“Mom, dad: What are we doing today? I’m bored!”

 If you’re a parent, the chances are good you’ve heard your kids say this on more than one occasion. It’s also likely that you only have so much time and capacity to keep them entertained all day. Life Time can be your back-up.

Each week, there are new events at the club to keep your kids engaged in healthy fun for several hours. Some are just for kids, giving parents the opportunity to leave or stay at and use the club, while others are designed for the whole family to take part in together.

“Kids and families are an important part of the Life Time community,” says Art Johnson, senior manager of events and sponsorship marketing at Life Time. “We host unique events throughout the year to bring value to our members while also helping them make lasting family memories.”

Avoid those in-the-moment panics of, What should we do?! by looking to this round up of kids and family events to help fill your calendar July through October.

July

Family Event

Poolapalooza

Date: July 12–31 (dates vary by club)
Ages: All ages welcome
Length: 3 hours (time may vary by club)

One of Life Time’s longest running family events, Poolapalooza is back this year to make a big splash. This pool party features family-friendly music and games like pool floatie races and limbo for the whole family. Come make some waves and memories at this poolside event.

Parents Night Out

Adventure Awaits

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

An exciting journey awaits! Adventurers will create nature-inspired crafts like sunshine catchers and DIY pinwheels, and make paint out of dandelions. They’ll also play team-building games like ducks in a pond and frogs and fish.

Glitter Galore

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Get ready to sparkle! Kids will use a rainbow of glitter to create dazzling masterpieces like a rainbow twirler or rainbow collage and make their own glitter slime. After unleashing their creativity, they’ll run around in the gym playing games like stop-and-go freeze dance and popcorn launch.

Super Builder Challenge

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Does your child have what it takes to compete? All in the name of good fun, of course! Kids will be put to the test racing against their friends and the clock in block-building challenges and Minute to Win It-style games. Their accuracy and creativity will be challenged. After the competition, kids will play robot tag and balance tag in the gym.

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August

Parents Night Out

Shipwrecked Tales

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Come aboard and channel your inner castaway. Kids will embark on adventures in the gym playing ships ahoy or captain’s coming, create treasure playdough or pirate treasure slime, and engage in a treasure toss and treasure map relay. This event promises a trove of fun for young explorers.

Yoga GLO

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Kids will sample our Kids Studio SOL Yoga class at this glow-in-the-dark party. Older kids will kick off the night making glow-in-the-dark bracelets to wear during their flow session, while younger kids will make glow-in-the-dark or neon slime. Then the lights go off, the glowsticks come out, and yoga is on!

Creative Celebration

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Kids can unleash their imagination at this event that features activities like pool noodle balancing and tic-tac-toe relay, and the chance to create vibrant masterpieces with puffy paint and bubble art. They’ll also head to the gym to play rainbow road and four-corner dodgeball.

So Long Summer

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Give summer the sendoff it deserves with a final bash! Kids will play gym games like ice cream tag and swim or sand, make paper popsicles or paper leis (depending on age), and build a garden. They’ll also do a S.T.E.A.M. experiment to see how many different summer items can fit inside a beach bag.

Hula Hoopla

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Hula on over to Life Time for this party. Kids will take part in a beach-ball relay race, create paper lei crafts or flower lei necklaces, and participate in a glitter lava lamp or melting sandcastle S.T.E.A.M. activity.

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September

Family Event

Grandparents’ Day

Date: September 7
Ages: All ages welcome
Length: 2 hours

Grandparents and grandchildren are invited to celebrate Grandparents’ Day at Life Time. This event features pick-and-choose intergenerational activities like handprint crafts, generation bingo, and painting. All generations are welcome and appreciated!

Members are invited to bring nonmember family members as long as there is an adult member present.

Parents Night Out

Game Board Battles

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Step into the arena for some fierce board game competitions: Kids will create their own board games and put them into play. They’ll also play gym games like team memory match up and sink the ship, and participate in a maze challenge.

Life Time Laboratory

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

We’ve developed the formula for fun: bubbles, fireworks, and explosions! Here, kids will channel their inner scientists and rotate through experiments in which they are challenged to develop and test their hypotheses. We’ll see which theory from these whizzes rings true!

