Media Contact: Amy Spain, 425-348-5802 x. 101, [email protected] Great Attractions & Activities for Kids In Snohomish County, WA From a reptile zoo to exciting sports and children’s theater, families will find many forms of fun to keep the kids happily occupied while visiting Snohomish County. Rain or shine! Animal Encounters The Reptile Zoo. Most unusual – and a definite kid-magnet for its “gross” factor. It has enough crawly, slithery, scary critters to send kids into absolute ecstasy. The Reptile Man, Scott Petersen, has created an amazing zoo of 200 creatures including more than 50 snakes: rattlesnakes, pythons, cobras and mambas. Other caged critters include chameleons, lizards, scorpions and spiders; big tortoises amble around the yard. Kids can touch the scales of certain zoo inhabitants, feel them slither on an arm or observe as they take a meal. Children must be at least three years old. Plan your next birthday party here. Admission is $5 (child), $6 (over 18). Open year-round, Mon-Sun 10am-6pm. Call ahead to learn feeding times or make group reservations. Address: 22715 State Route 2, one mile east of Monroe. (360) 805-5300. http://www.thereptilezoo.org/ The Outback Kangaroo Farm near Arlington makes this unusual combination work by offering educational tours of its Down Under critters when it’s not selling Christmas trees. Your kids can see kangaroos, wallabies and wallaroos, llamas and alpacas, pygmy goats, ringtail lemurs, parrots, and peacocks. From March through October, four scheduled tours are offered Wednesday through Sunday at 10:00 a.m., 12:00, 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. Adults $8 and children $7. 10030 State Route 530 NE, Arlington, (360) 403-7474, www.outbackkangaroofarm.com. Just Frogs, Toads Too. Find out what's hopping in Edmonds. Check out how important frogs are and see rescued frogs, toads, turtles and more. Plus, every kind of gift for the frog lover. Also offer craft workshops, frog themed parties and amphibian pet care. 300 Admiral Way, Suite 104, Edmonds. (425) 778-8726. www.justfrogs.com. Page - 2 Pony Paradise Rides provides children of all ages the ability to interact with ponies in various ways. We have Pony parties at our location (Woodinville), or Ponies on the road where the ponies come to you to celebrate your special event. Our ponies love to dress up as princesses, unicorns, cowboys and more. We offer lessons and much more. Summer camp at their Woodinville location. 1 (800) 753-PONY. www.ponyparidiserides.com. Seasonal petting zoos – open May through September (call for exact dates): • Forest Park Animal Farm, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd., Everett, (425) 257-8300. Museums, Theater & Arts Imagine Children’s Museum. Kids love the Imagine Children’s Museum in Everett where they can sit in a real airplane cockpit and explore a two-story tree house. Other adventures include a two-story tree house; a mountain with a climbing wall and train tunnel; a ferry boat with a water table; a farm with a milking cow; a town center with a restaurant, vet clinic, bank, barber shop and theater; art and construction studios. The littlest kids can even toddle or crawl around a soft-sided castle. Here kids are encouraged to touch, do and explore everything – this is a place where a child’s approach to the world reigns! Open daily except Mondays and major holidays; hours vary. Admission $7.75 per person, children under one are free. Half- off 3pm-5pm on Thursday. 1502 Wall Street, Everett. (425) 258-1006, www.imaginecm.org. The Western Heritage Center is a great interactive museum of Mining, Logging, Agriculture and Wildlife in Northwestern Washington. Kids can gawk at noisy machinery, including an 1880s-era drill press powered by giant belts tied to a waterwheel outside the building. This exhibit is and will be designed to spark the interest of the visitor as well as educate him or her on just how exciting and creative people had to be to survive without TV and cell phones. Take a tour and bring your kids for a great day or night of real reality! Located at the Evergreen Fairgrounds, Building 611 (Far east end corner), Monroe. Open Wed-Sat 10am- 5pm & Sun 12pm-5pm. (425) 232-3493. The Village Theatre at the Everett Performing Arts Center is the premiere theater venue in Snohomish County with adult and kid-friendly productions throughout the year. Performances at the intimate, 512-seat theatre range from Broadway musicals to special children’s shows, always of the highest caliber. Resident company Pied Piper Presents produces shows for the entire family: ballet, musical concerts, children's theater and puppetry. 2710 Wetmore Avenue, Everett, (425) 257-8600, www.villagetheatre.org. Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater provides a wide range of programs, classes, and performances in a nurturing environment that give children and adults opportunity to Page - 3 experience the excitement, vitality, unpredictability and exuberance of live theater, music and arts education. 