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What Gift Would Your Give a Houston Parent or Family? You Asked BigKidSmallCity!

by Jill Jarvis Leave a Comment

You AskedWhat gift would you give a Houston parent?

You may know I really only like to give a material thing if it is something the person really needs or wants. Why? My house is small and full of stuff that the mom has to constantly clean up.

For parents that like to get out and have fun in Houston, I like to get them things to do around the city. My top 4 favorites are:

1. Tickets to Main Street Theater. Tickets start at $12 each and can be for the adult or youth theater. This year, you can see a Civil War Christmas or The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Later in the season, there are more great shows. In the Youth Theater, you can see A Year with Frog and Toad, James and the Giant Peach, Pippi Longstocking. On the Main Stage you can see Into the Woods, Time Stands Still, Heartbreak House, Macbeth and Bethany.

2. Tickets to the Ice at Discovery Green. Tickets are $5 each on Cheap Skate Mondays and $12 at other times. Buy tickets for family and throw in $3 for a rink side hot chocolate. You can also get a gift card to the Lake House or The Grove restaurants in the park.

3. Museum Memberships. This is more expensive, but if you are looking for a bigger gift (closer to $100), consider a membership to a museum the family can visit all year long. My favorites are memberships to the Children’s Museum, the Houston Museum of Natural Science and Museum of Fine Arts. All of these museums are great for families. Even the Museum of Fine Arts, which could seem to be for adults only, has a lot of year round programming for kids.

4. Park Memberships. Two of my favorite places to visit in Houston are Hermann Park and Discovery Green. Both are free to visit and have great programs all year. Donating to either park support great public spaces. At Hermann Park, for $50, a family can have a year membership that gets them several benefits, including free, unlimited, train rides once a month. At Discovery Green, for $250 you can get an engraved plaque in the park. It’s expensive but would be a lot of fun to fine every time you are at Discovery Green.

If you are looking for more ideas for Houston adventure gifts for kids, go HERE.

Filed Under: All, You Asked Us! December 12, 2013

About Jill Jarvis

Jill Jarvis is the owner of JillBJarvis.com, a BigKidSmallCity.com and Things to Do in Houston, with Kids, blog!

She is the mom of 4 and started the website years ago... when she was tired of constantly cleaning up the same mess in the family room.

Another mom showed her that you could just go do fun things in Houston, without hours of planning.

This inspired the blog and changed everything about how she enjoyed life in Houston, with kids!

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On this website you will find a full list of Houston weekly events, things to do around the city, travel ideas and resources for parents.

I know just what it’s like to be overwhelmed by work, life and family. I spent a lot of years traveling for work, missing big milestones for my kids and feeling bad about everything.

I started this website to make a list of all the events happening around Houston and then pick one to enjoy with my kids. And instead of thinking of all the things I was missing, I started to enjoy the things we were doing together.

If you are a parent that is feeling overwhelmed by all the things you could be doing in Houston… please just use our weekly lists and daily posts as suggestions. Pick one thing to do with your family and intentionally ignore the rest!

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