Crayola Experience

One of the items on our Spring Bucket List is "Go on Some Fun Adventures with Cousins." We usually have lunch and/or play at Granny's house once a week, but we have talked about doing some field trips here and there, so that's why I added this to the list. Our first adventure was a trip to the Crayola Experience!

We really had a fun time here! There were plenty of activities for my kiddos, and the crowds were not as bad as we anticipated, since we pulled up and saw 8 school buses parked out front haha. But that just means we can go in the future and it will be even better because it will be less crowded. I ended up buying an annual pass because they were running an online deal that made it worth it for us, since it's right around the corner from Granny :)

They had a toddler-sized play area, and Eli and Maddie loved crawling through that. It took them awhile to figure out that they could go all the way through to the slides on the other side, but they were pretty content just climbing up and down the same small space over and over.

They had a giant Lite Bright board for kids to plug little pegs into, and Eli really liked this. He also really enjoyed organizing all the pegs in the cubby holes haha.

Next up was the chalk area. They had chalk available where kids can mark up the walls, and even this fun little truck.

Each kid gets 2 tokens when they arrive, which can be used for varying things inside. We used one of our tokens to get some modeling clay, then we sat down to play at the tables. I need to look at getting some for home because it's WAY less messy than Play-Doh!

And you can't go to the Crayola Experience without coloring! There were all kinds of different coloring page/crayon stations that we will have to explore in the future, but for this trip, we just sat down at the table with the pre-set pages and let them go to town. I think my kids are finally starting to figure coloring out :)

Eli just liked grabbing the crayons out of the bins haha

We also enjoyed some other fun activities where you could dance and see paint and crayons on the screen, follow lights, etc. Eli and Maddie didn't seem as into those activities, but I'm sure a few more visits will get them more comfortable with them.

After a fun morning exploring the Crayola Experience, we headed to the food court to have lunch with our cousins. Aiden had so much fun that he passed out in the stroller :)

We had a fun time with our cousins, and we are looking forward to more fun adventures with them!

*This post was published after the fact, but I wanted to keep it "in order" of events for my own records/memories*