Children's Museum of Atlanta

On Friday, my husband and I took our grandson to the Children's Museum of Atlanta.  We wanted to do something fun with him and knowing that the temperatures outside would be 90 degrees or better, we wanted to find something fun on the inside.  When we visited the World of Coke in April, I noticed the Children's Museum right across the street and filed that in memory for future use.

I remembered seeing the museum so I decided to check it out on the internet.  It looked interesting for a two year old, so we decided to take a chance.  We arrived a little after opening time around 10:30 am and as soon as we walked in, our Judah grabbed my hand and was ready to run!  Everything there is geared towards children between the ages of 1 and 8.  The first thing he saw was like a crane where you could pick up things and move them and that's the first place he wanted to go.  That was a little above his age level, so we moved on to the grocery store and fishing pond.

He had so much fun fishing (and splashing) in the water.  There were plenty of poles and fish for many kids to gather around and 'fish'. 

He also loved the grocery store.  He pushed the little cart around and picked up various grocery items and then you could either sort them into labeled bins, or go around to the other side and slide them through holes that went to the bins.  He enjoyed pushing the items through the holes.  

Another popular area was the toddler sized 'Waffle House' that was set up.  My husband and I were most impressed with that area because it was set up just like a normal Waffle House, but all of the stools and bars and kitchen appliances were toddler sized.  They could take your order, 'cook' you up a meal, fill and refill your coffee and deliver a meal to your booth.  Judah enjoyed 'drinking' his 'coppee' and 'refilling' the cup several times.  There were a lot of families in this area and several 'cooks'  fixing up meals.

  

There was also a place set up for younger ones with a 'house' complete with a kitchen and sink, a toddler sized car and a play area.  There were places to climb for bigger kids and separate places for the smaller ones to climb and slide.  There were puppets, teeter-totters, stairs that played notes when you walked on them, a full-sized John Deere tractor to sit on, a full sized 'cow' that you could milk, and a truck where you could load packages on the conveyor belt and sit in the driver's seat.  There was also a couple of extras that you had to sign up for like an art studio and a building studio.  We didn't do those, but they did look like they would be fun for little ones. 

There were a few other things that we didn't really spend a lot of time at because they were more for the older kids.  If you want more information, you can check out their website at http://childrensmuseumatlanta.org/ . ( I did not receive any free tickets from the museum, all opinions are my own. )

It cost all three of us $14.95 to get in, but Judah had a blast so we felt that it was worth it.  He loved every second and we didn't get very far down the road before he was snoozing.