Silly Olympics

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

All kid Olympians are invited to the Silly Olympics, where they’ll compete in wacky relays, zany obstacle courses, and wild challenges to test their mind and athletic skills. In the end, the winners will be crowned in a crowd-roaring celebration of silliness and victory.

Quarterbacks and Cartwheels

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Gear up for a night of football games, cheer routines, and thrilling team-building activities. Kids can create their own paper megaphone or tissue paper pom poms, then play football tag, relays, and capture the football in the gym. There will also be building block competitions to see who can construct the tallest tower. You’re not going to want to fumble this one!

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October

Family Event

JamBOOree

Date: October 18
Ages: All ages welcome
Length: 45 minutes (time may vary by club)

Come one, come all, for this family workout event. This 45-minute family workout features a thrilling combination of Kids SOL Yoga, Kids SHRED, and Kids LifeBarre, followed by fall-inspired family arts and crafts. Come dressed in costume with your lil’ ghouls and goblins (or just come as you are).

Parents Night Out

Goblins and Goo

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Join this haunting party where kids will craft goblin paintings and goblin suncatchers, play games like escape the goo pit, and create their own oozy goblin slime.

Dinosaurs and Dragons

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Travel back in time to a world of prehistoric and mythical fun. Kids will participate in activities like rob the dragon’s nest and dino and dragon egg hunt, as well as create their own dinosaur fossils. This event offers a perfect mix of active play and imagination that your adventurer won’t want to miss!

Monster Dash

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Let’s BOOgie at Life Time! Kids can wear costumes and participate in ghoulish games like monster dash tag and monster dash dodgeball. They’ll also create their own mini monsters out of yarn, monster-themed headbands, and some gooey monster oobleck (a mixture of cornstarch and water). Kids will be in for a frightfully fun night.

Halloween Fun Fest

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Ghosts, goblins, witches brew — this Halloween party is just for you! Kids will participate in crafts, games, and thrills through a variety of activities like spider dodgeball, zombie tag, and straw art. There’s also a costume contest.

Specific event dates and details may vary by club location. Check your club’s schedule for more information and to register.

The warmer months are upon us, and for many people with children, summer schedules are filling up. Before the season of sun and freedom disappears — and before you can even begin to wonder where it has gone — Life Time is here to help you plan for some regular you time while your kids learn, play, and are entertained.

Every week, Life Time Kids features Parents Night Out events, where your kids can hang out with others their age while taking part in games and activities related to that evening’s theme. There are Tween Takeover events held monthly, too.

“We use Parents Night Out events for much-needed date nights,” says Abby Banks, member at Life Time in Edina, Minn. “Between three kids in numerous activities, work, and other life obligations, it’s a great chance for my husband and I to reconnect. We know our kids are having the best time and being well taken care of at Life Time.”

Life Time families have even become friends thanks to Parents Night Out events. “We also use these nights to meet up with other Life Time parents,” says Banks. “We’ve developed such an amazing community here!”

Learn more about the events and themes taking place in June, July, and August:

June
Surf & Turf	Slime Squad	Ready to Rock	Rookie Rally
Tween Takeover

July
Astronaut Training	Adventure Awaits	Glitter Galore	Super Builder Challenge
Tween Takeover

August
Shipwrecked Tales	Yoga GLO	Creative Celebration	So Long Summer	Hula Hoopla
Tween Takeover

Tween Takeover

Ages: 9 to 13 years old
Length: Typically 3 hours

At Tween Takeover nights, kids rule! This time is for your tween to decide what they want to do at their athletic country club: They can play sports, create crafts, challenge one another to a board game, or participate in other fun activities. The space is theirs.

Surf & Turf

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Surf’s up, dude! Kids will create tropical-themed crafts and jelly fish and sand art, play Hula-Hoop freeze tag and noodle dance tag, and make pool noodle structures and beach ball towers. Noodle wars, noodle smack down, and other activities are also featured at this fun luau.

