A few weeks ago right before the school started, we planned our outing to celebrate back-to-school. I gave Miss J and Mr. Z choices on their outing.
Miss J with her free spirit, creative imagination, and sensitive emotion chose Imagine It! Children Museum. It’s one of Atlanta family favorite children museum. We had our membership from Creative Discovery museum that allow us to get in for free. I think I might get our membership here next year.
Originally, we planned to hit 2 museums that day. One for Miss J and one for Mr. Z. But as usual, we were slow getting start. We didn’t get to the museum till after lunch. So we decided to just let them play and enjoy their time there and visit Mr. Z’s choice the next day.
Every time when we visited Imagine It!, the first stop had to be the Tool Solution section. It’s a big giant structure with balls moving along the tube, water wheel, and even crane. Kids ran around picking up balls and putting them into the tube to see them moving to the next stop. Mr. Z waited patiently for his turn to operate the crane and he couldn’t be happier to drop the ball right on target.
It took a while before they agreed to move on to other exhibits. And Miss J gravitated toward the wall art. It was such a cool idea. Color paint the wall and then wipe it out and start it all over again. The station is equipped with pint-size apron and water color ready for the little Picasso to express their idea.
Another one of her favorite has to be the sand table filled with moon sand. The sand has super soft quality that you can pretty much sculpt it into fun shape.
As for Mr. Z, his second favorite has to be the grocery and conveyor belt section. I didn’t know he loves shopping this much. Next time I go grocery shopping, he will be my little helper. There were more kids than the little shopping carts so Mr. Z waited patiently (again) for his turn. It took probably a good 40-45 minutes before one of the kids gave up on this fun cart. Mr. Z didn’t waste his time filling up his shopping cart full of healthy food (I hope!).
I couldn’t say enough good thing about Imagine It! At first glance, it doesn’t look like a great children museum. With only one story, I thought it was rather small. But each exhibit is created with such details that kids couldn’t stay away from them. Plus the size is actually what make this children museum perfect for family with kids especially small children. It’s easier to keep track of your kids when there aren’t that many places for them to hide. I admit that I love the Port Discover Children museum in Baltimore. But at time, I also was so nervous. With multi-stories playground, there were several times that I couldn’t keep an eye on them. So I have to say that Imagine It! has grown on me and slowly become one of my favorite children museum.
Stay tune for part 2 of our back-to-school weekend fun!
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Isn’t it funny how the smallest children’s museums can hold little one’s attention? We went to one in Jacksonville that was no bigger then my house (which is not big!) but we stayed for hours and hours! Looks like you had fun!
My kids adore going to the children’s museum
Oh, that looks like such an amazing place!! Fantastic captures of your kiddos having a wonderful time!
what a fun place. Here’s my photo story. happy Friday!
I wish that there was something like this where I live. My kids would love to visit here! What a fun post!
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Love kids’ museums, and love the fact that so many museums cater to families so well these days. Recently posted about some of the museums we visited while in England. Big bonus: most English museums are free, AND kid-friendly. Can’t ask for more than that!
Looks like a fun place. I love the sand photo!
Great pictures. The great thing about good, small kid’s museums is that kids get to spend more time at each activity without rushing on so they don’t miss anything.
Hi! I am such a fan of kids’ museums. It’s funny, the Costa Rica kid museum just opened their exhibit on grocery shopping too. It’s soo cute:)
Hey, I’d like to paint on the wall! :lol:
Looks like a great place to spend the day!
You’ve captured your children beautifully. What a fun way to spend a back to school weekend. There is a Children’s Discovery Museum in San Jose that has some similar, engaging exhibits. The more children’s museums, the better!