Visiting next weekend with 8y and 9y kids. Looking for budget friendly ideas to entertain them!

Submitted by Master_Complaint8352 t3_yg1ef8 in baltimore

My family is coming to the area next week and are looking for any suggestions on things to do with the 2 kids. We will be here all day Saturday November 6th and Sunday the 7th.

We are staying in the Timonium/Cockeysville area but willing to drive for fun stuff.

Places, parks, events, or favorite restaurant recommendations are all appreciated!

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S-Kunst t1_iu6ge7a wrote

B&O RR museum

Visionary Art Museum

Museum of Industry

Aquarium

Balt zoo

DC zoo

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BeckerThorne t1_iu6gwgx wrote

All good recommendations and I would add Port Discovery Children's Museum.

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brocialism t1_iu8ze56 wrote

I haven't been since I was a kid, but I loved Port Discovery

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GirlinBmore t1_iu7fhow wrote

  • Science Center and the playground near it.

I wouldn’t recommend the Visionary Art Museum unless they’re really into art.

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CandidateNice t1_iuhw1te wrote

The Baltimore zoo and the aquarium are not budget friendly in any way. They are both outrageous. DC Zoo is free if you want to make the drive.

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HorsieJuice t1_iu6hsbu wrote

There’s usually a pretty solid car show on Saturday mornings at the Wegmans on Shawan Rd. Starts around 8:00 IIRC. The NCR trail is nearby if they’re into hiking.

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Master_Complaint8352 OP t1_iu6sxol wrote

Thanks! Yes they both love to hike

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goetzecc t1_iu8yrp2 wrote

Oregon Ridge is near there too. They have a Nature Center and playground

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mb4mom t1_iube4tw wrote

Oregon Ridge would be great then. Lots of trails, nature center, playground. NCR is beautiful but more of a "walk" than "hike"

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perceptron-addict t1_iu6uy8y wrote

Walters art Museum is free and the one at johns hopkins University is as well (I think) farmers market in fells or. Check out the cathedral the George washington monument, the holocaust monument, fort mchenry, the big hill on the south of inner harbor (cant remember what its called) druid hill park, the fudgery, Edgar Allen Poe's gravesite

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jessiewicz t1_iu71qo2 wrote

The one at Johns Hopkins is the Baltimore Museum of Art and yes also free.

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Shiny_Deleter t1_iu7n4tf wrote

The fudgery has been gone for at least a decade, but relatives took me to one in a diff city much longer ago. I like your idea of Fed Hill (great for all ages) and just poking around the harbor. Maybe hop into a dragon boat for a float on the water-I would have thought they’d be done for the season, but saw them out this week.

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jessiewicz t1_iu728te wrote

What are the kids interested in? Baltimore zoo is cool because you can feed the giraffes for like $5. Baltimore science center and the museum of industry both have a lot of interactive exhibits. Visionary art museum while not free would be a lot more fun for kids than the walters or the Baltimore museum of art.

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planetarylaw t1_iu7a3ex wrote

Marshy Point Nature Center and Irvine Nature Center both are free and frequently have activities on weekends so check their websites. Oh and MPNC offers little explorer backpacks for kids to borrow pecked with stuff to go exploring. Just ask a ranger, which by the way, the rangers there are A+.

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Good200000 t1_iu734z2 wrote

Fire dept museum is in cockeysville

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Quantum_Heresy t1_iu7s678 wrote

At that age I would suggest the Visionary Art Museum and the Aquarium. I mean, they are pretty closely located and easily walkable -- and can certainly consume most of a day.

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rackoblack t1_iu8t3bf wrote

Di'Pasquale's is awesome Italian Food, two locations in B'mo, closed on Sundays. Great restaurant, they sell their food cold or frozen for later, and it's in the middle of the best Italian Grocery this side of Jersey.

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rackoblack t1_iu94sl4 wrote

Forgot to say - order the stuffed artichoke, you won't be sorry. Google how to eat one if you've never had one.

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