The 100 Things Every L.A. Family Should Do at Least Once

Los Angeles is a great place to be a kid. Maybe the best. The weather lets our children play outside all year, and our city and local businesses offer an abundance of free, affordable, and fun activities. These are just 100 of the literally thousands of things to do, and if your kids ever tell you they’re bored, you can explain to them what it was like growing up next to a cornfield in Indiana–or how 30 years ago L.A. absolutely did not have so many activities specifically for kids. 

The following are not ranked, but they are numbered because (trust us) it’s just easier to read that way.

1. Huntington Gardens 

Pasadena

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2. Zimmer’s Children’s Museum 

Beverly Grove

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3. Disneyland 

Anaheim

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4. A Magic Forest 

Culver City

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5. Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Los Feliz

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6. Kenneth Hahn Park

Baldwin Hills

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7. Library Story Time

At libraries across the city

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8. Little Knights Early Childhood Education Center

Los Feliz 

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9. Farmers Markets

All over town

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10. Aquarium of the Pacific

Long Beach

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11. Montebello Barnyard Zoo 

Montebello

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12. Will Rogers State Park 

Pacific Palisades

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13. Autry Museum of the American West 

Los Feliz

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14. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium 

San Pedro

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15. Snooknuk 

Hancock Park

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16. The Americana at Brand Kids Club Free Concert Series 

Glendale

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17. The Children’s Museum at La Habra

La Habra

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18. Gymboree 

Multiple locations

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19. IKEA

Burbank

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20. Discovery Cube

Pacoima

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21. Skirball Cultural Center’s Noah’s Ark

Sherman Oaks

22. Bob Baker Marionette Theatre

Downtown

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23. Dog Parks

Locations across the city 

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24. Orange Picking

La Verne

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25. Griffith Park

Los Feliz

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26. Annenberg Beach House 

Santa Monica

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27. Garbage Man Day Truck Show

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28. Garvey Ranch Observatory

Monterey Park

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29. Kidspace Children’s Museum

Pasadena

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30. Kiddie City

South L.A.

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31. Monster Park 

San Gabriel

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32. The Grove

Fairfax

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33. Mother’s Beach

Marina del Rey

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