Free & Inexpensive Things for Kids to Try in Springfield, Missouri
Places to Explore
Need a fun FREE outing that will give your kids an hour or two of creative play? The Springfield Art Museum has a little section in their Education Wing called the Family Art Lab and Book Nook, a cute area with lots of interactive and imagination-enhancing toys and activities for tiny humans. There’s a quiet place to read kid-friendly art …
Places to Explore
Calling all train enthusiasts! Springfield, Missouri actually has it’s very own Railroad Historical Museum! It’s small (and FREE) and only open for limited hours in the warmest months, but it’s a cute spot to check out, especially if you want to give your tiny human the chance to see a real train but don’t have any cross-country railway trips coming up anytime soon… …
Places to Explore, Seasonal
The girls and I wanted pumpkins for the deck, but I was having a hard time finding a cute, outdoor place to get them in Springfield, Missouri. And then I found Fassnight Creek Farm… A 30-year-old family-owned and operated vegetable farm in the middle of a little Springfield neighborhood. This place is rustic and beautiful and colorful and filled with …
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There’s a cute hidden gem right here in Springfield for those of you with dinosaur-loving kids, or even recently-fascinated kids like mine who just finished watching The Land Before Time for the first time. The Missouri Institute of Natural Science is a little building kind of in the middle of nowhere, with a big room full of fossils, prehistoric bones (is …
Places to Explore
Fresh fruits and vegetables, meats and cheeses, beautiful art, fun food trucks, natural soaps and candles, warm pies, bright bouquets, smiling faces….. Anyone who calls Springfield home absolutely has to try Farmers Market of the Ozarks (loveyourfarmer.com)! We did a little Springfield farmers market tour a few weekends ago, and Farmers Market of the Ozarks was hands down the BEST. …
Places to Explore
We’ve been wanting to try some of the trails at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center, and finally made it a priority. I’m so glad that we did! The trails are beautiful and well-kept, and you really do feel like you’re in a magical, serene, leafy nature world, even though the entrance to the center is literally right off of the …
Places to Explore
Ever since Christmas, when our family first moved to Springfield and took a drive through the Rutledge-Wilson Farm Community Park’s light display, I’ve been intrigued and have wanted to come back in the warmer weather and explore. I finally packed up the girls, a picnic lunch and a camera, and we made our way to the farm. The first thing …