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Starbucks, chick-fil-a play place, the library, or a splash park could work

I organize a mom's group with a few other SAHM's and their kids. We meet with our children 2-4 times a month, and once a month, without.

I try to research free, local events a week in advance and put it out to the group. During the summer, our library hosts fun events like magic shows, puppet theater, children's concerts, performances by local dance troops, and dog talent shows. Those have been fantastic. Other times, we'll just meet for a library storytime, and then hit up a casual bakery, afterward. Lots of fire stations will offer free tours when you book with a group - we've done that before and the kids loved it. We also have a toddler campus that offers drop-in classes, so we'll sometimes do that. It's worth it to compare season passes, with the group. Most of us have passes to our local aquarium (and have guest passes for those, without), so that's a frequent stop, too.

We live by the ocean, so the weather is usually pretty decent. Because of that, we do a lot of park picnics, beach meetups, and easy hikes, too. With fall approaching, consider apple picking, pumpkin patches, hay rides, etc.

Our mom's group is really big so these ideas are probably not perfect for you but here's what we do. Also we all pay dues ($45 a year) and things like coffee and bagels and art supplies come out of that budget.

Once a month we do a coffee club, someone hosts and gets bagels and coffee for the moms. During the summer it's held at a local fenced in park, it's at someone's house in the colder months. We have a monthly potluck playdate at someone's house from 4-6 pm and everyone brings a dinner dish. We also do brunch bunch once a month at someone's house. We have two kids day out activities, we meet up at various fun places in the area. We do an art date once a month, it's either at someone's house or the park and the hostess sets up a project for all of the kids. We do a mom's night out, have night and a book club monthly too.