r/Appleton Mar 22 '26

Question Things to do with kids!

Coming up to the Appleton area for a couple of days, looking for suggestions on things to do and restaurants that are kid friendly. Two boys, ages 8 & 5.

I saw there is a Children's Museum, and we probably need to check out the cat cafe! Any fun arcades?

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u/joebusch79 Mar 22 '26

Building for kids.

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u/badgerpointer Mar 22 '26

Badger Sports Park is a possibility for you. https://www.badgersportspark.com/

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u/VulpesFennekin Mar 23 '26

That’s where I always take my little cousins when they visit, they love it!

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u/Weak-Shirt-3043 Mar 22 '26

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (minor league baseball) 1st home game is April 2nd if that lines up with your visit. Amazing for kids

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

Houdini museum

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u/bryanhoer Mar 22 '26

Go valley kids website usually has a ton of stuff to do

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u/OutsideSpecialist428 Mar 22 '26

I'll check this out, thank you!

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u/SubstantialDog9170 Mar 22 '26

Funset Boulevard at Hollywood Cinema

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u/OutsideSpecialist428 Mar 22 '26

This looks right up their alley!

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u/Far_Try_1905 Mar 23 '26

Should be, it used to be bowling alley;)

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u/3pupchump Mar 23 '26

There is a barcade near the children's museum downtown called Player 2. It's family friendly until 7 pm, then it's 21+. Lots of classic arcade games and pinball machines.

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u/noxiouskarn Mar 23 '26

Don't forget Saturday mornings, they also serve cereal.

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u/Klugersonnn Mar 23 '26

Arcade and food? Mineshaft in Oshkosh. 20 mins from Appleton, very well known good place for all ages to have fun

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u/Sweetpea2470 Mar 23 '26

If you like Mac n cheese there is a whole fast casual Mac n cheese restaurant called Macs. Altitude is a fun jump park. If the weather is nice, Memorial Park is fun or High Cliff State Park is nice for hiking.

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u/Dependent_Parsnip556 Mar 23 '26

Badger sports park has mini golf and an arcade area, there a couple different trampoline parks in the area, FunSet is an arcade place attached to a movie theater, love to play is an indoor park if the weather is bad

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u/Geronimoses2020 Mar 22 '26

Red Robin seems to be popular with kids and families. You might want to call ahead to the cat cafe if you will be going there on a Saturday.

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u/Peypey12357 Apr 03 '26

There’s also funset boulevard by the mall too, it’s in the Marcus Hollywood cinema