Slime Squad

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Slime at home? Messy! Slime at Life Time? Bring it on! Send your kids to this slime party where they’ll create custom slime colors and textures in the “science lab.” Kids will also enjoy crafting with tin foil: younger kids will make mosaics using cutout shapes of tin foil while older kids will use tin foil, washable markers, and paper to make art prints.

After they’ve made slime and created art, they’ll compete in some awesome gym games such as island-themed dodgeball and sink the ship, and tag games such as sharks and minnows and Ollie Ollie Octopus.

Ready to Rock

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Get ready to mic up and rock the night away! Kids will unleash their inner rockstar as they craft music-themed masterpieces such as paper plate tambourines or hand drums, engage in musical games like rock and roll dots or musical hoops, and create a water xylophone or popsicle stick harmonica.

Rookie Rally

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Kids can compete with friends in sports, games, and team-building challenges such as crazy kickball, capture the flag, sorting race, and paper bridge challenge. Players will show their team spirit by creating a team spirit flag or team spirit windsock.

Astronaut Training

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Calling all astronauts to report to mission control: This event is going to be out of this world! Kids will see if they have what it takes to be an astronaut through activities including building flying saucers, painting planets, creating art with galaxy chalk, and playing gym games such as man from mars and catching stars.

Adventure Awaits

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Come to Life Time for this exciting journey! Adventurers will create nature-inspired crafts like a sunshine catcher, DIY pinwheels, and paint out of dandelions, as well as play team-building games like ducks in a pond and frogs and fish.

Glitter Galore

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Get ready to sparkle: Kids will use a rainbow of glitter to create dazzling masterpieces like a rainbow twirler or rainbow collage as well as will make their own glitter slime. After unleashing their creativity, they’ll run around in the gym playing games like stop-and-go freeze dance and popcorn launch.

Super Builder Challenge

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Does your child have what it takes to compete (all in the name of good fun, of course!)? Kids will be put to the test to race against their friends and the clock in block-building challenges and Minute to Win It-style games. Their accuracy and creativity will be challenged. After the competition, kids will play robot tag and balance tag in the gym.

If your kids attend and enjoy this event, try your own version of it at home: “Family Activity Night: Super Builder Challenge.”

Shipwrecked Tales

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Come aboard and channel your inner castaway. Kids will embark on adventures in the gym playing ship ahoy or captain’s coming, create treasure playdough or pirate treasure slime, and engage in a treasure toss and treasure map relay. This event promises a treasure trove of fun for young explorers.

Yoga GLO

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Kids will sample our Kids Studio SOL Yoga class at this glow-in-the-dark party. They’ll kick off the night making glow-in-the-dark bracelets to wear during their flow session, while younger kids will make glow-in-the-dark or neon slime. Then the lights go off, the glowsticks come out, and yoga is on!

Creative Celebration

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Kids can unleash their imagination at this event that offers activities such as pool noodle balancing and a tic tac toe relay and the chance to create vibrant masterpieces with puffy paint and bubble art. They’ll also head to the gym to play rainbow road and four-corner dodgeball.

So Long Summer

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Give summer the sendoff it deserves with a final bash! Kids will play gym games such as ice cream tag and swim or sand, make crafts like paper popsicles or paper leis (depending on age), and build a garden. They’ll also do a S.T.E.A.M. experiment to see how different summer items fit inside a beach bag. So long, summer!

Hula Hoopla

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Hula on over to Life Time for this party. Kids will participate in a beach ball relay race, as well as make paper lei crafts or flower lei necklaces, and go through a glitter lava lamp or melting sandcastle S.T.E.A.M. activity.

Common FAQs About Kids Events

Shelly Forsberg, director of kids and aquatics at Life Time, shares answers to commonly asked questions from parents.

Life Time | What can I expect if I sign my child up for a Life Time Kids event?

Shelly Forsberg | Each event has a theme, and we build the curriculum around that so there are always fun, new activities for kids to take part in. There is a new theme each week to help accommodate family schedules and to allow for a greater chance for every child to attend. Kids’ events occur every Saturday. Depending on the club, there may also be additional events on Fridays.

