Three Places in Minnesota Your Family Should Check Out

Last week I wrote about trying to find things to do with my granddaughter when she visits in June. I found six, as I called them “Free-ish” things to do with your kids in Minnesota.  

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You can check that story out here. 

While I was looking for those things, I found some other interesting things to do that will cost money, but they sure seem like you’d have a great time and make some awesome memories.  

Here’s a few of those places: 

Splatter Paints- Paint Rooms and More in West St. Paul- 

This is just what the name says, you can splatter paint around a room, on the walls, ceiling, the floor, even at each other. Each person will leave with their own an 8x10 masterpiece of your time there.  

The cost is $32 per person for a 45-minute slinging paint period. Each person will get 5 cans of paint, and the protective gear they need, like goggles, hair nets, splatter poncho, and shoe caps. Kids 15 and under must have at least 1 adult in the room with them. 

You can also reserve a room for a birthday party as well.  

Sustainable Safari at Maplewood 

You’ll have a chance to get up close and personal with some unique animals at Sustainable Safari. You can get really close with some of these animals by either holding them or feeding the animals. Both can be done for an extra charge. Admission is $16.50 for adults and kids.  

Can-Can Wonderland- 

Here you’ll find mini-golf, vintage pinball and arcade games, two stages for live entertainment, as well as a full bar with food and a tap wall. Admission is $11 Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and then $14 Thursday through Sunday. The admission fee covers unlimited play on over 125 video games and pinball and any live entertainment that is scheduled.
There is an additional charge for mini-golf and of course if you eat or drink there.  

Can-Can Wonderland is the first arts-based public benefit corporation in Minnesota. That means that Can-Can is able to give back in supporting Minneapolis-St. Paul area artists.  

The name Can-Can Wonderland comes from paying tribute to the original inhabitant of the building, which was the American Can Company, who made many of the cans used by many name brand products from years gone by. 

These are just three things that you can do at some point with your kids in Minnesota that will cost you some money, but the memories that you’ll make could very much be worth what you spend.