Little Village Playplace

I have brought my 3 yr old daughter there many times. This place is a wonderful place for children under age 6 and their parents! My daughter has also attended many of their special events with her father as well. I go there mainly over the winter or rainy days; she definitely can get her energy out and socialize. I would recommend this facility to anyone with young children!

To echo other reviewers, this place is a godsend when it’s bad weather, and your kid (s) have cabin fever. That, I suppose, makes it worth the $ 8.25 admission fee.
It is like a mini-​version of Kohl Children’s Museum, with themed rooms — grocery store, dentist’s office, a playhouse with kitchen, a construction/​work room, and a little theatre area (where kids can play dress-​up, and draw their own backdrop on a chalkboard). I took some pics, which give an idea of what it’s like.
Indeed, toddlers and preschoolers are the main audience for Little Village Playplace. As such, like Tina B. says, germs abound. Watch closely to prevent kids from sticking things (like that huge toothbrush) in their mouth. Because they will.
My daughter had a great time, despite the fact that it was mostly just us there that afternoon. I’d imagine weekends are busy, as are rainy/​snowy days. There’s not a lot for adults to do, though, besides flip through some magazines and sip some coffee.

So basically you give them $ 8 and then your kid gets to run around buck wild through several small rooms filled with toys and other babies — a very welcome relief from baby cabin fever in the middle of these bitchy winters.
There’s a Whole Foods themed grocery store room with organic cloth mushrooms and a cash register, a theater area with a bunch of play clothing to try on, an art area, dentist office, etc.
It was all small enough to allow me to sit in one place and absentmindedly flip through the new InStyle magazine, while my toddler just ran the length of the place over and over again with a large Muppet-​like smile across his face.
I imagine the germs here are plentiful and disgusting, but I try not to think about it, even when I’m watching a little girl stick a giant toy toothbrush all the way into her slobbery baby mouth and just look at me like «Yeah?» Because what doesn’t kill you will probably just make you sick, or something like that.
Come on spring!

My 3 year old has been here for parties and simply just to play during their open hours. Her favorite is the grocery store! I’ll agree with the previous reviewer — this is certainly suited more for toddlers/​preschoolers. Any kid older — they’d be totally bored. Any kid younger who isn’t walking yet — they wouldn’t be able to enjoy it much.

A great indoor place to bring kids when the weather isn’t great. It’s similar to the Kohl Children’s museum, but much smaller. There are miniature grocery stores, a house with a mini functional kitchen, construction site, mini restaurant and train area. They also birthdaydo parties and have a snack bar that it ok. The only drawback would be that is seems to be suited mainly for toddlers.