Gingerbread Jamboree 2026
The Gingerbread Jamboree is the sweetest holiday family tradition in the South Sound! This festive event returns with all your favorite family activities including gingerbread house decorating, the candy buffet, [...]
Gingerbread Jamboree 2025
Registration is Open! The Children's Museum of Tacoma is celebrating its 40th birthday in 2025! To celebrate 40 years of play, this year we're bringing back one of our most [...]
The June Playful Guide
Social Justice With observances like Juneteenth, Pride Month, and World Refugee Day falling in June, social justice is on our minds. Social justice means that all people deserve [...]
Zeno MathFest at the Children’s Museum of Tacoma
Grab the whole family, because you’re invited to join Zeno for some math-filled fun at MathFest! MathFest is a free celebration of math for kids ages 3 – 11 to [...]
Sparks Activity | Chalk
Sidewalk chalk can be used in so many ways! It starts as a cylinder shape that can draw on surfaces like pavement or paper. In addition to exploring chalk drawings, [...]
Sparks Activity | Exploring Paper
Have you ever wondered how to make your own paper? Come explore paper in its many forms and create your own plantable paper just in time for Spring. No registration [...]
Children’s Museum of Tacoma Showcases Glass Art Designed by Children
Beginning Thursday, March 22, Greentrike and the Museum of Glass (MOG) will partner to bring a collection of glass art designed by children to the Children’s Museum of Tacoma. [...]
Now Showing: Kids Design Glass at the Children’s Museum of Tacoma
Artwork from the Kids Design Glass is on display at the Children's Museum of Tacoma starting March 22, 2023 and will be on display for the duration of the Illuminate [...]
The March Playful Guide
Change Change can be difficult, especially for young children who are not quite developmentally ready to regulate themselves and their emotions independently. Change can bring about feelings of [...]
Family STEAM Night
Bring the whole family together to explore concepts of science, technology, engineering, art, and math, also known as STEAM. Join us for an early evening brimming with playful discovery and [...]