5 Fun Places To Take Your Kids in Fort Worth, TX

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With so many great opportunities to choose from, finding family fun in Fort Worth can be both easy and a challenge. There is no shortage of outstanding opportunities that are fun for the whole family, but sometimes it can be hard to choose between the many wonderful options.

Here at Hiley Hyundai of Fort Worth, we’re ready to help you narrow down your selection by providing our list of the best ways to have fun with your children in Fort Worth. The next time you’re planning a day with the kids, consider visiting one of these delightful attractions and get ready for a day of fun, laughs, and even a little learning, too.

Putt Putt Fun Center

Whether you’re planning a big birthday or a quiet day with your family, few family activities are more universally beloved than playing mini-golf. While Putt Putt may be the name, it’s not the only game at the Fun Center. When you take your kids to Putt Putt Fun Center’s Fort Worth location, you can get a whole day of fun activities that include:

• A full miniature golf course with 18 holes of fun and excitement for players of all ages.
• Batting cages where you and your family can work on your batting technique or just have fun taking big swings as the pitching machine whizzes balls over the plate.
• An arcade Game Zone where you and your family can spend tokens to play a wide range of arcade games.

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Children’s minds are full of wonder and always on the lookout for new stimuli, and that’s why so many kids love going to museums. With a museum, you take the benefit of learning and make it even more fun by showing kids exhibits and demonstrations that let them learn by seeing and doing instead of just reading off of a page. When kids enjoy their learning, you don’t need to ask twice to get them to do it. Children visiting the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History will love the many rooms and displays covering topics that include:

• Animals and wildlife.
• Dinosaurs and prehistoric life.
• Earth and the changes it is undergoing.
• Space and our interactions with it.
• Virtual experiences in the V-DROME.

The Fort Worth Zoo

What child doesn’t love a trip to the zoo? When you visit the Fort Worth Zoo, you and your kids will have a fantastic time exploring the different animals from all around the world and seeing how they look and behave with your own eyes. A day at the zoo not only provides your children with a source of wonder but also encourages their desire to learn more about the world. Fun at the zoo also includes:

• An outdoor learning theater where you can watch shows that teach about the zoo’s various inhabitants.
• The Yellow Rose Express train to carry you around the zoo in style.
• The country carousel for your kids to ride.
• An interactive play barn with a colorful “jungle barn” where your children can crawl, climb, and slide.
• Laser gun fun at the Wild West Shooting Gallery.
• A swinging swamp bridge over the zoo’s swamp exhibit.
• Texas Nature Traders, where your kids can receive rewards for learning about Texas’ rich history.
• Rock climbing excitement on the Tasmanian Tower.
• Extreme weather simulators to see what it feels like to be in a hurricane or tornado.

Hawaiian Falls

When the temperature is high and the sun is beating down, there’s no better way to spend a day with the family than heading out to a water park, and there’s no better water park near Fort Worth than Hawaiian Falls in nearby Roanoke. Just load up the car and before you know it you’ll be enjoying fun in the sun while keeping cool in the water with the park’s many attractions, including:

• Relaxing fun and water basketball at Coconut Cove.
• Racing excitement on the two-person tube race ride Beach Blasters.
• Crashing waves to bob and wade in at the Breaker Bay wave pool.
• Family fun on the Hawaiian Halfpipe that includes a ride through the dark and a thrilling halfpipe drop-in finish.
• A spiraling tube slide in Hightide Whirlpool.
• The massive water playground of Mega WaterWorld.
• An open-top tube slide down Monsoon.
• One person slide races at The Shaka Meter.
• A pair of high-rise screamer slides at Pipeline Plunge.
• Cartoonish fun for kids with a visit to Tiki Man.
• Slides for your youngest children at Keiki Cowabunga.

Altitude Trampoline Park

Every kid loves to bounce on a trampoline, and that’s why trampoline parks are one of the most popular choices for kids’ birthday parties. At Altitude Trampoline Park, you and your children can have a blast while getting some great exercise at an entertainment center that is fun and safe for guests of all ages. Attractions at the Fort Worth location include:

• A main court with thousands of feet of trampolines to bounce along.
• A battle beam over a foam pit to safely battle for supremacy.
• Trampoline basketball courts to feel the thrill of jumping high and dunking the ball.
• High-performance trampolines to get maximum bounce for flips and tricks.
• Trampoline dodge ball courts that take the sport to a new level.
• A trampoline-adjacent foam pit to allow for fun spins and jumps into safe foam.
• A little kids court for extra safe play.
• A gymnastics tumble track to practice floor moves.
• Safe rock wall climbing over a foam pit.
• A spinning-rod wipeout game to see who is the last one standing.

There’s no better way to spend a day than having fun with your family. Did our list of the best family activities in Fort Worth, Texas, include your favorite? Tell us all about it in the comments, or better yet, give us a call or come on out to see us in person. We love hearing about how families enjoy time together in Fort Worth!