Kansas City Parents Place

Friday, June 1st – Sunday, June 3rd – Prairie Village Art Fair Admission is FREE The fair features various artists, children’s activities, food and drink. Friday: 5pm – 8pm Saturday: 10am – 8pm Pancake Breakfast by Chris Cakes from 8:30am – 10:30am Sunday: 11am – 5pm http://prairievillageshops.com/events/arts-fair/ Tuesdays @9:30am – Grinnin’ and Groovin’ at Ironwoods Park [...]

PepperJax Grill in Overland Park has a kids eat free night on Wednesdays. Kids can get corn dog bites or chicken strips. The meal comes with one side (fries or oranges) and Teddy Grahams for dessert. Drinks are included (chocolate milk, regular milk, or soda too!) A good deal for free. Overall we like PepperJax [...]

Model Railroad Experience The Model Railroad Experience is a permanent exhibit at Union Station. It is one of the best FREE activities in Kansas City – especially if you child likes trains or miniature toys. This exhibit has multiple types of model trains and multiple scenes throughout the large exhibit room. Even if it is [...]

Fritz’s Railroad Restaurant is a train-themed diner-style restaurant. It is a fantastic place to take your family. The food is ok and it can get expensive – you definitely go for the atmosphere. Model trains run throughout the restaurant and your food is actually delivered by a train. The service is fast, the kids stay [...]

Franklin Park is one of the larger parks in Prairie Village, KS. It has been recently renovated and updated. It is usually busy and can get crowded on nice days and weekends. It has a very large open space, 1 baseball field, exercise track, play equipment, large covered shelter with cooking grills, ample parking, and [...]

Harmon Park is part of the large public pool/activity complex in Prairie Village, KS. It is usually busy in the summer, but very large. It is situated between the tennis court complex and public pool. There are various activities for a variety of ages and the park is very spread out. It has a large [...]

McCrum Park is another great, simple park in Prairie Village, KS. It is off of a busy street, but remains fairly quiet. It is not very crowded and mostly used by the families in the area. It has an open area, 1 tennis courts, 1 basketball court, play equipment, and swings.  There is only on-street [...]

Quailwood Park in Olathe is a nice, and fairly new park. Construction was completed in late 2009, making the park just about 2 years old at the time this article was written. The playground has some neat features for kids, including a “secret entrance” to the top of the playground. There is a double ladder [...]

Penguin Park is one of the most unique parks in Kansas City. A giant penguin, elephant, kangaroo, and giraffe are just a few of the unique play structures in this park. It is a place where your kid’s imaginations will run wild. In addition to the giant animal structures, there are swings, climbing structures, small [...]

Oregon Trail Park is a park where you could spend an entire afternoon. It is located in Olathe, KS. It has all the features that make up a great park. It has wonderful play equipment with rubber mulch under it that is great for imaginative play, a walking trail, shelters, fishing, open play areas and [...]