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TinkerSpace

4.8 (29 reviews)
Closed 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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I worked with Kathleen on a local elementary school project. She understood our goal from the get go and helped make our event amazing. She was super supportive with her space and gave the kids access to everything to make it a success. The kids really liked all the material that was available and it gave them tons of ideas.

This is a wind tower where your child can create an object out of coffee filters etc. to learn about aerodynamics.
Angelique R.

It's like the best parts of Kidspace Children's Museum, only way more local to where I live in Claremont. Tons of crafts, fort building, and learning-oriented activities offered in a mix of child-directed play and educator-directed exercises (science experiments, workshops, etc. -- the staff is so great!). My 5 and 2 year old are a little below the target age but they can do so much and they are so entertained--I can't wait until they're old enough for stop motion and LEGO Robotics. I'm really excited for my first summer spent cooling off doing creative indoor activities (yay air conditioning!!!) with minimal clean up for Mom (DOUBLE YAY!!!). I wish I were the Mom that saves all the paper towel rolls for crafts, that has endless patience for legos and crazy cardboard fort-building. I see the benefit of these activities, and I was so thrilled when I learned about TinkerSpace: it's all here and then some! The admission is totally worth it for the quality of play and craft materials, but if you're local I think the membership is a bargain--you just can't find good places for unstructured creative play. My kids do more creative activities in one hour at TinkerSpace than they do in a whole week at home, and they get to bring home their beautiful creations!

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Ralph O.

This is a great place to take your kids for arts and craft I took my 6 year old son and he really enjoyed himself. He made a dinosaur and a house which he took home. The owner (sorry I can't remember her name) was very helpful and makes this place a worth while trip. She helped in giving ideas as to our projects and showed us what to do at each of the stations. This place takes items that would've been garbage and makes them into art. My son said he wanted to come back so he must've had fun.

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This was a great place for us to spend the afternoon on a rainy day. The kids had a blast and so did the adults!

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I appreciate Kathleen's fun projects as well as the freedom for children to explore, think, and experiment.

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