Keep Your Cool this Summer! Best Indoor Places to Play
By Merris Pope, Founder of Hulafrog-South Tampa
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few summers ago, I reached out to some friends and suggested we make a calendar with something to do every day to help entertain our kids. Mondays we can go to The Glazer Children’s Museum, Tuesdays to Story Time at Jan Kaminis Platt Library, Wednesdays head to the Florida Aquarium—I was desperate to have a resource to help fill those long summer days! When I heard about Hulafrog from a friend in New Jersey (where the company was founded), I knew that it would be a perfect fit for South Tampa—if nothing else but to help me plan activities for my kids. Hulafrog is a guide filled with local things for kids to do. It’s a national company with local sites in communities all over the country run by a local mom or dad. We have an events calendar listing anywhere from 10-30 events daily and we send out newsletters multiple times a week highlighting upcoming local events and activities. The best part is it’s FREE to subscribe. Hulafrog is also a mobile friendly site so you can check the calendar while you’re on the go.
One highlight of Hulafrog is our weekly Hot List that features businesses or events focusing on a specific, kid-friendly topic. With summer in full swing, Hulafrog’s 20 Indoor Places to Play Hot List is the perfect guide for local parents looking for places to go when it’s raining or too hot to play outside. There is so much to do with kids that’s indoors around South Tampa, from open gym times and arts and crafts to bowling and museums. For moms with babies and toddlers, Gymboree is a great place to join and frequent open gym times. Painting pottery at Color Me Mine in Hyde Park Village is fun for kids of all ages and Pinarama has bowling and an arcade. We are so lucky to live in an amazing city with a variety of museums to visit; your kids will love The Tampa Fire Fighters Museum downtown, The Tampa Bay History Center, or everyone’s favorite, The Glazer Children’s Museum. Hulafrog is here to help make parenting in South Tampa easier for you. To see the full Hot List, visit http://hulafrog.com/ south-tampa-fl and make sure to subscribe to our free newsletter so you can stay up to date on all of the summer fun happening in our area!
20 INDOOR PLACES TO PLAY HOT LIST
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BABY BUNGALOW 3108 W. Azeele St. BRYAN GLAZER FAMILY JCC 522 N. Howard Ave. COLOR ME MINE TAMPA 1609 W. Snow Circle GAMETIME 1600 E. Eighth Avenue, Suite A147 GLAZER CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 110 W. Gasparilla Plaza GYMBOREE PLAY & MUSIC 3309 S. Dale Mabry Highway JAN KAMINIS PLATT REGIONAL LIBRARY 3910 S. Manhattan Ave.
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JOHN F. GERMANY PUBLIC LIBRARY 900 N. Ashley Drive LIFE TIME ATHLETICA AND LIFE SPA 2223 N. Westshore Blvd. PAINTING WITH A TWIST 2821 S. MacDill Ave. PLAYGROUNDS OF TAMPA 4535 S. Dale Mabry Highway PINARAMA BOWLING CENTER 5008 S. Dale Mabry Highway SOUTH TAMPA FAMILY YMCA 4411 S. Himes Ave.
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TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS MUSEUM 720 E. Zack St. TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER 801 Old Water St. TAMPA KIDS THERAPY 4004 S. MacDill Ave., Suite 6 THE POTTER’S HOUSE STUDIO-YOUR POTTERY PAINTING PLACE 3627 S. Westshore Blvd. VILLAGE SQUARE WESTSHORE 101 Westshore Plaza
THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM 701 Channelside Drive
Merris Pope is the founding managing editor of Hulafrog South Tampa, a community guide that provides a daily list of activities, weekend events, local classes, camps and more! Proud mom to Avery, 6 and Miles, 3. SOUTH TAMPA EDITION