If you’re planning to spend Spring Break hanging out here in Birmingham, here are some great ideas to keep you and the little ones busy.
1. Birmingham Zoo
Saturday, March 28- Sunday, April 5
There is no better place to spend your Spring Break than the Birmingham Zoo! From Saturday, March 28 through Sunday, April 5, the entire family can enjoy feeding the lorikeets in the new Schaeffer Eye Center Lorikeet Aviary*, gliding through Alabama Wilds on the Jane H. Brock Soaring Safari Zipline Adventure*, taking a ride on the new Wild Slide*, the new Schaeffer Eye Center Wildlife Shows and more. Seasonal favorites are back such as camel rides*, giraffe feedings at the Kiwanis Giraffe Encounter*, Splash Pads at the Junior League of Birmingham – Hugh Kaul Children’s Zoo and much more! Soak up the sun and pay a visit to your favorite Zoo animals this Spring Break at the Birmingham Zoo. View our Daily Activities page here to plan your visit!
*Additional cost
2. Spring Break Bonanza at the Birmingham Museum of Art
This FREE Special Programming Includes three days of Spring Break fun at the Museum.
March 31st
10AM-1PM: Make and decorate a horse using your own footprint and yarn
10:30AM: Kids at Play! Family Tour // Main Lobby
11:30AM: Bart’s Books: Big Bear Hug by Nicholas Oldland
April 1st
10AM-1PM: Make your own bird sculpture using a pencil as a beak!
10:30AM: Kids at Play! Family Tour // Main Lobby
11:30AM: Bart’s Books: Dooby Dooby Moo by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
1PM: Film: A Cat in Paris (animated, Jean-Loup Felicioli/Alain Gagnol, France, 2011)
3. McWane Science Center
Spring has sprung and McWane Science Center is gearing up for the most exciting Spring Break week ever! So be sure to include a visit to McWane Science Center in your Spring Break plans during the week of March 30 – April 3.
Get lost in Mindbender Mansion, the newest traveling exhibit that will put your brainpower to the test. Enjoy public demonstrations featuring the brain and other science experiments or take in one of the IMAX movies in the DOME theater.
4. Red Mountain Park
Park guests can receive $10 off any of the Park’s four Adventure Area activities—the Red Ore Zip Tour, Hugh Kaul Beanstalk Forest, Kaul Adventure Tower and Mega Zip Line! Just follow these simple steps:
Follow Red Mountain Park (@RedMountainPark) on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter (or all three!). Then, to redeem your $10 offcoupon, simply help us spread the good word by reposting our spring break photo using the hashtag #RMPSpringBreakSpecial. Ready. Set. Repost!
5. Adventure Park at Grant Mills
The park, that is built to the standards of the Association of Challenge Course Technology (ACCT), consists of platforms and elements that range from 9 to over 20 feet off the ground. Here are just some of the elements you’ll find in the park:
- Trapeze bridge
- Oscillating walk
- Tibetan bridge
- Chain loops
- Log tightrope walk
- Log suspension bridge
- Himalayan bridge
- Trapeze
- Various ladders
- Hanging wooden blocks and More!
For pricing and park hours visit their website
6. Take a Hike
Birmingham is full of great places to hike and walk. Our friend Rachel over at Grasping for Objectivity just complied a great list of the best places around town to explore and hike. We love this list and think Spring Break is the perfect time to mark some of these off of your list if you’ve been meaning to check them out. See her list of the 10 Best Hikes and Runs in Birmingham.
7. Pack a Picnic
There are so many great parks in and around Birmingham you couldn’t possibly fit them all in in just a week, but weather permitting, you can get in a few. Our favorite spot for a picnic is Railroad Park. So much space for the kids to run and play, ride bikes or throw frisbees and footballs. Take a blanket and your cooler and spend the day. You can also buy a pretty inexpensive lunch from The Boxcar Cafe’. For other picnicking locations, check out Homewood Park or even Overton Park. Both have great open grassy areas and playgrounds for the kiddos.
8. Visit Vulcan
Ok.. We know most of you have visited the bare bottomed statue at some point, but if you’ve never taken your kids, it’s time to go back. Check in at the ticket box and they’ll give you a Scavenger hunt the kids can do around the park. Mine absolutely loved it and it gave me the chance to learn some things I had never actually taken the time to pay attention to before. Bonus: Great view of the city and the kids will love running down the grassy hills.
9. See a Movie
We love movies and with the weather warming up, why not catch a show at the Harpersville or Argo Drive in? They are open on Friday and Saturday nights, showtimes are at 7pm and it’s $10 per carload. They are currently playing the new Cinderella. Check their website for current listings. If it is Raining or Bad Weather The Drive-In will be CLOSED. When in doubt, give them a call before you go.
10. Climb
First Avenue Rocks is Birmingham’s premier rock climbing facility located in the heart of downtown. It’s a great indoor climbing facility that is fun for adults and kids. Check out their site for day rates and gear rental pricing.
We hope you all have a great Spring Break exploring what our Magic City has to offer!
While we know work doesn’t stop just because school is out, check our list of Spring Break Camps happening around Birmingham.
