Lowe’s Build & Grow: Valentine’s Day Picture Frame

It’s time to sign up for another Lowe’s Build & Grow Clinic! Kids who attend the clinic on February 13, 2016 will make a Valentine’s Day Picture Frame–the perfect gift for a grandparent! Remember, the Lowe’s Build & Grow clinics are free, but you have to register in advance. Kids will love using real tools and the sense of accomplishment when they finish building. These building clinics are a great opportunity for FREE family fun, and give everyone a chance to spend time together. Enjoy!

Lowe's Valentine's Day Frame

 

75+ Chattanooga Date Night Ideas

Want to spice up your marriage? Try spicing up your dates! This giant list of 75+ Chattanooga Date Night Ideas is perfect for spicing up your love life and getting out of the date night rut. Some of these ideas might take some planning ahead, but if you truly want to have a date night that will leave you and your spouse already scheduling the next one, there are a lot of fantastic places and activities right in our own backyard–Chattanooga, TN. Some of these date night ideas are better suited for specific seasons and times, so make sure to check each place’s business hours, and *ALWAYS* check Groupon and LivingSocial for discounts. You might even find something on those sites that we haven’t found out about yet!

Want to spice up your marriage? Try spicing up your dates! This giant list of 75+ Chattanooga Date Night Ideas is perfect for spicing up your love life and getting out of the date night rut.

 

Chattanooga Date Night Ideas

Active Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga

Adventurous Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga

Artistic Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga

Casual & Classic Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga

Foodie Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga

  • Check out the local farmer’s market and make dinner with the ingredients you find.
  • Pick some fresh fruit together at a fruit and berry patch.
  • Take a cooking class at Mia Cucina, Dish T’ Pass, or the Sweet & Savory Classroom.
  • Take a little drive to the Georgia Winery and have a wine tasting.
  • Try a new restaurant you’ve never been to before.

Luxurious Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga

  • Enjoy an in-town getaway and stay at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo in a railcar-turned-hotel room, or stay at the Stone Fort Inn or the Bluff View Inn.
  • Couples Massage; there are endless places to have a couples massage, but if you go to a massage school, they are usually half the price. (You can find deals on Groupon for this all the time!)
  • Go to any of the bed and breakfasts in Chattanooga, have a picnic, and enjoy the scenery.
  • Take a carriage ride through the streets of downtown Chattanooga during the summer.

Theatrical Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga

Unique Date Night Ideas in Chattanooga

2016 Valentine’s Day Dates in Chattanooga

Want to spice up your marriage? Try spicing up your dates! This giant list of 75+ Chattanooga Date Night Ideas is perfect for spicing up your love life and getting out of the date night rut.

What other Chattanooga Date Night Ideas can you think of? Let us know and we’ll add them to the list!

30+ Indoor Activities for Kids in Chattanooga

The weather doesn’t always cooperate. Which begs the question, “Where do you go when you and the kids need to get out of the house, but it’s just too hot, cold, or rainy to be outside?” If we were honest, sometimes, fighting cabin fever in kids requires getting outside of our four walls.

30+ indoor activities for kids in Chattanooga, TN www.chattanoogafamilies.com

Eat & Play

Chick-fil-a Gunbarrel Point
1804 Gunbarrel Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37421
423-485-0777

Chick-fil-a Oak Park Town Center
5740 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343
423-877-5504

Chuck E. Cheese’s
22 Northgate Park, Chattanooga, TN 37415
423-870-3215

McDonald’s (Gunbarrel)
2017 Gunbarrel Road, Chattanooga TN
423-510-1661

McDonald’s (Hixson)
4123 Hixson Pike, Chattanooga TN 37415
423-877-9056

Shop & Play

Hamilton Place Mall Play Area
At Dillard’s Men/Kids/Home Lower Level Entrance
2100 Hamilton Place Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37421

Northgate Mall Play Area
At Belk Entrance
271 Northgate Mall, Hixson, Tennessee 37415

Indoor Activities

Battles for Chattanooga Museum
1110 East Brow Road, Lookout Mountain, TN 37350

Creative Discovery Museum
321 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-756-2738

Gymnastic Center of Chattanooga (preschool open gym on Fridays)
6855 Mountain View Rd, Ooltewah, TN 37363
423-238-5258

Hamilton Skate Place
7414 Goodwin Dr, Chattanooga, TN 37421
423-899-1788

High Point Climbing
219 Broad St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-602-7625

Holiday Bowl Brainerd
5518 Brainerd Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37411
423-899-2695

Holiday Bowl Hixson
5530 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN 37343
423-843-2695

Hunter Museum of Art
10 Bluff View, Chattanooga, TN 37403
423-267-0968

International Towing and Recovery Museum
3315 Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN 37408
423-267-3132

The Jump Park
1810 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN 37408
423-531-8688

Chattanooga Libraries (take your pick–they’re all great!)

