Washington DC
Our Kids Reviews
Our area is a mecca for family-friendly live entertainment and museums. If your children can sit still for 45 minutes or so, they are probably ready to see a (short) play or a concert. Here are some recent shows, museums and other attractions around the DC area the OK staff has taken in. Can you recommend something else? Please send us a review!
Amusement, Festivals & Special Events
- Adventure Park USA
- Apple Picking at Stribling Orchard
- Big Apple Circus
- Cox Farms Fall Festival
- Feelin' Hot! Hot! Hot! - how to keep cool during the hot summer months
- Flower Mart
- Maryland Renaissance Festival
- Smithsonian Folklife Festival
- The Maryland Faerie Festival
- The Montgomery County Fair
Day Trips & Vacation Ideas
- Amtrak's Auto Train
- An Our Kids Camping Q and A
- B&O Railroad Museum
- Big Meadows Campground
- Calvert Cliffs State Park
- Chesapeake Children's Museum
- Chincoteague Island - your guide for a family vacation!
- Crayola Factory and Lehigh Valley, PA
- Deep Creek Lake
- Hatteras Island, Outer Banks (OBX), North Carolina
- Historic St. Mary's City
- Northern Outer Banks (OBX), North Carolina
- Luray Caverns
- Wildwood Beaches, New Jersey: A Family Vacation
Indoor Activities
- Amazing Art Studio
- At Play Cafe
- Baby Loves Disco
- Be with Me Children's Playseum
- Bounce U
- C3 Cyber Club
- Children's Art Studio
- Clix Portrait Studios
- Comedysportz 4 Kidz
- Dynamite Gymnastics Center Open Gym
- Earth Treks Climbing Center
- Great Kids Village - Silver Spring Location
- Home Depot Kids Workshops
- House of Bounce
- JumpWorks!
- Jump!Zone
- JW Tumbles
- Kids N Motion - indoor playspace
- MoBu Kids - indoor play area
- musiKids
- Pump It Up
- Romp 'N Roll
- Shadowland Laser Adventures (Chantilly)
- Skate-N-Fun Zone
- Sport Bounce of Loudoun
- The Studio at Fulton
- Warrenton Aquatics Facility
- Wee Play - indoor play area
- Wheaton Ice Arena
- White Oak Duckpin Lanes
- Wkids Fun Center at Wegmans Dulles
Kids Concerts, Movies, Music & Theater
- Alden Theatre
- Alexandria Concert Series
- Alphabeats at Sticky Fingers Nourish Your Body & Musical Soul
- Boogie on over to Boogie Babes
- Charity & The JAMband's Party Like a Twinkle Star a CD review
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Despicable Me
- Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia in 3D - at the Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater
- Earth a DVD review
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Fairfax County 2010 Summer Concert Series
- Great Day - Milkshake's newest CD
- Groovin' with Groovy Nate
- He's Got the Whole World In His Hands DVD audio book review
- Hot Vinyl: The New Tunes from Recess Monkey and Rocknoceros
- Jammin' Java Kids Weekday Music Series Little Tots Summer Fun Series
- Little Red Riding Hood & the 3 Little Pigs
- Mary Poppins at The Kennedy Center
- National Harbor's Movies on the Potomac
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief movie review
- Ramona and Beezus
- Ranky Tanky a CD review
- Recess Monkey: The Final Funktier a CD review
- Seattle Saves Your Day The Not Its Way a CD review
- Shrek Forever After
- Story Theatre Series - at Imagination Stage
- Strathmore Free Summer Concerts
- The Great Zucchini
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- Toy Story 3
- What Are the Odds? a CD review
Birthday Parties & Restaurants
- Curiosity Zone
- Family Day at Bobby McKey's Dueling Piano Bar
- Gymini Gymnastics Birthday Party
- I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!
- Jumping Jack Sports Birthday Party
- JW Tumbles Birthday Party (Herndon Location)
- Life Time Fitness Birthday Parties
- Paradiso Ristorante Italiano
Museums
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment
- Arlington Planetarium
- Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution - at the National Museum of Natural History
- Claude Moore Colonial Farm
- College Park Aviation Museum & NASA Goddard Flight Center Visitor
- Da Vinci - The Genius at the National Geographic Museum Explorer's Hall
- David H. Koch Hall of Origins at the National Museum of Natural History
- Explore More! at the Greater Reston Arts Center
- Fairfax Station Railroad Museum
- Family Discovery Cart: The Way We Work
- International Spy Museum KidSpy Programs
- Kreeger Museum Family Programs
- Lee-Fendall House Museum and Garden
- LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition at the National Building Museum
- Madame Tussauds DC
- Marian Koshland Science Museum
- Maryland Science Center
- Maymont
- National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center
- National Aquarium, Washington, D.C.
