Spring Break in Colorado: Indoor Fun

Can you believe that Spring Break is only a few weeks away? 

Wasn't it only just Winter Break? Didn't the school year start, like, yesterday?

If you're in Colorado and planning on staying locally for the break, or if you're visiting Colorado from out of state, I'm here to help you out with some fantastic places to visit while the kids are off school.

Today I'm sharing my favorite indoor adventures with kids. That week off school may be called Spring Break, but that doesn't mean we're guaranteed Spring weather. In fact, in my experience, it tends to be snowy! So it's good to have an arsenal of indoor fun ideas ready for when the weather isn't so great - or for anytime, really. These places are all such fun that you'll want to visit no matter what the weather is like outside!

Let's take a look...

Hammond's Candies Factory Tour

It's the season of candy, but if you don't want to wait until Halloween to get your fill of all things sweet, then I have the perfect place for you to visit. And it's free!

Hammond's Candies has been a Denver institution ever since the company was founded in 1920. Specializing in old fashioned candies such as hard candies, lollipops, candy canes and taffy, they've been delighting Colorado kids (and adults!) for generations.  And with good reason. Their candies are delicious!

Now, eating candy is always pretty good, but do you know what's even better? Eating candy at the factory where it's made! That's where the free Hammond's Candies factory tour comes in. 

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Jelly Belly Factory

During Ava and Lola's recent Spring Break we took a few short trips to places around the Bay Area that we hadn't been before. One such place that we'd been wanting to visit for a years was the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield.

As you can probably imagine, we weren't the only people visiting a candy factory during Spring Break the week before Easter! In fact, it was super busy and we lined up for well over an hour before it was our turn to take the tour. Luckily the Jelly Belly Visitor Center has plenty for kids to see and do while one lucky parent gets to stand in the line. So while Kim held our place in the slow moving line I took the girls to see giant inflatable jelly beans, squish pennies, taste test jelly beans, view jelly bean art, and peruse the goodies on offer in the gift store.