This August 18, 2024 comes a new Children’s Day and all children are celebrating their day. If you don’t know what to do on Children’s Day in Buenos Aires, but you want it to be special, different, and a lot of fun, here are 10 plans to make your Children’s Day all that and much more.
1. Fantastic Dinosaurs and Dragons
Visiting Tecnópolis to celebrate Children’s Day among Dinosaurs and Fantastic Dragons is undoubtedly one of the best plans for an unforgettable Children’s Day.
The doors of Tecnópolis are still open for you to go with the youngest members of the family (and the older ones too) to a universe where dinosaurs and dragons are the kings of the place. In addition, you will find life-size animatronics, a museum space with fossils and a virtual reality corner not to be missed.
If you can’t wait for Children’s Day, take advantage of the 20% discount on tickets for Thursday and Friday and the 3 for 1 offer (one adult pays and two children get in for free) . You have time until August 18 to enjoy this immersive experience. Buy your tickets!
Tecnópolis
📍Juan Bautista de la Salle 4500, Villa Martelli
2. Ice skating while it’s still cold
Did you know that Buenos Aires has several options for ice skating?
If you are short of ideas for this Children’s Day in Buenos Aires, stop by Margal in Caballito, one of the city’s ice skating rinks, and enjoy a skating lesson or a free pass to skate, stop and skate again as many times as you want.
If you want to take advantage of something more central, even though the winter vacations are over, the ice rink inaugurated at Abasto Shopping is still open so you can have non-stop fun on Children’s Day. Tickets for this ice rink can be purchased in advance at Suticket’s website.
Margal 📍Yerbal 1617
📅Every day from 11hs
IG @margal.caballito
Abasto Shopping 📍Lavalle 3120
3. Jump to the sky with the biggest inflatable in Latin America.
If this August 18 is a beautiful day, take the kids to meet the biggest and most gigantic inflatable in the continent because it is in Buenos Aires. There are 3 blocks of inflatable to jump and have fun.
Superjump at Dot Shopping: Until September 1.
📆 Wednesday to Sunday.
🕣 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 3pm to 7pm.
🕣 Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 11am to 7pm.
📍DOT Shopping – Vedia 3600
Superjump at Costa Salguero: Until August 11.
📆 Thursday to Sunday
🕣 Thursday and Friday from 2pm to 8pm.
🕣 Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am to 8 pm.
📍Costa Salguero – Av. Costanera Rafael Obligado 1221
👉3 to 70 Years old (Children from 3 to 5 years old must enter with an adult over 18 years old).
4. Intense excitement for Children’s Day? Go to a Theme Park
If you need ideas for Children’s Day that can surprise and be a lot of fun, why not spend Children’s Day at a theme park?
Buenos Aires has 5 very diverse theme parks to conquer on Children’s Day: from roller coasters or life-size dinosaurs to shows and educational attractions, each theme park in Buenos Aires has its own magic. If you don’t know what to do on Children’s Day in Buenos Aires, just explore them.
5. For Anime Fans: Your favorites in concert
If the youngest members of the family are fans of anime and manga and also love music, this August you have a double opportunity to unite both passions. It is not exactly on August 18, Children’s Day, but you can give it to them anyway.
On the one hand, you have a concert with the best themes of the anime series One Piece. An orchestra with more than 15 live musicians and the possibility of singing in chorus all the songs they love.
And on the other hand, there is a concert that fuses the musical themes of the most beloved films of Studio Ghibli with traditional Japanese musical instruments. A unique experience for the
Eleven Piece in Concert – Teatro Coliseo 📍Marcelo T. de Alvear 1125
📅10 August. 17hs and 21hs
Anime and Japanese Drums Concert – Sala Alejandro Casona📍Solís 475
August 31. 20hs
6. How about touring Buenos Aires by streetcar?
Touring Buenos Aires aboard a restored vintage streetcar can be one of the best plans for Children’s Day you can think of.
The Asociación de Amigos del Tranvía runs free streetcar tours from Caballito every weekend. They are short (kids don’t get bored), they are friendly and you will give them the opportunity to see something unique.
📍Meeting point: Emilio Mitre 500
Saturdays and Sundays from 3pm to 7pm.
👉Free activity
7. Cinema and popcorn in a relaxed function.
On Children’s Day, everyone should be able to enjoy. That is why, in August, Hoyts movie theater chain is offering a relaxed screening, especially designed for neurodivergent children, where you can enjoy a beautiful movie like Intensamente 2.
Tickets for these screenings are already available and can be purchased online and at all Cinemark Hoyts electronic ticket offices.
📅 August 11. 11.30am
8. Children’s Day in style
For those who want a Children’s Day plan with intrepid activities, the best idea is to book some of the aerial parks in Buenos Aires.
They are very safe places where children (and adults too) can climb, jump and go through high altitude circuits and live a very fun experience.
Trepark
Miguel B. Sánchez Av. 1041 (Ex- Crisólogo Larralde) – Nuñez
Minimum height: 120 cm.
Open Monday to Friday from 3pm to 9pm. Weekends and holidays from 10hs to 22hs.
Aeropark
6465 Rivadavia Av. – Flores
Minimum height: 120 cm
Open every day from 10am to 10pm.
9. Share a super snack designed to celebrate their day.
Something as simple as a delicious snack can be a great plan if you can’t think of how to celebrate Children’s Day. In Buenos Aires there are many amazing cafes to eat whatever you can think of.
But there are some that are specially designed to make the youngest members of the family very happy. So if you are looking for a perfect snack to go with children, we leave you the best options in Buenos Aires.
10. Enjoy Children’s Day outdoors in the most beautiful squares of Buenos Aires.
In Buenos Aires there are so many wonderful squares with games and themed areas that, if the sun is shining on Children’s Day, a great breakfast or snack should be followed by a trip to any of the themed squares in the city.
Rockets, dragons, houses, hospital-shaped or even fire trucks, choose the one closest to you and just enjoy watching the kids run and play while having a picnic or drinking mate.
11. Chocolate Festival at the Sofitel Hotel
The Sofitel Hotel in Recoleta is holding the Chocolate Festival throughout August and for Children’s Day it has prepared special options. From 1.30 p.m. on August 18, Children’s Day, the little ones can enjoy chocolate creations -such as alfajores and caramel and chocolate cake- along with French pastries, savory options and non-alcoholic beverages.
Alma Room, Hotel Sofitel 📍 Posadas 1232
📅 Every Saturday in winter, from June 1 to August 31. From 13:30hs to 16:00hs.