Things to Do in Central Mass {Winter Edition}

With winter vacation quickly approaching, the team at Central Mass Mom put together a list of things to do in Central Mass with your kids this winter. Now Mama, please don’t stress over trying to do it all by keeping the kids entertained. Sometimes the one thing we all need during a break is rest.

So make that hot cocoa, build that blanket fort, pop some homemade popcorn, and put on a good movie. If you are daring enough to brave the cold weather then go to the sledding hills, ice skating rinks, or ski the mountains with your kids. Maybe daytime activities are limited for your family, so we suggest checking out our guide to seeing the lights the week of vacation. It is something you can do with your families together in the evening. At the end of the vacation, we hope you and your kids make a long list of fun memories together.

Below you will find a list of places to visit and things to do in Central Mass with your kids this winter break:

Museums or historical places to visit:

• American Heritage Museum (Hudson)
• Bancroft Tower (Worcester)
• Discovery Museum (Acton)
• EcoTarium (Worcester)
• New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill (West Boylston)
• Old Sturbridge Village (Sturbridge)
• Samuel Slater’s Experience (Webster)
• The Old Stone Church (West Boylston)
• Worcester Art Museum (Worcester)

Maybe we need to get that stored-up energy out at one of these places:

• Altitude Trampoline Park (Franklin, Marlborough)
• Apex Entertainment (Marlborough)
• Central Rock Climbing (Worcester)
• JamTime (Maynard, Natick, Norwood)
• Jump Nation (Shrewsbury)
• Let’s Bee Kids Playcenter (Hudson)
• Launch Trampoline Park (Leominster, Westboro, Framingham)
• Luv2Play (Sutton)
• Pinz (Milford)
• Roller Kingdom (Hudson)
• Sparetime Bowling (Whitinsville)
• Trombetta’s Farm (Marlborough)
• We Rock the Spectrum (Westford)

Sometimes we get lucky with some beautiful weather in the winter so pack a lunch and head to a park or one of these gorgeous walking trails:

• Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park (Uxbridge)
• Blackstone River Greenway (Uxbridge, Millville)
• Douglas State Forest (Douglas)
• Gates Pond (Berlin)
• Moore State Park (Paxton)
• Prospect Park (65 Prospect St, Shrewsbury)
• Shrewsbury Secret Garden (2 Stoney Hill Rd, Shrewsbury it is in a development so park on the street)
• Wachusett Mountain State Reservation (Princeton)

Snow tubing and ice skating:

• Nashoba Valley (Littleton)
• Public Skating at FMC Ice Sports Rinks (Auburn, Franklin, Fitchburg, Gardner, Marlborough, Worcester)
• Ski Ward (Shrewsbury)
• The Oval Ice Skating Rink (Worcester)

On those wintery days catching a matinee is the perfect activity:

• Blackstone Valley 14 Cinema de Lux (Millbury)
• Gardner Cinemas (Gardner)
• Regal Bellingham (Bellingham)
• Regal Solomon Pond Mall (Marlborough)
• West Boylston Cinema (West Boylston)

Now remember, there is no pressure to do it all, or any of it for that matter! We want you and your families to have the best winter break making memories with your kids. If there are any places or things to do that we are missing from this list – let us know in the comments.