- National Building Museum
- National Children's Museum Launch Zone
- National Museum of American History Museum
- National Museum of the American Indian
- National Museum of the Marine Corps
- National Museum of the U.S. Navy
- National Postal Museum - Getting Started in Stamp Collecting
- Newseum
- Port Discovery
- President Lincoln's Cottage
- Sandy Spring Museum
- Sant Ocean Hall - at the National Museum of Natural History
- Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
- Smithsonian National Museum of American History
- Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The National Archives
- The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
Outdoor & Nature Adventures
- Berry Picking with Kids
- Billy Goat Trail A
- Broad Run Miniature Golf
- Brookside Nature Center
- Burke Lake Park
- Cameron Run Regional Park Mini Golf
- Candy Cane City Playground at Meadowbrook Park
- Clemyjontri Park
- Croydon Creek Nature Center
- Dinosaur Park
- Fairfax Farmers' Markets
- Fantasy Playground
- Great Country Farms
- Gulf Branch & Long Branch Nature Centers
- Hadley's Playground at Falls Road Local Park
- Hidden Pond Nature Center
- Homestead Farm
- Ice Skating at Manassas' Harris Pavilion
- Jefferson Falls Miniature Golf Course
- Lake Needwood Boats
- Lake Ridge Playground (Fantasy Playground)
- Laurel Links Miniature Golf Course
- Laurel Roller Skating Center
- Leesburg Animal Park
- Locust Grove Nature Center
- Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
- Meadowside Nature Center
- Miniature Train and Carousel at Wheaton Regional Park
- National Park Service Family Bike Tours
- Nature Playce at Hidden Oaks Nature Center
- Old Mine Ranch
- Oxon Hill Farm
- Rocky Gorge Mini Golf
- The Flying Circus Aerodrome Air Show
- The United States National Arboretum
- Trail Discovery for Kids: Tom's (Self Guided Nature) Trail
- Trail Discovery for Kids: Hazel River Trail, Shenandoah National Park
- Trail Discovery for Kids: Greenbelt National Park
- Trail Discovery for Kids: Northwest Branch Trail Trail Discovery for Kids: Rose River Fire Road, Shenandoah National Park
- Trail Discovery for Kids: October Highlighted Hike
- Trail Discovery for Kids: September Highlighted Hike
- Trail Discovery for Kids: August Highlighted Hike
- Trail Discovery for Kids: July Highlighted Hike
- Trail Discovery for Kids: June Highlighted Hike
- Trail Discovery for Kids: May Highlighted Hike
- Trail Discovery for Kids: April Highlighted Hike
- Trail Discovery for Kids: March Highlighted Hike
- Theodore Roosevelt Island
- Top Golf Miniature Golf
- Upton Hill Regional Park
- Watkins Regional Park
- Wings of Fancy Exhibit
- Woodend Nature Sanctuary
- Woody's Perils of the Lost Jungle Miniature Golf
- 2010 Trail Discovery for Kids
- 2009 Trail Discovery for Kids
Sports & Waterparks
- Atlantis Waterpark
- Germantown Indoor Swim Center
- Great Wolf Lodge
- Looking for Major Family Fun? Try the Minor Leagues! - a review of the Bowie Baysox
- Part II: Looking for Major Family Fun? Try the Minor Leagues! - a review of the Frederick Keys
- Olney Indoor Swim Center
- Pirate's Cove Waterpark
- Potomac Nationals Minor League Baseball Game
- Review of VA and MD Indoor Waterparks
- Signal Bay Water Park
- Six Flags America
- Splash Down Waterpark
- Spraygrounds in Arlington, Virginia
- South Germantown Splash Playground
- Upton Hill Waterpark
- Water Park at Bohrer Park
- WaterWorks
Older Reviews
- Apple Picking at Hartland Orchard
- Bull Run Festival of Lights
- Bunnyland at Butler's Orchard
- Burke Nursery Fall Festival and Pumpkin Playground
- Christmas in Hershey
- CLIX Portrait Studio
- Cows-N-Corn
- Day Out With Thomas
- Garden of Lights at Brookside Gardens
- Green Spring Gardens
- Guppy Gala
- Holiday Lights: A Comparison of Three Exhibits in Maryland
- ICE!™ at the Gaylord National
- Kids Bowl Free Program
- Mayple Syrup Festival at Cunningham Falls State Park
- Washington DC's National Cherry Blossom Festival
- Watson Adventures
