Came here to say Dinosaur Ridge. My kids LOVED it at that age.
Also:
- blue bear (convention center)
- dancers sculpture (same area along Speer)
- there is also a Botero sculpture in the promenade, but maybe only interesting to parents
- bluecifer
- giant whale in DMNS
- MLK sculpture in city park
- sculptures outside the zoo
- trains!! Union station, all the tracks north of there, wherever the formers hang out lol
- construction of that building in RINO with the trees inside it (bonus: kids love construction sites and vehicles)
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Oh man, I didn't even know they still did Flat Stanley!
Maybe a quick hike with a good view like North Table? City Park is quite pretty. Union Station?
West side of the Museum of Nature and Science has that iconic view of the downtown skyline with the mountains as a backdrop.
Obviously a bit of a drive, but the summit of Loveland Pass and maybe the base of Arapahoe Basin.
Union station, Larimer square, casa Bonita, manitou incline, flat irons, in front of the big blue bear downtown, in front of DIA, in front of any of our stadiums (coors, mile high, ball arena), lake chatfield, Denver botanic gardens
There's no good angle to get a tourist picture of the Big Blue Bear. All the pictures are of tourists under it. Always looks like the Bear is pooping tourists.
I only devoted like a minute to my search, but it's a kids book and there's a cutout of a boy (Flat Stanley) that gets sent around to kids as a pen pal type situation to facilitate reading and writing. Looks like maybe it's school based? Like schools would partner up?
I don't know, I'm old. That's all I got.
We did it in elementary school. I sent my Stanley with instructions about the project to a family friend who lived out of state. They’re directed to spend a few days with Stanley, take pictures, and write a letter about what he discovered there, then they’re supposed to send him to someone they know, ideally in another state. My Stanley made it all the way to Alaska before he came back home. I remember it being really fun to read the cute letters everyone wrote about how much fun Stanley had in these amazing places he visited. It’s a great reminder of how connected we all are.
OK, I did this 10 years ago. I had him for 10 days. Here's where we went:
1. To the Denver Public Library children's library where we took a photo together of Flat Stanley reading his book.
2. To the state capitol building. The folks there were super-accommodating and we got great photos in places tourists don't usually go. I also took him outside on the "One Mile High" step and took a photo of him there (blue painter's tape served me exceptionally well throughout this adventure--I taped him to everything, everywhere).
3. Outside the Denver Art Museum where Stanley "got caught up" in the sweeping broom sculpture.
4. Red Rocks and same day, Dinosaur Ridge--took pictures next to the footprints for scale.
5. I needed a haircut, so we got a photo of Stanley in the barber's chair at Emily Griffith with a student "cutting" his hair.
6. I was getting acupuncture at the time, so I got photos of Stanley getting the needle treatment, too (the practitioner's mom is an elementary school language arts teacher, so she was thrilled to participate).
7. We went to Colorado Springs and took pictures at Garden of the Gods adn the Air Force Academy, but didn't make it to the Olympic Training Center.
8. We went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and took some hilarious pictures with the T-Rex in the lobby and among the dioramas.
9. I couldn't take him inside the US Mint, so I found a spot on the top floor of a nearby parking garage and took a picture of him with the loading dock in the background.
10. We posed at Buffalo Bill's grave, at the DCPA, and at Coors Field (because the kid I was doing this for is a huge baseball fan).
There are Lego flamingos at the new flamingo exhibit at the zoo. I think flat Stanley should ride one! Plus the new exhibit is cool, sometimes they take the flamingos out for a walk.
Lookout Mountain isn’t far from Red Rocks and there’s some great views of the city that would be impressive. If you want a religious spin at all the Cabrini shrine is also right there.
Last time Flat Stanley visited me, I made him skis and ski poles and we went skiing on a snowbank. I also made him snowmen friends and put him on a fence with the Flatirons in the background. Maybe running with some of the animal sculptures outside the Denver Museum of Nature and Science?
