Open the first and third Thursday of each month from 4pm-7pm.
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Stella and Dot, an Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Company, is a San Francisco based boutique-style accessories company offering flexible entrepreneurship for women. Shop our jewelry, host a trunk show, or become a Stylist. Contact me to schedule your Stella & Dot Pop-Up Shop or to learn more about becoming a Stylist.
For over 7 years, we at Tinkergarten have been on a mission to spread a love of learning and nature throughout the country by offering play-based learning to kids in community parks. Join us by signing up your kids, ages 6 months to 8 years, to join in discovery-based learning. Our outdoor classes are designed to engage and inspire kids in building skill sets around empathy, collaboration, creativity, persistence, and problem solving. Our Fall session starts now. Join the movement of thousands of families learning outside together and enjoy some well-spent time with your kids.
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This giant indoor playground filled with a giant “tree,” slides, tunnels and places to climb boasts six private party rooms. Makutu’s (ma-coo-two’s) birthday guests are greeted at the front door. Parties include more than an hour of free play and an hour in a private party room. Birthday packages include custom evites or printable invitations and pizza, drinks and arcade tokens for guests.
Details: 6919 W. Ray Road, Chandler. Birthday packages $189 for 8 kids to $399 for 20. 480-344-3740, makutusisland.com.
Features 1 water tower, 3 candy cane-shaped showers, spray rings, ground sprays
Park Information
- Off-leash dog area *Closed Thursdays for maintenance
- First-come, First-serve Ramada
- 4 lighted soccer fields (by permit only)
- 2 lighted youth baseball fields (by permit only)
- 2 lighted youth softball fields (by permit only)
- Playground
- Restrooms
- Picnic Tables/Barbecues
- 40 acres
Stratum boasts a 13,000-square-foot laser-tag arena with towers, bridges, ramps and a state-of-the-art sound system and light show. Birthday-party packages include a private party room and host, pizza, beverages and either two games of laser tag or unlimited play for 3.5 hours. Add-ons include cake, ice cream, balloons and goody bags.
Details: 1455 S. Stapley Drive, Suite 11, Mesa. Birthday packages $199.99-$369.99. 480-545-5500, stratumhq.com.
Open on Fridays in October-May, 9am-1pm. Easy credit card shopping!
The melody of motherhood is a song that can be beautifully recorded in the form of a photograph. Not long after your little one no longer requires your sweet lullaby to drift to sleep, they will yearn to hear your sweet song again. Let’s discuss how you can provide your little lamb with beautiful melodies wrapped into beautifully designed portrait art they can play again and again.
Reaj Roberts Photography specializes in natural light, maternity, newborn, and baby photography and is located in Chandler, Arizona serving the entire East Valley and Phoenix metropolitan area.
Indoor market open Sunday through Thursday from 8am-11pm and late night on Friday until midnight and Saturday until 1:00am.
**Please Note** – Various areas of the playground will be closed for construction August 10 – September 25.
Visit Mesa’s Riverview Park. After a major renovation project, Riverview is now home to the Cubs Spring Training Facility, Sloan Park, and the park itself has been transformed into a premier recreation destination. Located at the northwest corner of Dobson and Rio Salado Parkway, Riverview is home to:
- Sloan Park, the new Spring Training home of the Chicago Cubs.
- Urban Fishing Lake
- Spray ground with multiple water features. Open 7 days a week from 10am-10pm.
- Playground extraordinaire including:
- 50 foot tall Genesis climbing tower
- 60 foot long caterpillare mesh rope climbing structure
- 2 playground clusters for ages 2-5, 6-12 and above
- Shaded picnic areas with tables
- Reservable ramadas – Reservations (480)-644-4271
- Miles of accessible sidewalks
- Display fountain
- Open play areas
- Restrooms
Seasonal hours: May 23- July 26
Monday- Friday 1-7 p.m.
Saturday 1-6 p.m.
Admission fees:
Ages 17 & younger: $2 (children under 6 months: Free)
Ages 18 & older: $4
- Basketball Courts
- Lighting
- Picnic Tables
- Playground
Founders’ Park is located directly across the street from Town Hall in the heart of Queen Creek. This neighborhood park features the following amenities:
- One lighted softball field
- One lighted multi-purpose field
- Two lighted basketball courts
- Lighted skate park
- Splash pad
- Playground
- Four picnic ramadas
- Horseshoe pits
- Community Center
- Total Acreage: 11.5 acres
This fortress-like building in downtown Phoenix offers hours of fun and discovery for kids. The science center’s birthday-party packages include free admission for 20-30 guests, a decorated party room and light refreshments or pizza. Kids also get to do a hands-on activity such as making slimy oobleck or bottle rockets or learning about liquid nitrogen and how it can be used to make ice cream (yes, a tasting follows). After the party, guests can visit the Dorrance Planetarium or IMAX theater shows for $2-$3.
Details: 600 E. Washington St., Phoenix. Birthday packages $285-$435. 602-716-2000, azscience.org.
Desert Mountain Park is located on the southeast corner of Hawes Road and Ocotillo Road. This award-winning park features the following amenities:
- Two lighted multi-purpose fields
- Four lighted Little League fields
- Two playgrounds (one designed for 2-5 year olds, one designed for 5-12 year olds)
- One interpretive playground
- Two sand volleyball courts (with a sprinkler system to wet down the sand)
- Two lighted basketball courts
- Eight picnic ramadas (one large-group ramada)
- One amphitheater (with picnic ramada seating for 150-200 people)
- Demonstration garden
- Equestrian staging area
- Wash trail access
- ADA access
- Ample parking
- Total acreage: 33 acres
- To reserve a picnic ramada or ballfield, contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 480-358-3700.
- Baseball Diamond
- Basketball Courts
- Grills
- Lighting
- Picnic Tables
- Playground
- Ramadas
- Recreation/Community Center
- Softball Fields