Summer Fun

Places to go, things to see

Cinemark
Studio Movie Grill
Ikea
Home Depot
Lowes
Discovery Green
Miller Outdoor Theater
Children's Museum Houston
Zoo
Space Center
Hermann Park
Oyster Creek Park
Memorial Park
Museum of Natural Science
Museum of Nat Sc - Sugarland
Weather Museum
Health Museum
Houston Arboretum
Kemah Boardwalk
Galveston - Pleasure pier
Jesse Jones Park & Nature Center (Humble)
Lego mini build
Stafford Lanes
BlueBell Factory Tour
Brazos Bend State Park
George Ranch Historical Park
Froberg Farm
Beaches
George Observatory (in Brazos Bend Park)

$1/ea or pre-purchase $5/all 10 movies per person

$1/kid $2/adult
summer activities and events for family and children
build workshops for kids, register online
build workshops for kids, register online
look up event schedule mid-end of June for summer
outdoor performances fill up fast, arrive early and plan to enjoy the
splashpad at Hermann Park a walk away
Thursday 5p-8p Family Free
$14/adult $10/kid (2-11)
$22/adult $18.95/ages 4-11 discounts online
trails, trainride around the park for $, playgrounds and splashpad,
paddleboats
Trails, playground
Trails, playground
Thursday 2pm-5pm Family free entry
$12/adult $9/kid
Thursday 12pm-4pm Family Free
Thursday 2pm-5pm Family free entry
buildings open 10a-4p, trails & gate open 7a-8pm
Friday Fireworks 930pm starting June 21st (time approx)
$$ rides on the pier
Nature guided tours/walks, children programs
free monthly mini builds
www.freebowling.amf.com (register kids for free summer bowling, 2
games/day not incl shoe rental)
Brenham Texas, free tour ends with a cup of ice cream (make
reservations)
$7/ ages 12+ (trails around lakes, playground, camping facilities,
guided tours)
$10/adult, $5/kid (5-15), summer programs
Pick your own strawberries, buy a basket for $1 and pick as many as
will fit, farmers market on site
Bryan, Freeport, Galveston, Corpus, Port A, Matagorda
$3/person at planetarium

Fire Station tour

Kegg's Candy Chocolate factory tour
fishing
camping

8168 A Westpark Dr $5/person reservations online (M-F 9a-3p) 30

min tour

splashpark

playgrounds
parks
library
Barnes & Noble
Half Price Books
Chuck E Cheese
Bikeride
Fly a kite
Michaels
Blessington Farm
Sugarland Town Square
Pool

Host a movie party

Host an ice cream party

festivals
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Ride a carousel or ferris wheel
Go to a baseball game
Port of Houston boat tour
Miniature golf
Attend an outdoor concert or theater
picnic
nature walk
visit a lighthouse
Horseshoe Junction Brenham
go out for ice cream in pj's
Do a service project: food bank
feed ducks at the park/lake
ice skating
waterpark
amusement park
showboat drive in movie theater

Riverpark, Missouri City, New Territory, Discovery Green, Hermann

Park
Greatwood, Riverpark, Riverpark West, Bridlewood, Memorial Park,
New Territory, Bonbrook, Summer Lakes, Rivers Mist, (addresses on
other paper)
(see playgrounds)
George Memorial Branch, University Branch, summer reading
programs
summer reading program
summer reading program
coupons online, free tokens for good grades

kids crafts on weekends

pick your own, farmers market, kid entertainment, playground
family events
Greatwood, Riverpark, etc
grab the popcorn and have a banquet of toppings for kids to add to
(goldfish, m&m's, gummy bears, skittles, jr mints, oreos, etc)
Scoop the ice cream and let the kids choose the toppings (fudge,
caramel, strawberry, whipped cream, cherries, fruit, cookies, candy,
sprinkles, nuts, etc)
Festivals around town?
Thursdays 10am-9pm Family Free

free tour around Port of Houston, must make reservations online

Woodlands, Miller outdoor theater, Sugarland Town Square

?
12pm-10pm $$

Memorial Mall, Galleria Mall

Splashway, Shlitterbahn, both are $$$
$6/adult, $4/(3-12) 22422 FM2920 Hockley, TX