Whether it’s a birthday or a holiday, give the gift of a Detroit experience to the little in your life. From museum memberships to tickets to a big event or a new activity, you can give more than an object for the toy box but a memory to last a lifetime.

Here are some of the best experience gifts to give:

Go skating in Campus Martius and relax with snacks at Cadillac Lodge

Michigan Science Center membership

Tickets to Kid’s Night on Broadway at the Fisher Theatre

Gift card to a family-friendly restaurant downtown

Take a trip to John King Bookstore and pick out something new to read

See art and make art at a drop-in workshop at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Pick out produce at Eastern Market and make a meal together at home

Sign-up for a hands-on workshop at Pewabic Pottery

Stay the night in a former Detroit Firehouse 

Tickets to a Detroit Symphony Orchestra family concert

Enroll in a music class at Michigan State University’s Community Music School

Join the Detroit City Football Club soccer clinic or league

Take a ballet class at the Michigan Opera Theatre

Learn traditional Mexican dance with lessons at Ballet Folklorico

Help them improve their jump shot at a Jr. Pistons clinic or camp

Get their name on the LCA big screen with a Detroit Red Wings Kids Club membership

Play old-school arcade games at Pop + Offworld

Face-off at the Detroit Dart Club, the Midwest’s first Nerf Arena

Fly a plane, go kayaking and ride a snowmobile at the Outdoor Adventure Center

Take a Mama + Me Yoga class at Detroit Mama Hub

See a kid’s show downtown

Bowl on 100 year old lanes at The Garden Bowl

Introduce them to a new sport at the Fowling Warehouse

Sing in the same studio as The Temptations and Supremes at the Motown Museum

Walk the streets of old Detroit at the Detroit Historical Museum

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