🐙 Kid Friendly Seattle - Last Chance Dinosaurs

A quick bite of upcoming events, hidden gems and kid-friendly vibes in the city

August 26, 2025

Welcome!

What to expect

This weekly newsletter (every Tuesday at noon) is broken down into 4 parts:

  1. Free stuff

  2. Events and cool stuff

  3. Paid Stuff

  4. Dining

🚨 Bonus: we post some of the places we go to, check them out!

Free stuff

🏖️ Water Front Grand Opening Celebration

Date: 9/6

Waterfront Park is finally done, and they’re throwing a massive party on September 6 to celebrate. Twenty acres of pure Seattle energy: live performances, interactive art, food trucks, a beer garden, and family-friendly fun everywhere you look. Be there for the grand opening and say you were part of history when the waterfront came alive.

  • RSVP: Be sure to save your spot and let the organizers know what you think, by RSVPing here!

📚 Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park, Ravenna, Columbia City)

Third Place Books is an easy win to beat the heat and walk around with your minis. Their locations have regular events plus cafes and tap rooms for the parents to kick back too.

  • Kid Friendly: They host regular kid friendly events, check them out!

  • Dedicated play areas: Several locations, such as the Ravenna store, feature small, enclosed play areas or dedicated kids' corners with toys. This allows young children to play and socialize while adults browse.

  • Big Kid Books: Each location boasts a substantial and well-curated children's section with a variety of books for different ages. Some sections even include a rug for kids to sit and read.

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🥷 Code Ninjas (Queen Anne)

  • Date: 9/6

  • Ages: 5 to 14

Code Ninjas Queen Anne is finally opening its doors on September 6th, and they’re basically paying you to show up. For one day only, you can snag a month of coding, robotics, or AI classes for $1 (usually $300). Come play with robots, meet the crew, and turn your kid’s screen time into a superpower.

  • $1 Enrollment: One month of classes (coding, robotics, AI) for the price of a vending machine snack. $299 instant savings, opening day only.

  • Meet the Senseis: Our coding pros who make learning feel more like gaming.

  • Hands-On Fun: Games, prizes, robotics, game-building, and tech toys like Makey Makey and micro:bits.

Limited spots available, reserve yours today!

Upcoming Events and other stuff

🦖 Dinosaur Discovery & Zoomazium at Woodland Park Zoo (Wallingford)

Date: 5/1 - 9/21

Dinosaur Discovery is back, and it’s like Jurassic Park without the lawsuits. The Woodland Park Zoo turns its Habitat Loop into a prehistoric forest packed with 26 life-sized animatronic dinos, from a towering Brachiosaurus to a T. rex that’ll make you rethink your place in the food chain. Along the way you’ll find a fossil dig pit, a robo-Stegosaurus showing its gears, and even dinos that spray water, so don’t be shocked if you walk out a little misted. It’s big, it’s loud, it’s detailed down to the plants, and it might just convince you emus are living dinosaurs.

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Paid stuff

🦴 The Burke Museum (UW)

The Burke Museum is Seattle’s coolest mashup of dinosaurs, culture, and science that actually feels alive. Kids get to see real scientists working, touch hands-on exhibits, and even stare down a giant T. rex skull. It’s part museum, part adventure zone, perfect for curious little brains.

  • Transparent Science: Roughly 60% of the space isn’t hidden behind closed doors. You’re walking through active labs and research areas, not just exhibit halls.

  • Artifact Drop-Counts: Somewhere between 16 and 18 million artifacts, from dinosaur fossils to totem poles, ancient baskets, and the world’s most complete T. rex skull.

  • Family-Friendly Built-In: There are hands-on zones, story-rich galleries, kid programs, camps, and even fun take-home Fossil Finder packs, it’s a playground for lifelong curiosity.

  • General Admission: $24

  • Youth: $16

  • 3 and under: Free

Dining

🐱 Neko Cat Cafe (Capitol Hill)

Neko Cat Cafe is like a cozy hug delivered by coffee and cats. You step into a chill café zone where you can sip sake, coffee, or cat-themed snacks. Then peek into the glass-walled Cat Room where 10–12 rescue kitties roam free, nap, and flirt with you through the window

🚨 Must reserve your spot before going!

This isn’t just chilled vibes, it’s a rescue mission in disguise. The cats come from the Regional Animal Services of King County, and the café helps the most overlooked ones!

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