Jacksonville Kids
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Adventure Landing
1944 Beach Blvd
Jacksonville Beach, FL
904.246.4386
Located just east of the
Intracoastal Waterway, this family entertainment center features go-karts, laser
tag, bumper boats, mini-golf, batting cages. Waterpark features a new 18,000 sq.
ft. wavepool, eleven waterslides, 65-foot pirates play village and lazy river.
Art
Connections at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens
829 Riverside Avenue
(904) 356-6857
Admission free Tues. evenings
4-9.
Children can use computers to
study the principles of design, actually doing a rubbing or a collage. They can
also learn about Florida history through paintings in the Cummer Museum
collection.
Jacksonville
Fire Museum
1406 Gator Bowl Blvd.
(904) 598-6504
Displays include glass balls
designed in the 1800’s to be filled with water and thrown at the fire.
Kids Kampus
1410 Gator Bowl Blvd.
(904) 573-3153
Free Admission
10 acres of open space as well
as state of the art playground equipment. Includes an area called “Safe City”
which contains a child-sized city in miniature. This amazing miniature version
of 4 blocks of Jacksonville features stores, schools, and Little Tyke houses.
Tricycles and helmets are available for children to borrow and ride through the
“city.”
The park contains a water park
complete with squirt guns, sprinklers, jungle gyms, and a water slide.
Peterbrooke
Chocolate Factory
1470 San Marco Avenue
(904) 398-2489
Watch chocolate made into many
delectable shapes and sizes. Free samples.
Sprinkles’
Museum
101 W. First Street
(904) 356-2992
Tues.-Sat. 10-1. Children’s
area: Wed. and Sat. 10-1.
Museum Admission free. Small
charge for children’s area. The children’s wing of the Karpeles Manuscript
Library is an educational, hands-on play area for ages 1-10.
