What attractions interesting to 8-12 year olds can be found around Amish Country?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 9 Aug, 2023
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My grandparents lived in Amish country a fair stretch outside Harrisburg when I was young. Except for Hershey, PA, all the activities within a long distance were on the very marginal side of interesting. “Farms for kids” and all don’t really excite most kids, one petting zoo is about as much as anyone wants. You’re going to have to balance them being really interested with forcing some learning upon them. I went to a variety of those places as a kid, I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it either. I still have a hex sign from one of those trips to this day though.
What we mainly found interesting was going out on our grandparents’ farm and exploring, watching cats kill mice, riding the 4-wheeler till someone would get a traumatic injury, betting on which cow would get eaten next, that sort of thing. If you’re staying in a hotel and touristing it… Sorry man, you’re in one of the less kid-interesting parts of the universe.
You could drive through Intercourse, that’ll keep them entertained for the better part of a day.
There are a few things to do:
- A brief tour through an Amish village and an Amish farm house
- A hands-on museum for children
- A farm with a lot of activities targeted towards children and families, and another similar farm
- An amusement park for children
- Buggy rides and more buggy rides
- An outdoor park in the mountains
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