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1. Explore the Children's Garden at the Fullerton Arboretum. ($5 Donation Recommended.)
5. Ride bikes around the lake at Irvine Regional Park in Orange.
6. Go Swimming at The Plunge in Brea
9. Ride the Balloon at the Great Park
12. Splash in the Interactive Fountain at Fullerton Downtown Plaza
13. Heritage Park Play Island in Cerritos. Free.
14. Explore Oak Canyon Nature Center, Anaheim. $2 entrance donation.
15. Adventure Playground in Huntington Beach (opens June 19th, reservation recommended)
16. Go to a local Farmer's Market
17. Visit the Coastkeeper Garden's Natural Play Garden in Orange.
Summer Movie Deals
18. Cinema City Summer Movies $1
19. Edwards Summer Movie Express $1
20. AMC Fullerton $5 Ticket Tuesdays.
Placentia - Placentia Champions Sports Complex, Fridays at dusk (July 20 Thru Aug 24)
Yorba Linda - Friday, Aug 19th at Hurless Barton Park 7:30-10pm
Brea - Fridays @Arovista Park, 8:30pm June 22 - July 27th
Stay Cool Indoors
24. Free bowling for kids at www.kidsbowlfree.com (Concourse Entertainment Center, Anaheim)
25. Let the kids create at your local Michaels store's Camp Creativity.
26. Home Depot's Free Kids Workshops - 1st Sat of the month. Must pre-register.
27. Go rollerskating at Holiday Skate in Orange!
28. Go ice skating at Yorba Linda Ice.
29. Be in the audience for a tv show taping.
30. Tour the John Wayne Airport. Free
31. Tour Angels Stadium.
Learn Something
32. Take in a planetarium show @ the Mt. Sac Randall Planetarium, Walnut
33. Visit the historic Ramon Peralta Adobe House in Anaheim.
34. Visit the Fullerton Museum
35. Visit the Olinda Oil Museum & Trail, Brea (reservations required for museum tour)
36. Visit the Brea Museum Free
37. La Habra Childrens Museum
38. Kidseum at Bowers Museum
39. Orange County Museum of Art
40. Visit the Childrens' Garden at the Huntington Library
41. Kidspace Museum
42. Museum of Latin American Art
43. Pretend City
Earn Free Stuff with Summer Reading Programs
44. BOOK IT! Online Summer Reading Program - Starts June 22 Win Prizes for reading!
45. Barnes & Nobles Summer Reading Program - Kids earn a free book by reading 8 books!
46. Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge - Kids earn virtual prizes!
47. Sync - Free Summer Audio Books for Teens
48. OC Fair Read & Ride Program - Read 2 books and earn 3 carnival rides at the OC Fair!
49. Kids can earn Free Chuck E. Cheese tokens by reading, cleaning their room, good behavior and more!
Visit Animals
50. Visit rescued and rehabilitated marine animals at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center - Free, donations appreciated
51. Visit the animals at Centennial Farm
52. Go to the Santa Ana Zoo
53. Visit the OC Zoo - Only $2 per person. 2 and younger are free.
54. Visit Danny's Petting Farm at Cal Poly Pomona, buy fresh produce at the Farm Store!
Eat Something Yummy
55. Check out Macaroni Kid Yorba Linda's The Sweet Treat Guide!
56. Visit Zombee Donuts & Bake Shop in Fullerton for a fun summer treat!
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