Regardless of the theme, every curriculum follows an intentionally designed format: There’s always arts and crafts time, a STEAM project, a gym game or a sports activity — or some combination of those. Then, we always serve dinner, which is usually pizza and juice.

Events typically last two to three hours and can accommodate kids ages 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club based on state requirements). Tween Takeover events are generally for kids ages 9 to 13 years old, though that may vary by club as well.

Our Life Time Kids team members go through training before being entrusted with your kids. This training includes CPR training, a child-development course, and a classroom-management course to ensure your kids are in the safest hands.

LT | Do parents need to stay at the club while their child is attending an event?

SF | No. Parents can leave the club or stay on site. Most often, we see parents using this time in the club, whether that be to take a fitness class, use the space and machines on the workout floor, relax in the sauna or steam room, grab a bite to eat in the LifeCafe, or hit the pickleball court with friends.

LT | Is there a cost to these events? And do you have to be a Life Time member to participate?

SF | All Kids events are included at no cost in Junior Memberships. Your child does need to be on a Life Time Junior Membership to attend the events.

LT | How do I sign my child up for an event?

SF | Reservations can be made up to 30 days prior to each event and registration closes five hours before the event begins. Each participant is allowed to reserve one event per week. View the schedule on my.lifetime.life or in the Life Time app by clicking “View All Events” and under “Activity,” filtering by “Kids.” (We require all children attending events to be fully potty trained.)

If your child is registered but you need to cancel, we ask that you please do so at least five hours prior to the event to open up the spot for someone else; if you neglect to cancel at all or less than five hours prior, there will be a $25 no-show fee. If you were on a waitlist and moved to an available spot less than 24 hours prior to the start of the event, you will not be penalized if you miss the event.

Please arrive on time to the event; if you arrive more than 15 minutes after the start time, your child’s spot may be forfeited and offered to someone on the waitlist. A photo ID is required at pickup, and late pickups will result in a fee.

Families join Life Time for a myriad of reasons: Maybe the kids are heading back to school and everyone is looking to add some more structure to their routine. Or perhaps they’re bracing for winter and they want a go-to indoor space where they can stay active. Or possibly the parents are pursuing health goals and want to do that somewhere their kids can engage in healthy activities too.

No matter the reason, members share that they find numerous options for activities for every age and stage of their family at the club. Still, it can be helpful to hear from others about how they choose to spend their time to make sure you’re taking advantage of all your membership has to offer.

We spoke with the Anderson family, who joined Life Time in White Bear Lake, Minn., in summer 2024, about how they’re maximizing their family membership.

Meet: Nicole Anderson and her husband, Lars, and their three children: Cruz, 3; Josie, 2; and Rocco, 6 months.

Life Time | Why did your family join Life Time?

Nicole Anderson | We joined Life Time over the summer for a variety of reasons. I wanted to get back into working out after having our third baby, and we had to choose somewhere that also offered childcare for our kids.

My husband and I were also looking for a single place that had all the offerings we desired. Lars is a big sauna and steam-room guy, and we appreciate having locker-room amenities. I like group fitness, so having classes and good instructors was important to me. Overall, we wanted to find a membership that would meet all our interests and needs.

Lars Anderson | For Nicole, it seemed like the lowest barrier of entry to working out for her was to be able to bring the kids during the day and not have to set up separate childcare. Her body has been dedicated to the kids over the last three-and-a-half years, and she deserves this for herself — to be able to go to classes, drop the kids off at the Kids Academy, and get a little break during the day. That time is really healthy for her.

LT | How do you use Life Time as a family?

NA | Sometimes we go as a family of five, other times I’ll go with just the kids, or Lars will head to the club by himself in the evenings too — whoever is free at the time and wants to join, goes. We’ve also used Life Time a few times as our “date night” spot. I anticipate our family using the club even more in the winter when the weather isn’t as nice.

We hit up the LifeCafe for a good amount for meals — it’s a fun treat for the whole family after using the club. And we just signed up to use our complimentary swim lessons for the kids that we got as new members. We’re excited for them to get into swimming this fall!

LT | Can you walk us through your perfect day at Life Time?

