# Things to do with kids in Tacoma, WA

> 47 upcoming family events and 13 places and ongoing programs in Tacoma, WA (Pierce County, WA), in the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue area. Listings whose address is in this town. Dates and times are Pacific Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Seussical TYA – TMP Family Theater](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/seussical-tya-tmp-family-theater--listing-a3e5eb94ab499c5c51251875) — Oct 24 – Nov 1 · Tacoma Musical Playhouse · From $15 · checked Oct 13. Tacoma Musical Playhouse's Family Theater production of Seussical (Theatre for Young Audiences version) by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, October 24–November 1, 2026, directed…
- [Family Fun Skate (Sunday Open Skate) at Tacoma Armory](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/family-fun-skate-sunday-open-skate-at-tacoma-armory--listing-3e9e7305ccab23348f61182c) — Sun, Oct 25 (+5 more dates) · 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM · Tacoma Armory · All ages · From $15.41 · checked Oct 13. All-ages roller skating on select Sundays at the Tacoma Armory, presented by Tacoma Arts Live, 1:00–6:00 p.m. Admission is $15.41 (includes online fees) and skate rental is $5.00…
- [Discover Drums: Free Youth Drum Circle](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/discover-drums-free-youth-drum-circle--listing-2eba36cc4f801d0f288e12f8) — Tue, Oct 27 (+2 more dates) · 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM · People's Community Center (first date; later dates at STAR Center and Eastside Community Center), Tacoma · Ages 6+ · Free · checked Oct 20. A free, hour-long drum class run with TYSA at Parks Tacoma community centers. Students learn rhythm skills and try world percussion instruments in a drum-circle setting; no…
- [Exploring Chain Reactions – Summit Library](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/exploring-chain-reactions-summit-library--listing-7d30c4ddd5ff77c8f4d4c6b0) — Tue, Oct 27 · 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM · Summit Pierce County Library, Tacoma · Free · checked Oct 20. Children use dominoes and other cause-and-effect supplies to set up and trigger their own chain reactions at the Summit library in Tacoma's south end. It is part of the STEAM for…
- [Explore Ukulele: Free Youth Ukulele Class](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/explore-ukulele-free-youth-ukulele-class--listing-b5091f7990e9a3f833f558bb) — Wed, Oct 28 (+2 more dates) · 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM · People's Community Center (first date; later dates at STAR Center), Tacoma · Ages 6+ · Free · checked Oct 20. A free, drop-in group ukulele class for ages 6 and up, run with TYSA at Parks Tacoma community centers. Children build music skills through group lessons on fundamental…
- [Halloween Bird Walk at Point Defiance](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/halloween-bird-walk-at-point-defiance--listing-8c244234fd0040ddbcffe239) — Sat, Oct 31 · 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Point Defiance Lodge, Tacoma · All ages · Free · checked Oct 20. A Parks Tacoma Park Guide leads a two-hour Halloween-morning bird walk through Point Defiance, introducing the birds of local parks along with the folklore and superstitions…
- [Ofrenda for Día de los Muertos at Point Defiance Zoo](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/ofrenda-for-dia-de-los-muertos-at-point-defiance-zoo--listing-9c936d1ccd873241596be7ff) — Sat, Oct 31 (+2 more dates) · 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM · Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 16. For Día de los Muertos, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium sets up a public ofrenda (altar) created with 4th-year and Heritage Spanish students from Tacoma Public Schools' Science and…
- [Día de los Muertos Festival 2026 at Tacoma Art Museum](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/dia-de-los-muertos-festival-2026-at-tacoma-art-museum--listing-7bcfe2932eb75fe9f5237824) — Sun, Nov 1 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Art Museum · All ages · Free · checked Oct 13. The 22nd annual Día de los Muertos Festival at Tacoma Art Museum, presented with Mi Centro: community ofrendas (altars) by local artists and community members, a traditional…
