Family fun
Funlandia Kid Cafe
Palatine
Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 8:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
From $19 per person
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Things to do in Palatine with kids
Family fun — 4 places to go with kids in Palatine, Illinois. 3 of them publish a price.
Family fun in Palatine2
Parks & beaches in Palatine1
Museums in Palatine1
What’s on in Palatine
Within 25 miles of Palatine. Dates and wording are each venue’s own.
Sat & Sun8 miFall FestivalGoebbert's Farm - South BarringtonSouth Barrington, ILSep 11 – Nov 1Check tickets
Sat & Sun9 miID Show: Oakton Annual Art Faculty Exhibition – ViewingsKoehnline Museum of ArtDes Plaines, ILOct 8 – Nov 20See details- Sat & Sun9 miID Show: Oakton Annual Art Faculty ExhibitionKoehnline Museum of ArtDes Plaines, ILOct 15 – Nov 20See details
Sat only10 miFloating Pumpkin PatchMystic Waters Family Aquatic CenterDes Plaines, ILSat, Oct 17 · 1:00 pmSee details- Sat only10 miHowl-O-WeenMystic Waters Family Aquatic CenterDes Plaines, ILSat, Oct 17See details
Sat only11 miTrunk or TreatIceLand Ice ArenaNiles, ILSat, Oct 17See details
Sat & Sun13 miSeasonNature Play GardenHighland Park, ILOct 5 – Nov 15See details
Sat & Sun16 miFall Festival 2026Sonny Acres FarmWest Chicago, ILSep 19 – Oct 30See details- Sat & Sun16 miHaunted Hayride & Haunted BarnSonny Acres FarmWest Chicago, ILOct 2 – 30See details
Sat & Sun17 miPumpkin FestCosley ZooWheaton, ILOct 1 – 31Check tickets
Sat only18 miTrain SaturdaysDuPage County Historical Museum & Wheaton Park District Administration BuildingWheaton, ILOct 17 – 31See details
Sat & Sun18 miMoonlight Hay Ride and BonfireDave's PumpkinsHuntley, ILOct 17 – 24See details
Sat & Sun19 miWalking With GiantsCleve Carney Museum of ArtGlen Ellyn, ILJun 3 – Oct 18See details
Sun only21 mi"Tale of the Tombstones" Cemetery WalkOak Park River Forest MuseumOak Park, ILSun, Oct 18See details
Sat & Sun21 miWalking Plays: Wuthering HeightsThe Morton ArboretumLisle, ILSep 19 – Oct 25See details- Sat only21 miPlant BingoThe Morton ArboretumLisle, ILSat, Oct 17See details
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Free in Palatine
One attraction in Palatine gets you in for nothing, in the venue’s own words.
The venue says: “Admission is free!”
What this list covers
Palatine has 4 places to go: Community Park, Funlandia Kid Cafe, Kids Empire Palatine and Palatine Historical Society.
3 of them publish an admission price, 4 publish opening hours.
Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on October 5, 2026.
Common questions
- Is there anything free to do in Palatine?
- 1 attraction in Palatine says on its own website that admission is free. We only say free when the venue does, unqualified — a child rate priced at nothing is not a free attraction. Examples include Palatine Historical Society.
- What kinds of attractions are included?
- family fun (2), parks & beaches (1), museums (1).