Pack a cooler, load up the minivan, and bring the kiddos out to these amazing Houston establishments. From numerous museums, to gorgeous parks, and action-packed entertainment centers, here are the top 10 places in Houston to find good, wholesome family fun this spring.
1. Children’s Museum
Discover world-class exhibitions, creativity labs, and exciting games at the Children’s Museum in Houston. Here, kids can expand their minds through a variety of imaginative interactive experiences – be learning stations, workshops or even obstacle courses. Plus, activities are designated based on children’s ages, making it easier to decide what to do first.
2. UNICEF’s Heart Strings Experience
Step into a heartfelt hands-on multisensory journey at the UNICEF’s ‘Heart Strings’ experience in Houston. Feel the power of connection through music, interactive displays, lighting effects, and dynamic visuals in a brand new way.
Get your tickets here!3. Space Center Houston
On 20 July 1969, Apollo 11’s lunar module lands on the moon. It may be the most important day in the history of space exploration. After more than a decade of struggle in the space race, NASA lands a huge win for America, but also for mankind.
Now visitors can pay homage to the astronauts and dreamers who made it all possible, with a visit to the Houston Space Center. See crafts that have been into orbit, get up close to space suits, and find out more about the future of space travel.
4. Visit ‘The World’s First Indoor Slide Park’ in Katy
Slick City Action Park is one of those unmissable things to do with kids in Houston. The exciting new park in Katy features an adrenaline-rushing mix of colorful slides – ranging from winding luges to a Tony Hawk-worthy halfpipe (sans skateboard) – as well as a mini go-kart track, inflated dodgeball courts and indoor basketball court, a playpen for the younger kiddos, and a restaurant.
5. Go Wild at the Houston Zoo
Recently named one of the best zoos in the country – in terms of conservation, animal welfare, and education – the Houston Zoo is a nationally-recognized institution that houses over 6,000 animals. The second-most-visited zoo in the country is also home to the new new Galapagos Island exhibit, with newly minted Humboldt penguin residents.
6. Go for a Stroll through Houston Gardens
While the city is more reminiscent of an urban jungle, there does lay lush pockets of flora manifested in parks, trails, and gardens. Go for a walk, have a picnic, or otherwise just enjoy the oxygen-rich air available at these stunning green spaces in Houston.
7. Downtown Aquarium
The Downtown Aquarium in Houston is full of wondrous interactive exhibits, rides, and attractions. It teems with life all of all kinds. Fish, flora, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. However you choose to spend an afternoon, evening, or night at the aquarium, you’re sure to enjoy yourself; whether you decide to dine with the fishes, take a spin on the aquatic carousel, or acquaint yourself with the many other resident mammalia.
8. Houston Toy Museum
Whoever said that toys are just for kids? Enjoy all the feelings of nostalgia and bewonderment – and probably a healthy dose of envy – as you reconnect with the toys that made your childhood what it was at the new Houston Toy Museum now open in The Heights.
9. Houston Museum of Natural Science
Explore one of the most attended museums in the country at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Visit North America’s largest dinosaur hall, see the beauty of the Lester and Sue Smith Gem Vault and step back in time at the Hall of Ancient Egypt.
The museum is regularly voted one of the top attractions in Houston and this is your chance to find out why. The purchase of a Permanent Exhibit Hall Ticket at the Houston Museum of Natural Science will give you access to the permanent exhibits only and excludes special exhibitions and the Brown Hall of Entomology.
10. Splash into the City’s Best Water Parks
Cool down this season in Texas at Houston’s hottest water parks. Whether you’re looking to catch a wave, plunge down a towering slide, or just enjoy some good family fun, you’ll find it at one or more of these wonderful waterparks in Houston.
11. Winfield’s Chocolate Bar
You don’t need a golden ticket to get into this whimsical chocolate factory. With two locations, one in River Oaks the other in Rice Village, Winfield’s Chocolate Bar is stock-full of dazzling confectionaries that put your kids’ Halloween haul to shame. Here, kids and adults alike can indulge in chocolates, ice creams, cookies, brownies, and more!