| |
|
Wonderade Punch List · From the archive
Kansas City Weekend
Sep 19 to Sep 20
A past weekend. Written after the fact from what local sources listed and the weather that actually happened.
Kansas City baked on Saturday under light drizzle, then cooled off Sunday with 0.13 inches of rain. The weekend leaned on dinosaurs at Science City, free art at the Nelson-Atkins and pirates at GloWild.
|
|
What the weather did
|
Saturday
93° / 72°
Drizzle, 0.07 in of rain.
|
 |
|
|
Sunday
74° / 69°
Rain, 0.13 in of rain.
|
|
|
The weather rule that weekend: Outside before 11, shade or AC from 12 to 5, back out after sunset. A passing shower, too.
|
 |
Saturday picks |
 7:30 to 9 am |
The Kansas City Zoo's annual run offered a 4 mile and a 1 mile walk/run to benefit the zoo's conservation work. The shorter route made it a fair family option.
Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium · Price not listed · Outdoors, open sun
|
 10 am to 12 pm |
Kansas City PBS hosted a free morning at Science City with Alma and Buddy the Dinosaur, hands-on activities, goodie bags and free children's books. It required an RSVP.
Science City at Union Station · Price not listed · Indoors
|
| Afternoon |
Jurassic Journey filled Science City with animatronic dinosaurs and fossils. Kids could touch dinosaur bones, compare skulls and talk with paleontologists, all included with admission.
Science City at Union Station · Price not listed · Indoors
|
| 2:30 to 4 pm |
Science City's travel and aviation day had kids building flying machines for a target landing contest and launching balloon rockets. Hands-on and indoors, it fit a sweltering Saturday.
Science City at Union Station · Price not listed · Indoors
|
 Evening |
A Pirate's Feast paired GloWild admission with a pirate-themed dinner, a live interactive pirate show and a Kenyan Cruise boat ride, weather permitting. Spots were limited.
Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium · Price not listed · Indoors and out
|
Also Saturday: Family Storytime at the Johnson County Library Central Resource Branch mixed stories, songs, fingerplays and movement, with free tickets handed out at the Questions Desk. (Price not listed · Indoors)
Also Saturday: Ren Fest Giveaway & Sampling Weekend at Carolyn's Pumpkin Patch offered samples of kettle corn, roasted nuts, jellies and jams, plus Renaissance Festival tickets for early adults. (Price not listed · Outdoors, open sun)
|
|
Sunday picks |
0.13 in of rain: an indoor day, with a backup for every plan.
| Morning |
Jurassic Journey ran again Sunday morning at Science City, with animatronic dinosaurs, fossils and paleontologists to talk with. A cooler, damp day suited an indoor dinosaur hunt.
Science City at Union Station · Price not listed · Indoors
|
 12 to 1:30 pm |
The Nelson-Atkins invited kids to build paper shuttlecock sculptures inspired by badminton while playing with scale. Free, drop-in style art making suited a rainy Sunday.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Price not listed · Indoors
|
| 2 to 3:30 pm |
The Nelson-Atkins ran a free drop-in afternoon of postcard design inspired by Alfonse Mucha, plus a gallery activity with Museum Guide volunteers on color, shape and line.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art · Price not listed · Indoors
|
| Evening |
A Pirate's Feast returned Sunday evening at GloWild, with a pirate-themed dinner, a live pirate show and a boat ride along the waterfront, weather permitting.
Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium · Price not listed · Indoors and out
|
Also Sunday: Ren Fest Giveaway & Sampling Weekend continued at Carolyn's Pumpkin Patch with kettle corn, roasted nuts and jam samples for all guests. (Price not listed · Outdoors, open sun)
Also Sunday: Slime Time Sundays at Createarium Art Studio let kids mix their own glittery, scented slime in custom colors. (Price not listed · Indoors)
|
 |
Know a great family spot?
Sign up above, then reply to any issue and tell us. And if this helped your weekend, share it with a parent friend.
|
 |
Wonderade Punch List · Kansas City · from the Wonderade family Unsubscribe |
|
|
Punch ListAll cities
