Summer Bucket List: Week 3

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Planes, trains and automobiles! This week view the city from the treetops, learn through hands-on fun at INK, check out old-school cars at Stone Mountain, play with Dad and hop aboard the Atlanta Streetcar.

Interactive Neighborhood for Kids

Towering nearly 20 stories above Centennial Park, the SkyView Ferris wheel features 42 climate-controlled gondolas providing guest with breathtaking panoramic views of downtown Atlanta and the surrounding metropolitan area. Those looking for an even more enhanced experience will enjoy the VIP gondola boasting Ferrari leather seats, glass floor and a longer flight time. And, with its convenient location just steps from many of Atlanta’s most popular attractions, SkyView Atlanta is the perfect complement to your downtown adventure. SkyView. You can see Atlanta from here. Hours: Sun. – Thurs: 12 p.m. – 10 p.m., Fri: 12 p.m. – 11 p.m., Sat: 10 a.m. – 11 p.m. For more information visit www.skyviewatlanta.com

Interactive Neighborhood for Kids

The ultimate in-door venue for hands-on learning fun for the whole family!

What better place to learn & celebrate than at INK where guests can truly become the figments of their imagination. Children can role play and learn through practical experiences about being a banker, grocery store clerk, doctor, pilot and much more. All exhibits are designed to provide a unique hands-on learning environment, to actively engage young minds while having lots of fun. Everyone is a kid at INK as adults are encouraged to join in the fun for intergenerational learning.

Monday through Saturday: 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. 999 Chestnut Street Featherbone Center Gainesville, GA 30501. Phone: 770-536-1900

For more information visit www.inkfun.org

Car Play Craft

This shirt is a fun craft for the kids and an awesome Father’s Day gift for dad. With this shirt dad can relax while playing with the kids!
What you’ll need:
Plain white shirt
Printer and paper (if you want to use map template)
Fabric paint or fabric markers
Cars to drive on your map!

For step-by-step instructions and a map template visit:
http://thebluebasket.blogspot.com/2011/09/tutorial-car-shirt.html#more

Father’s Day Car Show

Enjoy a vintage car show featuring Camaros, Mustangs, Chevys from the 1950s and more. In honor of Father’s Day receive one free Adven¬ture Pass for dad per family.
June 21. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Stone Mountain Park. 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd., Stone Mountain.
800-401-2407.
Free with paid parking. Parking, $15.

Ride the Atlanta Street Car

Go for a Free Ride Hop on the Atlanta Streetcar at any of 12 stops along its 2.7-mile route for a free tour of downtown, and consider hopping off for a no-fee visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site or free fun at Centennial Olympic Park, where kids can take a slide on the playground or cool off in the Fountain of Rings. Along the theme of free, take a picnic lunch to the park or buy a low-cost meal at the nearby CNN Food Court. theatlantastreetcar.com

Too busy or not in town one week? Not a problem, you can view each week here.