1211 4th Street, Snohomish. (360) 568-9412. www.thumbnailtheater.com. Kids ‘N’ Clay Pottery Studio-Lynnwood. During wet-clay open hours, kids can get their hands dirty and experiment with wheel throwing, hand building and painting. Studio Hours: Closed Mon. Open Tue-Wed 10-3, Thur 10-6, Fri 10-8, Sat 11-5, Sun 11-4. 19125 33rd Avenue West, Suite D, Lynnwood. (425) 673-CLAY (2529). www.kidsnclay.com/ Movie Theaters in Snohomish County • Olympic Theatre, Arlington, (360) 435-3939 • Edmonds Theater, Edmonds, (425) 778-4554 • Regal Cinemas Everett Mall Stadium 16, Everett, (800) 326-3264 • Regal Alderwood Stadium 7, Lynnwood, (800) 326-3264 413 • AMC Loews Alderwood Mall 16, Lynnwood, (888) AMC-4FUN • Regal Marysville 14, Marysville, (800) 326-3264 414 • Galaxy Monroe (special effect chairs for extra $, DLP digital projection), Monroe, (360) 863-0909 • Cinebarre Mountlake Terrace (21 years & older, serves drinks & food before and during movies), Mountlake Terrace, (425) 672-7501 • Stanwood Cinemas at the Pavilion, Stanwood, (360) 629-0514 In the summers, many communities also offer outdoor movies. See listings at www.snohomish.org. Planes, Trains and Go Karts The Boeing Tour of its commercial jet assembly plant in Everett is a fascinating experience for older kids and adults alike. In October 2005, it became part of the Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour, a new facility designed to provide visitors with an understanding and appreciation of technology as applied to the science of flight. This unique interpretive facility will let kids design their own jets – and take home souvenir printouts! Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour is open daily with hourly tours from 9am— 3pm. Children must be at least 4 feet tall. Cost for adults is $20, youth 15 & under is $14. Address: 8415 Paine Field Blvd., Mukilteo. Information: (800) 464-1476, (888) 467-4777 or (425) 438-8100, www.futureofflight.org. Page - 4 Traxx Indoor Raceway is an indoor go-kart racecourse with electric cars and gas-powered karts for ages 3 through adult. Memberships and party packages are offered with add-ons of the Climbing Wall, Turbo Toilets, Bouncy House and food. 4329 Chennault Beach Rd, Mukilteo, (425)493-Traxx. www.traxxracing.com. Train Rides! The Iron Horse Railway offers train rides in Snohomish. The location is just south of Hwy 2 at 56th St. SE. Five-minute train rides are available on Saturdays when it is not raining. Rides cost $3 per ticket, $10 for four tickets, and $20 for 10 tickets. Children under the age of one ride for free. Hwy 9 and 30th Street in Snohomish. ironhorserailway.net Sporting Fun & Exercise If your kids are sports fans, check out the schedule of the Comcast Arena at Everett. This 10,000-seat, multi-purpose venue hosts championship hockey, ice shows and star-power concerts. It’s home to the Everett Silvertips, www.everettsilvertips.com, a top-rated Western Hockey League team and Washington Stealth, National Lacrosse League, www.stealthlax.com. In addition to exciting hockey games September through March, the center hosts basketball, volleyball, wrestling and gymnastics events. 2000 Hewitt Avenue, Everett. Information: (425) 322-2600, www.comcastarenaeverett.com. For tickets: (866) 332-8499. Doodlebug Sportz, indoor and outdoor laser and paintball tag for ages 10 years and up. Indoor location: 3303 McDougall Ave., Everett. Private parties, drop-ins, equipment rental packages, pro shop. Outdoor location is: 9600 115th Ave. SE, Snohomish. Next to Pilchuck Park. (425) 257-9800 for both locations. Call or see website for times and prices. www.doodlebugsportz.com/ The action never stops at Elevated Sportz Indoor Trampoline & Fun Center, which features four trampoline courts and giant four stories soft play structure. Each trampoline offers different options for Tiggerific tots, including dodgeball, basketball, and a foam pit for maximum jumping excitement. A giant play structure designed for young children serves up racing slides, a ball pit, an obstacle course, tubes, tunnels, and bridges to satisfy any mini explorer. Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday. Pricing varies. 18311 Bothell-Everett Hwy, #140, Bothell. www.elevatedsportz.com Rage Cage Batting Complex - Outdoor & indoor batting cages; retail shop; in-door training facility; party/meeting room; pitching instruction; hitting instructions; video analysis; silk screening/embroidery; hitting clinics/camps for ages 9-18 years. Mon-Fri: 2-7pm, Sat-Sun: Noon-7pm. 1520 112th St SW, Everett. (425)348-5266. www.ragecageeverett.com Jump Rattle & Roll is a new 8,000 sq. foot interactive bouncing’ fun play arena for children 1- 16 years. Children under 1 and parents are free. Bring your socks! Private party room, bounce arenas and a “living room” for mom and dad.