⭐ Featured Picks (Paid Partners)
Big thanks to our featured partners for helping keep this guide free for local families. Explore their offerings below, then find them again in their category sections.
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Urban Air Adventure Park — Harrisburg
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Valhallan Esports Training — Camp Hill
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Jubilee Cake Studio — Mechanicsburg
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Popcorn Hat Players at Gamut Theatre / Gamut Theatre Academy — Harrisburg
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Double Vision Acres (DVA) — Carlisle
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Paulus Market & Fun Farm — Mechanicsburg
1) When They’re Bouncing Off The Walls
Turn turbocharged chaos into happy exhaustion with these action picks.
Partner pick
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Urban Air Adventure Park — Harrisburg
- Dexterity Depot — Camp Hill
- Monkey Joe’s — Camp Hill
- Olympic Skating Center — Enola
- Sky Zone — Mechanicsburg
- Twin Ponds Ice Arena — Harrisburg
- Urban Playground — Harrisburg
- USA Ninja Challenge — Camp Hill
- Vertical Kommotion — Camp Hill
- West Shore YMCA — Camp Hill (indoor mini water park)
- Yellow Breeches Sports Center — New Cumberland
2) Arcades, Coding, Gaming, & Geeky Goodness
Level up gifts for gamers and builders of worlds.
Partner pick
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Valhallan Esports Training — Camp Hill
- Code Ninjas — Camp Hill
- Dave & Buster’s — Camp Hill
- Snapology — Camp Hill
- Sports Emporium — Carlisle
- The Coliseum — Camp Hill
3) Creative Souls & Sweet Makers
Hands-on art that doubles as a keepsake or a very tasty memory.
Partner pick
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Jubilee Cake Studio — Mechanicsburg
- Color Me Mine — Harrisburg
- Color Me Mine — Mechanicsburg
- Create-A-Palooza — Carlisle
- Mud Luv Pottery Studio — Carlisle
- The Art Center — Mechanicsburg
4) STEAM & Hands-On Learning They’ll Love
Learning disguised as play is a parent power move.
- Chocolate World — Hershey
- Enchanted Forest — Carlisle
- Hershey Children’s Museum — Hershey
- The Hershey Story Museum — Hershey
- Lancaster Science Factory — Lancaster
- Lykens Valley Children’s Museum — Elizabethville
- Oakes Museum of Natural History — Mechanicsburg
- The State Museum of Pennsylvania — Harrisburg
- Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts — Harrisburg
- Where the Wild things Play - Hummelstown
5) Family Experiences & Show Time
Bowling nights. Live shows. Cozy movie outings. Built-in memories.
Partner pick
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Popcorn Hat Players at Gamut Theatre / Gamut Theatre Academy — Harrisburg
- Hershey Lodge with Water Works & Arcade — Hershey
- Hershey Theatre — Hershey
- Hersheypark — Hershey
- Midtown Cinema — Harrisburg
- Regal Cinemas — Harrisburg
- Trindle Bowl — Mechanicsburg
- Whitaker Center’s Sunoco Theater — Harrisburg
6) Thrills for the Brave
- Adventure Explorations — Boiling Springs & Hershey
- Climbnasium — Mechanicsburg
- Escape Games Live — Lemoyne
- K1 Speed — Lemoyne
- Spooky Nook Sports — Manheim
7) Wild Things & Nature Lovers
Partner picks
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Double Vision Acres (DVA) — Carlisle
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Paulus Market & Fun Farm — Mechanicsburg
- Ashcombe Farm & Greenhouses — Mechanicsburg
- Hershey Gardens — Hershey
- Indian Echo Caverns — Hummelstown
- Lively Hive — Hershey
- Where the Wild Things Play — Hershey
- Wildwood Park & Nature Center — Harrisburg
- ZooAmerica — Hershey
8) Road Trip Ready Day Trips
Pack snacks. Load playlists. Make a day of it.
- Crayola Experience — Easton, PA
- Franklin Institute — Philadelphia, PA
- Port Discovery Children’s Museum — Baltimore, MD
