Sock Skating at the Children's Museum of Phoenix

No separate booking for the rink; it is part of general museum admission. Bring socks.

About this adventure

For about five weeks of the holiday season the Children's Museum of Phoenix turns its Atrium into a sock-skating rink: a slick surface that feels like ice, where children glide, slide and practice spins in their socks instead of skates. It is the museum's indoor answer to winter skating in a city without outdoor ice, and it works for toddlers who just want to shuffle and slide as well as older kids trying to spin. Nothing needs to be booked separately; the rink is part of a normal museum visit, so families can mix skating with the museum's three floors of climbing, building and pretend play. Bring a pair of comfortable socks for everyone who wants to skate (grippy socks defeat the purpose). The museum lists sessions every day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. across the run, except Thanksgiving Day, when the museum is closed, and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, when no sessions are listed. Santa Visits & Snow Flurries weekend (Dec 5–6) falls inside the same run.