- [Pete the Cat Book Party – Summit Library](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/pete-the-cat-book-party-summit-library--listing-47b300fe33d55b9268549728) — Tue, Nov 3 · 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM · Summit Pierce County Library, Tacoma · Ages 6–9 · Free · checked Oct 20. A high-energy party celebrating Pete the Cat with themed games, crafts, storytelling and activities. Pierce County Library's Book Parties are designed for children ages 6–9 and…
- [Stuffed Animal Sleepover](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/stuffed-animal-sleepover--listing-5fc7d67941c0374289b0b7bd) — Fri, Nov 6 (+1 more date) · 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Moore Branch · All ages · Free · checked Oct 13. Does your stuffed animal, doll or favorite toy have friends, family, a whole other life? Then they should definitely come to our all ages, all kinds of fun sleepover at Moore…
- [Master of Putt Putt](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/master-of-putt-putt--listing-5cbd3b6c22d0bbf063501c50) — Sat, Nov 7 · 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Parkland/Spanaway Library (Pierce County Library System), Tacoma · checked Oct 15. STEAM learning is all around us - even in games! In STEAM for Kids: Game Lab, children explore games that challenge their minds, foster creativity and build STEAM skills like…
- [Point Defiance Youth Mushroom Hike](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/point-defiance-youth-mushroom-hike--listing-06c878a108fb7eb8b81ac16c) — Sat, Nov 7 · 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Fort Nisqually Picnic Shelter, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma · Ages 10+ · Free · checked Oct 20. A guided fungi hike for kids 10 and older through the old-growth forest of Point Defiance with Park Guide Jenn. Using a Super Mario theme, the walk covers mushroom…
- [Veterans Day Celebration at Museum of Glass](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/veterans-day-celebration-at-museum-of-glass--listing-31e9d7252e5c7b9d8c80c867) — Sat, Nov 7 · 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM · Museum of Glass, Tacoma · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 16. Museum of Glass in Tacoma honors veterans with an evening program in its Hot Shop, the glassblowing studio inside the museum's landmark cone. The Path with Art Veterans Choir…
- [Veterans' Appreciation Days at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/veterans-appreciation-days-at-point-defiance-zoo-and-aquarium--listing-e2eb2764c9c740fb90dbee1d) — Nov 11 – Nov 15 · 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM · Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma · With admission · checked Oct 20. Around Veterans Day, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium admits U.S. military veterans and active-duty service members free, and their immediate family members get half-off general…
- [Fish Tales Story and Craft at the Point Defiance Marina](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/fish-tales-story-and-craft-at-the-point-defiance-marina--listing-7f7142db6d5e14a9e5163eea) — Thu, Nov 12 (+1 more date) · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Point Defiance Marina (covered area behind the fishing pier), Tacoma · All ages · Free · checked Oct 20. A monthly story-and-craft hour at the Point Defiance Marina, held under the covered area behind the fishing pier on the second Thursday of each month. It is geared toward younger…
- [Family Nature Walk – Fall Colors at Point Defiance](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/family-nature-walk-fall-colors-at-point-defiance--listing-3f70317cfe7fd303724d20a4) — Sat, Nov 14 · 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Point Defiance Park (meet at the Fort Nisqually Picnic Shelter), Tacoma · Free · checked Oct 20. An hour-long family nature walk in Point Defiance Park that looks at the park from a child's point of view: participants discover the plants and animals that live there and how…
- [Up and Atom: Sphero Bolt Robots – Tacoma Public Library Swasey Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-sphero-bolt-robots-tacoma-public-library-swasey-branch--listing-5f601083c0f5333273a2f1fb) — Tue, Nov 17 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Swasey Branch · checked Oct 16. Elementary-age kids try Sphero Bolt robots, small gyroscopic robots steered from tablets, at the Swasey Branch's Up and Atom STEAM Day. Families can download the free Sphero Play…
