City Museum in St. Louis

The City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri was another amazing museum for the kids to visit. It is incredible to see such creativity, fun, and kid-friendly places being built today. I think museums capture the attention of children much more than they use to. I think I need to take my kids to museums more often.

Inside the museum were large play areas made from real trees. There were fallen hollow trees to crawl through, things to climb, slide, and hide in. There were holes in various places that you could go through and end up in other locations of the museum. All the kids tried the 10-story slide. You gradually go up the wrapping circular steps inside and once you reach the top, you slide down the 10-story slide in the middle. The kids went down it twice.

Outside the museum was a gigantic play place. If you think of McDonald's, it is much greater than that. Again, there are things to climb and slide on, there are bridges to walk across, rope ladders to go up, two large ball pits (one for younger kids and one for older kids) to play in.

After playing outside in the beautiful weather, we headed toward our van for lunch. We ate our sandwiches and then went inside another hour to see the last few things. There was a section which various ramps. The ramps looked like they would be perfect for skateboarding and doing tricks. Some were more steep than others. All of the kids enjoyed the rope swing, too. Justin headed on over to the kid section with a ball pit for those that were 6 years old and younger. In addition to the ball pit, there were tunnels, other play stuff, and a carousel animal to ride for free.

Before leaving the museum, we stopped by the Shoelace Factory to see how and what they make . I loved watching the weaving of the thread to make colorful, durable, and strong shoelaces and other items. Benjamin didn't want anything from the store, but Anna and Emma bought headbands, Justin bought a whistle on a shoelace necklace, and I bought a water bottle rubber ring with a shoelace necklace. My item will come in handy when carrying a water bottle around during soccer season. What a great place to visit. It will be so fun to go back.