The Stellar Children's Museum

It was my son’s third birthday last week and as a couple of my relatives were not available on the day of his birthday so we decided to postpone the celebrations until next weekend. But I wanted to make this day special for him and take him somewhere nice.

After some research and asking around I zeroed upon “The Stellar Children's Museum”.  I know the first thought after looking at this name. Why will anyone take a 3 year old to a museum on his birthday and that too with intention of having fun?  Museums are never fun but boring exhibitions and historical information spread across everywhere in somewhat supposedly interesting forms.

The Stellar Children’s Museum is not a conventional museum at all. It can be termed as a kids play area where they can learn and explore along with having fun. There is no one to stop them from messing around in clay, colors and water. There are huge and variety of blocks for them to explore along with some nooks and corners to hide, jump, climb and roll.

The museum occupies a decent space on second floor of ambience mall and is also a good option for school day trips and birthday party celebrations. It is divided into various logical and physical sections.

SPALSH  IT

As soon as you enter, there is a miniature of a dam created with lots of water. There are some rubber and plastic toys like boats, ducks, balls etc in the water and there is a dummy motor structure which depicts how electricity is generated through water. This miniature damn consist of movable hurdles which can be arranged by kids or their wards to reduce or increase the flow of water in a particular area. This area is termed as “Splash It”. My son is very fond of water so we spent most of our time here.

BUILD IT

Next we moved to the “Build It gallery” where there are life size block along with some magnetic colorful small blocks in different shapes and colors. Kids can try and make different shapes and objects using this. There are also big cardboard puzzle pieces and a dummy skeleton of a racing car. There is a screen console in front of this skeleton which gives a feel to the kid sitting in driving seat as if he is actually playing a VR game (obviously to younger kids).

INVENT IT

The next place we explored was “The Invent It” area where they had some smaller blocks and a small racing track. My son enjoyed making vehicles with wheels from blocks and had a F1 race with his dad. Another interesting part was the roller coaster. There were many different parts which could be joined in variety of ways to create desired shape of roller coaster and then kids can take their balls for a roller coaster ride. There were also some pipes and tubes to represent the idea of gravity, an air blower which will keep a ball in air and many more such things.

CREATE IT

The create it area truly lives up to its name with options like clay modeling, crayon painting, pencil colors, pin art and a glass room where kids can mess around with water color and can live their ultimate fantasy of painting the walls. And you do not have to worry about those cloths; the museum provides aprons for kids. Your kids can enjoy all those things which are usually restricted at home.

LIVE IT

We did not spend much time in this area as this did not interest my kid much. There is a miniature super market with dummy fruits and vegetables along with the weighing machine and shopping baskets. Kids can buy vegetables and cook them in a small kitchen LOL. There is also a doctor’s office, a school and a club house in this area and it gives a complete feel of living in a society to the kids.

DISCOVER IT

This area comprises of small rooms representing different continents connected via tunnels. Inside each room there are panels displaying flora and fauna of that continent along with population. There are push buttons against each animal and kids can enjoy listening to the sounds of different animals here.

Somewhere between these areas there is a wall containing some random utensils and ladles where kids can play music by banging the utensils. An interesting concept was a place where kids were playing music using a shoe sole.

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

There are tunnels and cages of different shapes and sizes in this play area. Kids can enter from one side of the tunnel and come out from the other end by passing through obstacles. I never imagined my son will be so fast jumping and crawling everywhere. It was a joyful sight to see him enjoy all of this.

There is an in house café but we did not try it.

The entry fee for kids is as follows:

• 1 hour – Rs 400
• 1.5 hours – Rs 600
•  2 hours – Rs 800
•  More than 2 hours – Rs 900
•  Birthday party – Rs 750 per entry where they provide 80% of their café for cake and snack time for about 1 hour or so.
•  Adults – Free

The place is good for kids from 2-10 years of age and is very kid friendly. They do not allow strollers inside but there is an option to park them just outside the entry.

I highly recommend this place to all the parents as I am sure that you and your children will enjoy this experience.

Please share your views if you visit this place.