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Good afternoon i was wondering if anyone knew of some cool stuff i could do with my 6 &7 year olds. i only have them on the weekends and we are always trying to find fun things to do, but with the way everything is now days i do not have a whole lot of extra money. If anyone knows of fun free activites in the 76133 zip code area that would be great but it doesnt have to be free.
Thanks to everyone we are going to have a fun packed weeked now. i will let everyone know what we did thanks alot.
MEL
well we went out to trinity park but it was pack no parking at all i forgot it was pride weekend. we didnt stay that long. i wasnt ready to explain to my children why those 2 men were kissing each other.... anyways we went and got a pet goldfish and bought soem craft stuff and did crafts. but next weekend we are going to mainstay farm.
Cabela's....we love that place for a free visit
This looks neat~
http://www.mom2momdfw.com/node/3252
Also Benbrook is having something next week. And so is White settlement.
I just saw things on the street signs about something in Benbrook. White settlements is a whole fest.
There's a place www.happyhopperz.com that is at 8615 S. Hulen, Suite #113, Fort Worth. It has bounce houses indoors....we took our kids there and it was $5.95 per child and they could jump as long as they wanted.
The weather is great for parks - Botanic Gardens is nice. Pick up some magnifying glasses, paper, and colored pencils from the dollar store & do some nature sketching/investigating out there.
You could try Letterboxing, I always mean to and we never do - http://www.letterboxing.org/ but it looks fun!!!
Bake together.
Check out all the free festivals/concerts/etc. you can find, I know Arlington has "family fun" at their new place downtown on Saturdays. They open this weekend for the first time, it was in the Star Telegram yesterday.
What about a picnic at Botanic Gardens in FW? There's lots of green grass to kick a ball and run, and a fun new educational area. Everything is free except for the conservatory ($1) per person and the Japanese Gardens which I believe is $3 per person. Japanese Gardens are gorgeous, nice paths, and for quarters you can feed the really big "goldfish". It's great weather for that!
You could also try the Tarantula for a bit of a splurge. $10 for a round trip from stockyards to 8th ave and back again. they sell popcorn, hotdogs and drinks on the train.
good luck!
There's the duck pond and playground on the corner of Trail Lake and South drive (ftw) -we get a loaf of bread and just feed the ducks then play around. You can go bike riding or just throwing rocks in the river-there are some great small water falls between Bryant Irvin and Hulen-you can see what floats/sinks, go fishing, or play racing sticks or get a remote control boat from like the dollar store and play around with it. There's a miniture railroad exhibit at the Lockheed Marten activity center this Saturday $5 for adults to get in, it's on Brant Irvin. We like going to Central Market on a Thurs to Sat night and listening to the music and having a cheap dinner, though I think after October they close the Burgers and Bach down. You can fly a kite over by the TCU baseball field where it's nice and open. Down in the Stockyards they have the cattleman's maze that's really fun ($5 for adults I think plus I think they have coupons online), the longhorn cattle drive twice a day (free), and the train that takes you to Grapevine and back (pretty cheap). The museums are great and I think they have a half price day though it might be on Tuesdays, but the Amon Carter is free all the time. There's just a few for you :) and here's the fort worth website that has some great ideas and a calendar of events... http://www.fortworth.com/index.shtml
the Botanic Gardens are a great place to go and it is free. It is only 2 or 3 dollars to get into the Japanese Gardens. The water gardens are across from there and there is also a train ride at Trinity Park that is alot of fun. They are all very close to each other. Also, the movie Wall-E is showing at the dollar movies in North Richland Hills. I'm taking my daughter to see that this weekend.
Also, check around and see if there are any churches in your area that are having fall carnivals this weekend. Those are usually free.
Have fun and good luck.
Ft worth has a airshow going on this weekend if your children are interest in airplanes. Its only $20 paking thats it. Just pake some snacks and some food and you don't have to worry about food.