- [Story Hour at the W.W. Seymour Conservatory](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/story-hour-at-the-w-w-seymour-conservatory--listing-b3a8c8b9309b3e1d8650bac3) — Thu, Nov 19 (+1 more date) · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory, Tacoma · Free · checked Oct 20. A free monthly story hour inside Tacoma's Victorian glass conservatory in Wright Park, where kids learn about nature, plants and the environment through stories, crafts and small…
- [A Christmas Story, The Musical – Tacoma Musical Playhouse](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/a-christmas-story-the-musical-tacoma-musical-playhouse--listing-d7609fdc650d019ed38a16de) — Fri, Nov 20 (+11 more dates) · Tacoma Musical Playhouse · From $25 · checked Oct 24. Tacoma Musical Playhouse's main-stage holiday show is A Christmas Story: The Musical, following young Ralphie Parker in 1940s Indiana on his quest for the ultimate Christmas…
- [Family STEAM Days at America's Car Museum](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/family-steam-days-at-america-s-car-museum--listing-60403219264c249af145ebf3) — Sat, Nov 21 (+1 more date) · 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM · LeMay – America's Car Museum, Tacoma · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 13. On the third Saturday of each month, families design, build, tinker and learn together with activities throughout LeMay – America's Car Museum that connect automobiles to…
- [Norpoint Turkey Trot](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/norpoint-turkey-trot--listing-18df6a9b24e9a1e09a1d84dd) — Thu, Nov 26 · 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Center at Norpoint, Tacoma · All ages · From $35 · checked Oct 20. Tacoma's original Thanksgiving fun run, billed as a family tradition: a chip-timed 5k and a 3k run or walk through northeast Tacoma, starting and finishing at the Center at…
- [Zoolights at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/zoolights-at-point-defiance-zoo-and-aquarium--listing-da71163839aa9f26800107f7) — Nov 27 – Jan 3 · 4:30 PM – 10:00 PM · Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma · All ages · From $16 · checked Oct 16. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium turns its grounds into a walk-through winter display of more than 1.5 million lights for the 39th year of Zoolights. Families stroll past light…
- [Gingerbread Jamboree 2026](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/gingerbread-jamboree-2026--listing-0b96ea26c2175d6664fd7c2e) — Sat, Nov 28 (+1 more date) · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Hotel Murano, Pavilion, Tacoma · Paid · checked Oct 13. Greentrike's annual holiday gingerbread-house-building fundraiser benefiting the Children's Museum of Tacoma, held in the Pavilion at Hotel Murano. Family sessions: Saturday…
- [Fused Together Community Workshop at Tacoma Main Library](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/fused-together-community-workshop-at-tacoma-main-library--listing-b9dee2c135307f43d3e42389) — Wed, Dec 2 · 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Main Branch · Ages 8+ · Free · checked Oct 13. Hilltop Artists brings its Fused Together glass-fusion program to Tacoma Public Library's Main Branch on Wednesday, December 2 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. Participants create their own…
- [Up and Atom: Family Game Night – Tacoma Public Library Kobetich Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-family-game-night-tacoma-public-library-kobetich-branch--listing-b3cae7dd578255a90cef54d8) — Thu, Dec 3 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Kobetich Branch · checked Oct 16. The Kobetich Branch turns its weekly Up and Atom STEAM Day into a family game session: board games, card games and puzzles that let kids practice teamwork, problem solving…
- [A Very Merry Tropical Holiday Display at the Seymour Conservatory](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/a-very-merry-tropical-holiday-display-at-the-seymour-conservatory--listing-7998a0f3373560fa65eed768) — Dec 5 – Jan 3 · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM · W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory, Tacoma · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 20. The W.W. Seymour Conservatory's winter flower show fills the historic glass house in Wright Park with tropical foliage and whimsical holiday touches from December 5 through…
