50 Simple Pleasures to Enjoy in Kansas City This Season

1.       Play all day in the Western village at Antioch Park.

2.       Take pictures at Kauffman Memorial Gardens.

3.       Wear your cowboy hat and attend the American Royal Parade.

4.       Ride a camel at the Kansas City Zoo.

5.       Attend Chinese New Year at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

6.       Take a photo from the top of Liberty Memorial.

7.       Ride a bike across a high wire at Science City.

8.       Ice skate at Crown Center.

9.       Make puppets at the Puppetry Arts Institute.

10.   Marvel at the night sky at the Gottlieb Planetarium.

11.   Rent a pedal boat at Shawnee Mission Park Lake or Lake Jacomo.

12.   Sample cheese at the Better Cheddar.

13.   Sip a Skyscraper at Winstead’s.

14.   Take the family to a production at the beloved children’s theater, the Coterie.

15.   Catch a flick at the Alamo Drafthouse movie theater.

16.   Sled down Suicide Hill (in Brookside).

17.   Zipline through the trees at Adventure Zip KC.

18.   Ride a carriage around the Country Club Plaza under the glow of Christmas lights.

19.   Feast on food truck specialties and admire art during a First Friday in the Crossroads.

20.   Listen to live music in the Kansas City Power & Light District.

21.   Walk the link from Crown Center to Union Station for a great view of downtown.

22.   Watch cider making in Louisburg.

23.   Visit local barbecue restaurants on a quest to find the best.

24.   See how high you can jump at the indoor trampoline park Sky Zone.

25.   Ride the rails with Santa aboard the Belton, Grandview and KC Railroad.

26.   Play “Whodunnit?” at a live mystery at Holy-Field Winery.

27.   Savor your favorite brew at the Roasterie.

28.   Reminisce at the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures.

29.   Delight in povitica bread at Strawberry Hill.

30.   Munch on Topsy’s popcorn.

31.   Try a new restaurant at Prairiefire.

32.   Step back in time at the Vaile Victorian Mansion.

33.   Drink a phosphate at Georgetown Old Town Pharmacy.

34.   Celebrate Apple Fest in Weston.

35.   Race go-karts at Paradise Park.

36.   Cheer for your favorite driver at Kansas Speedway.

37.   Treat the kids to a show at Paul Mesner Puppets.

38.   Find your favorite children’s book at Reading Reptile.

39.   Enjoy live jazz at the Blue Room.

40.   Ride a stagecoach at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop.

41.   Discover treasure at the Arabia Steamboat Museum.

42.   Curb your chocolate cravings with gourmet chocolate from Christopher Elbow.

43.   Get lost in the Liberty Corn Maze.

44.   Dine in a castle at Renee Kelly’s Harvest.

45.   Treat the kids to lunch delivered to your table by model trains at Fritz’s Railroad Restaurant.

46.   Find a treasure for your kitchen at Pryde’s Old Westport.

47.   Laugh out loud at Comedy City.

48.   Buy fresh produce at City Market.

49.   Drive through Christmas in the Park for some of the best lights in town.

50.   Ride a pony at the Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead.