Fun Family Activities

The Stark County region offers lots of affordable and interactive, family fun. Where else can you get up close to an animatronic dinosaur, touch a tornado, watch candy creations being made, or ride along the Ohio & Erie Canal on a horse-drawn canal boat?

The Canton, Ohio area offers hands-on museums, indoor entertainment complexes, and outdoor fun parks perfect for the whole family to enjoy.

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Indoor Amusement

The Stark County region offers lots of affordable and interactive, indoor family fun.

Explore Stark County's newest indoor attraction K1 Speed Canton. This premier facility features an indoor and outdoor track, offering the best of both worlds in karting entertainment. On pleasant days, racers will be able to feel the air rush by them as the track meanders out of the building before returning back inside. On cold or rainy days the outdoor section can be closed so that racers still enjoy the indoor track configuration no matter the weather!

Head to Rack It Up Arcade for classic arcade games, pinball, and pool tables. Kids will love playing Pac-Man to Donkey Kong, and the best part -- arcade games start at just .50 cents, so bring your quarters!

Have no “Clue” what to do with your kids? Check out Milestone - A Board Game Bar, the brand-new board game café in Downtown Canton. With over a hundred Board Games to choose from, gourmet hot dogs, plus a full bar for the adults, the competition between the family will continue all day. Admission is just $5 for unlimited gameplay.

Fun For Kids at the Museum

Stark County is home to several world-class museums and has an array of activities for all ages to check a few bucket list activities off of the list!

A must-do Stark County museum, the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, presents a combination of presidential history, local history, and hands-on fun. Step back in time as you walk through the Street of Shops, a life-size replica historic town complete with a blacksmith shop, dentist's office, and even a real fire pole to slide down in the fire station. In Discover World, the hands-on interactive science center, encounter an authentic mastodon skeleton that was discovered during an excavation for an apartment building in Canton, among other activities like Ecology Island and Fascination Station. Be greeted by President McKinley and his wife in the McKinley Gallery where the largest collection of McKinley artifacts chronicles the life and career of our 25th president, and walk the 108 steps to the top of the McKinley Presidential Monument to pay homage at McKinley’s final resting place.

No trip to Canton is complete without a visit to the Pro Football Hall of Fame! A truly exhilarating museum and exhibition center, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is the ultimate destination for fans and families.

Get Crafty with Art Classes and Make & Take Activities

Explore a plethora of activities that allow you to showcase your creative talents.

Let loose and bring out your creativity at Hot Pots Pottery in Alliance, where you can create a numerous variety of projects. They offer hands-on fun for everyone with projects including pottery painting, boardroom signs, canvas painting, mosaics, string art, glass fusion, glass painting, candle making, and pottery wheels.

During a workshop at Boomdyada, guests create a beautiful, colorful succulent arrangement in open-sided glass globes or other containers. After planting, your creation can be landscaped with a variety of sands, gravel, and mosses. Schedule a class for a group of families and friends or just pop in during open hours.

Both the Canton Museum of Art and Massillon Museum offers art classes for children, teens and adults. Whether you are looking for workshops that can be completed in a day, programs that have you coming back weekly or summer camps, you are sure to find something that interests you budding artists!

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