Summer Storytime at the Blanton (2024)

🌎 Family Volunteer Opportunity: trash pick-up at @mckinneyfallsstatepark with @generationserve 🚮

This is a great all ages activity! Sign up on the Generation Serve website. Generation Serve provides all materials like grabbers, trash bags, gloves, and even snacks! My kids love this activity and even compete to see who gets the most trash. You can even take a dip in the water if you get too hot! You also get free admission to the park when you’re there to volunteer. 🫶

🏄‍♂️ SUP on Lake Austin with your teen!

📍 @lakeaustincalm at @mozartscoffee

⏰ Open Friday-Sunday 9am-8pm
💰 $20/hour
🏄 Ages 13 & up

Try this activity if you’re looking for a one on one date for you and your teen! Get out on the water early to beat the heat and enjoy treats at @mozartscoffee afterwards while listening to some live music on the patio!

3️⃣ Spots To Eat & Drink in Liberty Hill That Have Playgrounds:

🌮 Margaritas
📍 10280 W State Hwy 29, Liberty Hill
⏰ Open Tues-Sat 11am-9pm and Sun 11am-8pm
🛝 Huge pirate ship playground and bonus mini playground for little ones

🍹 @thirstypenguintx
📍 14751 W State Hwy 29, Liberty Hill
⏰ Open 10am-9pm daily (open til 10pm Sat & Sun)
🚗 Beer Barn/Drive-Thru Daiquiris with a patio, food truck, and playground

🍔 @dahliacafetx
📍 2450 Ranch to Market Rd 1869, Liberty Hill
⏰ Open 11am-8pm Mon-Thur, 11am-9pm Fri, 8am-9pm Sat, 8am-4pm Sun
🍗Southern comfort food with a playground

🤩 TAX FREE WEEKEND!!!! 🙌

8/9
🔎Wild Waterloo: Sensory Science from 6-10pm at @waterloogreenway Treedeck- FREE STEM event for kids
🎶 @bullockmuseum Music Under The Star 6-9pm
🎶 Free live music at @central_market North Lamar from 6-8:30pm
🎭Legally Blonde @zilkertheatreproductions 8:15pm at the Zilker Hillside Theater Free!
🎭Footloose The Musical at @hillcountrygalleria 8pm Free!
🎥 Free Movie Night (Wonka) at Montopolis Rec Center (indoors!) @austincityparks 7pm
🤠 Cedar Park Rodeo @hebcenter 7:30pm
🎥 Free Movie in the Park (E.T.) 8:30pm at Dripping Springs Ranch Park @cityofdrippingsprings
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8/10
👶Baby Bloomers at @thinkeryatx
🛍️Georgetown Market Days from 9am-2pm on the Georgetown Square @dga_gtx
🧸Free Puppet Workshop at @peasepark 10am with @small_wonders_puppets
🎳 National Bowling Day at @millenniumaustin Kids under 12 bowl 1 game free with purchase of adult game
🎳 National Bowling Day at @mymainevent get unlimited bowling for just $10
😂Summer Stories on the Spot @excusedabsencecomedy kid-friendly improv show at 11am $5 at @coldtownetheater
📚 Free Story Time at @bookpeople at 10:30am
📖 Free Story Time at @paperbarkbirchbooks at 11am
🖼️Second Saturdays are for Families at Laguna Gloria @contemporaryatx 11am-3pm FREE admission
🎉 Back To School Bash at @southparkmeadowstx 2-10pm
🎶Free live music at @central_market North Lamar from 6-8:30pm
🤠 Cedar Park Rodeo @hebcenter 7:30pm
😂 @csz_austin Comedy Sportz at @pinballz_lakecreek at 7:30pm
🎭Legally Blonde @zilkertheatreproductions 8:15pm at the Zilker Hillside Theater FREE
🎭Footloose The Musical at @hillcountrygalleria 8pm FREE
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8/11
🎶Free live kids music at @cherrywood_coffeehouse 10am
💦Back To School Pool Party at @cityofdrippingsprings Founders Pool 1-4pm
🍺 Back To School Family Fun Day at @fastfriendsbeer 2-6pm
🍺 Back To School Bash at @vistabrewing with @flighticecreams 2-5pm
🖼️ @umlaufsculpture FREE family day 11am-4pm
🎭Legally Blonde @zilkertheatreproductions 8:15pm at the Zilker Hillside Theater FREE

🎥 video from @vistabrewing

🍧 @txsizesnowballs
📍 2500 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin

😎 Snow balls, shady patio, lots of games! Next time you’re down in this funky part of town, check out @txsizesnowballs 🤗

TBH I’m at the point in the summer where it’s too hot to eat real food and all I want are these snow balls 😅

1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ PLAYROOM COMING SOON TO LIBERTY HILL! 🥳

📍 @123.playroom
13750 TX-29 #102, Liberty Hill
⏰ Open 10am-4pm Mon-Wed, 9am-4pm Thurs-Sat, closed Sundays
💰 $10 for one hour, $15 for 2 hours, $20 for the whole day
🖥️ Book your time slot online! Walk-ins welcome if space is available.
👶 best for ages 0-6years (there’s a tiny area that’s just for babies)
🏠 This imaginative open play concept is just what this area needed! Perfect spot for a play date in Liberty Hill when it’s 🥵 or 🌧️ to play outside!
🥳 birthday parties available
🤸‍♂️Mommy & Me and Preschool Gymnastics Classes available
🎟️ Punch cards and Memberships available

Follow them for updates on the opening date!

💖 14 THINGS TO DO BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS:

📸 Take a selfie at a cool mural like the giant Tau Ceti on the corner of Brazos & 2nd St downtown or the new Simpsons mural at American Drifter on S 1st St
💦 Jump off the diving board at Barton Springs
🚂 Ride the @zilkereagle
🎭 See Legally Blonde, the free @zilkertheatreproductions summer musical (Thursday-Sunday at 8:15pm thru Aug 17)
🍦Get a cotton candy or ice cream from a vending machine at H Mart
🏒Play 4-person air hockey at @pinstack
🌀Spinning bumper cars at @pinballz_lakecreek
😎 Be a human claw machine at @tomfoolerysadventure inside @kalahariresortsroundrock
🍣 Get sushi at Austin’s only revolving sushi bar @kurasushi_usa
💦Spray your friends on the bumper boats at @theofficialaustins
🏖️ Jump “waves” and dig in the sand at Emma Long Metro Park
🥤Get an over-the-top milkshake at @theyardmilkshakebar
💦Splash at The Quarry Splash Pad, 3005 Co Rd 175, Leander
🏊 Swim at @deepeddypool (don’t forget to eat a @jimjimswaterice while you’re there!) 😋

👶INDOOR PLACES TO PLAY WITH BABIES & TODDLERS:
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🌀 @altituderoundrock Junior Jumpers
📚 Central Public Library @austinpubliclibrary
☕️ @brentwoodsocialhouse
☕️ @malonecoffee Wells Branch location
💦 @splashshack
📚 @bookpeople Kids Story times are every Tues, Weds, and Sat at 10:30am (plus @tinytailstoyou every third Thurs)
🛼 @playlandskatecenter Skater Tots every Tues from 9am-noon $10 includes skates! Parents and infants are free. Bring ride-on toys! For kids 5 & under only.
🌀 Lakeline Mall play area
😎 H Mart play area, kiddie carts
💖 @austinsaltroom Kid Play Times are on Mondays and Thursdays