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Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids

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I want to thank Meet Minneapolis for partnering with me on this Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids post. All opinions are my own.

I don’t know about your family, but for us, we have a couple of places that we always love visiting as often as we can. When our kids were smaller, we would venture to visit Minneapolis, Minnesota a few times a year. Now that the kids are older and their schedules are more full, we are finding it harder and harder to get to Minneapolis as often as we like.

Spring break is this week so Matt and I thought it would be fun to start the break off with a trip to Minneapolis. We knew we would be spending a lot of time at the flip house during break so a little getaway was just what we needed before the hard work started. 

In this post, I am going to share Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. Just like anywhere, a trip with kids looks a lot different from a trip without kids so I wanted to share some of our favorite things to do in Minneapolis when we have our kids in toe. 

Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids:

If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.

Hotel:

There are many kid-friendly hotels in the Minneapolis area. This time around, we stayed in a new hotel. We stayed at The Graduate. I could write an entire blog post about this hotel alone. I am going to spend a great deal on it in this post. We absolutely loved it! The Graduate does not have a pool, but our kids are at the age that it isn’t the most important thing anymore. They were entertained by the shuffleboard table and the air hockey tables that were in the lobby.

If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.

While we were there, there was different food being served in the lobby each night. The first night we tried the $5 grilled cheese and tomato soup combo and the following night it was sushi! The hotel has a Starbucks attached to it and we ate at The Beacon restaurant one night we were there. 

If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.

If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.

The decor in this hotel literally stopped me in my tracks so many times. I couldn’t get enough of it. 

If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.

I am calling the decor in the rooms “gentleman’s lounge”. It was full of deep, rich colors. There were patterns everywhere you looked. The mix of plaids, leather and wool made me want to buy a cabin ASAP so I could decorate it just like the room.

If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.

Our room had two bathrooms and a bar area. There was more closet storage in the room than we have in our house. 

If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.

I thought the room was gorgeous and then I opened the double doors to the bathroom. {insert mike drop – or jaw drop for that matter.}

 
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
 
I don’t think there is a need for words. The photos do all the talking. 
The room keys alone were enough to get excited about.
 
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
 
And, the hotel has a mascot! Does it get any better than that?
 
Okay, on to some other things to do in Minneapolis with kids.
 
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
 

NBA: 

A fun thing to do in Minneapolis with kids is to go see a NBA game. While we were there, the Timberwolves were taking on the Boston Celtics. I think it is so much fun for kids to see their sports heroes in person. It makes it more real and the experience will have life-lasting memories for them.
 
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
 

Take The Train: 

Something a little different we got to try this time in Minneapolis was taking the train! We took the train from our hotel to the Target Center to see the game. That in itself was fun for the kids. It reminded them of taking the subway in NYC. The smallest things like a train ride can make trips memorable without being expensive or overly complicated. 
 

Mall Of America: 

One major thing to do in Minneapolis with kids is to head to the Mall of America. The mall is packed full of things to keep the kids entertained for days. Not only are there tons of stores to see and shop in, but you could do an entire food crawl through the mall (something Matt and I want to do some day.) They have made a new Culinary area in the mall and there are around 80 restaurants. 
 
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
 
Along with that, the Nickelodeon Universe will be your kids dream. It is a full amusement park in the middle of the mall! This is probably top on the list of things to do in Minneapolis with kids – coming from a kids perspective. 
 
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
 
This time around, we tried the FlyOver America ride. WHAT A BREATHTAKING RIDE! You literally feel like you are flying above America and you can see all kinds of different places. The ride mists you when you go over water or fly over the snow in Alaska. We had no idea what to expect with this ride, but we all came out of it saying it was our favorite. Almost brought a tear to my eye because it was so beautiful. Makes you think of this beautiful land we live in a little differently. 
 
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
 

Sea Life:

In the lower level of the mall is Sea Life. We have visited this area many times. This time, we fed the sting rays! Our favorite part of Sea Life is walking through the tunnel and seeing the sharks, turtles, fish and other seal life swim above and around us. Definitely a thing to do in Minneapolis with kids. 
 
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
 

Crayola Experience: 

At the top of the mall is the Crayola Experience. This was a new experience for us. We spent a couple of hours in there! There is so much for the kids to do here. They started designing and naming their own crayons. Then, we moved over to make their photos in to coloring pages. From there, we moved to the interactive wall area where they could draw on iPads and their drawings showed up on the wall.
 
If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.
 
After that, we colored creatures and watched them actually dance on stage!!! (See how that worked in the video below). Lastly, we made melted crayons into molds and spin art. Before we left, Gabrielle designed clothing and watched it walk down the runway! (See more of the Crayola Experience in the video below.)
 

Heading to Minneapolis was a much-needed getaway for our family. We love going there and haven’t been able to get there for some time now. We saw and did new things this time that has added to our many fond memories of the city. I hope this post on things to do in Minneapolis with kids has helped your next trip to this great city.

 
Where does your family like to get away to? Have you ever been to Minneapolis?
I put together a video of our trip so you can see more of what we did and loved! 
 

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If you are planning a family getaway to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, click over and see all the Things To Do In Minneapolis With Kids. This list will keep them entertained and busy the entire trip.

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