- [Christmas Regale at Fort Nisqually](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/christmas-regale-at-fort-nisqually--listing-3fee4cbf7f51f2154bf24ad5) — Sat, Dec 5 · 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Fort Nisqually Living History Museum, Tacoma · All ages · checked Oct 20. An old-fashioned 1850s Christmas inside Fort Nisqually Living History Museum in Point Defiance Park. Guests of all ages join parlor games, make ornaments and clove-studded…
- [Hilltop Artists 2026 Winter Glass Sale](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/hilltop-artists-2026-winter-glass-sale--listing-9c346a30653646857cbe2b1f) — Sat, Dec 5 · 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Hilltop Heritage Middle School (Hilltop Artists hot shop), Tacoma · Free · checked Oct 13. Hilltop Artists' annual Winter Glass Sale on Saturday, December 5 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm offers glass ornaments, accessories, vases and sculptures handcrafted by the program's…
- [Holiday Blast at the Center at Norpoint](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/holiday-blast-at-the-center-at-norpoint--listing-ffacea34f190e795ac98ee1f) — Sat, Dec 5 · 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Center at Norpoint, Tacoma · Free · checked Oct 20. A free family holiday party at Parks Tacoma's Center at Norpoint in Northeast Tacoma, with holiday-themed crafts, games, treats and more. It is a drop-in afternoon for the whole…
- [Salmon Saturdays at Swan Creek Park](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/salmon-saturdays-at-swan-creek-park--listing-2f611a5836b566ebfdf7d91e) — Sat, Dec 5 (+1 more date) · 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM · Swan Creek Park – Pioneer Entrance, Tacoma · All ages · Free · checked Oct 20. On the first two Saturdays of December, Tacoma Nature Center educators welcome the spawning salmon home to Swan Creek. Families learn about salmon and their conservation from…
- [Holiday Creation Stations at the Seymour Conservatory](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/holiday-creation-stations-at-the-seymour-conservatory--listing-e87d0fb9af270e798b3c904a) — Sun, Dec 6 (+3 more dates) · W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory, Tacoma · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 20. Drop-in nature craft tables inside the W.W. Seymour Conservatory on four December Sundays, where children and grown-ups make a handmade, nature-themed treasure to give to someone…
- [Up and Atom: Ice Experiments – Fern Hill Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-ice-experiments-fern-hill-branch--listing-16c41bf424aef3dce095e829) — Tue, Dec 8 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Fern Hill Branch · checked Oct 24. Part of Tacoma Public Library's Up and Atom STEAM Days, where each week brings a different hands-on science, technology, engineering, art or math activity for school-age kids…
- [Up and Atom: Snowflake Resist Art – Tacoma Public Library Swasey Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-snowflake-resist-art-tacoma-public-library-swasey-branch--listing-4d54ecdb941ac4c36e2e3d74) — Tue, Dec 8 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Swasey Branch · checked Oct 16. At this week's Up and Atom STEAM Day at Tacoma Public Library's Swasey Branch, elementary kids explore where art and science meet by painting watercolor snowflakes, using resist…
- [The Nutcracker – Tacoma City Ballet at the Pantages Theater](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/the-nutcracker-tacoma-city-ballet-at-the-pantages-theater--listing-64e31cc5e826b2343df1edd3) — Fri, Dec 11 (+4 more dates) · 7:00 PM · Pantages Theater, Tacoma · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 16. Tacoma City Ballet presents its 71st season of The Nutcracker at the historic Pantages Theater in downtown Tacoma, accompanied live by the Tacoma City Ballet Orchestra. The…
- [Up and Atom: Ice Experiments – South Tacoma Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-ice-experiments-south-tacoma-branch--listing-8881f29f566123806f958b2a) — Fri, Dec 11 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – South Tacoma Branch · checked Oct 24. The South Tacoma Branch repeats the Up and Atom ice investigation on a Friday afternoon. In this STEAM Days session, elementary and middle school students experiment with…
