It’s Kids Night Out! (AKA Parent’s Date Night!)
Kids Night Out events are normally on the 2nd Friday of the month, but this one is eerily on the 3rd Friday. hmmm....
Halloween Mansion Fun House 👀 🦇 🕸️🕷️
Your STEAM Team is going into business! You have great ideas about what a haunted house should have in it and now is your chance to bring it to life! As a team you'll brainstorm your ideas, decide on materials, and create your life-size Fun Haunted Mansion. And we're sure you have even better ideas for the mansion than the fun Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World ....but this doesn't mean you couldn't pay hommage and mimic some of those ideas too. Your team will develop your business theme, business name, business logo, and special gimic to entice people in to visit your fun mansion. So much fun to go through ...AND even more fun to build!
In our unplugged programs, kids experience all apects of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) AND have opportunity to develop their Life Skills in Communication, Collaboration, Critical & Creative Thinking, Flexibility, Sociability, Initiative, Leadership, and Perseverance Through Difficulty. At Challenge Island, we are dedicated to ensuring a brighter future for our kids and our communities by helping you prepare your child to succeed in the 21st century.
Event includes: 3 hours of STEAM programs, take-aways, pizza dinner, and time in The Curiosity Place's hands-on exhibits. (You can't get a babysitter, dinner, constructive fun activities off the screens for 3 hours for this price!)
Event open to kids K-5th grade.
Kids work in STEAM Teams with kids of same/similar grade.
Date: October 16, 2026 (the 3rd Friday for this month)
Kids Night Out events are normally on the 2nd Friday of the month, but this one is eerily on the 3rd Friday. hmmm....
Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm
5:00 Check in & Time with The Curiosity Place's hands-on exhibits
5:20 Pizza Dinner
Challenge Island STEM Program
7:45 - 8:00p Kids enjoy time experiencing The Curiosity Place's hands-on exhibits while waiting for pick up
Location: The Curiosity Place (powered by the Great Lakes Children's Museum) located in the Grand Traverse Mall.
Registration Deadline: 12 Noon the day before the event date OR when the event fills, whichever comes first.
Pre-Registration is Required because there is limited capacity.
PLEASE NOTE: If the event fills to capacity before the registration deadline, registration will close. If the waitlist option is available, we highly suggest adding your child to the list, if someone cancels or a spot opens up, we may be able to add waitlisted kids. We would let you know the morning of the event date or sooner.
Fee: $25 for your 1st child;
Siblings Fee: $15 per additional sibling
1) Register your first child and make payment, 2) Create a profile for each additional sibling but don't register them for the event, and 3) Email Renee at rallen@challenge-island.com with names of additional siblings, and which event or events you want them added to. She will add each additional sibling at the discount price and let you know when your balance is ready for payment. Participants must be paid in full before attending the event.