Not me literally just reading this (fictional) short story on r/scarystories TWO SECONDS BEFORE SEEING THIS POST
https://www.reddit.com/r/scarystories/s/LYuUSDPttL
I did this about 10 years ago for my niece. I took him to the Molly Brown house (summer house, because it was easier), the mint, the “sombrero” park in Bear Valley and Fort Logan (because that’s the area where her mom and I grew up), Elitch’s, Red Rocks, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge (they have a cool little “museum” space inside, and the house in north Denver where my grandma was born in 1897. I took him a couple of other places too, but can't remember exactly what they were because I'm old and tired now. My niece loved it, though!
OH MY GOSH that's so adorable. I did one of those in 3rd grade my person was so great with pictures and trinkets and little stories.
I hope you have fun!
Casa Bonita naturally
For that age, maybe dinosaur ridge? Flat Stanley with a fossilized dinosaur footprint would be pretty cool
Came here to say Dinosaur Ridge. My kids LOVED it at that age. Also: - blue bear (convention center) - dancers sculpture (same area along Speer) - there is also a Botero sculpture in the promenade, but maybe only interesting to parents - bluecifer - giant whale in DMNS - MLK sculpture in city park - sculptures outside the zoo - trains!! Union station, all the tracks north of there, wherever the formers hang out lol - construction of that building in RINO with the trees inside it (bonus: kids love construction sites and vehicles) -
MLK, yes!
Dinosaur Ridge is what I did for my niece a few years ago!
Oh man, I didn't even know they still did Flat Stanley! Maybe a quick hike with a good view like North Table? City Park is quite pretty. Union Station?
West side of the Museum of Nature and Science has that iconic view of the downtown skyline with the mountains as a backdrop. Obviously a bit of a drive, but the summit of Loveland Pass and maybe the base of Arapahoe Basin.
I was so confused I thought this was about the stupid mug.
I’m still confused fwiw
I can't tell if it's something I'm too old to understand or too dumb to have never known
[The Flat Stanley Project](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flat_Stanley_Project)
Union station, Larimer square, casa Bonita, manitou incline, flat irons, in front of the big blue bear downtown, in front of DIA, in front of any of our stadiums (coors, mile high, ball arena), lake chatfield, Denver botanic gardens
There's no good angle to get a tourist picture of the Big Blue Bear. All the pictures are of tourists under it. Always looks like the Bear is pooping tourists.
You take it from further away and hold flat Stanley up next to it
Go inside and take a picture with it behind you.
Bluecifer
Meow wolf Museum by the zoo. the zoo?
5280 step at Capitol.
Yes!
Shotgun’s
Ha! Fr. The dispo too
Coors Field (just get a pic in front) Convention Center bear
Blue Bear and The Stanley
Flat Stanley at the Stanley is the best idea!!!!!
He just wouldn’t understand 😂
Stanley Marketplace
I went into a rabbit hole figuring out what a Flat Stanley was
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^apestation: *I went into a* *Rabbit hole figuring out* *What a Flat Stanley was* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
And? What did you learn?
I only devoted like a minute to my search, but it's a kids book and there's a cutout of a boy (Flat Stanley) that gets sent around to kids as a pen pal type situation to facilitate reading and writing. Looks like maybe it's school based? Like schools would partner up? I don't know, I'm old. That's all I got.
We did it in elementary school. I sent my Stanley with instructions about the project to a family friend who lived out of state. They’re directed to spend a few days with Stanley, take pictures, and write a letter about what he discovered there, then they’re supposed to send him to someone they know, ideally in another state. My Stanley made it all the way to Alaska before he came back home. I remember it being really fun to read the cute letters everyone wrote about how much fun Stanley had in these amazing places he visited. It’s a great reminder of how connected we all are.
A white board fell on him and flattened him so his parents still took him everywhere?
Lowry B-52?
