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Indoor and rainy day activities with kids in Los Gatos

Dry, warm and mostly walkable — plus at-home ideas for when nobody leaves the house.

Los Gatos is built for a two-hour outing — trail, creek, downtown treat — and the library calendar fills the rest of the week.

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Rainy day ideas you already have the stuff for

  • Storytime With Thelma the Unicorn

    Storytime With Thelma the Unicorn

    Let's get comfy and read about Thelma, a pony who wishes she were a unicorn! Afterwards, we can draw our own magical unicorn friend.

    4,5 · Indoor · 25 min · About $10–$25

    Open
  • Cardboard Box Spaceship Adventure

    Cardboard Box Spaceship Adventure

    Let's turn a big cardboard box into an interstellar spaceship! We'll decorate our control panel, plot a course for Mars, and blast off.

    4,5,6 · Indoor · 90 min · About $0–$20

    Open
  • Dinosaur Shadow Puppet Theater

    Dinosaur Shadow Puppet Theater

    Turn off the lights and put on a show! Create dinosaur shadow puppets and tell an exciting prehistoric story on the wall.

    4,5,6,7 · Indoor · 30 min · About $5–$10

    Open
  • Science Fair Style Experiment

    Science Fair Style Experiment

    This activity lets you become a real scientist, designing and carrying out your very own experiment. You'll pick a question you're curious about, predict what might happen, and then test your idea to see if you were right. It's incredibly satisfying for this age group to explore their own interests, think critically, and discover answers through hands-on investigation, just like professionals do. Start by choosing a question that can be tested, like "Which type of paper airplane flies furthest?" or "Does music affect plant growth?" Form a hypothesis, then plan your experiment step-by-step. Conduct your tests carefully, collect your results, and then create a poster to display your findings. To stretch this activity, present your results to family members, explaining your process and what you learned.

    9-13 · Indoor · 120 min

    Open

Questions parents ask about Los Gatos

What can you do with a toddler in Los Gatos on a rainy day?
The Los Gatos library is the dependable rainy-morning stop: storytimes for babies through preschoolers, plus a children's room you can stay in afterward. The indoor list for Los Gatos shows what's scheduled.
Are these activities free?
Library and trail time is free; downtown outings cost whatever you spend on lunch, and ticketed events link out to the organizer. Anything ticketed links out to the organizer so you can check the price before you go.
How often is this page updated?
Event listings refresh automatically from local sources, so past dates drop off on their own.
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