NA | That’s a great question because I’ve been testing the waters as a newer member. I used my complimentary training session upon joining and that was super helpful because I was able to ask the trainer for help creating a workout routine that I can do on the fitness floor when I drop my kids off at the Kids Academy.

She set me up with a circuit workout, and I’ve honestly done it about 15 times already. I love it. I’m also a big Warrior Sculpt girl. I’ve tried two different barre classes and I’m trying a SHRED class next week.

My ideal club visit right now would consist of a Warrior Sculpt class and then spending time in the sauna and steam room afterward to relax. Then, I’d swing by the LifeCafe for either a meal (the Chipotle Chicken Quesadilla, substituted with steak, has been my favorite!) or a shake on the way out (my go-to has been the Vegan PB&B).

LA | I typically head to the club in the evenings once our kids are already in bed. I shoot hoops for about 15 minutes and then work out on the fitness floor, primarily using the free weights. After that, I use the sauna and steam room. On my way out, I grab the Founder Shake 2.0 from the LifeCafe.

LT | What do you and your kids think about the Kids Academy experience?

NA | All three of our kids go to the Kids Academy and love it. The two older kids, Cruz and Josie always come home with a craft that they’re pumped about or a new dance that they’ve learned. Recently, they’ve been learning how to do jumping jacks. Since we don’t send our kids to a traditional daycare, they think they’re going to see their “teachers” at the Kids Academy — our older kids get really excited to see them.

I appreciate the structure while they’re there, and the number of kids per instructor. At Life Time White Bear Lake, the instructors have been there for many years, and they seem really comfortable with the kids.

LT | Why is living a healthy way of life important to your family?

NA | It’s a self-care thing for me. When I take the time to work out, eat healthy, drink water — even if it’s prioritizing my health for an hour a day — then my whole family benefits from that. For me, this is a year of investing in myself.

LA | We feel it’s important to show our kids that mom and dad like to take care of themselves. It also gives us more patience as parents.

For parents, having a few kid-free hours in a day can be a much-needed respite, whether they use that time for running errands, going on a date, or simply resting and relaxing.

Kids’ events at Life Time can help make this a reality. Each month, themed Parents Night Out events are offered, giving kiddos the chance to hang out with others their age while taking part in games and activities related to that evening’s theme. There are Tween Takeover events held monthly, too.

Parents simply drop off their kids and can either stay at the club for their own benefit or leave the property for the duration.

“We have taken advantage of many Parents Night Out events,” says Mindy Carney, a member at Life Time in Chesterfield, Mo., and mom of three. “I love how convenient and easy it is to sign up and have all my kids at one place participating in age-appropriate activities, hanging out with friends, and having fun.

“Having dinner served at the events so I don’t have to plan it is another great bonus,” she continues. “My husband and I have enjoyed so many more date nights, as well as had time to catch up on life. These events are easier than finding a babysitter, they’re free, and they’re fun for the kids.”

Check out more about the events and themes taking place in March, April, and May:

MARCH
March 1	March 8	March 15	March 22	March 29
Wild Wild West	Summer Camp Showcase	Widget Workshop	Yoga Rave	Warrior Squad Showdown
Tween Takeover	Tween Takeover

 

APRIL
April 5	April 12	April 19	April 26
Retro Rewind	Secret Agents	Ready, Set, Game On	Earth Crew
Tween Takeover	Tween Takeover

 

MAY
May 3	May 10	May 17	May 24	May 31
Ridiculous Relays	Painting Party	Aye Aye Captain	Mission Expedition	Game Zone
Tween Takeover	Tween Takeover

Tween Takeover

Ages: 9 to 13 years old
Length: Typically 3 hours

At Tween Takeover nights, kids rule! This time is for your tween to decide what they want to do at their athletic country club: They can play sports, create crafts, challenge one another to a board game, or participate in other fun activities. The space is theirs.

Wild Wild West

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Saddle up for some time in the wild, wild west! Kids can dive into the fun of the frontier with western-themed crafts like making pipe cleaner snakes and cowboy or cowgirl hats. They’ll also participate in activities like crocodile races, a sheriff’s badge hunt, rattlesnake tag, and an “old cone road” gym game.