- [Up and Atom: LED Holiday Cards – Fern Hill Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-led-holiday-cards-fern-hill-branch--listing-d828cfa6417682dc588f8ad0) — Tue, Dec 15 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Fern Hill Branch · checked Oct 24. A holiday Up and Atom STEAM Day at the Fern Hill Branch that mixes paper crafts with beginner electrical engineering. Kids build simple paper circuits with copper tape, coin cell…
- [30th Annual Model Train Festival at the Washington State History Museum](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/30th-annual-model-train-festival-at-the-washington-state-history-museu--listing-bbc81c97ed0de5bbbf225583) — Dec 18 – Jan 1 · Washington State History Museum, Tacoma · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 16. The Washington State History Museum's Model Train Festival, a Tacoma holiday tradition, marks its 30th year with room-sized layouts from local model railroad clubs on four floors…
- [Up and Atom: LED Holiday Cards – South Tacoma Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-led-holiday-cards-south-tacoma-branch--listing-154a9f156c46b9373276e528) — Fri, Dec 18 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – South Tacoma Branch · checked Oct 24. On a Friday afternoon in December, the South Tacoma Branch hosts the LED Holiday Cards edition of Tacoma Public Library's Up and Atom STEAM Days. Students in Grades K-8 wire…
- [Holiday Blast at Eastside Community Center](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/holiday-blast-at-eastside-community-center--listing-e63b15c4f007e9efcb51777f) — Sat, Dec 19 · 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM · Eastside Community Center, Tacoma · Free · checked Oct 20. A free holiday morning at Tacoma's Eastside Community Center: photos with Santa, cookie decorating, a hot cocoa station and games. The Elks Hoop Shoot free-throw contest runs at…
- [Jingle Bell Run at Wright Park](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/jingle-bell-run-at-wright-park--listing-7ed2eee731f2438e87774dff) — Thu, Dec 24 · 9:00 AM · Wright Park, Tacoma · From $35 · checked Oct 20. A Christmas Eve family fun run: three loops (three miles total) around Tacoma's Wright Park, with a choice of 9 am or 11 am start. The start and finish are near the basketball…
- [Camp|TMP Winter Break Camp (grades 1-12) – Tacoma Musical Playhouse](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/camp-tmp-winter-break-camp-grades-1-12-tacoma-musical-playhouse--listing-eef22444f33f97ef7329e0bd) — Mon, Dec 28 (+4 more dates) · 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM · The Spire (Mon–Thu) and Tacoma Musical Playhouse (Fri and performances) · From $375 · checked Oct 13. Tacoma Musical Playhouse's Winter Break Camp is a one-week musical theater intensive open to students in 1st-12th grades from all school districts and homeschoolers. From…
- [Up and Atom: STEAM Into 2027 – Tacoma Public Library Kobetich Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-steam-into-2027-tacoma-public-library-kobetich-branch--listing-e04b50a181048691eb05b3a9) — Thu, Dec 31 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Kobetich Branch · checked Oct 16. A New Year's Eve afternoon STEAM session for elementary kids at Tacoma Public Library's Kobetich Branch in Browns Point. Children decorate New Year's Eve party hats, pick a 'word…
- [Polar Bear Plunge at Point Defiance Marina](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/polar-bear-plunge-at-point-defiance-marina--listing-f6cc8e4f941e71568d8f1d6e) — Fri, Jan 1 · 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Point Defiance Marina, Tacoma · All ages · From $10 · checked Oct 24. Parks Tacoma's New Year's Day tradition: participants plunge, or walk, into Puget Sound at Point Defiance Marina. All ages are welcome, and youth under 18 must be accompanied by…
- [WayOut Kids: Bot Building](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/wayout-kids-bot-building--listing-45632e81fe8c6eebc610a915) — Tue, Jan 5 · 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Wheelock Branch · Free · checked Oct 13. Join us to build a tiny vibrating robot that moves using energy and motion! Kids explore how engineers use motors, batteries, and vibration to create movement. This activity…
