Looking for things to do with the kids can be a real chore sometimes.
You want to keep them busy, entertained, burning off excess energy and generally having a good time.
The playgrounds can get repetitive and often so busy that it’s hard to keep a watchful eye when you have more than one kidlet in tow, especially ones in the “Toddler Years”! These little guys aren’t the best listeners, nor do they understand the concept of gravity. They like to follow in the big kids steps and when it involves climbing the spider-web-like apparatus, my spidey senses start to tingle and my heart races. I’m much more comfortable when we’re in an enclosed, ground level environment.
There is a variety of kid-friendly things to do in the Lower Mainland.
Maplewood Farm is a quaint little farm that kids love to visit.
The residents include some ponies, horses, cows, donkeys, sheep, bunnies, goats, chickens, goats, a parrot, turkeys, and a few other small birds.
You can purchase a bag of seed when you arrive and go feed the chickens, ducks and geese in the pond.
The resident parrot will greet you when you go say “Hello!”
There are several tractors scattered around the farm that the kiddos can hop on and take for a spin. Our little man managed to find EVERY single one of them, and spent a good five minutes sitting on them and pushing them around, but never really pedaling them ’cause his wee leg couldn’t reach the pedals.
Our favourite spot is visiting with the goats!
These guys are so friendly that they insist on being pet and will probably butt you in the leg or back side to get your attention. Watch your clothes and bags as they WILL start to munch on anything.
Little Dude kept asking for Hi-5’s from the goats and when reminded to pet them from “head to bum”, he proceeded to pet the goats bum (under the tail to my shock!).
The resident Jersey cow, Lima gets a milking in the afternoon and the farmer shows you how to do it or you could go out back and “milk” the demo cow.
If you bring your own fresh veggies, you can go visit the bunnies and give them a delicious snack.
There is so much to see and do at Maplewood Farm that your kiddos will have a lot of fun! Bring a picnic lunch and stay all day, but please don’t share it with the farm animals! They have a special diet and could get sick. The signs posted around the farm will remind you, just in case you forget.
If you have an upcoming Birthday, Maplewood Farm has several party packages available, including one that involves a pony ride!
Maplewood Farm has generously provided Raincity Parent with a 1 year Family Membership to the farm ($126 value)! This giveaway runs from July 14th-20th, 2014 and is open to residents of the Lower Mainland, BC (Vancouver and surrounding areas) only. Please enter via the Rafflecopter link below.
Maplewood farms is such a great place for all of the family. Little ones get to interact with animals and learn about farm life. Maplewood farms is a liitle slice of peaceful life in the middle of the city. We love it there!
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Maplewood farms is our favourite thing to do! Make sure to bring leafy greens for the bunnies – they don’t love the carrots.
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Wow,what a great prize!
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I’ve heard a lot of lovely things about it and would love to take my kids!
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Do they have maple trees on site? Would be great if they sold maple syrup too. 😉
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I have never been and would love to go especially with a membership of 1 year!!
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My kids loves the farm and all the animals. If I won a 1 year membership to maplewood farm, it means I could take my kids there almost every single weekend!! How awesome would that be for them and ME!
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I have never gone, but have always wanted to! I grew up in a small town….wayyyyyy up north. I miss the tress and animals etc so this would be perfect!
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This would be a great activity for my little boy!!! He is cracy in love with animals. Every morning daddy and him wake up our landlords chickens and let them out. Its their morning ritual. It’s too cute!!! Daddy wants to buy him a goat, but we only rent I’ll let the landlord buy that, LOL.
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I’d love to win so I can take my daughters to visit all the farm animals.
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So fun, this is on our to do list this summer!
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Why wouldn’t I? MapleWood is fabulous. The goats and their rock mountain are my favourite.
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The kids always have a great time there! And us too of course 🙂
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I’ve been looking for a farm to bring my son to! I can’t wait to bring him!
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We have never been and I would love to take my DD to spend a day.
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We have never been with all three kiddies. would love to make a family day of it!
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This is a great giveaway!
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This would be awesome! I wanna win so I can take my little man all the time 🙂
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I would love to take the kids
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The kids love maple wood farm!
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I’d love to take my daughter!
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My little one really loves animals, and I’d love to take her to Maplewood farm for a day trip around a year.
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Would love to win to take my boys!
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never berb here, but we plan ob making a trip out soon
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I’ve always wanted to take Alcy here….looks like some fun times!
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My son is obsessed with the goats!
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That looks like lots of fun.
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My youngest loves maplewood farm – especially the goats and any puddles, so we would visit a lot.
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I’d love to win this because my daughter loves farms and I can see us visiting Maplewood once a month with a membership!
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