Mumbler, Kelly, went along to the Designer Outlet and discovered their Nature area. See what she thought here…
We’ve always enjoyed the undercover playground, which is based at the East entrance to the outlet. It’s perfect for any weather and I find there’s lots to do especially for my nearly 6 year old!
I took Max who is 2 and half for a play there the other day before meeting a friend for lunch (5 guys is a definite recommendation from us!) he had a nice little play before being distracted by the giant checkers board which he explored for a while before he slowly wandered around to where the North entrance is to the outlet and we discovered the wild about nature area.
We had never seen or heard about this before but we both thought it was brilliant! There is a board with facts about the nature side of the outlet and a challenge for children to do which can gain them a prize (who doesn’t like a chocolate treat!)
You can take a little activity booklet which at the moment is based on autumn and gives you a page inside to complete the challenge as well as puzzles! Packs of crayons were available to take too! I thought this was such a lovely idea, I grabbed two, one for Max to enjoy whilst he was sat waiting for his lunch and one to take home for my daughter who loves anything like that! I would say the activities in the booklet are aimed at school ages children but Max is more than happy colouring around anything and looking of the pictures too so he really enjoyed it!
There is also a lovely small wooden play area which kept Max entertained for a good while.
Next to this was also a valentines themed seat which had a sign to encourage people to take photos and tag the outlet on social media. I’m sure a lot of mumblers will be like me and love a good photo opportunity, which I also took when we saw the ‘Hello York’ mural.
I do find shopping can be a bit boring for little ones so anywhere with a little bit of added fun for them is always a bonus in my eyes!