Summer Camp Showcase

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

This event is the perfect way for your kids to get a taste of what Summer Camp at Life Time could be like as they’ll spend their time sampling camp electives. This includes trying the Kids Studio Classes, Fitness & Agility classes, tapping into their creative side with arts and crafts, and challenging their minds with S.T.E.A.M. activities. These electives allow kids to build relationships with others while learning and growing — all while having fun.

Widget Workshop

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Calling all engineers, inventors, and explorers! Kids are in for a night of building, creating, and inventing. They’ll build a fidget tool or ninja fidget spinner as well as create paper bag kites or thinking putty.

Yoga Rave

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Want your kids to rave about yoga the same way you do? This event is the perfect opportunity for them to sample the Kids Studio SOL yoga class — in a fun glow-in-the-dark yoga-party setting. Yogis will glow with the flow, wearing glow-in-the-dark bracelets on their arms and legs while an instructor guides them through the yoga sequences.

Warrior Squad Showdown

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Kids can unleash their inner warrior in epic obstacle courses designed to test their skills and teamwork. They’ll then let their creative juices flow with ribbon crafts, fizzy painting, and creating a DIY bouncy ball.

Retro Rewind

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Kids will feel like they stepped into a groovy time machine as they journey back to the days of neon leg warmers and cassette tapes. They’ll enjoy a blast from the past with classic gym games like “sharks and minnows” and “rock, paper, scissors” races. They’ll then unleash their creativity by making retro sunglasses and straw-weaving bracelets. It’s a night of fun that proves the best times are timeless!

Secret Agents

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

Does your kiddo love to solve mysteries? All secret agents are being called to this event to use their creativity and problem-solving skills in collaboration with their fellow agents. Kids will take part in secret agent training, secret agent tag, and a scavenger hunt. They’ll also get to test their skills at interrogation or as a spy decoder.

Ready, Set, Game On

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: 3 hours

It’s game on as kids dive into board games, minute-to-win-it challenges, and gym games such as “head, shoulders, knees, and cone” and a team memory game. The group will also build a popsicle stick puzzle.

Earth Crew

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Let’s celebrate our amazing planet! Kids will learn about recycling, generate kinetic energy in the gym, and discover more ways they can protect the Earth and help it thrive. Kids will make Earth murals and litter bags, while counselors will also lead themed gym games such as “stuck in the mud” and “trash war recharge.”

Ridiculous Relays

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Kids will have the chance to compete in a series of ridiculous games and messy challenges before partying like they’re all champions. Specific activities vary by club, but a few examples of activities include board-game relays, obstacle-course relays, don’t-drop-the-balloon games, and balloon-caterpillar relays. The relays are meant to make kids laugh — it’s all about having fun (and less about athleticism)!

Painting Party

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Kids will break out paint brushes and channel their inner artist at this guided painting party where they’ll create their own masterpiece.

Typically, kids use tempera paint (because it’s washable!), although some clubs may
provide watercolor paints, to paint on either cardstock or watercolor paper. They’ll be able to choose which station they wish to paint at: the freestyle station where they can paint whatever they want, the resist station where they’ll use white crayons or tape to make designs on the paper where the paint resists it, or the directed station where a counselor walks them through painting a landscape, step-by-step.

Aye Aye Captain

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Ahoy, mateys! We have a message in a bottle for you: Kids are invited to come be a captain while conquering gym games like “pirate gold” or “steal the treasure” and making crafts like paper plane pirate ships or a ship in a bottle. They’ll also play with slime or playdough (depending on age). Set sail for Life Time!

Mission Expedition

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Let your kids embark on an epic adventure. Kids will navigate relay races and thrilling challenges like “back-to-back” or “balloon caterpillar,” participate in science activities like fireworks in a jar or a baking soda experiment, and then unleash their creativity with kinetic sand or tissue paper drawing.

Game Zone

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Send your kids off for an evening of sports fun where they’ll play team games like “kickball hot potato” or “no hands kickball.” They’ll also do sports-themed art projects such as making a foam finger or suncatcher.

View your club’s schedule online or in the Life Time app to see the calendar of events and reserve your kid’s spot.

