8pm

   
   

   
   
   

   International Fountain

3. Kid’s Bookstores

   Seattle’s
   many venues and activities designed for children include excellent
   bookstores with envious inventories. Stock your library with books from
   All for Kids and Secret Garden.

   All for Kids

   • 2900 NE Blakely St

   • 206 526 2768

   Secret Garden

   • 2214 NW Market St

   • 206 789 5006

4. Toystores

   The
   city’s most popular local toy stores have a loyal following because
   their toys spur children’s imaginations without sparing the fun. Browse
   the jam-packed aisles at Top Ten Toys and Magic Mouse.

   Top Ten Toys

   • 104 N 85th St

   • 206 782 0098

   Magic Mouse

   • 603 1st Ave

   • 206 682 8097

5. Seattle International Children’s Festival

   Every
   May, Seattle Center entertains the community with talent from around
   the world. More than 100 productions include music, drama, puppetry, and
   circus arts.

   • 305 Harrison St

   • 206 684 7346

   • Adm

6. Northwest Puppet Theater

   Founded
   by the dedicated Carter Family Marionettes in 1986, this puppet center
   offers a museum, archive and library, and over 250 annual performances.
   The troupe tours and also sponsors educational outreach programs
   worldwide.

   • 9123 15th Ave NE

   • 206 523 2579

   • 
     www.nwpuppet.org
     

7. Fun Forest

   Another
   remnant of the World’s Fair, this tiny amusement park has loud carnival
   rides and games. Kids love the bumper cars and the small but exciting
   roller coaster. The entertainment pavilion offers laser tag, mini-golf,
   and a video arcade.

   • 305 Harrison St

   • 206 728 1585

   • Open daily

8. Museum of Flight

   Many
   children wish to fly, or fly off the handle. Either way, one way to
   encourage the former and stifle the latter is to take them to this
   museum. It also provides insightful outreach programs for school groups, families, and teachers.

9. Ride the Ducks

   If
   you can’t decide between a tour by land or sea, these amphibious
   vehicles from World War II make for an offbeat excursion around the
   waters of Seattle. Areas include downtown, the Pike Place Market,
   Pioneer Square, Fremont, and Lake Union’s houseboats.

   • 516 Broad St

   • 800 817 1116

10. Tillicum Village

    Blake
    Island, across the bay from the waterfront, contains a rainforest park
    and a fabricated Northwest Coastal Native American Village. A four-hour
    adventure includes the cruise, a traditional buffet, and time to stroll
    beaches and forested trails.

    • 2992 SW Avalon Way

    • 206 933 8600

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