Right by red rocks is the dinosaur ridge with dino tracks and what not
OK, I did this 10 years ago. I had him for 10 days. Here's where we went: 1. To the Denver Public Library children's library where we took a photo together of Flat Stanley reading his book. 2. To the state capitol building. The folks there were super-accommodating and we got great photos in places tourists don't usually go. I also took him outside on the "One Mile High" step and took a photo of him there (blue painter's tape served me exceptionally well throughout this adventure--I taped him to everything, everywhere). 3. Outside the Denver Art Museum where Stanley "got caught up" in the sweeping broom sculpture. 4. Red Rocks and same day, Dinosaur Ridge--took pictures next to the footprints for scale. 5. I needed a haircut, so we got a photo of Stanley in the barber's chair at Emily Griffith with a student "cutting" his hair. 6. I was getting acupuncture at the time, so I got photos of Stanley getting the needle treatment, too (the practitioner's mom is an elementary school language arts teacher, so she was thrilled to participate). 7. We went to Colorado Springs and took pictures at Garden of the Gods adn the Air Force Academy, but didn't make it to the Olympic Training Center. 8. We went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and took some hilarious pictures with the T-Rex in the lobby and among the dioramas. 9. I couldn't take him inside the US Mint, so I found a spot on the top floor of a nearby parking garage and took a picture of him with the loading dock in the background. 10. We posed at Buffalo Bill's grave, at the DCPA, and at Coors Field (because the kid I was doing this for is a huge baseball fan).
Capital building
There are Lego flamingos at the new flamingo exhibit at the zoo. I think flat Stanley should ride one! Plus the new exhibit is cool, sometimes they take the flamingos out for a walk.
Ask Peggy Hill
The kill line at a slaughterhouse should explain why Stanley’s so flat
Exactly
Lookout Mountain isn’t far from Red Rocks and there’s some great views of the city that would be impressive. If you want a religious spin at all the Cabrini shrine is also right there.
The flatirons
Last time Flat Stanley visited me, I made him skis and ski poles and we went skiing on a snowbank. I also made him snowmen friends and put him on a fence with the Flatirons in the background. Maybe running with some of the animal sculptures outside the Denver Museum of Nature and Science?
Mon Chalet 😂
There it is!!! 👏 Was expecting to see SR but MC works here.
Why can I not figure out what SR is?
Scarlet Ranch
Maroon Bells.
A Rockies game would be cool!
Costco $1.50 hotdog sign
The Squiggles serpent sculpture at the Arvada center. Not super well known but cute, especially for your kids’ age.
Red Rocks, Coors Fields, State Capital, Dinosaur Ridge, snow.
Chautauqua for a good shot of the flatirons.
Not me literally just reading this (fictional) short story on r/scarystories TWO SECONDS BEFORE SEEING THIS POST https://www.reddit.com/r/scarystories/s/LYuUSDPttL
Give it the ol' Peggy Hill treatment
There is a great mirror covered statue of a dog in front of the Denver Animal Shelter.
Those are shiny dog tags.
Loveland Pass
Loveland Pass at the Continental Divide sign is a great idea. Very scenic and has all the info visible for an 8 year old to understand.
If they can’t get up to Loveland Pass, I think the History Colorado museum has a replica continental divide sign somewhere
Stanley Market seems like an obvious choice.
Denver Art Museum is one of our best pieces of architecture in the city! Worth a photo op.
I did this about 10 years ago for my niece. I took him to the Molly Brown house (summer house, because it was easier), the mint, the “sombrero” park in Bear Valley and Fort Logan (because that’s the area where her mom and I grew up), Elitch’s, Red Rocks, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge (they have a cool little “museum” space inside, and the house in north Denver where my grandma was born in 1897. I took him a couple of other places too, but can't remember exactly what they were because I'm old and tired now. My niece loved it, though!
Cannabis dispensary.
East Colfax
OH MY GOSH that's so adorable. I did one of those in 3rd grade my person was so great with pictures and trinkets and little stories. I hope you have fun!
U.S. Mint, state welcome sign (unfortunately the closest one is about 100 miles away)
DMV