Common FAQs About Kids Events

Shelly Forsberg, director of kids and aquatics at Life Time, shares answers to commonly asked questions from parents.

Life Time | What can I expect if I sign my child up for a Life Time Kids event?

Shelly Forsberg | Each event has a theme, and we build the curriculum around that so there are always fun, new activities for kids to take part in. There is a new theme each week to help accommodate family schedules and to allow for a greater chance for every child to attend. Kids’ events occur every Saturday. Depending on the club, there may also be additional events on Fridays.

Regardless of the theme, every curriculum follows an intentionally designed format: There’s always arts and crafts time, a STEAM project, a gym game or a sports activity — or some combination of those. Then, we always serve dinner, which is usually pizza and juice.

Events typically last two to three hours and can accommodate kids ages 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club based on state requirements). Tween Takeover events are generally for kids ages 9 to 13 years old, though that may vary by club as well.

Our Life Time Kids team members go through training before being entrusted with your kids. This training includes CPR training, a child-development course, and a classroom-management course to ensure your kids are in the safest hands.

LT | Do parents need to stay at the club while their child is attending an event?

SF | No. Parents can leave the club or stay on site. Most often, we see parents using this time in the club, whether that be to take a fitness class, use the space and machines on the workout floor, relax in the sauna or steam room, grab a bite to eat in the LifeCafe, or hit the pickleball court with friends.

LT | Is there a cost to these events? And do you have to be a Life Time member to participate?

SF | All Kids events are included at no cost in Junior Memberships. Your child does need to be on a Life Time Junior Membership to attend the events.

LT | How do I sign my child up for an event?

SF | Reservations can be made up to 30 days prior to each event and registration closes five hours before the event begins. Each participant is allowed to reserve one event per week. View the schedule on my.lifetime.life or in the Life Time app by clicking “View All Events” and under “Activity,” filtering by “Kids.” (We require all children attending events to be fully potty trained.)

If your child is registered but you need to cancel, we ask that you please do so at least five hours prior to the event to open up the spot for someone else; if you neglect to cancel at all or less than five hours prior, there will be a $25 no-show fee. If you were on a waitlist and moved to an available spot less than 24 hours prior to the start of the event, you will not be penalized if you miss the event.

Please arrive on time to the event; if you arrive more than 15 minutes after the start time, your child’s spot may be forfeited and offered to someone on the waitlist. A photo ID is required at pickup, and late pickups will result in a fee.

As we get into the craziness that tends to be the holiday season, it’s helpful for parents to have a few nights of kid-free time to tackle to-dos — whether that’s shopping for gifts, cleaning for guests, preparing to host a party, or simply taking a restful break from all the obligations.

The Life Time Kids team has planned a handful of Parents Night Out events in November and December for your kids to take part in themed fun — and so you can get that time to yourself.

“This time of year is busy enough for families,” says Shelly Forsberg, director of kids and aquatics at Life Time. “We’re here to make it easy for parents by providing an enjoyable place for their kids to spend time with other kids their age, and do this while parents can take advantage of some extra time to complete tasks or do something they enjoy.”

These are the events and themes taking place in November and December:

NOVEMBER
November 2	November 9	November 16	November 23	November 30
Superheroes Unite	Superheroes Unite	Painting Party	Painting Party	Drop Off & Shop: Winter Theme
Tween Takeover	Tween Takeover

 

DECEMBER
December  7	December 14	December 21	December 28
Drop Off & Shop: Cookie Theme	Drop Off & Shop: Cookie Theme	Pajama Jingle Jam	Pajama Jingle Jam
Tween Takeover	Tween Takeover

Tween Takeover

Ages: 9 to 13 years old
Length: Typically 3 hours

At Tween Takeover nights, kids rule! This time is for your tween to decide what they want to do at their athletic country club: They can play sports, create crafts, challenge one another to a board game, or participate in other fun activities. The space is theirs.

Superheroes Unite

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Calling all superheroes! You’ll want to get to Life Time in a flash for this super party. Youngsters will unite to develop their own catch phrases and secret identities and to “fight crime” — a.k.a., complete superhero training exercises and obstacles courses. They will play gym games such as “planet krypton” and “superhero tag,” and build their own secret fortress and craft stick superheroes.