Model Railroad Museum (at Chattanooga Choo Choo)
1400 Market St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-872-2529

Pin Strikes
6241 Perimeter Dr, Chattanooga, TN 37421
423- 710-3530

River City Pottery
1414 Jenkins Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37421
423-553-0612

Ruby Falls
1720 South Scenic Highway, Chattanooga, TN 37409
423-821-2544

Superfly
7455 Commons Blvd., Chattanooga, TN 37421
423-825-9320

Tennessee Aquarium
1 Broad Street,Chattanooga, TN 37402
800-262-0695

Tennessee Bouldering Authority
3804 Saint Elmo Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37409
423-822-6800

Urban Rocks Climbing Gym
1007 Appling St, Chattanooga, TN 37406
423-475-6578

Winner’s Circle Family Fun Center (laser tag, indoor batting cage, arcade)
59 Kellerhals Lane, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742
706-858-0950

The YMCA
423-266-YMCA

If visiting an area attraction, be sure to check for coupons from the Chattanooga Visitor’s Bureau…who cares if you aren’t a tourist 😉

Movie Theaters

Majestic 12 Cinema
311 Broad St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-826-2370

Northgate 14
310 Northgate Mall Dr, Hixson, TN 37343
423-870-9833

Rave Motion Pictures East Ridge 18
5080 South Terrace, Chattanooga, TN 37412
423-855-9652

Regal Cinemas Hamilton Place 8 Movie Theater
2000 Hamilton Place Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37421
423-855-5951

Regal Cinema Hamilton Place 10-17
2000 Hamilton Place Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37421
800-326-3264 ext. 353

Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Center
201 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
423-266-4629

Did we miss your favorite indoor activity for kids in Chattanooga? Tell us in the comments and we’ll add it to the list!

Add Your Summer Camp, Club, or Class to our 2016 Chattanooga Summer Guide!

Event Coordinators, help us fill up our event calendar and let us spread the word about your 2016 Summer Camp, Club, Class, or even your VBS in our Chattanooga Summer Guide. Parents love seeing events and activities collected and neatly arranged in one place. This year, we would love to include your summer camp, club, or class!

Do you run a summer event in Chattanooga? Submit your family friendly event to the 2016 Summer Guide to Camps, Classes, and Clubs in the Chattanooga area.

Basic Entry (FREE)

As usual, basic entry in our summer camp and class guide is COMPLETELY FREE and will include a one or two sentence summary of your event and a link to your website. It will look like the following:

Summer Camp for Super Sleuths–Mystery camp for ages 8-11. Learn more by clicking here.”

You can also submit it to our popular event calendar for FREE, too! (Just click the green button below and enter the info yourself)

Featured Event Upgrade ($50)

A featured event upgrade is an affordable way to capture readers’ attention and drive customers to your site. You may choose to upgrade your event to a featured entry for only $50. A featured entry will allow you to include your graphic or logo, a full paragraph summary, and two links (for example, one link to your website and one link to your Facebook page.) All of our summer guide featured event upgrades will also be entered into our drawing for a month’s worth of premium advertising space on Chattanooga Families!

You can feature a single camp in your image or a group of classes/clubs!

(Note: If you are submitting more than five camps/classes, you must purchase the upgrade.)

See the graphic below for featured upgrade examples.

Chattanooga Summer Camp

You can purchase your featured listing by using the Paypal button.

Guide Sponsorship

For our 2016 Summer Guide, we only have room for ONE sponsor. For $100, one local business will earn sponsorship status with links, text, a clickable graphic, and social media shout-outs.

If your event isn’t for kids, or your business is targeted to our audience, but isn’t offering a specific summer camp, class, or club, we would love for you to consider guide sponsorship. Please email us (chattanoogafamiliesblog@gmail.com) to discuss and/or purchase your sponsorship status.

My Goal is to publish the Summer Guide in April! Fill in your event info below.

