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The Children’s Discovery Museum in Saskatoon-7 Fabulous Reasons to Take Your Kids There

by Kari Olfert, posted in Saskatoon Insider for Parents, Saskatoon Insider Lists, Saskatoon Insider Things to Do
Market Mall
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Have you checked out our Children’s Discovery Museum in Saskatoon? If you have kids that are under 10 years old and the weather is not what you want to experience. You should go. It is inside Market Mall, across from the mini golf and it is a lot of fun if you’re a kid, here is what they love best about it:

1) Craft Area

The sweet thing about their craft area, is that they have collected all kinds of different and unique items for kids to create into whatever masterpiece their little hands feel inspired to do. They also display example crafts for your children to try. This area requires your presence so keep this in mind if you bring more than 3 kids with you. (The staff WILL hunt you down! :D)

2) Camping Area

The camping area is a fabulous mock camping area, complete with a real canoe. If you are like most parents, or maybe me, you will HAVE to climb inside the canoe because it’s a canoe and so damn cool! They  also have a tent set up, a little pretend fire pit with real wood and trees to compliment their forest theme. Great for kids that love outdoor adventures.

3) Stage

Maybe you have a budding performer?? The Discovery Museum has a dress up area with masks and costumes backstage, so that your child can dress up and do their act on stage.

4) Vet Office Clinic

You probably have a child that will be a doctor when they get older! 😉 The museum has a desk set up, along with an appointment log and a light table with real animal x-ray images.

5) Cashier

Budding entrepreneurs will flood to the cashier booth and hand out cash to their friends so that they can have the best deal ever when they buy something. I have never met a child that did not enjoy playing store.

6) Musical Instruments

Drums, organs and morraca’s oh my! Get ready to hear some noise because at any given moment random children will be playing beautiful music!

7) Pocketbook Friendly

Admission is only $3.50 per child. It is also a non-profit organization, so their focus is right where it should, on our children.

If you would like to add other great reasons why your kids love this museum, please feel free to comment.

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Saskatoon Birthday Party Places for Kids

by Kari Olfert, posted in Saskatoon Insider for Parents, Saskatoon Insider Things to Do
birthday cake
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Today is my youngest daughters birthday! She is 5 and has told everyone that she comes in contact with that she is going to be 5 soon! In fact, half way through last week she already started to tell people that she was 5! Obviously because 5 is WAY cooler than 4! Kids are the best thing (most times) EVER!

What do you do for you child‘s birthday parties? You have the over the top pony show option, the “just” family option, the lets invite a couple of your friends or lets take this party elsewhere deal. For me personally, I have 2 girls and I know how crazy excited they get when absolutely nothing is happening and birthday’s amplify that by 417. I always take my kids and their friends “out”, where someone else does all the work! 🙂

Here is a list for all of you Saskatoon parents wondering where to host your next child’s next birthday party:

1. Fun Factory

This is my favorite place to bring my girls. They can run wild for an hour, you can rent a party room for the gift opening, messy lunch eating and cake goodness and then, you simply go home. Your kids are exhausted and happy and you do not have to clean up anything, beautiful.

2. Cinema Theatre Birthday

Same deal as the Fun Factory. Your kids chill and watch a great movie and you rent out a room and the cinema takes care of the rest of the details for you. Perfect for a group of kids that can sit still. Maybe in a couple of years…

3. Can-Am Gymnastics Club

This place is really interactive. They have someone teach your children some gymnastics for an hour. What a great way to enjoy a party. The kids have a chance to learn a little and have fun! Great idea. They host party’s on the weekends.

4. Dreen’s

This place is great for your budding little baker. They teach your group of kids (minimum 8) to make their own snack. This place would be most ideal for children that are not food “picky” and kids that love spending time with you in the kitchen.

5. East View Bowling

When was the last time you thought about bowling?! I remember bowling being a lot of fun when I was a kid. This place would most likely offer something that your kids do not regularly participate in. The nice thing about hosting the party here is that there is not a minimum number of kids that needed.

6. Taiso

Another great gymnastics place. The rates look great, they do not require a minimum number of children, they allow you to run your own birthday “show” in the room, the clean up is your responsibility when the party is over, so bring a spouse or friend to help out.

7. Kinsmen Park

Rides, inexpensive ones that your little ones will enjoy! For kids with summer birthdays. This place looks great for a summer birthday and you have the freedom of having a birthday picnic in the nice park area too.

8. Lawson, Lakewood, Harry Baily, or Shaw Center Civic Centers

Do your kids love to swim? This place allows you to host parties in their pool area and they have birthday rooms for your little one’s entourage! Perfect.

9. Michael’s

This place looks like so much fun for kids that love to do crafts and arts providing that they are at least 8 years old. Your child picks the project and a host will lead your group into making their chosen craft. Everyone will get to take something home and kids do like when they can take stuff home!

10. Ruckers

Video game mania! This place is hosted in an arcade type setting and ideal for kids that really enjoy video gaming. You can rent this place out after hours too, which is an added bonus.

11. Mini Golf

What birthday list would be complete without mention of mini golf. We have an indoor one in Market Mall. (Best mall ever). If you have a golf enthusiast in the family, that has not yet gone pro this could be a cool place to host their next birthday.

There you have it. A list of 11 great places to host your child`s next birthday party! There are more places, but these are my favorite as they have an activity element, mostly the work is done for you and your child can have a super good time too.

Any places to add to our list? Please feel free! 🙂