Things To Do in Woodbury with Kids & Family
Welcome to Woodbury, Minnesota! This Twin Cities suburb rests a few miles east of the Minneapolis-St Paul downtown areas and is a wonderful place to live, play, shop and explore. Woodbury fits neatly into a wedge between two major metro freeways, making it easy to reach and close to dozens of other Twin Cities-area attractions. Read on for all the top things to do in Woodbury, Minnesota, with kids. Family fun at its best!
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Kid-Friendly Events This Week near Woodbury, Minnesota
Find this week’s Woodbury, Minnesota, family fun including the nearby southeast suburbs of the Twin Cities: Afton, Cottage Grove, Eagan, Hastings, Lake Elmo, Maplewood, Newport, Oakdale & St Paul Park. Find our full Twin Cities Family Fun Calendar here.
Special Events, Festivals and Seasonal Activities in Woodbury
Summer in Woodbury: Festivals & Activities
WOODBURY DAYS
Buttons required for many events ($5/pp or $15/4-pack – children’s coin hunts, workshops and art activities), petting zoo, magic shows and Grande Parade. Learn more at the page. Ojibway Park. Aug 19-21, 2022.
4TH OF JULY HOMETOWN CELEBRATION
Fireworks at M Health Fairview Sports Center, 10pm.
WOODBURY COMMUNITY PARKS
- WOODBURY PUPPET WAGON – Traveling around Woodbury parks with fun puppet shows. Ongoing Mon-Thurs, June 6-Aug 11, 2022.
- STORY TIME IN THE PARK – Ojibway Park, select Fridays in 2022.
- STARLIGHT CINEMA OUTDOOR SERIES: The free movie series is hosted at Ojibway Park. Select Thursdays, June 9 – Aug 4, 2022. Activities start at 7pm. 2695 Ojibway Dr, Woodbury, MN 55125.
WOODBURY SWIMMING & BEACHES
CARVER LAKE PARK
3175 Century Ave S, Woodbury, MN 55125
Offers a family-friendly swimming beach along with a volleyball court, a picnic area, an accessible playground, and a 5 1/2 mile bike trail. This park has hosted a family campout in years past.
WOODBURY SPLASH PAD
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SPORTS CENTER SPLASH PAD
4125 Radio Dr, Woodbury, MN 55125
A splash pad and MADISON’S PLACE PLAYGROUND combine to create one of the most popular playgrounds in the metro. Madison’s Place is an all-inclusive playground with sun-shaded play decks, swings, sensory play equipment and ramps for wheelchair access.
WOODBURY SUMMER LIBRARY EVENTS
The RH STAFFORD LIBRARY is a branch of the Washington County Library system and is located in lovely indoor Central Park. (Tip: if you need some AC this summer, combine a trip to the library with a run around LOOKOUT RIDGE INDOOR PLAYGROUND, also calling Central Park home.) The library’s summer events can be found online here.
Summer reading program: Summer Adventures at Your Libary. Starts June 1, 2022.
Spring in Woodbury
Easter egg hunts and events in Woodbury
Playground Egg Hunt
2695 Ojibway Dr, Woodbury, MN 55125
Bring your bucket to collect eggs hidden around the playground then participate in a spring craft and take photos with the spring bunny. Best for ages 1-6 with an adult. Registration required for time slot between 9:20am and 12:45pm. $6/child. Pre-registration required for event #550910 – sells out fast. April 9, 2022.
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Winter in Woodbury
Woodbury sledding hills, snow tubing, and ice skating rinks
Outdoor ice skating rinks in Woodbury
The city of Woodbury maintains free public outdoor ice skating rinks at five parks including COLBY LAKE PARK, KARGEL PARK, OJIBWAY PARK, SHAWNEE PARK and a refrigerated outdoor ice rink at HEALTHEAST SPORTS CENTER. The refrigerated rink is for pleasure skating only, no hockey sticks or pucks allowed. Weather permitting, it opens early December.
Looking for an indoor skating option? The HEALTHEAST SPORTS CENTER also offers year-round ice skating (fees apply).
The best sledding hills in Woodbury
EAGLE VALLEY GOLF COURSE: The golf course’s 225 acres are used for sledding, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in the winter!
VALLEY CREEK PARK: One of the top 10 requested features for this new park was a sledding hill. Woodbury plans to complete park construction by December 2021. Watch for a sledding hill for the winter of 2021/2022.
Insider Tip: We suggest these four Woodbury sledding hills:
- Middleton Elementary
- Red Rock Elementary
- Woodbury Elementary
- PIONEER PARK
Woodbury Winter Festivals & Activities
Coin Quest: Woodbury’s Winter Medallion Hunt
Search for three coins this winter – one hidden in a Woodbury park each week! Clues to the hidden coin will be provided on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, beginning the week of Jan. 17, and running through the week of Jan. 31, 2022. See link for details. You could win $100 worth of gift cards to Woodbury businesses! FREE, no registration required.
Family New Year’s Eve Celebration
HealthEast Sports Center, 4125 Radio Drive, Woodbury, MN, 55129
Fun inflatables, obstacle courses, bingo, ice skating, music and more to ring in the new year. Geared towards families with children under 12. There is also a New Year’s Matinee option for those wanting to celebrate before bedtime $10/pp pre-registered, $12/door.
