Fun Things to do with Kids in California

Things to do with Kids in California The Golden State has many interesting places geared toward children. There are fun museums and attractions for kids, plus great places to swim, fish, hike and explore. Looking for a place to spend the day with your children or planning your family's next vacation you can find the perfect destination in the Golden State. Put a smile on your childs face, spend the day at one of these great destinations and they will remember the day for a long time. Many of these places also offer parties and celebrations for kids and groups.


 

 
Destinations for kids in California


 

 

 
San Francisco Kids Birthday Party
Find the perfect place to celebrate your kids birthday. Make your child's party one to remember by having it at one of these unique party places. Leave the details to a professional party host. Your child will be the envy of his friends.
Exploratorium: San Francisco
A museum filled with interactive science and art exhibits. More than 124,000 children and teachers visit the Exploratorium every year. Housed within the walls of San Francisco's landmark Palace of Fine Arts
Jelly Belly Factory Tour - Your kids will love you for taking them to the Jelly Belly factory. This fun 40 minute tour of the candy factroy will put smiles on the faces of kids. At the end of the tour your get a free bag or Jelly Belly candy. A must do day trip.
Zeum: San Francisco
Children are encouraged to help with projects, including stop-action animation, digital photography, and cutting-edge new media forms, web casting and to experiment and to learn.
Funderland : Sacramento
Funderland is a small-scale, old-fashioned amusement park and is perfect age 2 to 12. A roller coaster, steam train and other modes of transporting small bodies in various directions.
Old Faithful Geyser Calistoga
Every 40 minutes, on the average, Calistoga, California's version of Old Faithful erupts, throwing 350-degree Fahrenheit water as much as 60 feet into the air. The world famous fainting goats. (the goats are so used to people they no longer faint)
California State Railroad Museum:
The museum is a complex of historic facilities and unique attractions. This is a must stop for all kids and adults who like trains. Plenty of hands on activities for the whole family.
Chabot Space Center: Oakland
This excellent museum is appropriate for children of all ages, but elementary school kids will especially enjoy it. It’s home to a great planetarium and a Discovery Room for children ages 4-7
Bonfante Gardens Park: Gilroy
Theme park designed for families with young children and garden lovers featuring 19 rides, 27 attractions, majestic gardens and the world famous Circus Trees. California's only horticulture theme park.
Charles M. Schulz Museum: Santa Rosa
The Snoopy Museum offers tours of the museum, cartooning classes, and hands-on activities. Daily screenings of the Peanuts Television Shows, interviews with Charles Schulz and other Peanuts related material.
California Science Center: L A
The West Coast's largest hands-on science center. offers fun and informative permanent exhibits Through hands-on experiences in our galleries, you'll learn about human inventions and innovations.
Discovery Museum of the Desert
Located in Rancho Mirage the museum is over 18,000 square foot .The Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert has over fifty "hands-on" exhibits. "We believe that learning is serious fun!"
Discovery Science Center: Santa Ana
Let your imagination turn, twist and fly through approximately 120 hands-on exhibits. The Center is a 59,000-square-foot learning facility designed to spark
children's natural curiosity.
The Bowers Kidseum: Santa Ana
Kidseum is designed to be a safe haven for exploration, an environment that provides opportunities for increasing self-knowledge. The Kidseum has many activities: Art Classes, Storytelling, Performances, Birthday Parties, Family Festivals and Summer Art Camp
San Diego Model Railroad Museum
At 27,000 sq. ft., the museum is the largest indoor model railroad display in the world. The individual HO and N scale layouts are among largest of their type. Located in historic Balboa Park near the San Diego Zoo.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center :San Diego - The Science Center features more than 100 interactive science exhibits in five galleries, as well as major traveling exhibitions.Younger children will enjoy Kid City, a exhibition aimed at children ages six and younger
   
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