- [Finding Nemo: A 60-Minute Family Musical – TMP Family Theater](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/finding-nemo-a-60-minute-family-musical-tmp-family-theater--listing-1f95d952d2f4c175f9f22904) — Sat, Jan 16 (+3 more dates) · Tacoma Musical Playhouse · From $15 · checked Oct 24. Tacoma Musical Playhouse's Family Theater series continues in January with Disney's Finding Nemo: A 60-Minute Family Musical, with book, music and lyrics by Kristen…
- [Up and Atom: Fake Snow – Fern Hill Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-fake-snow-fern-hill-branch--listing-99e058a7875648299efbbd71) — Tue, Jan 19 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – Fern Hill Branch · checked Oct 24. January's winter-science Up and Atom STEAM Day at the Fern Hill Branch has kids mixing fluffy, moldable artificial snow from simple kitchen ingredients such as baking soda and…
- [Up and Atom: Fake Snow – South Tacoma Branch](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/up-and-atom-fake-snow-south-tacoma-branch--listing-886afe5cec89b1ad79011731) — Fri, Jan 22 · 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM · Tacoma Public Library – South Tacoma Branch · checked Oct 24. The South Tacoma Branch closes the window with the Fake Snow edition of Up and Atom STEAM Days. Children make their own moldable snow from baking soda, conditioner and other…

## Places and ongoing programs

- [Babies on the Trail at Point Defiance Park](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/babies-on-the-trail-at-point-defiance-park--listing-78164169c4872c9852567dd7) — Every Wednesday, 10:00 am–12:00 pm (meet at the Fort Nisqually Picnic Shelter) · Fort Nisqually Picnic Shelter, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma · Free · checked Oct 20. A weekly, adult-paced nature walk for parents and guardians of babies 18 months and younger, led by a Parks Tacoma Park Guide in Point Defiance Park. Babies ride in carriers…
- [Camp|TMP Fall 2026 Dance Classes (ages 9-18) – Tacoma Musical Playhouse](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/camp-tmp-fall-2026-dance-classes-ages-9-18-tacoma-musical-playhouse--listing-40eae9501930c1d8a2cd8716) — Fall 2026: September 14 - November 13, 2026 (10-week session); recital November 13, 2026… · The Spire, Tacoma · Ages 9–18 · From $300 · checked Oct 13. Camp|TMP, the education arm of Tacoma Musical Playhouse, runs dance classes in 10-week sessions three times a year, each ending in a recital. The inaugural Fall 2026 quarter…
- [Children's Museum of Tacoma](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/children-s-museum-of-tacoma--listing-403a758d56dfda20c5caabb1) — Fri–Sun 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Mon members 10–2:30 then Low Sensory Hours 3–5 p.m.; Sat members… · Children's Museum of Tacoma · Up to 12 · With admission · checked Oct 13. Greentrike's children's museum in downtown Tacoma, designed to encourage playful experiences for children ages birth to 12. Admission is Pay As You Will, a donation-only model…
- [Edgeworks Climbing + Fitness Tacoma – youth climbing and day passes](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/edgeworks-climbing-fitness-tacoma-youth-climbing-and-day-passes--listing-584064c02b313d7fed680294) — Monday-Friday 6:00am-10:00pm; Saturday 8:00am-10:00pm; Sunday 8:00am-8:00pm; New Year's… · Edgeworks Climbing + Fitness Tacoma · From $19 · checked Oct 13. Edgeworks Tacoma, part of the largest locally owned network of climbing gyms in Puget Sound, offers bouldering and rope climbing with experienced instructors who coach kids from…
- [Family Chess Club](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/family-chess-club--listing-bcca4acb45cbee0ca6bdd829) — Wednesdays 4:00–5:00 pm (listed Oct 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 18; a further Dec 2–Jan 6 series… · Tacoma Public Library – Wheelock Branch · Free · checked Oct 13. Meet at the reserved tables in the middle of the library. Players of all experience levels can learn from experienced chess coach, Bill Rogers. These sessions are designed to…
- [Foss Waterway Seaport](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/foss-waterway-seaport--listing-91c57cf679cf948cf79ab2be) — Thursday–Sunday 10a–4p; third Thursdays until 8p · Foss Waterway Seaport, Tacoma · Free · checked Oct 13. Maritime heritage museum in a historic wheat warehouse on Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway, with maritime exhibits, art, a Heritage Boat Shop, an education center, hands-on activities…
