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Kaleidoscope, Kansas City

4.7
#4 of 15 in Childrens Museums in Missouri
Children’s Museum · Educational Site
Embrace your family's creative side at Kaleidoscope, an arts and crafts center for kids. Operated by Hallmark Cards as a way to recycle its paper, ribbon, crayons, and other products, the venue is packed with leftover manufacturing materials from their famous cards. Use the supplies to create collages, puzzles, mobiles, and various other artistic works. The center provides glue, pens, glitter, and much more, so all you need to bring is your ideas. This crafty fun takes place in organized sessions, so make sure to check for times beforehand. Admission is free.  Choose to start, finish, or center your holiday on a trip to Kaleidoscope by using our Kansas City road trip planning website.
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  • By drsteffen01
    If you don't have any small kids of your own...grab your niece or your nephew and go experience this! This place oozes creativity and lets you run wild with your imagination! No matter how big you...  more »
  • By rondab84
    Love to take the grands to visit Kaleidoscope! Every visit to town they ask Tonga for a visit! They can explore their creativity, all the art supplies they could ever dream of!  more »
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  • By Kyla Brunetti
    This was a great little place for the kiddos. They have cute little stations the kids play at and create things. The glow in the dark station was great even for the grown ups. The glow in the dark included painting, coloring, and some cool electronic items. There was painting station. Paint a party hat or make a crown and add all kinds of fun things to it! The make your own puzzle station was awesome! Only thing is the tape ran out in most of the stations and staples. Other than that the staff was super nice and helpful.
  • By Addison Eckles
    This was okay. For free entertainment it was awesome! Just not much to do.. Lots of arts and crafts so i guess you could keep doing coloring etc but that can get old quickly for little ones. Again neat place but a little lacking!
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