Here are the 2025 Top Family Favorite Fun & Attractions as voted for by residents in Greater Boston, Massachusetts and throughout New England:
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Amusement Parks
TOP 5
Canobie Lake Park
LEGO Discovery Center
Maziply Mirror Maze
Santa’s Village
Story Land
WINNER
Story Land
Athletic Clubs
TOP 5
Burn Boot Camp
Equinox
Life Time Athletic
YMCA of Greater Boston
WINNER
YMCA of Greater Boston
Birthday Party Resources
TOP 5
Big Joe the Storyteller
Fran Friedman
Phone: (508) 358-1614
Website: https://franfriedman.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/franfriedmanmusic
Have a fabulous time as Fran entertains at your child’s parties and special events. Fran is extremely engaging, and her performances are creative and interactive. She encourages children to sing, dance and play as an integral part of her music, and opens up the wonderful world of imagination to them all. Children have so much fun as they become the wiggly-squiggly octopus in the song “The Aquarium”; they learn to make rainbows and colors in sign language during “Rainbow Around Me”; and they receive gentle hugs, just for being who they are, in “The Gorilla Song”. Please visit Fran’s website www.franfriedman.com for more information, and to listen to her music.
Jam Time
Music at the Blissful
Natick Community Organic Farm
WINNER
Music at the Blissful
Birthday Party Venues
TOP 5
Discovery Museum Acton
Einstein’s Workshop
Hale Education
Jam Time
Natick Community Organic Farm
WINNER
Discovery Museum Acton
Coolest Place to Take a Tour
TOP 5
Boston Duck Tours
Fenway Park
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Harvard Museum of Natural Museum
USS Constitution Museum
WINNER
USS Constitution Museum
Family Fun Fairs/Festivals
TOP 5
Duckling Day on Boston Common
Hale-o-ween at Hale Education
HONK Festival
Inn at East Hill Farm
Natick Community Organic Farm Farm Fest
WINNER
Inn at East Hill Farm
Historic Sites & Tours
TOP 5
Boston Public Garden
Freedom Trail
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
USS Constitution Museum
WINNER
Indoor Play Spaces
TOP 5
Boston Children’s Museum
Children’s Museum of New Hampshire
Einstein’s Workshop
We Rock the Spectrum – Wellesley
WINNER
Kid’s Party Entertainment
TOP 5
Big Joe the Storyteller
Jam Time
Music at the Blissful
Puppet Showplace Theater
WINNER
Music at the Blissful
Live Theater & Family Performances
TOP 5
DrumatiX
Music at the Blissful
North Shore Music Theatre
Wheelock Family Theatre
WINNER
DrumatiX
Local Farms
TOP 5
Connors Farm
Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm
Natick Community Organic Farm
The Farm at Raven Brook
Parlee Farms
WINNER
Museums & Attractions
TOP 5
Discovery Museum
Museum of Science
New England Aquarium
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
USS Constitution Museum
WINNER
Discovery Museum
Parent-Friendly Playdate Spots
TOP 5
Children’s Museum of New Hampshire
Discovery Museum
Einstein’s Workshop
Jam Time
Puppet Showplace Theater
WINNER
Discovery Museum
Places for Ice Skating
TOP 5
Babson Skating Center
Bay State Skating School
Duck Pond Boston Common
The Skating Academy
The Skating Club of Boston
WINNER
The Skating Club of Boston
Summer Resorts for Families
TOP 5
Bayside Resort Hotel
Oceans Edge
Smugglers’ Notch Resort
The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy, NH
Winnetu Oceanside Resort
WINNER
The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy, NH
Winter Resorts for Families
TOP 5
Bayside Resort Hotel
Mount Washington inn
Smugglers’ Notch Resort
Stowe Mountain Resort
The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy, NH
WINNER
The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy, NH
Zoos, Aquariums or Nature Centers
TOP 5
Franklin Park Zoo
Natick Community Organic Farm
New England Aquarium
Seacoast Science Center
Southwick’s Zoo
WINNER
New England Aquarium
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About the Top Fun and Attractions in the 2025 Boston Parents Paper Family Favorites
Boston Parent’s Family Favorites was born with the idea to give readers in Greater Boston and throughout New England a chance to voice their opinions on their personal ‘Family Favorite’ choices for Fun and Attractions and all kinds of everyday categories. The program has evolved over the years, and hopefully, with a lot of input from our readers, we’ve been able to make it better and better.
The voting for Family Favorites Fun and Attractions is conducted in a two-round process. The first round occurs in the month of February with open write-in nominations for reader’s favorite Fun and Attractions taking place. Write-in nominations continue to be open until the middle of April.
As the nomination period for Fun and Attractions in the first round comes to a close in mid April, shortly after, the second round opens with the top nominee Fun and Attractions being selectable in this final round of voting during the month of April and May. Write-in nominations are no longer available, and voters are open to select their favorite Fun and Attractions from among those that are listed.
The final winners are posted in July.
We hope you enjoy! And we hope you cast your vote next year!
