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Lakeshore Learning Store
Wanted! Creative Preschool Picassos to take free art classes offered every Saturday at the Lakeshore Learning Materials Store in Bellevue.

Woodland Park Zoo
Many preschoolers have already been to the Seattle Woodland Park Zoo, so let’s investigate Doing the Zoo a bit differently!

NW Puppet Center
The NW Puppet Center’s Marionettes have been professionally entertaining Seattle preschoolers with their exciting puppet shows since 1986.



Seattle Low Cost and Free Preschooler Activities

A Father and His Daughter Laugh Together While Wearing Coonskin Hats
Everyone likes to find something creative and fun for their preschooler that doesn’t cost much! Especially when it is educational and entertaining! You don't have to empty your piggy bank to have some fun in Seattle! There are many low cost and free activities in Seattle, from library preschool story times and puppet shows to tours and craft classes, Farmer's Markets, or even preschool-friendly businesses that hand out cookies! If you  know of a Seattle organization with an activity you would like to see listed here, please contact me!

Featured Free and Low Cost Seattle Activities

The Creation Station
If the aspiring artist in your preschooler needs an imaginative place to craft and create, visit The Creation Station in the north end city of Lynnwood, where wonderful varieties of recyclable materials become grand works of preschooler art projects. Whether for a preschool field trip, a special birthday party, or for a rainy day drop-in visit, The Creation Station’s awesome selection of yesterday’s recycled clutter makes for today’s cool indoor art projects.

Bay Pavilion Carousel
Is it just for Seattle tourists, or is it also an activity for low-cost preschooler fun? Either way, don’t miss out on an authentic carousel ride at Pier 57’s Bay Pavilion. Tucked away by the water, your preschooler will delight in riding any one of thirty beautifully decorated carousel horses with colorful lights and music! Spend a great time down at Seattle's waterfront with your preschooler!

The Fremont Troll
A gigantic friendly Troll has been spotted under the Seattle Aurora Ave. Bridge! The Fremont Troll has been intriguing preschoolers and Seattle families since 1989. If your preschooler has read the 3 Billy Goats Gruff, then h/she will not want to miss taking a day trip down to the Fremont District to climb on the 18 ft. Fremont Troll and pose for a most unusual photo op!

More Free and Low Cost Seattle Activities

Third Place Books with Honey Bear Bakery

Lakeshore's Free Arts and Crafts Classes

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Storytime at the Public Library

Featured Preschool Delux Easel 

Best Delux Standing Easel
Calling all artists! Easel play has long been used to strengthen basic pre-reading, pre-math skills in preschoolers. This deluxe wooden easel comes with a white board, chalk and white boards, trays for art supplies, four big clips to hold paper, and three adjustable heights, locking paper roll, a paper cutter, and folds for easy storage. Your child can creatively express themselves and strengthen their hand-eye coordination at the same time. Your preschooler will spend hours entertaining themselves- a parent's dream!

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Teaching the Gift of Giving to Your Preschooler
You taught your preschooler to eat, to kiss, to laugh. Developmentally, he's ready for volunteerism at the age of 3. Activism, here we come!

Preschool Story Time at the Public Library
Let someone else share a story with your preschooler. Let your preschooler hang out with other preschoolers. The Seattle area public library story times are a fun wonderland of stories.

Alphabet Poem
Familiarizing preschoolers with the alphabet is a great way to start getting them ready for kingergarten. And there are many ways to get preschoolers interested in learning the alphabet! This fun preschool song activity helps develop a preschoolers imagination while teaching the alphabet.