February Discount Days at Chattanooga’s Tennessee Aquarium

The Tennessee Aquarium will be offering special discounts to college students and scouts during the month of February 2016. If you fit into one of these two categories, take advantage of these Chattanooga aquarium deals and go see your favorite exhibit. Whether it’s the penguins, the butterflies, or the fish, you’re sure to have fun at The Tennessee Aquarium.

Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, TN

College Days at the Tennessee Aquarium

Show your COLLEGE ID and receive half-priced tickets to the Tennessee Aquarium, IMAX 3D Theater and River Gorge Explorer. This discount applies to everyone in your party throughout the month of February. College Days is for ALL colleges (Any state and online. The students simply need to show a valid college ID or a copy of their most recent transcript to receive this discount.)

Scout Days at the Tennessee Aquarium

Scouts & their families will enjoy half-price tickets to the Tennessee Aquarium, IMAX 3D Theater and River Gorge Explorer. Scouts must be in uniform or sash to receive the Scout Days discount. This offer applies to the entire family. (Need a flier for your scout troop? Download this Scout Day Save the Date)

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Home Depot Kids Workshop: Valentines Mailbox

It’s time to sign up for another Home Depot Kid’s Building Workshop! This time you’ll make a Valentine Mailbox to hold all your child’s valentine cards from their favorite friends. After the mailbox is built, your child can personalize their project with paint.

home depot

We love heading over to the Homes Depot Building Workshops for a morning of hands-on fun! The FREE Home Depot Kids Workshops take place the first Saturday of every month.

Register in advance to reserve your spot.

 

Lowe’s Build & Grow: Black Widow’s Sky Cycle (7-11-15)

It’s time to sign up for another Lowe’s Build & Grow Workshop! Take your child to Lowe’s and let them build Black Widow’s Sky Cycle inspired by “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble.” Kids love the chance to build with the small hammers and bang to their heart’s content–just watch your fingers if you’re helping them! This is a perfect indoor activity for kids in Chattanooga.

Lowe's Build & Grow Black Widow Cycle

 

Date: July 11th, 2015
Time: 10:00 am
Where: Lowe’s
The workshop is FREE, but you do need to REGISTER ahead of time.

Happy Building!

River City Archery Olympic Day & Open House

Have you always wanted to try archery? Well, now is your chance! Join the growing group of archery enthusiasts in Chattanooga.River City Archery Olympic Day

River City Archery is holding an Olympic Day & Open House where you can give archery a try for FREE! This is the perfect chance to try archery before you sign up for a class. Participants in “Try-it Sessions” must be age 8 and up. The fun starts at 2:00 pm and will last until 7:00 pm. (Try-it sessions end at 5:00 pm.)

Celebrate, play games, and see what makes the Olympic sport of Archery so great! And don’t forget the door prizes!

Details

River City Archery
1304 McCallie Ave,
Chattanooga, TN 37404

Time: 2:00–7:00 pm

 Why Archery?

Archery is an amazing sport and pastime that has existed for centuries. The number of people that are discovering the fun as well as the benefits of archery is growing at an explosive rate. Join one of the classes and experience the benefits for yourself. Archery classes and clubs provide an opportunity to get out of the house and make new friends. Archery is an inclusive sport that not only attracts the young, but also the young at heart. Someone can excel in the sport of archery regardless of how far they throw a ball, whether they like to compete from a wheelchair, or even if they were born without arms.

Lowe’s Build & Grow: Captain America Motorcycle (6-27-15)

It’s time to sign up for another Lowe’s Build & Grow Workshop! Take your child to Lowe’s and let them build a Captain America Motorcycle inspired by “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble.” Kids love the chance to build with the small hammers and bang to their heart’s content–just watch your fingers if you’re helping them! This is a perfect indoor activity for kids in Chattanooga.

Lowe's Build & Grow Project: Captain America Motorcycle

Date: June 27th, 2015
Time: 10:00 am
Where: Lowe’s
The workshop is FREE, but you do need to REGISTER ahead of time.

Happy Building!

Kids Bowl Free

Need something inexpensive to do with the kids this summer? Sign up for Kids Bowl Free and your kids can enjoy bowling at Pin Strikes every day this summer between May 5th-August 31st.

Pin Strikes is the only Chattanooga area bowling alley on the Kids Bowl Free list. Be sure to read the fine print as some restrictions apply. Must be 15 years and under. Can’t be used for camp outings, daycare trips, etc. Kids will need to rent shoes, but there is an option for a summer shoe pass that might be worth it, depending on how often you will use it.

Sign up for Kids Bowl Free.