Our big Memorial day plans were to visit Lake Lure. Since the forecast was filled with Thunderstorms our hopes of swimming at the beach and gracing the river walk were trashed. So, we decided to head out to Discovery Place in Charlotte. For those of you who may not know~ this is a hands on science museum. Well boy has this place changed since I was last there. I mean it was cool before but now it's INCREDIBLE. Please note I love museums as long as they're cool and not full of taxidermy alone...While waiting in line some man walked up to me and asked if I would like 3 FREE tickets!!!!!!!!
Our first stop was the play land called kidscience (ages 0 to 7) which has been revamped since my last voyage: this has a GIANT water table (mom's you may want to pack extra clothing for kids under 2 or 3. At least make sure they are wearing a smock. I am not really sure if the smock kept them from getting wet or not~ if you do forget the nice people of Discovery place had a hand dryer in which you could easily pick up a small child and attempt drying their clothes not that I know this from experience or anything...). My favorite part was of course the HUMONGOUS lite brite you remember lite brite right? This is essentially a light table with a black cover full of holes. Colored pegs are placed in the holes revealing a beautiful picture creation of your choosing. My final top 3 pick was the light box with different colored shapes in which you could make designs. There were also many, many other activities for children including a gated soft play area for crawlers and not so sure footed walkers.
This is part I of a series stay tuned for further DP description...
Our first stop was the play land called kidscience (ages 0 to 7) which has been revamped since my last voyage: this has a GIANT water table (mom's you may want to pack extra clothing for kids under 2 or 3. At least make sure they are wearing a smock. I am not really sure if the smock kept them from getting wet or not~ if you do forget the nice people of Discovery place had a hand dryer in which you could easily pick up a small child and attempt drying their clothes not that I know this from experience or anything...). My favorite part was of course the HUMONGOUS lite brite you remember lite brite right? This is essentially a light table with a black cover full of holes. Colored pegs are placed in the holes revealing a beautiful picture creation of your choosing. My final top 3 pick was the light box with different colored shapes in which you could make designs. There were also many, many other activities for children including a gated soft play area for crawlers and not so sure footed walkers.
This is part I of a series stay tuned for further DP description...
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