They had this fun area with lots of tunnels and plastic balls that you could put into various holes to see them travel through the tunnels. Isaac loved putting the balls into the tube that sucked them straight up. Check out this video.
They also had lots of pretend play areas: a construction site, a play house (inside they even had a little mouse hole), a grocery store, a gas station, a farm, a rock climbing wall, and a water play area. Lily and her cousin Trevyn also got to do an art project where you blow paint around your paper with a straw.
We were about ready to go and realized we hadn't even gone upstairs yet. So we thought we would take a peek. There was tons more stuff upstairs! They had a little theater with costumes to put on a play, as well as comic strip creation tables and a place to make your own little movie. You first choose your background. They you place the little play horses in front of the background and press the button to take a picture. Then you would move the horses a little and take another picture, continuing this for 15 pictures. Then press play and watch all your pictures come together. It was pretty cool! (My favorite part!) Lily enjoyed the comic strip area, coming up with her own little story to match the pictures she colored. She is so creative.
Then they had a big area with puzzles and magnets and blocks and all kinds of stuff, as well as a whole tv station set-up so older kids could play news anchor or camera man. They had this fans blowing up with a glass cage around them so you could insert little paper cupcake liners and watch them fly up and out. Lily and Trevyn did this for over 10 minutes and Isaac just watched them curiously. I also liked this wall they had with tubes you could arrange to make a tunnel to travel a ball from the top to the bottom. It was so fun to have my mom and sister there, especially my cute nephews Trevyn and Brayden.
Then they also had a terrace with a helicopter that made real LOUD helicopter noises. Lily was "brave" and enjoyed this part of the museum as well.
It was a big hit and we will definitely be going back next time we are in Salt Lake. I wish our Discovery Center would bring some of these fun, new activities!
3 comments:
Wow!!! what a fun place. Now we'll really have to go there. I wondered if you were gone. It seemed a little quiet from your neck of the woods.
I would suggest getting a membership to the Idaho Discovery Center for $50 and then go there. It was a great deal since it would have cost almost $40 for 4 people, one visit. Now we can go to our Discovery Center as much as we want and we will definitely be back in Utah this year.
I can't believe I have never been there! This will definitely be on my list of things to do on our next trip out to Utah! How fun. Looks like your kids had a blast.
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