Thursday we went to the National Building Museum. They have two great kids exhibits right now -- Play, Work, Build and The Building Zone. Just like at the American Indian exhibit, both of these kid areas are separate and gated so the kids can explore freely without the moms and dads having to worry too much.
First: Play, Work, Build (Closing in November 2014)
They have giant screen that you can stand in front of and it builds your shape out of blocks and then they all fall down.
There are life size blocks that you can use to build a little house or jungle gym.
Second: The Building Zone The Building Zone is first come, first served. The Museum opens at 10am and we were standing in line for our tickets by 10:30am. Our reserved time in the Building Zone started at 11:15. So we went to Play, Work Build first and then had 45 minutes to play in the Building Zone before the kiddos started to get tired.
On one side they have large blocks for building life size stuff. They have a cool metal/magnetic wall for putting pipes together that a ball can go down. They had these magnetic building blocks called Picaso Tiles, or maybe these PlayMags? that cousins C and K had a blast playing with.
They have really cute playhouse that shows the kids how houses are put together. One wall is clear plexiglass so the kids can see the plumbing and electric wires running through the walls. Big sister A spent most of her time making friends and playing house in there.
They have extra large legos and another magnetic wall of gears that can be put together in different configurations.
Aunt Sunshine and I had fun playing with these different shaped tiles, trying to make a playhouse.
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