- [LeMay – America's Car Museum](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/lemay-america-s-car-museum--listing-d61fb903135862303b83cdc0) — Thursday–Monday 10 AM–5 PM (last call 4:30) · LeMay – America's Car Museum, Tacoma · From $17.50 · checked Oct 13. Four-level automotive museum next to the Tacoma Dome with hundreds of vehicles, a Family Zone where kids race pinewood derby cars, 'drive' a 1920s Dodge and road-trip across an…
- [Museum of Glass](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/museum-of-glass--listing-0e2c4d5eeac29bd5afb206e3) — Wednesday–Sunday 10am–5pm; Third Thursday until 8pm · Museum of Glass, Tacoma · From $9 · checked Oct 13. Contemporary glass museum on Tacoma's Thea Foss Waterway with a working Hot Shop amphitheater where visitors watch glassblowing, plus the Chihuly Bridge of Glass outside. Open…
- [Neighborhood Nights at Tacoma Art Museum](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/neighborhood-nights-at-tacoma-art-museum--listing-d2f7c8ffc6fbfe44e203f901) — Every Thursday 5–8 pm · Tacoma Art Museum · Free · checked Oct 13. Tacoma Art Museum stays open late every Thursday with free admission from 5 to 8 pm. Neighborhood Nights, sponsored by Columbia Bank, offer the galleries plus programs with…
- [Seymour's Kids Club at the Washington State History Museum](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/seymour-s-kids-club-at-the-washington-state-history-museum--listing-0bf22e41b3014346d38edebd) — First Saturday of the month, 11 am–12 pm (Nov 7 piñatas; Dec 5 model railroading; Jan 2… · Washington State History Museum, Tacoma · All ages · With admission · checked Oct 16. Seymour's Kids Club is the Washington State History Museum's monthly Saturday-morning family program, with hands-on sessions that introduce children ages 4 to 10 to the history…
- [Storywalk at Alderwood Park: César's Cerulean Surprise](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/storywalk-at-alderwood-park-cesar-s-cerulean-surprise--listing-939ab4fe2e21c21c32f89e64) — Self-guided during park open hours; September/October title César's Cerulean Surprise… · Alderwood Park (Storywalk), Tacoma · All ages · Free · checked Oct 13. Walk along and read the Storywalk at Alderwood Park during the park's open hours. The September/October title is César's Cerulean Surprise by Jenny Lacika. César asks to borrow…
- [Tacoma Art Museum](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/tacoma-art-museum--listing-150769f1e2eac7e457e27c52) — Thu–Fri 10 am–8 pm; Sat–Sun 10 am–5 pm; closed Mon–Wed · Tacoma Art Museum · From $10 · checked Oct 13. Art museum in downtown Tacoma with Northwest art, the Haub Family Collection of Western American Art and glass by Dale Chihuly. TAM Studio, the art-making space for visitors with…
- [Tots on the Trail at Point Defiance Park](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/tots-on-the-trail-at-point-defiance-park--listing-8625277ede483af69b9e857c) — Every Friday, 10:00 am (about one hour; meet at the Fort Nisqually Picnic Shelter) · Fort Nisqually Picnic Shelter, Point Defiance Park, Tacoma · Free · checked Oct 20. A slow, child-led hike for early walkers and confident toddlers with Park Guide Jenn in Point Defiance Park. Children set the pace on an hour-long walk over uneven forest…

## Recently ended

- [Family STEAM Night with Greentrike: Geometry](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/family-steam-night-with-greentrike-geometry--listing-b55a78ba5ab11d5b871ad8d6) — ended Wed, Oct 21
- [Tacoma Arts Month Studio Tour at Hilltop Artists hot shop](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/tacoma-arts-month-studio-tour-at-hilltop-artists-hot-shop--listing-b898e1d79682b31063d7f034) — ended Sun, Oct 18
- [Zoo Boo at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/zoo-boo-at-point-defiance-zoo-and-aquarium--listing-7027cc41403b03fdba0b43df) — ended Sun, Oct 18
- [Science Heroes](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/science-heroes--listing-3028ae601747fc818d87ad84) — ended Sat, Oct 17
- [Tiny Tots with Tacoma Little Theatre](https://grassyknees.com/seattle/activities/tiny-tots-with-tacoma-little-theatre--listing-c6a4bc7f52fe8f3503753113) — ended Sat, Oct 17

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