Outdoor Spaces
Explore not only the hundreds of engaging indoor exhibits, but also discover the beautiful hand-on outdoor areas at The Magic House!
Nature Play
Nature Play
Play Garden
Play Garden
Waterfall Patio
Waterfall Patio
A beautiful stone waterfall is the backdrop to an outdoor water play space featuring a multi-level water table that invites exploration and play with spinning water wheels, pumps, and tip buckets. In cooler weather the water table is converted to a sensory table with colorful rocks to investigate.
Sunshine Classroom
Sunshine Classroom
A rooftop garden open seasonally from Earth Day through early October that brings to life the book Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. Dig in different types of soil, help water the plants, explore a variety of seeds at the potting bench, tend to a pretend vegetable garden and become a seed as you learn about the plant cycle.
Kids Construction Zone
Kids Construction Zone
Grab a hard hat and report for work at a construction site! Shovel rocks, load up a wheelbarrow, lay bricks to complete the walls of a building, add plumbing pipes to a house under construction and drive a skid-steer loader while exploring the many jobs found at a work site.