The Best Indoor Play Places in DC, Maryland, and Virginia

There’s lots to love about living in the DC area, but extreme weather is NOT one of them.

Luckily, DC, MD, and VA are home to many amazing indoor play places that hit the spot during our hot and humid summers, or when it’s too cold to be outside in the winter. Check out our favorites below that make kid-life in DC incredible!!

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Play hard and test your limits at our indoor adventure park! From ninja course to trampolines, zip lines to climbing challenges, ZAVAZONE offers the ultimate in family entertainment.

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At ZAVAZONE, you can trust that your loved ones will be safe. They will have fun. And, they will leave exhausted. Plan an action-packed day of fun at our parks, and enjoy that silent car ride home. You deserve it.

LEGO® Discovery Center Washington, D.C. is the ultimate indoor LEGO® playground where families are free to play, explore, craft, and laugh together located in the Springfield Town Center in Springfield, VA.

Inspire the imaginations of children ages 3-12 with 1.5 million LEGO bricks in one location! The 32,000 square foot indoor LEGO attraction features 12 zones, including a LEGO-themed ride, a 4D cinema where you can see all of your favorite LEGO characters come to life with special effects, and MINIWORLD™ (a LEGO re-creation of Washington, D.C.’s most popular landmarks and a fantastical city).

Kids can get tips and tricks from the Master Model Builder in the Creative Workshop, design their own LEGO car, and test it out in BUILD ADVENTURES, Build, customize, and launch a spaceship in SPACESHIP BUILD AND SCAN, and learn while having fun in DUPLO PARK created for the littlest of builders! Create, build, and play with the whole family!

Discover science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (or STEAM) through hands-on play at National Children’s Museum! Located in downtown DC, the Museum’s interactive exhibits and programs empower innovators ages 0 to 12 to dream of new possibilities.

Climb through the Dream Machine, a three-story structure with netting pathways that leads to a thrilling slide; flex your sports skills in Engineering Games + Play, and send racecars hurtling towards a photo finish; and so much more. The littlest ones can explore safely in two enclosed, toddler-specific spaces, Little Dreamers and Little Movers.

Open 9:30 am – 4:30 pm and closed on Tuesdays.

One of only three full-time toy libraries in the U.S., The Toy Nest is helping families ditch the clutter and waste that come with buying toys.

The Toy Nest is a toy lending library, indoor play space and party venue in Falls Church, where kids can borrow and play with toys, games, puzzles and more. Anyone can browse their online catalog, and members can even reserve toys in advance.

With affordable drop-in play, borrowing, memberships, and gift cards, they’ve got something for everyone. And their warm and inviting space is perfect for your child’s next birthday party.