When Alan has his dr. visits in Dallas, we always have a gap of time to fill between early morning labs and an afternoon appointment. In some of the past appointments days, I have filled that time with shopping.
Not frugal. Even if it is at places like Big Lots and Payless!
This time we decided to make more of a family fun day out of our time-gap. Many places of interest charge admission, and a hefty one at that. We did a little internet research and found some great alternatives!
Our original plan involved a FREE trolley ride to a FREE architectural fountain display.
And then it rained. With only a 20% chance!
But we had a backup plan: an aquarium!
But not THE aquarium. THE aquarium cost $18.95 for ages 12 & up, and $10.95 for ages 3-11. Yikes! That's $50 for just the 4 of us! Again, with internet research, we found a second aquarium. This one cost $4 for adults and $3 for Dale. So we all got in for the price that just Dale would have been at the other place!
Granted, this one was smaller, but with the boys being so young and our time being limited, it was just right for what we needed!
Dale loved every display. He was constanly running ahead - not with boredom, but with excitement to see what was next!
Alan liked the turtles best. And we happened to walk up just in time to see them get fed!
After the aquarium we took a walk around Fair Park and found more fun stuff... for FREE! The best was a sculpture thing that actually encourages you to walk and climb... and over the water, no less!
Great fun, great pics, great memories, and great price!
And in the search we found lots of other low or no cost things for a family to do. Be sure to research in your area or when traveling. You never know what you might find!
Not frugal. Even if it is at places like Big Lots and Payless!
This time we decided to make more of a family fun day out of our time-gap. Many places of interest charge admission, and a hefty one at that. We did a little internet research and found some great alternatives!
Our original plan involved a FREE trolley ride to a FREE architectural fountain display.
And then it rained. With only a 20% chance!
But we had a backup plan: an aquarium!
But not THE aquarium. THE aquarium cost $18.95 for ages 12 & up, and $10.95 for ages 3-11. Yikes! That's $50 for just the 4 of us! Again, with internet research, we found a second aquarium. This one cost $4 for adults and $3 for Dale. So we all got in for the price that just Dale would have been at the other place!
Granted, this one was smaller, but with the boys being so young and our time being limited, it was just right for what we needed!
Dale loved every display. He was constanly running ahead - not with boredom, but with excitement to see what was next!
Alan liked the turtles best. And we happened to walk up just in time to see them get fed!
After the aquarium we took a walk around Fair Park and found more fun stuff... for FREE! The best was a sculpture thing that actually encourages you to walk and climb... and over the water, no less!
Great fun, great pics, great memories, and great price!And in the search we found lots of other low or no cost things for a family to do. Be sure to research in your area or when traveling. You never know what you might find!
1 comment:
Ooh, I do exactly the same thing. We often go to a local museum after school that is free to enter. Most of them have an indoor and outdoor play area. I look up our council's website and see what free events are happening each weekend plus we know all of our local parks, museums, play gyms and general children-type-stuff.
I love being able to go out for an hour with the girls knowing I dont need my purse!
Hugs
Sam
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