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Christmas & Holiday Events in Woodbury
Cookies & Crafts with Santa
Eagle Valley Golf Course, 2600 Double Eagle Ln, Woodbury, MN 55129
Help Santa decorate cookies, make a fun holiday craft and take a few picture with him. Dec 4, 2021, 9am-1pm sessions. $10/child.
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Christmas & Holiday Lights Displays in Woodbury
Holiday Lights of Woodbury
8846 Glacier Road, Woodbury, MN 55125
Runs Thanksgiving through New Years. Sun-Thurs: 5pm-10pm; Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm.
Schafer Home
10870 Artesian Lane, Woodbury, MN 55129
Submitted by the homeowner for 2021.
Cancelled for 2021: Lights on Flagstaff
13452 Flagstaff Ave, Apple Valley, MN 55124
Sun-Thu: 5-9:30pm; Fri-Sat: 5-10pm. Tune to 87.9 FM while watching. (Cancelled for 2021. May continue in 2022, but will decide later.)
FIND MORE HOLIDAY LIGHTS DISPLAYS NEAR WOODBURY ON OUR HUGE LIST and hundreds of holiday events in our 2021 TWIN CITIES CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY GUIDE.
More Winter Fun Near Woodbury
For more outdoor winter fun in the Twin Cities check out our round up of free outdoor ice skating rinks our Winter Survival Guide and our Winter Family Festival Calendar – all filled with ways to enjoy the cold season.
Cool places to take kids in the Woodbury area
Woodbury Central Park & Lookout Ridge Indoor Playground
Central Park, 8595 Central Park Place, Woodbury, MN 55125
WOODBURY CENTRAL PARK is a landscaped, climate-controlled indoor public park that houses LOOKOUT RIDGE INDOOR PLAYGROUND, the R.N. Stafford branch of the Washington County Library, a branch of the YMCA and an ECFE center. There is also a city-owned café located next to the library. The park hosts free community programs, music, and movies throughout the year. Lookout Ridge is one of the featured indoor playgrounds in our Twin Cities Indoor Playgrounds and Play Areas Guide. The play equipment and climbing structure is themed to look like the St Croix River Valley with lookalike limestone caves and giant tree trunks. You can climb to the treetops and then make your way to the bottom on a number of zippy slides. Preschoolers and toddlers have their own spaces to bounce, climb, slide and explore a maze of tunnels and caves if they are not yet ready to scale the treehouse. $5.50/child.
Woodbury Minnesota Free Family Fun at Parks & Outdoor Play
Woodbury’s extensive parks system includes 45 neighborhood parks, five major open spaces, and five community parks plus miles of trails, athletic fields, play structures, and more natural spaces to explore. Our list of the is a great place to start no matter the season. Our Parks Search tool also covers most of these parks – just type “Woodbury” into the location search space. Some parks not to miss when searching for things to do with kids outdoors in Woodbury:
Free Family Fun:
- Splash away the summer at M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SPORTS CENTER splash pad.
- Fun and inclusive equipment at MADISON’S PLACE PLAYGROUND
- Hit the beach at CARVER LAKE PARK.
- Fish at POWERS LAKE PARK, stocked by the DNR.
- Summer movies outdoors at OJIBWAY PARK.
- Develop off-roading bike skills at CARVER LAKE PARK.
M Health Fairview Sports Center & Madison’s Place Playground
4125 Radio Drive, Woodbury, MN 55129
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SPORTS CENTER is a multi-use destination with indoor and outdoor facilities. Amenities include a 90,000-square-foot indoor field house, two indoor ice arenas, an outdoor ice skating rink, outdoor athletic fields, a colorful splash pad, and MADISON’S PLACE PLAYGROUND, the Twin Cities East Metro’s first completely handicapped accessible inclusive playground.
Carver Lake Park
3175 Century Ave S, Woodbury, MN 55125
CARVER LAKE PARK is one of Woodbury’s finest, with family-friendly amenities that include a swimming beach and volleyball court, a picnic area, two playgrounds, and a bike trail. The trail is popular challenge for off-road bikers. There is also a bike park for kids to work on biking skills. The beach is large, sandy and clean. This is the kind of park you can make a day of it at!
Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free or Cheap Near Woodbury
ANDIAMO ITALIAN RISTORANTE
1629 Lena Court, Eagan, MN 55122; (651) 289-2000
1750 Weir Dr, Woodbury, MN 55125; (651) 289-2001
Day/Time: Mondays; All Day
Deal: Kids eat free with purchase of regular sized pasta or entrée.
Verified: 6/22/21
GREEN MILL
909 Vermillion St., Hastings MN, 55033; (651) 438-9191
6025 Hudson Road, Woodbury, MN 55125; (651) 735-1000
Day/Time: Tuesdays, Hours vary by location
Deal: Kids Eat Free: 1 child (12 and under) eats free with adult purchase at all Twin Cities locations.
Verified: 6/21/21
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Woodbury Performing Arts
Rivertown Drive, Woodbury, MN, 55125 55125
MERRILL ARTS CENTER in Woodbury is an all-volunteer theater that offers family-friendly shows and acting, piano, voice, and dance classes as well as summer camps for kids. Merrill produces several family-friendly shows a year, which we list on our performing arts calendar. Among the family-friendly offerings there is usually a Christmas show each year.
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