Painting Party

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Kids will break out paint brushes and channel their inner artist at this guided painting party where they’ll create their own masterpiece.

Typically, kids use tempera paint (because it’s washable!), although some clubs may provide watercolor paints, to paint on either cardstock or watercolor paper. They’ll be able to choose which station they wish to paint at: the freestyle station where they can paint whatever they want, the resist station where they’ll use white crayons or tape to make designs on the paper where the paint resists it, or the directed station where a counselor walks them through a painting, step-by-step.

Drop Off & Shop: Winter Theme

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

This event’s activities are centered around the elements of the season: Kids will make snowflake art and run around while playing “snowman tag” and frozen (or freeze) tag. For a STEAM project, kids will be challenged to build the tallest tower, while pre-K kiddos will complete an ice cube-counting activity.

Bonus: Parents can use this time as an opportunity to cross off items on their to-do list or make some headway on holiday shopping.

Drop Off & Shop: Cookie Theme

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

This event is sure to be sweet: Kids will create hot cocoa and gingerbread house paper crafts. They’ll also run around in the gym playing “gingerbread man tag” and “gum drop dash.”

Pre-K kids will create a bridge for the gingerbread man, while school-aged kids will do a shopping bag STEAM challenge.

Pajama Jingle Jam

Ages: 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club)
Length: Typically 3 hours

Let your kids come cozy in their favorite pajamas. They’ll make jingle bell necklaces, play “reindeer tag” and “candy cane tag,” and work on engineering a snowflake.

Common FAQs About Kids Events

Shelly Forsberg, director of kids and aquatics at Life Time, shares answers to commonly asked questions from parents.

Life Time Editorial | What can I expect if I sign my child up for a Life Time Kids event?

Shelly Forsberg | Each event has a theme, and we build the curriculum around that so there are always fun, new activities for kids to take part in. There is a new theme each week to help accommodate family schedules and to allow for a greater chance for every child to attend. Kids’ events occur every Saturday. Depending on the club, there may also be additional events on Fridays.

Regardless of the theme, every curriculum follows an intentionally designed format: There’s always arts and crafts time, a STEAM project, a gym game or a sports activity — or some combination of those. Then, we always serve dinner, which is usually pizza and juice.

Events typically last two to three hours and can accommodate kids ages 4 to 12 years old (ages may vary by club based on state requirements). Tween Takeover events are generally for kids ages 9 to 13 years old, though that may vary by club as well.

Our Life Time Kids team members go through training before being entrusted with your kids. This training includes CPR training, a child-development course, and a classroom-management course to ensure your kids are in the safest hands.

LTE | Do parents need to stay at the club while their child is attending an event?

SF | No. Parents can leave the club or stay on site. Most often, we see parents using this time in the club, whether that be to take a fitness class, use the space and machines on the workout floor, relax in the sauna or steam room, grab a bite to eat in the LifeCafe, or hit the pickleball court with friends.

LTE | Is there a cost to these events? And do you have to be a Life Time member to participate?

SF | All Kids events are included at no cost in Junior Memberships. Your child does need to be on a Life Time Junior Membership to attend the events.

LTE | How do I sign my child up for an event?

SF | Reservations can be made up to 30 days prior to each event and registration closes five hours before the event begins. Each participant is allowed to reserve one event per week. View the schedule on my.lifetime.life or in the Life Time app by clicking “View All Events” and under “Activity,” filtering by “Kids.” (We require all children attending events to be fully potty trained.)

If your child is registered but you need to cancel, we ask that you please do so at least five hours prior to the event to open up the spot for someone else; if you neglect to cancel at all or less than five hours prior, there will be a $25 no-show fee. If you were on a waitlist and moved to an available spot less than 24 hours prior to the start of the event, you will not be penalized if you miss the event.

Please arrive on time to the event; if you arrive more than 15 minutes after the start time, your child’s spot may be forfeited and offered to someone on the waitlist. A photo ID is required at pickup, and late pickups will result in a fee.