7 things to do with kids during spring break in Nashville

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🌳 Outdoor adventures

🎨 Educational + arts

🧪 Camps

Attention, parents. Spring break starts in a little over a week for Metro Nashville Public Schools and most area private schools.

If you haven’t made plans, we’ve rounded up some fun and educational activities for kids of all ages — even the kid at heart.

A hidden entrance near the zoo’s Historic Grassmere Home and Farm will take guests on a prehistoric dinosaur expedition. The DinoTrek trail features 20 life-size animatronic dinosaurs that move, growl, hiss, and roar.

Find climbing, ziplining, and axe throwing ~15 minutes west of downtown. The adventure park reopens for the season on Friday, March 3 + will offer extended spring break hours Saturday, March 11-Friday, March 17.

Prepare to get dirty as you squeeze, climb, and scramble through the cave — for children ages 10 and up.

Enjoy hands-on programs + request a spring break activity kit at the box office through Friday, March 31. Some of the curated spring break programs include creating hip hats inspired by artists and musicians (Sunday, March 12) + book making (Saturday, March 18). Pro tip: Children 18 and under living in Davidson, Williamson, and five other surrounding counties receive free museum admission.

Watch this new, jazz-infused, marionette version of the classic Brothers Grimm story at Nashville Public Library’s Hadley Park Branch.

Paint Pour Pots | Thursday, March 16

Use paint pour methods to decorate a cute pot. Bonus: You’ll be sent home with soil and seeds to fill it.

These Harry Potter-inspired classes, lessons, and experiments will explore magical creatures while campers conquer potions, utilize forces, and compete in the Triwizard Tournament.

Caves, dinosaurs, and wizardry will make this break feel more like an adventure.