Six-Stop Tour: Platte County, Missouri
Inspire your inner creativity with a visit to the Northland, where you can hone your culinary skills, paint a masterpiece, play at one of our city’s most whimsical playgrounds or explore history.
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Culinary Delights
Green Hills Library Center is home to the MCPL Culinary Center, which just opened in 2023. The Culinary Center—the first of its kind in the region—will help people learn about food preparation, nutrition and food culture. It also provides culinary-based programming to teach reading, math, science and other subjects in a commercial kitchen with classroom seating. MyMCPL.org/locations/green-hills-library-center
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Holiday Shopping
Zona Rosa is the Northland’s premier retail, dining and entertainment destination—where shopping is fun, memories are made, and Kansas City traditions are celebrated. The layout is reminiscent of downtowns of the past, with individual storefronts evoking a sort of village feel. Zona Rosa is more than just a mall, though. It's an open-air town center where the local community can gather. ZonaRosa.com
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Play with Penguins
Penguin Park is one of Kansas City’s oldest and most popular parks. Gigantic friendly animals are the centerpiece of the green space, where you can climb up through a kangaroo's pocket, slide down the namesake penguin, explore an elephant playground and more. This creative park is consistently named one of the best in Kansas City.
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Get Your Game On
With arcades, laser tag, bowling, billiards and an incredible indoor ropes course, Main Event is the ultimate kid-friendly attraction perfect on a cold winter’s day! Throughout the week they offer great specials, so you can stretch your dollar while having fun. The spot offers a terrific menu, so your family can enjoy dinner and fun together at this family-friendly attraction.
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Aloha! Art
A visit to Hawaii Fluid Art is a fun, colorful way to express your creativity. This DIY shop offers art classes daily where patrons paint their own one-of-a-kind masterpiece using fluid art techniques. In addition to their trademark canvas classes, the shop also offers silk scarf marbling, resin classes, wood burning, jewelry making and more to inspire the inner artist in you.
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Play Pickleball
Pickleball seems to be taking the world by storm. This trendy game became a fast fave thanks to its simplicity, familiarity and fun factor. Head to Chicken N Pickle in North KC where you can enjoy casual dining, pickleball courts, yard games and a super chill environment for a night out. During the holidays, they create a winter wonderland grown-up cocktail lounge (reservations required).