Let’s play!! That’s the theme of Beverly’s new creative space, CREATE AND PLAY KIDS. Located at 100 Cummings Center, CREATE AND PLAY KIDS is a drop-in play space where kids are invited to explore multiple activity rooms where they can build, engineer, create and most importantly PLAY!
Ideal for kids ages 2 through 7, CREATE AND PLAY KIDS is the brainchild of two Beverly entrepreneurs and parents, Aaron Mearns and Ashley Skomurski. With two children under the age of 7, Mearns and Skomurski know the importance of play time in an environment that encourages creativity, imagination and activity. “We wanted a place where kids can be creative and messy, and parents don’t have to worry about dealing with the glitter and slime, that’s our job,” Mearns said with a laugh. Skomurski added, “And we open at 8:30 am Tuesday through Saturday. As anyone with young kids know, our days start early so we wanted to be there for families first thing in the morning.”
CREATE AND PLAY KIDS features several unique rooms to engage kids with all types of play. The Art Room is filled with all the tools a young artist needs to create their own masterpieces; a barn door and child size Main Street greet children in the Imagination Room, complete with a vet’s office and supermarket; and the Enchanted Forest Room welcomes kids into a magical space filled with magnetic tiles, building bricks, and oversized foam blocks to engineer their own creations. “We wanted a space that is ever-evolving and offers a variety of activities that kids can join, commitment free,” said Skomurski.
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In addition to drop in open play, CREATE AND PLAY KIDS offers an array of weekly activities and workshops such as Science Experiments, Math Games, Seasonal Crafts, Improv Games, Slime Making and Make Your Own Instruments. Sundays are reserved for private events and birthday parties featuring multiple party packages run by CREATE AND PLAY KIDS staff.
Located at 100 Cummings Center, Suite 206-K, in Beverly, MA, CREATE AND PLAY is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 am to 5 pm for Drop In Open Play. Price is $16 per child accompanied by an adult. Information about weekly activities and birthday party reservations can be found at www.createandplaykids.com.
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